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a big WoW & Minecraft nerd | 20y

[kay @kaedabesta]

@QuestTheLine Make quel'thalas a leveling zone !

[kay @kaedabesta]

This is very interesting insight

[Cornfed Nebraska Boy @Marmstrongwow]

I'm seeing a lot of discourse about who WoW Forever is being made for and while I cannot speak for anyone else on the team I can speak for myself. I am making WoW forever for the classic gamer and for the millions of people who have had their accounts lapse over the years because they were not satisfied with changes that were made to the game. Whether those changes were to the art style, the story, social aspects, game design, or changes to their favorite class.

I did not spend the last year of my life relearning and mastering how to do things like we did it 20+ years ago for retail players. I could have taken it easy and just kept doing things like I had done for the past 8 years on retail...because I was much more familiar with it and it actually takes a lot less time to do (height maps on textures do a ton of heavy lifting). Because the reality is that the majority of retail players wouldn't care and would probably actually prefer it. But I felt I had a duty to uphold an artistic vision and integrity that millions of people expect from us. But not just for our players, but for my co-workers past and present who worked on it over 20 years ago. If I could not create something that resembled their work then I failed not only them...but myself.

Please do not take this as me throwing any shade at retail players or the retail team because I am one myself...but I wanted to make Forever as authentic of a Vanilla experience as possible. This involves making decisions wildly different than retail. It means holding the line against changes that create a domino affect down the road. It means keeping friction and inconveniences in the game. It means finding friends and forming groups with strangers and being social!! Because WoWs social aspects have always been the pillar of the game and over the years it has slowly been chiseled away at with changes that allow you play alone.

Since the day I started working on the Riverglades I have lived by three sayings.

"Convenience is the death of the journey."

"If you're making a game for everyone then you're making it for no one."

"Every change we make incurs a debt to the authenticity of the game and sooner or later that debt will be paid."

These are my core beliefs and I had a specific group of people I was targeting with my work. These beliefs cannot be shaken and I will try to hold the line against anything that goes against them and will continue to pester the team about things that feel out of place.

That being said, my hope is that Forever will pull in as many people as possible, whether you are a retail gamer, a classic gamer, someone who hasn't played in years, or even a new player. I hope you can all remember what made this game so special in the first place and that starts with understanding why we are so passionate about keeping it authentic.

[Cornfed Nebraska Boy @Marmstrongwow]

I'm seeing a lot of discourse about who WoW Forever is being made for and while I cannot speak for anyone else on the team I can speak for myself. I am making WoW forever for the classic gamer and for the millions of people who have had their accounts lapse over the years because they were not satisfied with changes that were made to the game. Whether those changes were to the art style, the story, social aspects, game design, or changes to their favorite class.

I did not spend the last year of my life relearning and mastering how to do things like we did it 20+ years ago for retail players. I could have taken it easy and just kept doing things like I had done for the past 8 years on retail...because I was much more familiar with it and it actually takes a lot less time to do (height maps on textures do a ton of heavy lifting). Because the reality is that the majority of retail players wouldn't care and would probably actually prefer it. But I felt I had a duty to uphold an artistic vision and integrity that millions of people expect from us. But not just for our players, but for my co-workers past and present who worked on it over 20 years ago. If I could not create something that resembled their work then I failed not only them...but myself.

Please do not take this as me throwing any shade at retail players or the retail team because I am one myself...but I wanted to make Forever as authentic of a Vanilla experience as possible. This involves making decisions wildly different than retail. It means holding the line against changes that create a domino affect down the road. It means keeping friction and inconveniences in the game. It means finding friends and forming groups with strangers and being social!! Because WoWs social aspects have always been the pillar of the game and over the years it has slowly been chiseled away at with changes that allow you play alone.

Since the day I started working on the Riverglades I have lived by three sayings.

"Convenience is the death of the journey."

"If you're making a game for everyone then you're making it for no one."

"Every change we make incurs a debt to the authenticity of the game and sooner or later that debt will be paid."

These are my core beliefs and I had a specific group of people I was targeting with my work. These beliefs cannot be shaken and I will try to hold the line against anything that goes against them and will continue to pester the team about things that feel out of place.

That being said, my hope is that Forever will pull in as many people as possible, whether you are a retail gamer, a classic gamer, someone who hasn't played in years, or even a new player. I hope you can all remember what made this game so special in the first place and that starts with understanding why we are so passionate about keeping it authentic.

[Tiffany @tiffplzz]

i wanna meet the person paying $60 for a stack of copper bars in a game that will auto delete itself within the next lunar cycle

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Microsoft has filed a patent for ads that could interrupt games after boss fights, cutscenes, quests and multiplayer rounds

Players would receive credits granting temporary game access, while watching an ad would award another credit to let them resume

[kay @kaedabesta]

@MaximumChad_ I didn't get ratio'd.... im very confused xD

[kay @kaedabesta]

"I would love some day to maybe take player housing and bring it into the Classic world."

Thoughts?

[Velravyn #NightborneDH @Velravyn]

I've been called a f*ggot enough that I think they want me to.

[kay @kaedabesta]

Is it just me, or is finding a guild in WoW retail incredibly hard in the EU?

[Ainastrasza | ᚨᛊᚺᛚᛖᛃ | 🦎 @Ainastrasza]

I have seen the words faggot and retard thrown around so much since the WoW Forever announcement that I think at this point being called a stinky doodoo head would be more offensive frankly lmao

[kay @kaedabesta]

@TunaTornadoTV Alliance hunter mayhaps >:p

[Tomkek @tomkektv]

Just adding to this:

Flying mounts

Mounts at lvl 1

Account wide legendaries

Mandetory Retail play time quotas at each 10 level interval

Vendor that sells 1 gold for 10 silver

Global raid releases

[kay @kaedabesta]

@lofibanshee @Laganish I think you might have your hands over your head if that's all you can say. So therefore creatives shouldn't have the ability to voice their own thoughts for the sake of other peoples behaviour?

[kay @kaedabesta]

@lofibanshee @Laganish whatever a youtuber does** autocorrect rip

[kay @kaedabesta]

@lofibanshee @Laganish I don't think Matt justified anything about people's reactions at all. I think you misunderstand that. I also don't really see how saying that gives any window? People just say shit regardless of whether a youtuber does.

[kay @kaedabesta]

I feel like if Retails was in a better state, housing would've been welcomed. I would love racial buildings. But perhaps the camp system works just as great

[Cody Conners @evoli]

Engineers should be able to craft vapes that give you a little buff in WoW: Forever.

[kay @kaedabesta]

@DATGUYCOOP dismissing criticism for ragebaiting is really sad... i was just talking about mob tagging and shared mob loot.

[kay @kaedabesta]

@blackcrayne perfect!

[kay @kaedabesta]

WoW forever needs mythic raids

[kay @kaedabesta]

@BaalTheWarlock If you look at the comments below, you'll see all the candidates that deserve a perma ban! Quite an easy ban list there blizzard~