Blizzard hates slower progressing guilds

#0 - May 27, 2009, 5:02 a.m.

this may sound like some nerd rage... and well... i guess it is... and face it, if you're here reading in the forums your as much a nerd as i am... now, i dont know if blizzard even pays attention to this stuff so i may be wasting my time... not that i would expect them to listen anyway... they will do what they see as most profitable
anyway... the point...

i am not a player who can raid 10 or 25 mans everyday... my guild cannot do such things... i despise the fact that blizzard removes rewards like proto drakes from raid achievements cuz they will be "too easy" with the gear from the latest content patch... its still hard for the people who cant get on everyday with their guilds to plow through the content... im a completionist in any game i play... now because my guild is slower to progress due to time constraints i cant complete everything... ya know i wouldnt even care if they changed the reward slightly so you would know the difference of who did it the "easy way" or not... give me a "sick" black proto drake that only goes the normal 280% instead of the 310% one... fine... change the ZA mount a little bit... make it a rare drop instead of a timed thing... ok... but blatantly removing stuff from the game is complete crap... not only is blizzard making less harcore players pissed off but holding us back from other achievements as well... its getting harder for me to get the 100 mount achievement with less mounts in the game... i seem to be focusing on mount rewards here cuz thats the latest thing i noticed... anyway ive ranted enough... respond or dont, i dont care, and neither does blizzard... they know they will get our money every month anyway

Crygil

#13 - May 27, 2009, 7:36 a.m.

Q u o t e:
this may sound like some nerd rage... and well... i guess it is... and face it, if you're here reading in the forums your as much a nerd as i am... now, i dont know if blizzard even pays attention to this stuff so i may be wasting my time... not that i would expect them to listen anyway... they will do what they see as most profitable
anyway... the point...

We do pay attention to this sort of stuff.

Q u o t e:
i am not a player who can raid 10 or 25 mans everyday... my guild cannot do such things... i despise the fact that blizzard removes rewards like proto drakes from raid achievements cuz they will be "too easy" with the gear from the latest content patch... its still hard for the people who cant get on everyday with their guilds to plow through the content... im a completionist in any game i play... now because my guild is slower to progress due to time constraints i cant complete everything... ya know i wouldnt even care if they changed the reward slightly so you would know the difference of who did it the "easy way" or not... give me a "sick" black proto drake that only goes the normal 280% instead of the 310% one... fine... change the ZA mount a little bit... make it a rare drop instead of a timed thing... ok... but blatantly removing stuff from the game is complete crap... not only is blizzard making less harcore players pissed off but holding us back from other achievements as well... its getting harder for me to get the 100 mount achievement with less mounts in the game... i seem to be focusing on mount rewards here cuz thats the latest thing i noticed... anyway ive ranted enough... respond or dont, i dont care, and neither does blizzard... they know they will get our money every month anyway

We would like to motivate everyone by making unique mount rewards for various aspects of the game. We believe that the method we use for doing so is fairly sound in theory and in practice. While it may be unpopular to remove particular rewards, we believe it is necessary to ensure that their population is appropriately dispersed and not inflated. This keeps these mounts as something of a symbol of skill and accomplishment.

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As for the 100-mount achievement, we have added additional mounts through other means to make certain that this is doable by players who do not have the aforementioned unique mounts.

Crygil

#16 - May 27, 2009, 7:40 a.m.

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they love slow progression guilds, Your due to kill mimiron this month, check out the nerfs.

We love all guilds. Even guilds that don't participate at all in progression. They help to make this game into a community.

Crygil

#23 - May 27, 2009, 8:11 p.m.

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Yes you nerf content in to the ground so that any guild even a bunch of pug members who have never yet set foot in to the content can clear it in one night.

I was a hard core raider pre BC and one of the few to work my butt off to get in to the eye pre patch...Will admit that I never went to BT and sunwell but that is because I decided to take a break. BUT I did raid after patch and it was insanly easy WOTLK raids OMG my guild went in to ulda the first day and didnt have a clue as to what was going on.. we downed the first boss.. my guild all quit except for a few who either transfered guilds or just plays casual now. There IS NO REASON TO EVEN RAID HARD CORE any more.

Please stop with the stupid toys and bring back some actualy challenge in raids...

Don't make me go to your armory page... Oh wait, too late you did. As my esteemed colleague said: "Amazing. You have nothing to do now that people that aren't you have cleared Ulduar."

Crygil

#42 - May 27, 2009, 8:34 p.m.

Q u o t e:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't your job to make something that is well.. popular?

Another question, why haven't you removed the drake from the timed Culling of Stratholme yet?

All these people in Ulduar gear are blowing through CoS and getting the drake that 'I' have which diminishes it's uniqueness in the game... now that I have it of course.

It wasn't intended to be a unique mount. Just a cool reward.

It is our job to make areas of the game that the majority of the playerbase can enjoy. However, some degree of recognition to those who conquered the achievements set before them, while they're still fresh and challenging, is only fair.