Yeah, it's no longer "Blizzard", it really looks more like "BlizTard" every new announcement...

First, there is this: 4.3 Battleground Conquest Rewards


Now that's a great change. Amazing. One is no longer forced into crappy "PvP in a Bowl" or even forced grouping to get geared for PvP! That would be the "Blizzard" side of things.

But then comes "BlizTard": VP Changes to 4.3 PTR


Yeah, remove anything the "casual" non-raiders could look forward to. Let's forget why WotLK was so successful. Let's forget we just lost close to 2 million players. Let's do more retarded stuff, and this JUST before SW:TOR (and GW2 soon) is released. God forbid the people who only have time for a dungeon or two could eventually win some set pieces and the associated bonus.
Not to mention what was said by Blizzard above: "Our intent is to start acting even more on our Mists of Pandaria philosophies of encouraging players to approach the content they want to, how they want to, and be able to work toward meaningful player progression.". Looks like BlizTard missed that memo...

And the part about the raid finder... PUG raids... don't make me laugh, please. People here know I'm not the kind to "cater to the dumb", and I still believe the dungeons in Cataclysm aren't that hard. But to remove more and more rewards from them to force people to raid will be Blizzard's doom. They should have learned in WotLK that they make people happy by catering to everybody. Bioware must be laughing and opening champaign at each new WoW patch note lately.

 

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OK, who hacked Korrigan's account and is posting for him?


I agree 100% with you though.

 

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I agree as well.

 

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It's sad that once again Korrigan’s posts cater to the "holier than thou" politically correct whining crowd...

 

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Dude, he started the thread, how is it that his posts are "again catering" to anyone?! If anything, they mark a steep change in what he would of posted a year ago about Blizzard/WoW. .

But back on topic, yeah it does kind of suck that VP is becoming less worthwhile, however I guess it all depends on how well the PUG raids are implemented for the more casual crowd as to whether this will have much of an effect or not. Plus this will probably be the last tier of gear before MOP, so I guess they want to stretch the progression out as long as they can lol.

 

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Back a year ago, I was supporting the ability for "non-raiders" to earn the same gear through dungeon points. Same two years ago. I always have. I think the WotLK system was the best.
Me being against dumbing down the whole game for the lesser common denominator is a totally different topic. Heroic modes are there for that. Raids too, since they require a time commitment and scheduling. Those should NOT be dumbed down. But "casuals/non-raiders" SHOULD have access to better gear, including set items.
I've also always said that I couldn't care less if Mister John Casual wears gear similar to mine at the mailbox, I was never that kind of player. And again, there's heroic modes too.

That's why I think that move is one more stupid move in the long line of stupid moves BlizTard made since the release of Cataclysm.

 

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Proof that people are stupid and post without reading or caring what was originally posted.

 

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I am going to check the IP of Korrigan to see if it is really him!

 

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Totally agree with the OP. Forcing casual players to raid in order to get tier pieces is a mistake. Further, LFR has the potential to be one of the most frustrating gaming experiences ever. Considering how few LFD groups are d-bag free, the odds that you can get into a group with 6x as many random people without a d-bag or two is pretty slim.

Ha! That is kinda what I was thinking. I said it before about one of Korrigan's posts, when even your diehard fans are bitching about the game you know for a fact something is wrong.

 

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