Comments on: Retirement Reasons and Reminiscing Part 3

By: aani

aani — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:52:30 +0000

Really enjoying this series of posts. You’re echoing so many sentiments I’ve internalized, it is kind of crazy. All this coupled with Blizzard’s new emphasis on daily quests and grinding. The only thing keeping me on board is my team, which I love. But even that is becoming a struggle.

By: Ngita

Ngita — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:31:13 +0000

Their was a thread way back in vanilla /beta talking about the code, perhaps on FOH forums rather then wow forums. Certain people that are now blizzard employees may or may not have been involved. But essentially the code base has been carried forward over multiple games. Their was(is) code in wow that was in warcraft 1. Suprise, Blizzard has spaghetti code, their has been plenty of evidence to back that up.

Yes some long standing issues they should really be fixed are not fixed, but their is probably very little the current employees can do without rewrites and management probably turns them down. As a programmer who works with a similar age code base. Sometimes it comes down to we have this bug and this bug, and this bug, can we have 3 months and just rewrite the whole of x because nobody understands it…

By: Sol

Sol — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:35:28 +0000

You also need to add to bug with the current Darkmoon healer relic and what it does to Light of Dawn. Matticus has a screenshot. It’s a disgrace that that has been around for over a month

I really think to be fair you should change “the vast majority” to “a significant (and vocal) minority”. Let’s be honest, most WoW players do not troll chat or websites. The hassle is that there are enough people that do to make it uncomfortable.

And sometimes it is unintentional. In your last post you used a term that degraded and insulted me personally. I just got a little irritated, sighed and moved on. I detest the term mouthnreathers. The fact that my nose is often blocked and I have to breathe through my mouth makes me a terribnle player? The term gets tossed around with such venom that when I join a PUG using vent (and it’s my most common way to raid and actually nearly all have been positive experiences) I just type in “no mic” and move on. The term has so much more attached to it than “blocked nose” that it’s made me too uncomfortable to actively participate in voice chat.

All of which isn’t your fault. It is a common use term. I just wanted to highlight the fact that while there are trolls that go out deliberately to cause hurt, sometimes when something that upsets you it may be unintentional. Plenty of terms that are acceptible in some cultures/groups are insults in others.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:42:54 +0000

Firstly, I am a long time read of your blog and before you leave I thought I would take the time to say thank you. Your advice has helped me threw a few expansions now and I know I’m not the only one.
A bit about me, I started playing WoW about six months before WotLK was launched as a hunter on Us-Lothar. When the expansion was released I instantly started a Dk and tanked my way through most of Wrath. Approximately, the Ulduar patch is when I had gotten my paladin to 80 and started healing full time. Since then I’ve never looked back. It was shortly after that point that a friend and guild member introduced me to your website.
Regardless of your and my feelings about WoW content over the last four plus years that I’ve been playing, I have had a lot of fun with WoW. Unfortunately, I can’t say this anymore. I find most of the changes in MoP have forced me to spend the vast majority of my time doing this I do not enjoy, and percentage wise, very little time on the aspects of the game I do enjoy. I completely understand your reasons for leaving and have had very similar feelings.
Long story short, WoW will be that much worse without experienced and knowledgeable players like you. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors and thank you for all the time and effort you have put into helping your readers over the years!