Blizzard's philosophy when meeting player demands: "You think you do, but you don't"

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  • Players wanted High Elves. They got Blood Elves.
  • Players wanted High Elves, they got Void Elves.
  • Players wanted Vrykul, they got Kul Tirans.
  • Players wanted Mechagnomes, they got Junker Gnomes (later renamed Mechagnomes).
  • Players wanted Tinkers, they got Evokers.
  • Players wanted a South Seas expansion, they got BfA.
  • Players wanted Northrend 2.0, they got Shadowlands.
  • Players wanted Alliance heroes Turalyon and Alleria back, they got a bland zealot and a void-corrupted monster.
  • Players wanted housing, they got Garrisons.
  • Players wanted Forest Trolls, they got Zandalari.
  • Players wanted Sethrak, they got Vulpera.
  • Players wanted a world revamp, they got Dragonflight.
  • Players wanted a new underwater zone, they got a drained one in Nazjatar.
  • Players wanted Wildhammer Dwarves, they got two feathers for the Bronzebeard and some tattoos.
  • The list goes on.

Obviously, they’ve also introduced a bunch of nice things. They’re continuing with Heritage armour sets, the Trading Post is cool, and most people seem happy with where the game is at.

But sometimes you just wonder if there’s somebody with a huge ego over there, listening to player feedback but insisting on knowing better.

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Change it to “Some players wanted” and it might be closer to the truth.
Don’t speak for me please…

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Exactly what i was thinking .

Erm no

erm no

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I agree with your post, but add players wanting account wide renown, and blizzard just made renown cosmetic, and way slower

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Who wants to play something that ugly?

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That’s fair criticism, and I agree, it sucks when people pretend to speak for others in order to give their argument more weight.

In this case, I meant more as a general “here’s what was asked for, here’s what was given”-kinda thing. Not that literally everybody asked for it. But fair point nonetheless.

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I think quite honestly, nobody wanted Vulpera.

Well, they think they did but they didn’t.

:fox_face: :x:

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The only race that needs to be added to the game is the stupendously, amazingly, and outstandingly awesome Gnoll.

Everyone agrees on that, and if they don’t, they’re just in denial.

Gnoll warriors… Gnoll rogues… Gnoll shaman… Gnoll druids… Gnoll warlocks… you get the idea. If there is a class there is a Gnoll.

Except for Demon Hunters because Gnolls don’t need to be brooding edgelords to be cool.

And just think how cool it would be to have your gnoll standing over a dead blood elf demon hunter you just killed in PvP giggling like a hyena…

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True

/10 Vulpera’s

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Cataclysm:

  • We wanted Vrykul and Ogres, but we got Goblins

Mists of Pandaria:

  • We wanted Vrykul and Ogres, but we got Pandaren

Warlords of Draenor:

  • We wanted Ogres in WoD, but we got nothing

Legion (7.3.5):

  • We wanted Vrykul and Ogres, but we got Highmountain, Lightforged and Void elves

BFA (8.3):

  • We wanted Vrykul and Ogres, but we got Mechagnome and fox

Dragonflight:

  • We wanted Vrykul and Ogres, but we got Dracthyr

There is 0 sense that they are NOT added what we asked many many years ago.

Just add Vrykul and Ogres after we have said these for millions of times

Replacing Thal´dranath into Argus was a bad decision imo

Thal´dranath could be something about Nagas and could be similar to Suramar with lvl 110/45 content and could be better than Argus

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This “we”.

I’ve never wanted any of this crap.

Ogres? Like, what?

No.

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Nope not at all and
Nope not in the slightest.

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Just because you didn’t want it, it doesn’t mean the public discourse wasn’t in favour of it in general, which it was.

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Said the negative Nancy. Don’t worry, no one is speaking for you because you are not as important as you think.

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It’s not that easy.

Let us say Alliance gets the Vrykul. How wil their player models fit through old contents doors and gates (literally)? Same for Horde.

There is a lot more nuances that require reworks before Blizzard could give players such races to play.

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Love ya too m8. :heart:

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I think you’re quite off with some of the examples, but generally I agree with the sentiment. I also think it’s often a resource issue and certain things reserve workforce over others to a point where they’re forgotten about.
Don’t mind the “don’t speak for me” crowd. The forums have a ton of Karens.

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I am not your mate. If you have nothing constructive to say, if you are not interested in the topic, then don’t comment.

People won’t ask Lynlia “the no one” what new races they want to see in WoW.

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You have nothing constructive in this thread just personal attacks , i guess prior bans did not sink into your head on how to act better.

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Real-life treat?