Wow that live QA was a big yikes

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TF/WF don’t motivate me either. I would be motivated to farm Valor if it put some control back in my hands. So tired of this no deterministic constant RNG wheel this MMORPG is on. It doesn’t belong in this kind of game.

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So basicaly if you are not happy with your class, dont expect any big changes until next expansion as the “team” cant do a overhaul midway through. Except if the team had listened to Beta feedback, the classes would not be in the sad state they are in. Now my Shaman , Lock and Spriest will never see the end of this expansion

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i just want to play zandalari paladin :disappointed_relieved:

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Problem with the Very First Answer: In 8.0, Kul’Tiras OFFICIALLY REJOINED the Alliance. They ARE part of the Alliance. They ARE willing to commit fully to the War Effort and to the Alliance (A bunch of Kul’Tirans actually take part in the Battle of Dazar’alor…which completely contradicts what Ion says. I am willing to tolerate incompetence…but I draw the line at LIES). There is NO excuse for why they aren’t playable in-story. As for the Zandalari…The Horde saves their Empire, downs a Pseudo-Old God that threatens to consume them all, saves the life of their King from a Traitor, Helps that King retake his Empire…oh and there’s that whole “Rescues the Royal Heir from a foreign prison thing”. If they aren’t willing to commit to the Horde…the only word to describe the in-universe Zandalari is Ungrateful.

tldr; Hiding being “Story Reasons” in wrong both in and out of the game.

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FTFY:grinning:

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If you pay attention during the Assaults Kul’tirans are already running around wearing Alliance tabards. I get that they are a new rig but he would have been better off just telling us they needed more time to finish them then trying to sell us on a storyline for making them playable.

The truth is sometimes the best answer.

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PVP Vendors - What isn’t “transparent” about Item X costs Y of Currency Z, thus you go to NPC A with Y of Currency Z to purchase Item X? Heck, that system is MORE transparent than Do Activity X that with grant you an item from loot pool Y based upon RNG.

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This made me sad
"Class Changes and Roles

Healer DPS should not be close to damage dealers as their rotations are simple and have a low ceiling.
Some healers could use some help with their damage, but they want to avoid a Discipline Priest at the beginning on the expansion situation.
There are no major class overhauls planned in 8.1.5.
Pure balance will likely happen over the coming weeks through hotfixes after looking at the new raid feedback, specifically for Arms warriors.
Complete overhauls of a spec (such as rotation and resource alterations) will most likely not happen in a patch and have to wait for a new expansion."
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why must i dungeon, why must i do islands, why WQs… valor sucks!!!111 That what would happen… it happened in MoP

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no they talk and talk but nothing is said

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Because we had more control over our gear . We could upgrade those we want to upgrade and not have to worry about a random roll of the dice deciding if a new piece comes out better then what it is originally supposed to drop at.

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That’s because

  1. Progression would Transparent, Easy to Understand and Easy to Plan out
  2. Players would have agency in regards to how quickly they progress and in what fashion they progress
  3. Players would have a more direct tie to Input = Reward…which also means Satisfaction.

Wait, those all seem like good things. Can’t have that in Modern WoW.

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That’s pretty much the company motto of “you think you do, but you don’t.”

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I’m only 22 minutes into an Asmongold reaction video to the Q&A, but so far Ion has answered the questions with an honesty that is kind of surprising based on how his answers in previous.

I like it. Keep being honest with us Ion. Ignore the people crying about the design choices that would let them play the game minimally. Agency =/= subversion of time, effort and reward.

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Not going to disagree. People will complain regardless… Like how they are “forced” to do them.

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Wow, so you like slot machines then. Tell us, how many big wins you get from the one armed bandits in the big casinos, or are you a “minimal player” who didn’t sink your life savings into it chasing the big jackpot because you don’t really believe that

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Using the word yikes in 2019 is a big yikes.

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Q&A has always been a mess they just find someway to make it worse than the last.

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Lately I’ve been vocally concerned about WoW’s core game design. I thought that Ion did a good job of addressing the elephant in the room regarding the biggest design challenges in WoW (At 1:03:35). I’m hoping that there will be some changes by 8.2.

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At this point I’m surprised any of you are surprised. Or shocked.