Getting very frustrated with Bliz (rant warning)

[Poetry]

Does anyone ever feel like lately Blizzard is using WoW as a place to experiment with little things that they want to do in their "next gen mmo"?

[Tonuss]

Does anyone ever feel like lately Blizzard is using WoW as a place to experiment with little things that they want to do in their "next gen mmo"?

Yes and no. I'm sure that they'll take whatever they learn from WoW to their next MMORPG, and that there are likely to be things that they do specifically to see how well they work. But I doubt that they will implement a change just to test something for their next MMO regardless of the impact it would have on WoW.

Blizzard seems to like pushing the envelope, and with so many variables they're bound to break things. The impression I get is that their attitude is to implement changes they want to make (or feel that they have to make) and then deal with any fallout as it occurs. Like with boss fights in raids, they probably have a general idea of how they want it to be beaten and they don't mind if players find different ways to do it. But there will be some things that they didn't consider, and when players find those methods, they make changes. And that will always make people upset.

I don't know if it's that they're dumb, or inexperienced, or if their attitude is what I implied above. It could also be that their desire to tailor the game to all playstyles is having a detrimental effect from a design and development standpoint. I guess it's hard to really analyze it from the outside, because the game is so big and so popular. Most other MMORPGs seen much more focused. Then again, that hasn't kept a lot of them from sucking pretty bad...

[Bigfish]

Does anyone ever feel like lately Blizzard is using WoW as a place to experiment with little things that they want to do in their "next gen mmo"?

Not really, no.

[Souca]

That dog don't hunt.

Gotta give you props for using this phrase

As for testing ideas in WoW, I think they are testing things more for the next exapansion than another MMO. Mark my words, swimming and aquatic mounts will be important next expansion.

- Souca -

[Poetry]

Does anyone ever feel like lately Blizzard is using WoW as a place to experiment with little things that they want to do in their "next gen mmo"?

Not really, no.

Too much X-Files I guess. Mulder, Scully? Where is the conspiracy?!

[Simulacra]

QQ my <insert class here> got nerfed and <insert class here> is way too OP

yawn, yeah...whatever

[Souca]

QQ my <insert class here> got nerfed and <insert class here> is way too OP

yawn, yeah...whatever

So glad you read the thread before making your startling generalization. So being clever, how's that working out for you?

- Souca -

[turbopinto]

QQ my <insert class here> got nerfed and <insert class here> is way too OP

yawn, yeah...whatever

Wow forums are that way>>>