Posted January 16, 2019
Mafwek
Every man for himself and God against all!
Registered: Jun 2013
From Croatia
rtcvb32
echo e.lolfiu_fefiipieue|tr valueof_pi [0-9]
Registered: Aug 2013
From United States
Posted January 16, 2019
I have an idea! Let's pull the rug of everything that makes a company good,
then complain when it is failing!
then complain when it is failing!
Pouyou-pouyou
Gilius, dwarven pirate-druid, ship mast staff
Registered: Nov 2016
From France
homgersimson
New User
Registered: May 2017
From United States
rtcvb32
echo e.lolfiu_fefiipieue|tr valueof_pi [0-9]
Registered: Aug 2013
From United States
Posted January 16, 2019
Post edited January 16, 2019 by rtcvb32
ShadowWulfe
Boink.
Registered: Apr 2012
From United States
Posted January 16, 2019
I never was a WoW person (can't afford subscription monogamy), but the signs of decline started for me with Starcraft 2.
That cartoony Warcraft style should have stayed with Warcraft and not gone to other Blizzard franchises.
That cartoony Warcraft style should have stayed with Warcraft and not gone to other Blizzard franchises.
moobot83
moo :)
Registered: May 2018
From Other
Posted January 16, 2019
sorry but what game uses warcrafts art style,
KiNgBrAdLeY7
Слава России! ура́
Registered: Apr 2012
From Other
Posted January 16, 2019
Blizzard betrayed me. As a fan first and a customer second, i mean... I always have a nasty piece, for all those who betray me, down the road. I want to see it dead. Dead by fire.
What makes me angrier, though, is their good old games being abandoned for good and the latter, not being offered for DRM-Free release (or any possibility for such a thing, even).
Talent and inspiration gone, good old people working there, gone. Empty shell filled with nasty things, 's what Blizzard is today.
What makes me angrier, though, is their good old games being abandoned for good and the latter, not being offered for DRM-Free release (or any possibility for such a thing, even).
Talent and inspiration gone, good old people working there, gone. Empty shell filled with nasty things, 's what Blizzard is today.
Mafwek
Every man for himself and God against all!
Registered: Jun 2013
From Croatia
Posted January 16, 2019
Maybe Gog will follow the same path some day, but so far, so good.
Personally, I don't believe that Activi-Blizz or any big publishers is going down. But if they do, I think I am grabbing a popcorn and toilet paper, because affect on industry should be both frightening, and interesting.
moobot83
moo :)
Registered: May 2018
From Other
Posted January 16, 2019
tbh the only publishers thata re on notice atm are EA and Bethesda, i played fallout 76 it was a disaster on PC and blizzard games are far better quality and there are no microtransactions in warcraft that get you gear or weapons, sure you can buy lots of tokens to get the best gear lets sy you do that today buy 390+ gear and pve boosts well yo uwasted your money cos a new patch comes out on the 22nd. the only time wow will truly piss people off is if blizz offers cosmetic armor sets on the store and weapons but they dnt. EA and bethesda have a far worse track record than blizzard do
§pec†re
Reeeeeeeeeee!!!
Registered: Sep 2008
From United Kingdom
Posted January 16, 2019
Blizzard psychologically addicted kids to certain games then used that to extort extra cash from them.
DivisionByZero.620
New User
Registered: Jun 2013
From United States
Posted February 05, 2019
Update:
1 of my friends just informed me that Blizzard has gone completely off the deep end with a new bad joke of an automated "mob-ocratic" reporting system. If a lot of players report you, the system immediately takes action against you even if you did nothing wrong.
PvPers are apparently getting falsely reported and blocked from the game (guilty until proven innocent) pending manual review of reports. Wipe the floor with the other team? Get false-reported and kicked out of the game that you paid a subscription fee for. Some abuse the system to force other players to relinquish character names already in use through large-scale false reporting for "offensive character name", which automatically flags the victim for name change and makes the name in question available.
Obviously a ninja change to the system since no company would be dumb enough to admit they're doing this. Out of curiosity I did a Google search on the topic and players have been complaining about this since June 2018.
