Infraction for Kel S'jet: Whining

Kaubel · 06/29/08, 12:17 AM

Post: [Mage] WotLK Talent Preview / Discussion
User: Kel S'jet
Infraction: Whining
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

If I see you post something like this again, you won't get another infraction. I'll just ban you permanently.

We're not going to tolerate the whiny baby, "BLIZZARD HATES US" bullshit here. If you want to post about The Man sticking it in your ass, do it somewhere else.

Original Post:

Originally Posted by Deedre

No, what they said back then was their tests showed that our damage was fine. (Or, rather, jaw dropping.) They are making no such claim now. They are telling us straight up that it needs to improve and they are going to improve it. They specifically noted class balance in relation to locks, and that we are sidelined in favor of them. They're aware of the problem. They aren't telling us how they will fix it, but there's no ostrich maneuver going on here, they aren't sticking their heads in the sand and pretending the problem doesn't exist.

In all honesty, I do not think they were carrying out an "ostrich" maneuver the first time round either.
In fact, I am quite certain that they were, in all honesty, doing nothing more than attempting to 'pacify' and 'placate' the mages at that time. I am certain that the "damage=zomg" and "jaw dropping damage" statements were nothing more than a PR move, if you will.

The current "raw, unadulterated damage" is nothing more than just that. A statement made to placate and pacify the mage community as a whole. (something that was proved to have worked the first time round).

The reason I say this is quite simple. This game is not some complex arcane system from which data cannot be gleaned. I fail to believe that someone with the resources and complete visibility into game mechanics such as the blizzard class designers could not carry out accurate damage tests long ago and have found mage dps failing. I hold to the thought that even back then blizzard was very aware of the mage dps problem, however they chose to ignore it, just as they will in WoTLK, since it did not, is not, and will not make even the slightest dent in mage numbers. People will still play the mage class, even if mages have the worst dps of all the classes. The developers have just gone lazy, it's as simple as that. From their perspective, they are looking to only put effort into 2 things:
1. Things that will get them more money
and
2. Things that will increase their own personal enjoyment.

Fixing the mage class' dps problem does not achieve either of those things.

When you are a multi-billion dollar company, that is, at its very core, all you really care about. That is a fact, denying it is being ignorant of the reality of this enterprise.