Im worried..... - Blue Tracker

#0 - July 31, 2008, 5:02 p.m.

Is anyone else kinda worried that all the advertising for destructible buildings and siege weapons is going to fall short.

I have a feeling itll go something like this. You start the "event" as nethaera has called it. Its a set BG kind of like AV, with certain buildings here and there. You then do enough random PvE stuff to either summon up the siege weapons, or the siege weapons are there in the center of the battlefield.

You right click the siege weapon, and it fires at its specific building, when youve done it enough times it blows up in the exact same way every time.

the only reason this discourages me is that im worried we wont control the siege weapons and that it wont be all PvP based. So we wont control our own fate, is what im concerned about.

The only reason im worried is that right now PvP is right click this flag, run it back and forth. Right click this flag, youve captured a bunker.

I just want a more epic feel the lake wintergrasp. I love blizz, if anyone can do it, they can. But i have a feeling that itll be like i described. Anyone else have any ideas on what it might be?

Nethaera

#6 - July 31, 2008, 5:16 p.m.

Q u o t e:
Is anyone else kinda worried that all the advertising for destructible buildings and siege weapons is going to fall short.

I have a feeling itll go something like this. You start the "event" as nethaera has called it. Its a set BG kind of like AV, with certain buildings here and there. You then do enough random PvE stuff to either summon up the siege weapons, or the siege weapons are there in the center of the battlefield.

You right click the siege weapon, and it fires at its specific building, when youve done it enough times it blows up in the exact same way every time.

the only reason this discourages me is that im worried we wont control the siege weapons and that it wont be all PvP based. So we wont control our own fate, is what im concerned about.

The only reason im worried is that right now PvP is right click this flag, run it back and forth. Right click this flag, youve captured a bunker.

I just want a more epic feel the lake wintergrasp. I love blizz, if anyone can do it, they can. But i have a feeling that itll be like i described. Anyone else have any ideas on what it might be?

Expectation is a funny thing. It can take many forms and be either high or low or lacking any depth at all. We try to find a balance between giving you what we feel is exciting information and still not overhyping at the same time. We don't want people to expect more than we deliver but at the same time, we want people to be excited about the things we're excited about.

I guess we'll just have to see how it goes when we test the new PvP Battleground, Wintergrasp, and Arenas. We're excited about them and we hope you all will be too.

Nethaera

#11 - July 31, 2008, 5:18 p.m.

Q u o t e:

You left off the 's' after battleground.

No I didn't. We have one new Battleground, the entire zone of Wintergrasp for PvP, and two new arenas.

Nethaera

#30 - July 31, 2008, 5:28 p.m.

Q u o t e:
Do you guys plan to do anything with destructible buildings right now, beyond Wintergraps and the new BG?

It's a possibility, yes. We have the technology available to us so there is always the possibility of this finding it's way into other areas of the game as well.

I don't want to give away too much on what could be or what may be in Wrath for anyone that wants to experience things for the first time and be surprised. I can say we have some new things we've added into Wrath of the Lich King that add a bit more depth to the gameplay and hopefully everyone will enjoy them.

Nethaera

#50 - July 31, 2008, 5:46 p.m.

Q u o t e:
Neth, do you have anything you could tell us Hunters about whether or not we should be excited about PvP Arenas as well.

As you know, (particularily if you look at the statistics of Hunters above the 2000, and 2200 ranking in Arena) hunters are having a terrible time with PvP.

We would like to be excited too. Could you please offer at least a /soothe if you feel that these issues will be resolved. :)

Thank you. I know we can trust you. <3

Hrm.. I know there are a lot of changes on how pets work and also there are some changes to how line of sight can be blocked or not blocked as well via moving pillars or even water flow. This should add a bit to the fight and make it a bit more difficult for players to simply hide behind one object for the entire fight. More on specific mechanics I couldn't tell you right now, but should I get more information to share either I will or one of the other team members will. ;)