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Every time a patch drops to live servers there’s more and more current content broken an bugged, an the NEW content being added is also broken on day 1. Any plans on addressing this going forward? say by releasing the patch / expansion when it’s actually ready an not when it’s playable (but buggy).

Also could we get a widget on the Bnet APP highlighting what is being tested on the PTR? (examples: BUGs, raids, dungeons, quests, fixes to BUGs, etc…)

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The removal of portals is almost universally disliked and mocked. The reasons given so far don’t align with how the game is actually played today, Why did you feel like travel needed to be made more time consuming to old content and why do you not care what your player base wants?

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Some ideas for make professions more “relevant” for early levels, i don’t know… make hairlooms with exp bonuses or weapons with some “talent points” like the Weapons in legion? the game really feel full end game right now and ppl like me really enjoy the leveling and creation new character, but the leveling process feel more like a “bother” like an enjoinment

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In my opinion and I’m sure there are others who agree is that class design has been the biggest problem in the game and should be one of the top priorities in fixing bfa. So is there any kind of fixes for this?

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What do you feel the current state of PVP especially arenas in the game? Could we expect a season where everything(most comps) is viable? It’s frustrating to play a class one season it is over-nerfed and the next season it is over-buffed(destro lock, resto druid, disc priest, dh,dk etc from s1 to s2).

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Would it be possible to see tuning patches on a regular tempo (2-3 weeks) versus sporadically like they are now? Similar to how other companies are on cycles (Riot Games). A month went by in BoD with no class tuning with clear discrepancies both top end and low end.

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With Class Identity being at a low point are there be any plans for unique cosmetic class sets? Like a reward from a difficult mage tower or new Mythic+ Challenge Sets?

A new mage tower would provide content that the player base feels is lacking and class rewards. Two birds, one stone.

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Are there any plans in closing some gaps that certain specializations have in m+. Specifically Affliction and it’s utter lack of acceptable aoe, when it use to be its strength. Now, it’s crippling the spec’s performance and representation in m+. Several other spec’s would be raising their hands as well, as clear outliers as “weak” in Mythic Plus.

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Is there any point in LFR existing when the premade group finder does the same thing better? It’s not like LFR gear is any good to begin with.

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Is the development team being open-minded about reconsidering their stance on Titanforging/ease of heroic quality loot acquisition. The gearing system feels extremely odd right now, with relatively new players able to out gear players doing far harder content than them. Many of us long for the days when your item level was a decent indication of the content a player was capable of doing.

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There’s been largely popular threads on War/Titanforging. What is the teams stance on adding a cap preventing gear from upgrading beyond the difficulty it was looted from? I.E. Normal gear not being able to upgrade above heroic item level gear.

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After adding the ability to balance PvP separately from PvE in legion, why is it rarely done? You see it with the mythic nerfs to Disc priests, who are still okay in PvE but generally terrible in PvP. Other classes are in a similar boat, this could have been handled differently but instead just got the blanket nerf treatment and moved on.

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Height adjustments would likely require armor texture modifications which you can see would cause a slew of problems with clipping. I wouldn’t count on that much modification

with the removal of portals in several locations making travel via flight taxi’s mandatory. Any plans on upgrading all the Flight Masters in the game an all new ones going forward with the ability to offer direct flight paths an at a higher ground speed (700%)?

Also could you add Flight Masters to several of the locations where portals were removed? (examples: Caverns of Time, Alterac Valley battleground entrance (alliance), Karazan, etc…)

Also could the innkeepers in major hubs in zones get an upgrade, to offer hearthstone items for purchase? (to act as the dalaran hearthstone does now) This would give players more choice for travel to locations they visit often.

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So far Vengeance spec has been mostly untouched since the pre patch and they are somewhat not as reliable in higher end raiding content due to their weak mitigations and long cooldowns. Is there anything being done to help them in these weaker areas?

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Many players feel we’ve seen the current stroryline before - that the current Horde story is just a repeat of Mists of Pandaria. We have the same internal faction conflict, the same excessively evil warchief for no real reason, the same “dangerous times” quotes from Lor’Themar, the same acts of rebellion quests, the same bombing of an Alliance city.

When can we expect to see a new direction or story for the Horde? Will we be seeing the story move to actually doing something new in 8.2, or are we still going to be seeing the same repeat of MoP’s main story beats?

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Is there a possibility of Mythic+ dungeons granting the group all class buffs when the dungeon starts to ease the meta and make up for some classes lacking utility/group offerings?

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What is the idea behind class design? For example, Outlaw rogue. It seems I’m forced to play RTB spec in order to do descent damage. Seconded example, I’m not a huge fan of elves. But I love the Demon hunter class. Would there in the future be able to be a different race. Lastly the design with Duel wielding. Warriors(SmF), Death knights(unholy or blood), Surv hunter, ext ext ext

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The WoW community uses (and misuses) charts, logs, sims, and rosters to determine which classes are the most powerful. What metrics do Blizzard look at when they’re determining if a spec is balanced or not?

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Currently the Titan Residuum price for a specific max level (415) piece is priced in a way that would prevent players from completing a set of three specific pieces before the next season would start. Is this intended?

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