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, Blizzard figured out how to make it worse. If this news is true and gets verified by many sources, it will be a near irreversible blow to their credibility. Expect the name "Blizzard Entertainment" get associated with "crap quality", "no customer service", and "cheap piece of trash".
Anyone who's been watching Activision Blizzard over the last year should immediately figure out they are doing this as part of aggressive cost cutting, removing as many gamemasters from the payroll as possible. Ironically, once the news gets out, even more customers will flee and further decrease revenue.
This also shows Blizzard's sloppy incompetence. All the serious social media networks already have automated systems in place to prevent and overturn obvious ratings manipulation. Even Steam has a feature that flags suspected review crashing and post a caveat on the review page.
Activision Blizzard is definitely going on my "don't buy" list until they can provide an extremely good reason to do otherwise.
1 of my friends just informed me that Blizzard has gone completely off the deep end with a new bad joke of an automated "mob-ocratic" reporting system. If a lot of players report you, the system immediately takes action against you even if you did nothing wrong.
PvPers are apparently getting falsely reported and blocked from the game (guilty until proven innocent) pending manual review of reports. Wipe the floor with the other team? Get false-reported and kicked out of the game that you paid a subscription fee for. Some abuse the system to force other players to relinquish character names already in use through large-scale false reporting for "offensive character name", which automatically flags the victim for name change and makes the name in question available.
Obviously a ninja change to the system since no company would be dumb enough to admit they're doing this. Out of curiosity I did a Google search on the topic and players have been complaining about this since June 2018.
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, Blizzard figured out how to make it worse. If this news is true and gets verified by many sources, it will be a near irreversible blow to their credibility. Expect the name "Blizzard Entertainment" get associated with "crap quality", "no customer service", and "cheap piece of trash".
Anyone who's been watching Activision Blizzard over the last year should immediately figure out they are doing this as part of aggressive cost cutting, removing as many gamemasters from the payroll as possible. Ironically, once the news gets out, even more customers will flee and further decrease revenue.
This also shows Blizzard's sloppy incompetence. All the serious social media networks already have automated systems in place to prevent and overturn obvious ratings manipulation. Even Steam has a feature that flags suspected review crashing and post a caveat on the review page.
Activision Blizzard is definitely going on my "don't buy" list until they can provide an extremely good reason to do otherwise.
Anothername
StubbornOldGamer
Registered: Sep 2008
From Germany
Posted February 05, 2019
1 of my friends just informed me that Blizzard has gone completely off the deep end with a new bad joke of an automated "mob-ocratic" reporting system. If a lot of players report you, the system immediately takes action against you even if you did nothing wrong.
PvPers are apparently getting falsely reported and blocked from the game (guilty until proven innocent) pending manual review of reports. Wipe the floor with the other team? Get false-reported and kicked out of the game that you paid a subscription fee for. Some abuse the system to force other players to relinquish character names already in use through large-scale false reporting for "offensive character name", which automatically flags the victim for name change and makes the name in question available.
Obviously a ninja change to the system since no company would be dumb enough to admit they're doing this. Out of curiosity I did a Google search on the topic and players have been complaining about this since June 2018.
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, Blizzard figured out how to make it worse. If this news is true and gets verified by many sources, it will be a near irreversible blow to their credibility. Expect the name "Blizzard Entertainment" get associated with "crap quality", "no customer service", and "cheap piece of trash".
Anyone who's been watching Activision Blizzard over the last year should immediately figure out they are doing this as part of aggressive cost cutting, removing as many gamemasters from the payroll as possible. Ironically, once the news gets out, even more customers will flee and further decrease revenue.
This also shows Blizzard's sloppy incompetence. All the serious social media networks already have automated systems in place to prevent and overturn obvious ratings manipulation. Even Steam has a feature that flags suspected review crashing and post a caveat on the review page.
Activision Blizzard is definitely going on my "don't buy" list until they can provide an extremely good reason to do otherwise.
Crosmando
chrono commando
Registered: Jan 2012
From Australia
Posted February 05, 2019
dO yOu GuYs NoT hAvE pHoNeS??
Shadow Man
ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
Registered: Mar 2012
From United States
Posted February 05, 2019
Will all this humble Blizzard enough to consider releasing their classic games DRM-free on GOG?
Post edited February 05, 2019 by Barry_Woodward