Wild swings at change and balance to me indicate these guys are fishing in the dark.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1981092#blog

"Mix Master now requires your guild to craft 1,000 Cataclysm flasks (down from 10,000).

Better Leveling Through Chemistry now requires your guild to craft 3,000 Cataclysm flasks (down from 25,000)."

Come on. That's not even close. You have to make an adjustment by a factor of TEN?! What on earth were you basing your numbers on in the first place then?

To me this is just another illustration of how clueless this design team is right now. To be that far off? So essentially they are just pulling things out of their butts.

Activision is rushing Blizzard. I'm convinced of it.

--Sly

 

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Fishin' in the Dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Lazy yellow moon coming up tonight
Shining through the trees
Crickets are singing
And the lightning bugs are floating on the breeze
Baby get ready

Across the field where the creek turns back
By the old stump road
Im going to take you to a special place
That nobody knows
Baby get ready
Ooo ooo ooo

You and me going fishing in the dark
Lying on our backs and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river in the full moon light
We’ll be falling in love in the middle of the night
Just moving slow
Staying the whole night through
Feels so good to be with you

Spring is almost over and the summers comin
The days are getting long
Waited all winter for the time to be right
Just to take you along
Baby get ready

And it don’t matter if we sit forever
And the fish don’t bite
Jump in the river and cool ourselves
from the heat of the night
Baby get ready

Ooo ooo ooo

You and me going fishin in the dark
Lying on our backs and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river in the full moon light
We’ll be falling in love in the middle of the night
Just moving slow
Staying the whole night through
Feels so good to be with you
And me going fishing in the dark
Lying on our backs and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river in the full moon light
We’ll be falling in love in the middle of the night
Just moving slow
You and me going fishin’ in the dark
Lying on our backs and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows
You and me going fishin in the dark

 

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yeah and even more class and spell changes in the works glad I decided to take a few months off.

 

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/assumes Lotus Position


/chants 6 months of adjustments.... 6 months of adjustments....


And yes, I've seen overcorrections made like that by developers......


.....during beta

 

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Some would argue that we are still in beta o.0

 

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Anyone with any knowledge or understanding of the way software is developed in the world outside of the gaming industry would.

 

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/agree

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO0cvqT1tAE

 

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Unfortunately they've been making wild swings like this since vanilla. My favorite example was pristine black diamonds. Went from impossible to get, to so-common-they-were-trash, and then back again.

 

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Where's the like button

Playing an MMO is like subscribing to a beta. You vets have been playing for 6 years and don't know this yet? Being part of an ever changing, ever expanding, ever evolving world means you are playing a 'work in progress'. And yes, you're paying for it. It is as part of the game as leveling up and doing quests is.

You can't expect a game that developers continually have to change and evolve to constantly be polished! Grow up! And if you don't like it .. UNSUBSCRIBE!!!


Now I hope you didn't hit the 'respond' button before you "heard" the sarcasm in my post..err troll. I'm going to bed.

 

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