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Interesting dev responses - abecx - 08-27-2013
Gamescom Interviews
An item level squish is likely for the next expansion and is already being tested internally.
Timeless Isle will hopefully help to combat the feeling that you are wasting time if you aren't going to an NPC with a quest marker.
Many things that are sold on the website store eventually will be sold in the in-game store. Right now it is inconvenient to buy a mount off of the store, as you have to leave the game and go to the website, and go through the purchase process.
The in-game store could be added for mounts and pets in the patch between Patch 5.4 and the next expansion.
The cosmetic helms that were added to the store sold well, but more cosmetic items may not be added in the future. Items that you purchase from the store should never compete directly with items from raids.
Items added in the future will likely be more "fun" items like a Halloween costume or cosmetic themed gear that won't be like anything from a dungeon.
Adding the Pandaren was more controversial than expected, but the players who actually played the expansion really liked the expansion and felt it really had a soul.
Part of the reason for the decline in subscriber numbers is that the game can only change in evolutionary ways, not revolutionary ways.
Diablo III is actually the game that had the most impact on WoW, other MMOs don't really make much of a measurable impact.
The team size has increased 40% and another 40% increase is planned, which will hopefully allow for a new content patch every month, a new raid tier every three to five months, and an annual expansion.
It is likely that there will be other things that connect World of Warcraft and Hearthstone, other than the Hearthsteed Mount.
Re: Interesting dev responses - Sanderz - 08-27-2013
They're still in denial over Diablo 3. It was a shitty game.
Re: Interesting dev responses - Firecrest - 08-27-2013
Here's the one that got me. In an 08/23 interview about how Blizz is glad they went the casual route, Tom Chilton dropped this one:
Quote:For Blizzard it makes sense [to go free-to-play] at some point. But a lot of the risk is in making that transition. You hear stories about developers going free-to-play and getting double the number of players, but you don't always know it works out that way and how long it stays that way. We really don't know what the rate is before people drop off and lose interest.It was obviously an inevitability, but I found it very interesting to see such direct discussion about it from the lead designer.