tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post9213899725452516654..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: 10 Reasons I am Not Excited About MistsTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-69479852146423725152012-03-24T04:57:00.515-04:002012-03-24T04:57:00.515-04:00Yes please, remove reason number 3 from your list
...Yes please, remove reason number 3 from your list<br />http://www.wowheadnews.com/blog=201766/interviews-with-greg-street-cory-stockton-tom-chilton-and-j-allen-brack<br /><br />"... Certainly with challenge modes, we don't plan for you to queue up. We feel that if you queued for a challenge mode in Dungeon Finder, that would cause a lot of problems."poliknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-69367009797886979702012-03-20T21:31:37.342-04:002012-03-20T21:31:37.342-04:00There is an interview on Wowhead i believe where t...There is an interview on Wowhead i believe where they basically say they will not be an LFR as they look at this as one of the things guilds will do together like Regular mode Dungeons etc, But i would not put it past them to make it LFRWilkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721813108207060039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-28970523286684180412012-03-20T05:49:30.302-04:002012-03-20T05:49:30.302-04:00I think the reason myself and many others get the ...I think the reason myself and many others get the feeling that GC is the main guy is because he is the face they put on things. Not to mention his title does sound as if he is the last stop on the take the blame express.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-33731459068641413192012-03-20T03:20:34.188-04:002012-03-20T03:20:34.188-04:00The devs have hierarchies and responsibilities. Ch...The devs have hierarchies and responsibilities. Chilton is responsible for WoW, the whole thing, he's in charge. <br /><br />Greg Street is the lead systems designer. He does the bones of the game, numbers wise. He's the go to for class balance and PvP concerns.<br /><br />Scott Mercer is the Lead Encounter Designer. If it's in a dungeon or raid, t's his job. He's the go to guy for encounter design, to the point where some of the prominent raiding guilds have a direct line to him in the event of discovering bugs in encounters.<br /><br />Chris Metzen runs the lore, but Dave Kosak, the lead quest designer, is responsible for the implementation of said lore into non dungeon aspects of the game. If you think the story sucks, blame Metzen, if you think the questing was stupid, blame Kosak.<br /><br />There are other devs, but those are the big guys.The Renaissance Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218269024132171600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-78616407124499298822012-03-19T22:58:34.470-04:002012-03-19T22:58:34.470-04:00Challenge modes are doing heroics with standardize...Challenge modes are doing heroics with standardized gear.<br /><br />For example, if it existed now you could do a Grim Bartol in challenge mode with everyone in 329 gear exactly, no matter what they are wearing.<br /><br />It is for the challenge of doing the dungeon in the lowest possible gear allowed.<br /><br />Scenarios are group quests but in an instance. So it could be done by three DPS if they wanted.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-84977549996474678332012-03-19T22:56:33.744-04:002012-03-19T22:56:33.744-04:00Then I stand corrected... Chilton should be fired ...Then I stand corrected... Chilton should be fired or demoted then. <br /><br />I've complained about GC a million times and no one ever mentioned that. How is an elf to learn if no one points it out. ;)TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-34313437579790465882012-03-19T21:43:51.856-04:002012-03-19T21:43:51.856-04:00You're confusing Ghostcrawler with Kalgan.
G...You're confusing Ghostcrawler with Kalgan. <br /><br />Greg Street is the lead systems designer, he handles things like class balance, and the way mechanics interact with player characters. The two things that you listed as being among your favorite things about Cataclysm, reforging and talent specializations, are the result of GC's work.<br /><br />Tom Chilton is the game director, he's responsible for the overall vision of how the game progresses. He was the one who greenlighted the leveling overhaul, the poor quest flow, the deluge of single digit boss tiers. Cataclysm was his baby, and it was his first full expansion since he took over from Jeff Kaplan after the release of patch 3.1. Everything anyone ever disliked about Cataclysm passed across his desk for approval.The Renaissance Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218269024132171600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-18992504996749122872012-03-19T20:01:51.904-04:002012-03-19T20:01:51.904-04:00Aren't challenge mode dungeons a solo thing? ...Aren't challenge mode dungeons a solo thing? I didn't get the impression that it was a group effort. I could be wrong though. <br /><br />And could you pls explain a bit more what a Scenario is? The glut of information since late last night has my head scrambling! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-40292389403513308522012-03-19T19:55:50.775-04:002012-03-19T19:55:50.775-04:00While I have no facts that can back it up I do bel...While I have no facts that can back it up I do believe that the challenge modes will have a LFG version. They have not said they wouldn't or would, so it is only guess work now. If they don't make it LFG people will cry until blizzard ads one.<br /><br />I agree however, like everything else in game, if you want it done right, make your on group.<br /><br />Have groups removal for their reasons is lacking. So more people get out in the world? So it is really important to have 2 people to summon instead of 1? I don't get it. <br /><br />Blizzard needs to realize that if people are not getting out in the world it is because of nothing to do in the world, not because of have group.<br /><br />Heck, they are adding something to archaeology that teleports you from dig site to dig site meaning you are out in the world less flying to each location.<br /><br />They can't say they are removing one thing because they want people out in the world and in the same breath say they are making someone else so people do not have to spend so much time out in the world.<br /><br />Their logic fails.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-43868841216948175522012-03-19T18:37:22.146-04:002012-03-19T18:37:22.146-04:00Challenge Modes - I never once assumed that these ...Challenge Modes - I never once assumed that these would be puggable, so I always assumed the "check" was a common sense check, much like running Rated BGs. You could do it with a ragtag group of people unprepared, sure - and you'd get stomped. I don't see think there needs to be a protective restriction here to protect players from their own ineptitude. If you end up with the 900 DPS Rogue in a Challenge (assuming they're not puggable/LFG-able) then you have no one to blame but yourself for willingly grouping with that person without checking them out, in my eyes.<br /><br />Have Group - I'm torn on this. I absolutely think they should not allow this - ON PANDARIA. I think people SHOULD have to venture forth into the new lands and make their way around instead of just skipping everything and getting summoned everywhere. However, I see no reason to remove it from Azeroth / older content, where it is a WONDERFUL luxury. Hopefully they come up with a compromise like this. Or, allowing it for summoning within a raid, so the "get the entire raid in" utility is still there, while not allowing the "skip 90% of pandaria and just be shuttled around" side.Radeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09530448668257881842noreply@blogger.com