Mists of Pandaria Developer Q&A Transcript

Mists of Pandaria Developer Q&A Transcript

Topic: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Content & Features
Time: Thursday, October 27, 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. PDT

Host: Community Manager Zarhym
Panelist: Lead Content Designer Cory "Mumper" Stockton
Panelist: Lead Systems Designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street

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Rightousfury
Aerie Peak
Rightousfury
2/10/2013
This is for the developers of this amazing game.. people will always complain and leave and new people will join because of the changes made, but what you did to the talents was just wrong you should make it so that people have an option to do it the easy way or they get an option to pay some gold to their trainer and instead can customise their trees if they wish, I can understand it makes things quicker but you need to give people the option of playing the game with custom builds or it takes away many more things for the player to personalise I have stopped this game on and off and I have rebought the game 3 times (including different expansions) I have now got it for the 4th time I rebought from original WOW to mists of Pandaria and It just seems like your cutting out some of the layers that scares away newbs, you could make it so that you can only customise the talent tree at 90 so that newbs shouldn't be affected.. just an idea, and my personal opinion.. Anyway keep up the amazing work Blizz Developers I look forward to seeing what the next expansion might be :D
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Paladenna
Terenas
Paladenna
12/21/2012
One way to make a small part of this game more enjoyable would be to get rid of the crap in our Tillers gardens. For those of us that have reached exalted with the Tillers, just let us plant and harvest our crops! It's so annoying to have to fight all of that crap when we harvest and then again when we plant! It's a big waste of our time especially for those of us with multiple toons and we get nothing for killing that crap.
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Niffleheim
Bloodhoof
Niffleheim
12/18/2012
Gotta say it WoW, you guys really hit it on the head. I started at BC and have to say this is the best yet. Huge improvement over Death Wing. THanks for the hard work. I really enjoy playing what you poured a ton of money and effort into.
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Vyloriana
Tichondrius
Vyloriana
12/9/2012
Yet another thing on blizzards website that they did to make money or get more subscribers that doesn't work 100% of the time.

Please... just post a forum with text so I can read it. I understand this is all a video game and learning just isn't cool here but reading is still good for us.
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Checkthisout
Zangarmarsh
Checkthisout
8/29/2012
i love how 20% of people complain how the games changing blah blah blah, 30% complain how they dont want it to change, and the other 50% just dont care they just like playing the game. stop complaining, if they keep the game the exact same for 10 years.. everyones going to be bored with it and stop playing, the change it to make something new, keep new stuff coming so people arnt bored and have something to look into, learning something new, instead of the same thing year after year, all you guys saying your not gunna play anymore, but i gaureentee you, 99% of you guys will still be playing in a year. This is a multi-billion dollar gaming company.. im pretty sure they know exactly what there doing.. and your complaining aint gunna change that.. its soemthing new.. learn it, makes the game a little different, and makes it more interesting giving you something to do besides sit in the trade talking about nothing.. just thought id speak up and say something thats on 80% of everyones mind, and what everyone wants to say.. shut up with the complaining.
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Vorloc
Hellscream
Vorloc
9/16/2012
@Checkthisout: i like your response, been waiting for someone to put some sense into these people.
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Hellnabucket
Mug'thol
Hellnabucket
9/18/2012
@Checkthisout: I agree with most of it but the part that blizzard knows exactly what they're doing, if they did they wouldn't have released a half assed D3 and this pre-MoP event was just very poor, half of it it's the 1st quest for legendary daggers just rendered different mobs into it
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Vyloriana
Tichondrius
Vyloriana
12/9/2012
@Hellnabucket and the rest: Hard to listen to you guys with Blizzards junk shoved so far down your throat. Let's explain real human history:

Revolutionary war:
30% For the revolution
30% For British rule
40% couldn't care less.

Thank god that minority didn't bend over and take it like you guys are, the greatest country in the world might not exist otherwise.
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Tical
Thaurissan
Tical
12/17/2012
@Vyloriana:
>the greatest country in the world
I lol'd
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Niffleheim
Bloodhoof
Niffleheim
12/18/2012
@Checkthisout:
I'll admit. I heard panda's and I came within a click from walking away. I heard poke mon, and cringed. I played it, and have been blown away since. This is good stuff and they did a great job.
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Xeroyk
Moon Guard
Xeroyk
8/28/2012
I think my favorite part about Blizz is how they ignore alot of things that could improve the game. And how they favor the Horde, you get alot of screen time with the horde leaders, and hear alot about those stupid orcs and gay belfs yet almost nothing for the alliance
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Rabidmoth
Ysera
Rabidmoth
8/28/2012
@Xeroyk: that's blizz's way of balancing the sides. if the alliance had all the good cut scenes and storylines there would be even more little kids playing alliance than there are now, and the pvp balance would be even more skewed. This was cleverly and meticulously thought out, but you have to think about it from the game's viewpoint and not just your own to understand it.
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Vorloth
Nordrassil
Vorloth
12/8/2012
@Rabidmoth: lol lil kids play they horde more then the alliance , from the people i have met , see it with my real id friends lol when thier kids get on they roll horde lol the butt ugly monster faction draws the kids :P
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Zakeial
Uther
Zakeial
8/26/2012
looks cool
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Teejaÿ
Drenden
Teejaÿ
8/23/2012
Taking away pally auras....can we say WEAK!
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Karrgath
Shu'halo
Karrgath
8/27/2012
@Teejaÿ: Giving pallies 20 second no CD hammer spam
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Tigerspawn
Scarlet Crusade
Tigerspawn
8/3/2012
And one more thing, I have spent months trying to find out one thing about MoP, is there going to be more slots so we can play the new race on our already populated (by one of each class type) servers. I have seen the same question asked many times, but not one answer from Blizzard.
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Checkthisout
Zangarmarsh
Checkthisout
8/29/2012
@Tigerspawn: Actually it was said a while ago from blizzard that the character slots would increase to 11 on the realese of mists so you could creat a panda, with out having to delete a character.
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Tigerspawn
Scarlet Crusade
Tigerspawn
8/3/2012
I will have to say that like another poster earlier, after 8 (for me) years of playing WOW I will be giving it up after my annual pass expires. I have finally come to the conclusion that if I have to keep re-learning the game, then I might as well learn a new game. The other factors that have lead me to this stage are: 1) Major failure of Blizzard to pay attention to those who have been playing since the beginning. More and more keeps being taken away in order to make it easier for the newer players. (remember the Keymaster Achievement? where is it now?) The second thing may be minor to some but is incredibly major to me, removing player control over their skills. When in a grop if a minor dogs up ore does the whole group get a roll at it? how about skinning? Herbalism? So why is it that Enchanters lost the ability to say "I ain't gonna DE that cause you treated me like..."? If you wanted to get more enchanting materials into the game, change the DE skill so it will work on the not to be traded slot items, don't jack my skill.
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Xeroyk
Moon Guard
Xeroyk
8/28/2012
@Tigerspawn: boo hoo more change for the better, get over it
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"There isn't a lot of formal training that goes into it (though that seems to be improving over time). A lot of it is playing a lot of games, but it helps to have a bunch of really smart dudes on the WoW team (and throughout the company) who can poke holes in what you were certain is a brilliant idea. The guys behind the scenes don't get enough credit for the success of our games." --Greg (Ghostcrawler)

