They have a tremendous opportunity to do exactly this RIGHT NOW. Have the Jailer win and revamp Azeroth under his control!!!
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Agreed. I would update the whole world, re-do the talent trees, do something about professions, give the game a more classic feel but with certain QoL updates like group finder, maybe even add player housing to satisfy the player housing crowd. Et voilà, a good expansion.
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And you’re implying that millions of players paying a monthly subscription should be punished for the actions of a few workers. I don’t stand with these people, I don’t care what is happening in their private life - do your job.
They would need a complete changes of managment/leadership, throwing out people who would fire hundreds of employees and take out 200 million dollars for themself ^^
There needs to be investment in the game/staff/hardware…not bank accounts.
As long as the peopel in charge stay the same, and as long as its owned by shareholders (who wants their money asap) it will keep rolling downhill.
If that’s the case, they should suspend the monthly fee until they start back up development.
Why pay them when they halt all work on the game?
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Wow is ded already. It’s been on a downward spiral for years. Ion is just making it worse, along with budget cuts and lazy devs.
Call it quits and hats off to a good run.
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J.A.B needs to go and they need leadership change. I read a post from a former quest designer on Bastion on twitter that said that Ion and a few others basically ignore their dev’s input and rule with an iron fist on many things, diminishing their efforts. I hope many people who abused their power and fostered a toxic environment get fired.
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Only in America is everything upside down.
We need minimum wage workers around the world who strive hard, all this 50% gender, diversity wins - it is all loonie stuff! Nobody works hard in those environments, nobody is motivated to make a greatness because ‘work’ becomes merely a small ‘badge’ in their life instead of being their life. If work isn’t your life then nothing worthwhile will ever be created.
If you think Genshin Impact fell from the sky thanks to a diverse workforce no it didn’t, people slaved endlessly for months without breaks to produce that game. It was hard work and it paid off.
When your hiring criteria skips mental health and goes straight for the diversity checkboxes you end up with a non productive workforce. You’ve hired people who can’t handle stress, can’t handle unpredictable circumstances, need to be micromanaged 24/7 by people they look up to or they fall apart.
If their manager succumb to some circumstances, they would spend 1 week crying before returning to work, and then probably cry at work about it for a month before actually producing anything.
When you hire people who fit into a checkbox you don’t deserve a company imo. It is disrespectful for all those people out there working hard with people they hate to produce great things, life is hard - deal with it. Majority of the most memorable forms of entertainment we know were in workplaces that had people at each others throats but they saw the big picture and stuck to what mattered instead of looking for each and every opportunity to complain about and feel sad about their feelings.
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So apparently he is calling the harassment and misconduct lawsuit “obscene.” The fact he is stating almost no work is being done is a complete lie. The entire company does not grind to a halt. Companies deal with this type of thing all the time. The only difference is this is Blizzard and they get the publicity.
The lawsuit benefits nobody? Tell that to the people that did suffer while working under those conditions. That whole tweet was to pander to the player base making Blizzard look like the victims.
Suck blizzards boot harder why don’t ya?
That was not the discussion.
The discussion was whether it was morally good or not to wish death upon a game which many relies on for work.
Is it okay to hope that a MMORPG dies out when a whole lot of people risk losing their jobs as a result?
Some say yes, some say no.
I say it is no different from being fired normally, and does it is not a question of whether it is morally right or wrong.
What are you rambling about you weirdo lol. Don’t forget to take your looney pills.
This is about holding a company accountable for inequality and sexual harassment to female employees, not whatever you’re on about.
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why are you replying to me? it wasn’t written for you, this is something you would never understand
This is clearly something YOU don’t understand. I’m not even convinced you know what time it is or what day it is currently lol.
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Something I have learned is you should avoiding arguing with anyone who rants against inclusion, they’re not going to change and they’re going to drag you into the mud with them. Best to ignore and move on, as difficult as that may be.
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Perfectly said.
Good insight! Appreciate the remark.
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benefits me again so I can get AoTC under my work schedule. lol
I mean… I think we should all be outraged over the allegations brought to light in the lawsuit. They’re horrifying.
I don’t want to cancel Blizz, especially after seeing so many other employees step forward in solidarity with the victims. But I want the company and those at fault to be held accountable. I think it’s okay people are angry about this.
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This ladies and gents i hope goes down as a very valuable lesson in the importance of fans vs customers when building a product like WoW.
Wow for the last about…what 4 or 5 years? has been more interested in building their customer base, rather then their fan base. As a result, when crap like this happens and the game hits a massive bump in the road, all those customers are probably not going to stick around because they ahve no vested interest in the product because they are not fans, they are just customers. Its like when the starbucks near your house closes, you dont care about anyone who worked there or went there, you jsut go to the next starbucks. Vs your favorite coffee shop that knew you by name and you knew everyone in there, and it was a locally owned one, when that one suffers a problem you have a far greater interest.
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