What happened?
They were too successful
They fired the only team that developed original content.
You can very clearly see the big decline started in the year or so after the Activision merger.
>>333744203
>Bill Roper
>Hellgate London
bitch please
>>333743870
Corruption
metzen and meth and coke
>>333743870
They kept existing.
>>333743870
They were too afraid to start over, afraid of the backlash.
WoW would be doing so much better if they wiped the game every few years with no prior announcement. You have to clear out the autism advantage because it stagnates gameplay. If they just let the spergs throw tantrums every once in a while, the community would be as strong as ever.
>>333743870
Nothing they still make good games.
>>333743870
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8&nohtml5=False
TAKE A WILD GUESS
>>333743870
Blizzard was never good
>>333743870
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>>333744203
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>>333746045
Did people already forget?
>>333744247
>WoW: 2004
>Actibliz merge: 2008
The decline started long before the merge.
Wrong logo, OP.
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>>333746224
metzen is just shit, face it. even without activision
>>333743870
metzen and the crew smelled big dosh, thats what. in the past they were clearly fueled by passion, now they are just fuckin greed beyond anything.
>>333743870
Corporate poaching, splitting up teams, allowing Z-list teams to run their games into the ground, lying to customers repeatedly, mocking customers on forums, selling poorer quality expansions for far more money than they were worth, Horde favoritism.
>>333746540
>Horde favoritism
after a decade you're still mad that kek caught on rather than bur
>>333743870
Much of the original CREATIVE talent is gone OP.
Their artists/CGI/music and even game 'quality' teams are all still great. But those in charge who decide the direction/gameplay/feel of the game (Creative Directors and more) are terrible now. Lore-department/Writing has ALSO gone to shit lately.
Most of which can be blamed via Activision/Appealing to Shareholders/GAMES GOTTA MAKE MONEY AKA HEROES OF THE STORM CASH SYSTEM.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Pardo
Anyone else know any other former-employees of great talent in Blizzard that are no longer there?
>>333746268
I miss the Mentzen who did drawings for WC2.
>>333746540
>Corporate poaching
>>333747038
Also this - many of their dev's have been picked up by Riot.
>>333747094
>I miss the Metzen who did drawings for WC2.
This is the major issue as well.
Metzen's gone crazy - you know WoW is in a bad fucking state when the Moral Authority on it is Metzens Daughter (see: Sylvanas)
>>333747135
>many
Aside form ghost crawler, who?
that was basically removal of a cancer as far as I'm concerned
>>333743870
if overwatch fails blizzard truly will start to fade away. its their last card.
>>333747094
He had good interesting linework but geez need more loomis
>>333747283
Its always a small amount at a time (though blizz used to be a small team) - over years as well.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/blizzard-developers-join-riot-games-online-title
>>333747389
Overflop is about to share HOTS fate
>>333747389
I can't see overwatch becoming the next big thing. It just feels so artifical.
>>333743870
You became jaded. You expect blizz to pander to you.
That's it. They've made plenty of mistakes but the fans expected unrealistic shit and get pissed when they don't get what they want.
>>333747389
>if overwatch fails blizzard truly will start to fade away. its their last card.
It's already dead.
No incentive to play alone - plus their CONSTANT STREAMING of its months-long beta has basically burned it out of everyone.
>>333747693
>That's it. They've made plenty of mistakes but the fans expected unrealistic shit and get pissed when they don't get what they want.
It's not unrealistic to expect the same of what they've already given - with minor improvements.
Tell me how WoD is good in ANY fucking way.
It was the most expensive expansion to date - with LITERALLY the least amount of content (dungeons, raids, patches, everything)
>>333746696
>raid on SW
>about over 100 hordies coming in.
>all of them spamming their lol macros
>that one level 1 unmarked gnome running around with them.
>that one hunter who trolls the unmarkeds with snake traps.
>>333747460
Could be straight up from an old edition of orcs and goblins. God, Blizz should have kept stealing from GW
>>333747460
Remember when orcs where cool?
>>333747693
>you expected blizz to pander to you
no. I just expected blizz to not completely fuck up three of their major titles. I loved D2 +lod, I loved sc:bw and I loved vanilla + tbc. Blizzard ruined diablo, starcraft and warcraft for me and now with shutting down Nostalrius they ruined the chance for me to enjoy WoW like it was in the good ol' days. Blizzard is fucking dead to me, I will never EVER buy anything from Blizzard.
WoW killed blizzard, and you know it to be true
they literally stopped giving any fucks after its massive success. they didn't need to give any fucks, but they didn't hide it
>>333747693
>You became jaded. You expect blizz to pander to you.
Fucking retarded statement. Who built the fucking company? Their original customer base, now they are casting too wide a net and all the fish are coming through.
>>333746168
but anon TBC and Vanilla WoW were great
>>333743870
kikes took over
>>333750636
but anon.. the kike was inside metzen all along
