When was the last time you used them? I can understand on an RP server. But usually that involves /em (Custom emote).
I can honestly say, that the only emotes I can recall using in the past 2 years are /point, /no and /fart a few times. Even then, It doesnt bother me one tiny bit that several are being removed. None of the removal announcements really bother me at all. And I really fail to see why people are so up in arms about them.
And for the “unreasonable censorship” claims? You can still say plenty of off color and inappropriate in LFG chat all you want. You just run the gamble of being reported there.
Now I understand the fear of “Once they do these changes, its only a matter of time before they censor chat and transmog!” Sure. I get that. But Im not going to worry about that till we get there. And for all intents and purposes, they could censor foul language, and revealing mogs, and It would still change my gameplay, or ability to enjoy the game zero percent.
It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t bother you. It doesn’t bother me either but people have the right to quit paying money to blizzard for whatever reason. If they don’t like the systems in game they have the right to quit, if they don’t like their corporate policy they have the right to quit, if they don’t like the censoring they have the right to quit.
People are allowed to voice their concerns on the forums and if it falls on deaf ears they have every right to quit the game for whatever reason they are upset.
To entertain myself while waiting for a dungeon/raid group to get their stuff together throughout last weekend.
This.
I would never in my life consider myself the absolute authority of WoW to the point where I can tell other people what they should or should not care about. I can make arguments maybe saying that something they care about is being changed in order to achieve a net positive, but I would never say that they should just swallow their pride and keep spending their hard-earned cash if they legitimately can’t get over the change. I don’t think anyone has a right to do that.
Caring about the emote changes is 100% valid, just as any other reason you have to support or abandon the game. It’s your money; you have to feel good with how you’re spending it at the end of the day.
Didn’t need a new post. It’s not about the emotes. It’s about removing them for no reason. No one was of harm and it changes nothing within their company. Only removes player choices.
Players quit for all sorts of reasons. They are the ones paying their monthly sub and have to decide for themselves what they are and are not willing to put up with.
We use them pretty often during raid nights while we’re waiting for the pull. That’s why I was so angry about the changes because especially the changed or removed emotes were used. Is our group a bit childish? Yes, we are. But it was a little bit of harmless fun here and there and even that is stripped away.
At this point I still see WoW as a game. But a game without fun.
This is a misconception. People do not use stock emotes in any capacity on an actual RP realm. There’s no point behind it. People write their own emotes. The removal of emotes and all of that has no impact on people who actually RP.
Most people probably wouldn’t care if they had replacements ready to go. Since there has been no evidence of anything being replaced, it’s removal that accomplishes nothing.
Honestly, all the time. But with friends. I can’t remember the last time I used an emote on a stranger except maybe /laugh when they say or do something funny or /point if someone asked directions.
I don’t understand why this is so difficult for people to comprehend. Do you really think it is just a happy coincidence that Blizzard choose this time to clean up their game?
So you think changing things like that and putting attention to it when barely anyone knows some of this stuff even existed puts them in a better light? It does nothing but expose them even more to those they in your opinion want it to hide from / change for.
They change transmog and all hell will break lose making these last two months of whindging about emotes and paintings no one even knew about look like a costume party!
You sound like you’re fairly new to Blizzard and their slippery slopes. Usually, people consider the slippery slope argument a fallacy. This is not the case here. If one provides evidence(known as a warrant) for a slippery slope, it is a reasonable line of logic. points at Blizzards removal of all RPG elements over time, adding a level boost AND store mount to Classic TBC, the entire cash shop, p2w elements progressively since WoD, gametime sales specials w/mounts, QoL overload, invalidation of zones in EK and Kalim(the literal WORLD of warcraft…)
What will you say when Blizz removes something you do care about and does effect you, and someone makes a post about how they just don’t care, just as you have done here? The slope just keeps slippin’…
Hi! I started on the Wyrmrest Accord server (not as great as it once was, but still active with roleplay in certain areas and times.
Casual emotes that blizzard have provided are used frequently unless someone wants to add spice to their life or just a little flair. New players and new roleplayers frequently play with the emote system as there are actually quite many to discover if you do not look up the list yourself. I was there once and I am sorry that I did not come into the game as a veteran rper however you do have to start somewhere.
Are the changes going to be world ending for rp? No. Does it scare some rpers that these changes could lead to having /em removed since you can literally type out the same emote being removed (except to different factions)? Yes.
Could it be made that the blocking feature also extends to a blocked players emotes being unseen? Yes. So why not do that?
I can’t speak for your server or faction side because I do not rp there. However your experience doesn’t speak for all of us there are no misconceptions just your experience bias making you believe that there is.