#96 - Jan. 26, 2010, 9:47 p.m.
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I'm sure they'll buff you more if you need it. It's better than getting huge buffs that are reverted the next patch (or the next day as the case may be).
Yes. We have made a few mistakes in the 3.X patch cycle where we over-buffed or over-nerfed a spec. Aside from the risk that we'll have to revert some of the changes, it just sucks when say all hunters felt like they had to go Survival or all mages felt like they had to go Arcane. Ideally your spec would be a choice, but we feel like the second best scenario is to not keep changing which spec is on top (especially when that requires you to re-gear, etc.).
Players also tend to have different expectations for dps than we do. It's typical now for anyone who doesn't see their dps at 10,000 (or to see simulation output that suggests 10,000) to assume that something is wrong with their class.
Ideally, I think a better use of this forum would be to have fewer "My dps is lower than his" threads and more about class mechanics. :)
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I would like to believe Blizz doesn't make class changes or dps improvements / reductions around how well we have managed to charm or antagonize them in the forums, over the course of the year :)
It’s tempting sometimes, but no. :) Remember, the online posting part of the community is but a small minority of WoW players. Nor can you even effectively argue that the posters are somehow those players who care the most or understand the mechanics the best. Posters are just typically people who like to post. It’s hard to categorize them as being a certain type of player beyond that.
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If I was Ghostcrawler I would be the most depressed person in the world. He does nothing to deserve your hate.
No, no, that’s what the happy coffee mug is for. Seriously, I’ve been doing this for too long to get at all bent out of shape from forum hate. It would be nice if more players stuck with intelligent debate instead of name-calling just because we get a lot of visitors here who I suspect get turned off by what they perceive as a sad good post to bad post ratio.
