Jul 20, 2009
Posted by Spooner | 2 Comments
Tom Chilton ESL Interview
The majority of content in the interview is PvP related (obviously since its an eSports channel doing the interview) but here are some key notes:
- The resilience change in 3.2 is meant to slow the game down. This should hopefully make PvP more about strategy and skill (assuming equal gear) and less about crazy burst and 2 second kills.
- PvP was designed for group combat with a lot of different classes playing nice together. 2v2 Arena bracket doesn’t really embody this and makes keeping classes in balance a nightmare so that explains the removal of 2v2 from official rewarded brackets.
- The new emblem system’s purpose is to make older gear and content obsolete. This drives players to see new content over farming older/easier content.
- Blizzard is incentivizing being a good player by giving better rewards for not wiping on boss attempts.
Tom Chilton is the single worst thing that has happened to wow…ass kiss
In all seriousness, I don’t think he’s a moron at all. Am I happy with the direction that WoW has taken? No. Am I going to probably quit playing for the most part unless I am truly amazed at this year’s Blizzcon? Yeah. Am I still a massive WoW fanboy? Hell yes. Will I play Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 and the unnamed MMO? You bet your sweet ass I will.
They have the best talent in the world working at Blizzard, WoWs just changing a lot that’s all.