ya nessper does it whenever i q into him, makes me scream
LOL nah he deleted it the next day
deleting clips like that is the ultimate cringe, change my mind
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He doesnât; there are many that favor the viewpoint he mentioned, but there are many others that just donât care that much about the length of the game (within reason); rather, they care about the quality of the matches. If itâs 15mins of ânothing can happen until 40% dampeningâ matches, of course people are going to (almost unanimously) hate that because the majority of the match is a waste of time⌠if itâs 15mins of gameplay where every moment is impactful and a mistake or two at any point could get you killed, a lot more people would find that agreeable, regardless of whether the average match is 5mins or 15.
Game duration is such a terrible metric for PvP quality and it makes me so itchy when people scrutinize it as if itâs an actual problem itself rather than a symptom of other underlying problems.
Itâs infinitely better for the health of the game if development focuses on improving the quality of PvP, rather than letting the PvP quality take a back seat to hitting some arbitrary 3-6mins duration goal to appease short-sighted zoomers.
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Venruki is interviewing Holinka now:
Increasing pressure on healers lol? Wut.
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if anyone would like to provide cliff notes on the interview it would be mucho appreciated. playing with some friends right meow so i cant focus on it too much
âFighting people 6 ilvls than you can be challengingâ omg does holinka not know its not just people 1 tier higher youâre fighting 
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i was legit fighting 44k hp death knights before i ever made it to 1k cr when i was doing arena on my DK. lol. they r just so out of touch
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Itâs part of the RPG PvP tho and is one of the âunderpinnings of playing a game like thisâ
Mmr buff next season confirmed? 
âYeaaaah we hear you that it sucks to catch up. But nah itâs a good thing for RPG we promise.â
We ainât getting the changes we need, yâall.
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âWe want to make hybrid heals trash again, but we have added even more passive defense with our temporary power system, oh and also gave everyone MS becuz games too long, or something. Gearing is mostly great btw.â These guys.
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Yes absolutely, this is all youâd find any competitive player want. The better you get you just want more to do. Long games that are intense are enjoyable, a long game thatâs long because nothing matters until deep damp is just a waste of time if youâre a very serious team.
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With a lot of these answers, Iâm left wondering what theyâre actually doing with their time. Of course, Iâm not a game designer, but I actually donât understand the lack of content updates to PvP. Holinka makes it seem like theyâve spent all their time on the PvP talent refresh. Everything else is âItâs on our radar, at some point. Weâve thought about it. Maybe in the future. We have other priorities.â Iâm typically charitable to game designersâ excuses for why things are delayed, etc. However, I canât look at PvP in SL and think: Yeah, theyâre putting in WORK.
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Holinka used evasion.
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Garbage interview.
Hey your mmr changes have completely killed ladder.
yea well look into not letting that happen in 9.1
K.
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so whats the deal? was this whole thing basically a waste of time? or was there any cool and exciting news mentioned?
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I really try not to be cynical. Itâs been a waste of time.
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I like Holinka but when he mentioned their analytics scientists I knew this game would forever be fked and nothing the players say or what the devs actually think is good (i.e. fun but maybe not the most optimal for milking people of cash) will matter much.
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one of these days people are going to realize that pvp in wow is not a priority, never has been a priority and that if you want to play a purely focused pvp game you should probably look elsewhere.