Pathfinder is killing WoW: Either give us flying or get rid of it

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@Redneckdeath-bleeding-hollow

Not gonna happen. This is a non negotiable thing with the current dev team.

What does this even mean? Warlords was when Pathfinder happened. That was nearly 5 years ago. We’ve had 3 expansions in that time (WoD included) headed by 2 different game directors; WoD and Legion shipped by Chilton, BfA shipped by Ion.

Dev team leadership is even full of old timers. To quote a previous post of mine.

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@Brutalistica-greymane

It’s no longer Blizzard. Most of the core employers have left to another field. Developers keep leaving so the recovering of this company is very slim

People keep saying crap like this but Blizzard is known for being full of old timers. That’s basically it’s industry reputation.

Just for WoW:
Ion Hazzikostas - Game Director: 11 years at Blizz.
John Hight - Production Director: 7 years at Blizz.
Chris Robinson - Art Director: 13 years at Blizz.
Alex Afrasiabi - Creative Director: 15 years at Blizz.
Patrick Dawson - Technical Director: 15 years at Blizz.
Steve Aguilar - Lead Animator: 15 years at Blizz.
Dusty Nolting - Lead Animator: 9 years at Blizz.
Ely Cannon - Lead Environment Artist: 11 years at Blizz.
Dan Moore - Lead Prop Artist: 21 years at Blizz.
Matt Goss - Lead Game Designer: 9 years at Blizz. (This one is hard to tell)
Morgan Day - Lead Encounter Designer: 12 years at Blizz.
James Chadwick - Lead Level Designer: 19 years at Blizz.
Russell Petersen - Lead Rewards Designer: 11 years at Blizz.
Eric Maloof - Lead Quest Designer: 16 years at Blizz.

And most of these people have spent nearly all of that time ON WORLD OF WARCRAFT ITSELF.

We need to face it. There isn’t some “new dev team” mucking up the game, just new design opinions.