This just saddens me. I read the trolling nonsense and the ridiculous vitriol and think of the great work you all put into these games. There might be a silent majority (though I don't think we're silent really), but rest assured many fans, far more than there are trolls, love what you guys are doing. This isn't an exact science. It takes thought and work and rework to make something good. What you all have managed to accomplish all these years has been astounding. I've been playing WoW since it came out. I have played many other MMOs, but there's only one that stands out--WoW. And that goes for your other games too (Diablo III rocks!!!).
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Dethshalcom
Malfurion
Dethshalcom
7/17/2012
pandarens should be able to be druids
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Laureldia
Lightninghoof
Laureldia
6/17/2012
i downloaded the ptr with the patches but wheni log in there are no realms. what is the problem? can anyone tell me if i can fix this?
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Immunes
Arygos
Immunes
6/9/2012
how do i download mists of pandaria
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Ethoss
Kilrogg
Ethoss
7/11/2012
yeah how do you install it
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Paradex
Arygos
Paradex
4/30/2012
Two big questions
1.) Is there going to be no flying till 90??

2.) Is there going to be a 10th charecter slot??
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Yes, you are ruining the talent trees and the individuality of the play. Everyone is gonna become a cookie cutter character like everyone else in their class with minimal options for uniqueness. It's like you are making an MMORPG for dummies!!! I like the original talent tree options where you could pick and chose from each tree. I barely accepted it when we were forced to chose all the way down one tree before selecting another and now you are making things worse. And then there are Pandas!!!! LMAO, one lousy NPC that Thrall did a couple of quests for in WC3 and you are making a whole expansion out of them!?!?!?! You know I tried Rift, actually like the game a lot, but wasn't going to pay for 2 MMORPGs. Seems now I know which one I'm gonna stop playing now. When Mists comes out I will be leaving WoW after 7 yrs of playing it. It's sad you cave into childish rantings for Pandas and homogenization of characters.
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Holypath
Frostmourne
Holypath
6/12/2012
@Amleth: LOL ^^
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Kealthus
Moon Guard
Kealthus
7/15/2012
@Amleth: Agreed
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Teejaÿ
Drenden
Teejaÿ
8/23/2012
@Amleth: LOL
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Xeroyk
Moon Guard
Xeroyk
8/28/2012
@Amleth: rift went f2p since it failed
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Bingowings
Korgath
Bingowings
4/25/2012
Love the idea of this Q&A sesh. keep em comin
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Onyxblue
Haomarush
Onyxblue
4/25/2012
is there a diff. test realm to download for pandaria.. because i thought i downloaded the pandaria test realm but it is saying in my account infor that i downloaded the cata test realm
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Hawkspar
Grizzly Hills
Hawkspar
4/22/2012
wh en the hell will we all get our mop beta invites as annual pass holders ive still not recieved it yet everyone else i know playing who i told to get the passes have it already this is crap blizz still fails to live up to thier promises rift is loooking better all the time no wonder blizz is losing players daily
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Limpynoodle
Borean Tundra
Limpynoodle
4/15/2012
It's nice to see than Pandarens can't be paladins. It'll be refreshing to see less of them when playing.
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Xeroyk
Moon Guard
Xeroyk
8/28/2012
@Limpynoodle: they have huntards tho :(
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Imlye
Destromath
Imlye
4/13/2012
when does it come out?
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Bonysqueeze
Dragonblight
Bonysqueeze
4/6/2012
Is Mist of Pandaria all ready out, or hasn't been released yet? I tryed calling Billzard but all i get is music? Please tell me if or when it's out, thanks!
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Zaylix
Darrowmere
Zaylix
4/7/2012
@Bonysqueeze: It isn't out yet.
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Gimmarde
Emerald Dream
Gimmarde
4/5/2012
Really just can not wait any longer. I almost feel like they're testing me at this point, or think they are.

Well, patience is a virtue, as we say.