IDK, it just seems like he doesn’t. Hes collecting a paycheck and I am sure he is doing his best, but I dont think he truly cares about the game. I think many forum posters care more about this game than he seems too
Edit: lol at the community flagging this as trolling. All the ion white knights coming out
TBH, it feels like the money is too good to pass up and that’s it.
are you actually looking for an answer or just trying to talk smack on my boy ion
Doubt it lol, look at his character. I think most of the WoW dev team is like me and mad at past-blizzard for selling out to activision. We stick around for the community and hope for activision to stop ruining the game, but we only truly enjoy FFXIV.
The game isn’t the way I like it and therefore I clearly care more than the devs.
Ion never cared. That’s why the moron has been pushing for esports more and more.
He’s an elitist who only believes he and the people the people who think like him should be allowed to play.
Exactly why the entire notion of hiring off of “elitist jerks” is baffling to me.
Jerks is literally in the name. Elitist is literally in the name.
If someone fundamentally thinks they are better than others then this IS how they act. This should be about as surprising to people as water being wet.
He’s not your boy and if you can’t contribute to the conversation then leave
yeah youre making a big contribution yourself. what a pointless thread.
He does have passion. But clearly his goals are not the players’ goals. He’s there to push players to the limit to get them to play more and improve his metrics for success.
The wrong limit though. People should be pushed to the limit of their skill, not the limit of their tolerance for RNG.
edit: And none of these philosophies will ever hold water or be taken seriously when you can’t play M+ and climb to top tier ilvl through M+ alone if you climb to a high enough timed key(+20). If I have to do mythic raiding or pvp in order to be the best m+ player, the system is a blatant farce designed to keep people running hard on the hamster wheel.
Wouldn’t be surprised. People do change at times once they start raking in the money. There’s a reason why when gaming companies or movie studios start putting out lackluster content people start getting unhappy & complain.
I’m starting a discussion on the devs passion. That means a lot especially for game development.
Water isn’t wet, it makes things wet 
I don’t really think a passion and source of employment can to together, particularly when accountability and bosses are in the picture.
I’m sure he started out that way though. In fact, his background shows he very much was at some point.
Arguably not lol, WotLK development was when he became heavily involved. People think WotLK was WAY WAY WAY better than it actually was because it was right at the tail end of WoW’s flying mount honeymoon phase.
So many people hated the direction dungeon and raid design went for WotLK because it introduced tiers of raid difficulty rather than just inherently well designed raids. That was the demise of WoW, making raiding into a multi-tiered convoluted mess that is nearly impossible to balance in an effective and meaningful way.
Real talk… working on something is a whole different experience than playing something for fun. A chef can make a delicious meal out of ingredients they don’t really enjoy themselves but by simply respecting the ingredients and the customers. I am not sure if it matters that much if anybody making WoW enjoys playing the game. What matters is that they enjoy their job. What somebody like others will not. Ion might enjoy a whole different version of WoW than we have now but the direction it has gone was based on how many people are playing it now or what has attracted other people to a different game.
As if anybody works as much as they do NOT for money either. 
lol
hey i know you’re a new player, but you know what “jokes” are… right?
or do you whisper everyone you see who’s in a guild like “defenders of azeroth” if you see them in town to ask them why they’re not out defending azeroth?
I would assume he has great passion, but from what I have read about him, the direction he has taken the game and his personal interviews I have seen, I think he is just the wrong personality type to be the overall leader for a project like this.
Ion seems to be extremely passionate about numbers, systems design and cutting edge gameplay with a focus on leaning toward video games in general. This would make him an amazing leader for developing back end systems. Unfortunaly he doesn’t seem to have the ability to create a game with an emotional attachment, something you love and really want to do.
IMHO they need someone with a vision of the overall game to create a desire to play the game, not just systems that make logical sense.
I realize Metzen was not in the same role as Ion, but his loss really changed WoW for the worse. We had someone with strong ties to and love of RPGs (see is new venture) . Metzen made the characters and parts of the early game that people still love - like Thrall. I was Horde most of my time in this game BECAUSE of Thrall. There is no one in the game left like that. No stories like that.
Hes got a passion for a big paycheck.