Cataclysm Press Event: Ghostcrawler exclusive Wowhead interview

It's a little bit of a drag right now, because it's so quiet -- you know? A lot of people are waiting for new information, so there's not a lot of really interesting discussions going on, and those interesting discussions are the ones that make it all worthwhile for me. Like, I can sit there and answer questions forever for players who just want me be the "PR Bot" spitting out, "What's your plan for warriors? Well, let me tell you our plan for warriors," but ... I really like the back and forth, where players challenge some of our assumptions, or think of things in ways we hadn't considered before, and stuff like that. Because then, selfishly, I can take that back to work and we can talk about it and make changes based on it. Like, "Hey, these are problems the players think the game has, is there something we can do about it?" So that actually, I think, ends up making the game better. So that's why I stick with it.
For more, including the new design philosophy for professions and his view on PvP/PvE balance, go to the interview at Wowhead.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Malgayne Jun 13th 2010 3:45AM
Thanks for the cross-link. :)
Jason Jun 13th 2010 4:00AM
I don't think I've ever seen you guys post an article this late...or rather, this early!
loop_not_defined Jun 13th 2010 4:01AM
My wife has him on her "it's not cheating" list. I don't blame her. :O
Aloix Jun 13th 2010 5:44AM
Neither do I ; )
Jormund Fenris Jun 13th 2010 7:48AM
"Malgayne: Is that something that you guys are trying to move towards? Cross-account achievements?
Ghostcrawler: Oh totally. It really sucks to get like, a really hard achievement and then feel like you're supposed to go do it again on your alt or something. That's just terrible, so...we want achievements to eventually all be account-level—you get the achievement, and maybe it would say which character you got it on—"
ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod.
Would this mean i would get a Voilet Proto-drake on all of my characters?
Mike Jun 13th 2010 10:05AM
It would more mean like it would make addons like Elitist Groups superfluous. Most PUGs want you to be skilled and geared for an instance. Gear they can check easily, whether you're on a main or alt, skill isn't so easy since achievements indicate whether you know the fight or not. You could've run a boss a thousand times on a main, gear up an alt to the same level, but if you don't have the achievement many guilds and PUGs will say no. Account-wide achievements will correct that. Any rewards for achievements will still likely have to be completed per-character.
ISA Jun 13th 2010 10:52PM
Why do I have the urge to shoop GC's head?
Ebylon Jun 14th 2010 1:03PM
Am I the only person who wishes every picture of GC was the Dr. Ghostlove pic?