They must have taken the same training courses as my last HR person… just a vile little person who wanted to be the company problem solver.
edit: but, instead of solving problems they just pretended they weren’t really problems…
Also… what’s going on with the forums? so bloody slow…
Blizzard, for some insane reason as made it so that we can vote on what tier appearance and what tier set the classes and specs will have in season 4 respectively
I say it is stupid because you can intentionally try and screw over specs you hate by voting for the set bonus they hated the most.
I am a big fan of the democratic process, but there are just some things that should never come down to a vote!!
Why are we allowing players to vote on matters of game balance?!?
Tier appearance though is fine. Just not the bonus.
imo it should be ranked choice if they want to get the community to vote on the tier bonuses.
but that is the aussie in me
I love this form of voting, makes it so we don’t feel like our vote didn’t count… which is probably why it won’t take off in america… we are obsessed with winning and pointing out who is losing.
The American in me is just too busy thinking about how badly this can go wrong. Because of course everyone will vote for the strongest bonus, that’s fine.
But nobody will agree which bonus that happens to be!!
Like, do not trust me, Alynsa, ultra-casual, never-raider, scared-to-pvp MM hunter to have a vote here!! Which one summons cutesy animals to attack my foes when I proc a proc? Does one of them make my first Aimed Shot in combat have half the cast time, cuz I’m picking that!! Unless one of them makes treants or unicorns or big snakes come out of nowhere to bite just everything, because give me that please!!
My boomkin has a set bonus that makes my very first two Sun Fireball or Star Thinger cast much quicker in combat. I love that bonus, because it basically means for 90% of my gameplay, it’s active!! Why would I ever choose not-that? And yet, the votes seem to be going differently. It’s lucky for the real boomkin mains that more boomkin casuals like me are not voting.
According to the enhancement specialists… which I am not likely to be included in judging by how frequently I’m told how to do better… we love pets, wolves of the ghostly variety especially and so ghost wolves it is…
I personally hate pet classes, which is why I don’t play hunter… too many pets, MM was ok for a bit… just couldn’t stay engaged.
Remember how I hate shapeshifting classes? Shaman have that too it’s called Ascendence… it’s not even remotely amusing how bad it looks.
I am a real piece of work I tell you, I love a class that is trying to be a shapeshifting pet summoning class and I don’t like either of those things… when does druid get forms that aren’t forms for the other forms? I’m not that into balance to really enjoy it.
Well maybe try not pressing Disengage on cooldown, Nightsong!!
Balance is easily my second favorite spec to play in the entire game, and even then it’s so close. Running around, Moon and Sun Fires zapping every mob in sight, doing these big pulls, slapping Starfall (?) and then just healing through the damage as everything dies feels so satisfying. Especially when I see just how many things I smushed!!
Oh I get the appeal, really I do… I just don’t get the same joy out of it that others do. Not sure why but something about the game play just doesn’t engage with me like Ehancement does.
Though that feeling you have, that’s how I feel while playing enhancement and getting through a big pull, which often relies on luck for us.
See, this is why my biggest love is Marksman. When I do big pulls, it doesn’t come down to a lot of luck. Just a little luck. Maybe something like
10% luck.
20% skill.
15% concentrated power of will.
5% pleasure.
And 50% pain.
And 100% reason to remember my name.
How could we ever forget you?
See you tomorrow, sadly I need sleep, been a long day.
And again welcome back. 
Hi, Steve. How are things? Saw you at the Blizzcon conference. I was there with nobody to talk to, and I saw you there. I don’t speak to many people I don’t know, so I knew immediately I wasn’t going to speak to you. I’d like to thank you for the community, first of all. I only know that your name is Steve because one of the Blizzard guys introduced you to me. I asked him “Who’s that guy over there with the tie?” and he said “Him? That’s Steve.” I don’t know if you work at Blizzard or not. Do You? Tech has always fascinated me. I know that here in Boise Blizzard is trying to set up roots, so maybe you’re part of their traveling circus. I was the brunette in the knee-high skirt and magenta blazer. Hair was kind of frizzy, didn’t have time to comb it this morning. I know you saw me, you kind of looked my way and if memory serves correctly you started walking toward me but one of your friends, a guy who was about 5 and a half feet tall with glasses, put his hand on your shoulder and pulled you back. The rest of the night we were arranged into lines to look at the different consoles. Given that you’re big into computers I know you have to be on this board somewhere. I searched all the usernames by index for “steve”, but nothing showed up. I assume you’re here under another username. Please reply ayec.
Oh my goodness, another one?? Steve, what have we told you about this!! You know you are a heart-stealer!! You gotta stop giving strangers “the Look” or they will keep stalking you!!
Gosh darn it, Steve.
Dang, my favorite seasonal set for Shaman is probably not going to win, S3 is in the lead by a pretty large margin!
S3 is not a bad set but it’s definitely more Horde-themed. Wolf sets are fine, they’re just… very thematically restricted, even on Horde in some ways. The shoulders are just so big and goofy unless you’re an Orc. (Nothing wrong with Orcs though! Zug zug! Dabu and all that!) S1 was just so good though, you’re like some kind of electric? Molten? ROCK ascendant, kapow!
Thankfully the sets for Druid and Priest that I like are winning by a landslide but that’s not totally surprising considering the Season 2 sets for those classes completely ATE and left ZERO crumbs. (I need to stop watching stuff with Drag Queens…)
TBH I didn’t read into it super deep, so I’m not sure if the voting just means an upgraded version of the same set for S4 or a new color-way. I’m hoping for new color 'cause ya girl loves some transmog! Best dressed Shaman this side of the Great Dark Beyond!
Sometimes I think I am “with it” but then I realize I can be like a babe in the woods.
I saw that thread in GD about Season 4. I thought:
“WoW, that’s neat. Blizzard is giving people choices for that lull to sort of play around with. This thread should be filled will all sorts of cheers and positivity…”
Then I finished the first post and scrolled down.
People have complaints that I wouldn’t have fathomed if I sat for an hour and tried to think of complaints.
I tend to avoid GD like the plague because it really harshes my mellow. There are so many complainers about things that like you said, are so incredibly vague or far reaching that it’s baffling. I don’t like to assume, 'cause I know people PAY for a sub but it comes off spoiled and entitled in a lot of ways.
I feel like we allow consumers to get away with a little bit TOO much these days. I think feedback is important but some people take it the extra mile to just find things to complain about.
Reminds me that I saw a lady a few weeks ago screeching at a store clerk and even going so far as to post videos of herself doing so on her phone (real-time) because they changed the wrappers on a type of holiday candy (plastic to paper) and they’re not ‘festive’ enough anymore. They had to escort her out.
… People REALLY need to get a grip!
I know… I’m really sad about it myself… that bloody wolf set is getting tons of votes… and I don’t even see the appeal… then again I’ve never much cared for Shaman’s obsession with wolf themes… that’s orc stuff. Time to move on, we are not just orcs.
No, I think you are. DrainOrcs, TaurOrcs, TroOrcs, GoblOrcs, Orc Tirans, DwOrcs…
All orcs, every shamanens.
Me not that kind of orc