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Diskent  Posts: 69
Registered: 2009-11-4 09:57:01
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Spookysheep  Title: Lieker of Cheese
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Registered: 2002-1-9 06:49:19
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I think this does mean that WoW will no longer have leaps of innovation, including in its art models for in game objects etc. I remember how stoked everyone was when new models on armor, weapons, etc. appeared in WOTLK, but most of cata was recycling.
Count on MOP and all future expansions being recycling of existing models/content. I would even guess that about the only new models we will see in MOP will be pandas. Armor/Wep models, and dungeon tiles (scenery) will be completely recycled from current models.
But I think Mithan is right, most of the layoffs are probably CSR jobs etc.
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sarnsereg Title: I HAS A TITLE?
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Registered: 2001-6-17 21:19:51
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My guess asside from what a lot of other people have said is that they have finished a lot of what they needed these people for. a big one would be localization... they came out with all these localizations for brazil, japan, etc. etc.
well once the game is done there you can drop 100 people and keep 10 around to keep it going type of thing.
another is they could be done with titan. maybe you wanted 400 coders/devs for your new game and now that it could be say 90% done you drop half of them as you just don't need them anymore.
it's the nature of game making that they hire a whole bunch of people then right as the game is done they say... "thanks, have a good life" to the majority of the workers.
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Since you can buy objects now and sell for gold (like the mounts)..they don't need the 600 gold farmers anymore..
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Arunne Title: The Anonymous
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Registered: 2003-11-3 14:11:47
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They forgot to add 600 more wow accounts canceled!
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croaks35 Posts: 45
Registered: 2009-7-20 22:26:57
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GutterSludge posted:
Since you can buy objects now and sell for gold (like the mounts)..they don't need the 600 gold farmers anymore..
hahah that or maybe 90% finally had to buy the authinticator and now its harder for them to claim you "got hacked" after you had been unsubbed for a few months.
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Cedax Posts: 22
Registered: 2002-11-12 11:18:54
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Got email for 7 free days.
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When I first saw this thread I did not think much of it. There is always dead weight that needs to be trimed from time to time. Now I'm two days into a 5 day 10 hour ticket. It was because a piece of gear I won was never put into my pack. Before this they would answer in minutes. Not sure if this was because of the layoffs but their service sure sucks. My nephew got his account stolen yesterday. He has to wait 2 hours on hold. Really lame service.
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Spookysheep Title: Lieker of Cheese
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Registered: 2002-1-9 06:49:19
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Fist_de_Yuma posted:
When I first saw this thread I did not think much of it. There is always dead weight that needs to be trimed from time to time. Now I'm two days into a 5 day 10 hour ticket. It was because a piece of gear I won was never put into my pack. Before this they would answer in minutes. Not sure if this was because of the layoffs but their service sure sucks. My nephew got his account stolen yesterday. He has to wait 2 hours on hold. Really lame service.
Let me save you 5 days of wasted time 
If the gear you won was in the LFR dungeon, but it did not show up in your pack, it is because the dumbasses at blizzard can't code simply enough to put it in your pack. When you win the role in LFR, you still have to click the boss and loot it.
Retarded huh? 
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Quazimortal Title: The One and Only
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Spookysheep posted:
Fist_de_Yuma posted:
When I first saw this thread I did not think much of it. There is always dead weight that needs to be trimed from time to time. Now I'm two days into a 5 day 10 hour ticket. It was because a piece of gear I won was never put into my pack. Before this they would answer in minutes. Not sure if this was because of the layoffs but their service sure sucks. My nephew got his account stolen yesterday. He has to wait 2 hours on hold. Really lame service.
Let me save you 5 days of wasted time
If the gear you won was in the LFR dungeon, but it did not show up in your pack, it is because the dumbasses at blizzard can't code simply enough to put it in your pack. When you win the role in LFR, you still have to click the boss and loot it.
Retarded huh?
They still give you the gear though, unless I've only ever gotten nice CSRs.
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