If you know you can't do it yourself, don't rag on people

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for not being able to either.
Aye, the game’s unbalanced.
Aye, the writing’s a wee bit sub-par.
Aye, we could do with more customization,
Some more dungeon mechanics,
Less timed content,
More story content,
More battlegrounds,
And on and on and on.
We could go on! We really could!

But listen - if there’s anything I’ve learned in life it’s that you don’t throw stones from a glass house.

Could I do…any of that up there?
No.
No I couldn’t. And neither could most of us, I expect.
I’m studying architecture and urban planning - so that’s what I critique. That’s what I enjoy - and I write on the side , so I’ll add my input there too.

But have any of YOU tried balancing an MMO? Have any of you even tried being a customer service representative for something like THIS? Highly doubt it! Goodness gravy these people are DESIGNING A BLOODY WORLD FOR YOU AND HALF OF YA JUST TAKE THAT FACT FOR BLOODY GRANTED!

Is it flawed? Aye! Everything is! You can’t make anything in this world without it being tainted by those lovely things known as short time and a need for money! But you can still nudge regardless, sure!
Nicely.
Nicely nicely nicely,
Without any of the nastiness i see in the world all the time.

Goodness i’m on my soapbox here a lot because like - I like WoW. I’d love to like it’s community too. Instead, more often than not, just…gAH!

If you want something done right, you can do it yourself, y’know?

Edit: Due to this not being clear, and that’s on me - I’m not saying not to criticize. I’m just saying that if you’re going to criticize, put yourself in their shoes. Relax a bit. Be gentle.

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I dont need to know how to fix a engine to drive a car, this idea of if I cant do better so I should accept anything they do as the best thing they could have done is kinda wrong

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Huh?
So focus groups shouldnt exist, and actual feed back given because those people never designed an MMO or tried balancing it?

If you need a safe space OP then there are better solutions.

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Nah I’m talking to those that are pish-poshing on Blizzard devs for such and such. Ya wouldn’t tell a car repair place how to do their job with that knowledge ya just shared, eh?

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Reminds me of when I went to school for audio engineering and told a guy in the class that the music playing is kinda garbage. (Not his music, just something playing).

His reply was ''Can you do better?"

lol :rofl:

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It’s a valid reply! If ya think something’s a load of cripe, get what you think is good out there!
And then promptly be told it’s a load of cripe!

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This is terrible logic.

If a bridge falls over a year after it’s built I’m allowed to critique the builders and engineers without actually being one.

If I eat at a restaurant and the food sucks I’m allowed to critique it without being trained as a chef.

People can play a game and if they aren’t having fun or don’t like something they’re allowed to critique it even if they aren’t a game designer.

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But they would tell them when they screwed up or added something into their car that they dislike. /shrug

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I don’t have a clue how to practice medicine. If I go in for a knee replacement and come out with my best part amputated, I’m gonna be writing a letter to my congressman, ya know?

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I feel you are horribly trolling :face_vomiting:

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Uh oh, she is at it again.

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Your honor level is only 29, but still WAY HIGHER than the guy who currently is in charge of designing that. I think you could do a way better job at designing PvP than him.

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But if you know how to fix an engine, you might know how to improve the engine if the driver wants it improved.

We should be able to state what we want, but we likely don’t have the know how to put it in the game without screwing something else up. Some of us might have ideas on the how, like with the restaurant critics might point out flaws, like too sweet or the mix of flavors is off, but the ones that know best on how to improve, taking the criticism into account, are the ones trained in the field.

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if I’m not satisfied with the service that Im paying for hell yeah Im telling then.

Do I think shadowlands is as bad as ppl say it is in here? NO, Do I think it could be way better YEAH

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You can’t be serious. We aren’t a multi-billion dollar company that, like any other company that produces a product or service, hires people who can do all of that.

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I dunno I think you’re all just proving my point at this point.
Also dang the things y’all are comparing this too? Equating the goshdarn state of a videogame to losing a knee? Goodness people talk about ME spending too much time on here, what in the heck brought ya to equate the game to a LIMB?

I’m asking for empathy - for a bit of an ear! Then again, I’m asking the WoW community!

See normally I know better - but ya girl’s tired. And sometimes - ohhhh sometimes I hope! I hope and hope and hope that maybe - maybe there’s more than a handful of good people on here that can take some bloody context and see past their own problems for half a minute but ALAS!

Also lizzie thank you - but also I only play warrior so…yeah no i’m not sticking myself up there.

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And he only plays resto shaman.

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Youuuuuuuu - listen I’m tired as all heck but you?
You get it.
Thank you.

And ah. that explains a bunch. That’s some bad hiring right there.