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Magisterial

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Emerald Dream

40. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:22:26 PM PST

Q u o t e:
Jesus Christ, you guys will cave to damn near anything.

What has changed so drastically that now, after 4 years, an hour is too long?

I'm gonna go ahead and say that the game is 4 years old now.

That's a big change from when it was brand new.

Aeln

< Killing Time >

Bonechewer

41. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:22:34 PM PST

Also...WTF am i going to do with 6 hearths an hour.

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Bonechewer

42. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:23:49 PM PST

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Really?

I really do, the community was so much better.

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Sneekapeek

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Thrall

43. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:24:36 PM PST

Q u o t e:

We had a discussion with the developers about it this afternoon. Ghetto hearthing really has become a mechanic of sorts for so many players after being unchanged for so long. We don't like that mechanic though because it obviously feels like a bug exploit. They all agreed the best way to move forward on it is just to reduce the cooldown on the hearthstone.

I promise you this change did not come as a result of us continually pestering them about the community's reaction. It was something we all discussed and agreed was probably a good decision.

I won't sit here and tell you we never cave to anything. That said, most changes we make that players view as us caving would not be made if we were absolutely against it from a development standpoint.

So how long before we can pay an NPC in any established town to portal to another? You guys DO see where this road you're traveling is destined to lead, don't you?

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Arathor

44. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:25:14 PM PST

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Good lord, half you people never would have survived vanilla WoW.

I can remember numerous occasions where I'd be off in the middle of nowhere, get an invite for a raid, traipse across a zone to the flightmaster (if there was one), fly across a frikken continent, hop on a boat, fly across another frikken continent and show up 3 minutes before the stupid warlock.

Talk about a time sink!

Ahhh, the good ol' days...

Hey, that sounds like me on my healer now. You know how it goes: last invited, first to arrive.

"did Van tell you by tanking, they mean i ran around screaming 'get him off me, get him off me!!!!" while 2 resto shammies spam healed me?"
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Zarhym

Blizzard Poster

45. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:25:27 PM PST

Q u o t e:
So, my question is:

When you are removed from a group the window comes up saying your going to get sent back to your bind.....what exactly is it going to do now? Just let you stand there? Boot you outside of the instance?

Nearest graveyard.

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Zarhym

Blizzard Poster

46. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:27:34 PM PST

Q u o t e:

So how long before we can pay an NPC in any established town to portal to another? You guys DO see where this road you're traveling is destined to lead, don't you?

I'm not sure if these questions are rhetorical. I've read plenty of jump-to-conclusion, slippery-slope posts in my day though, so if you care to spill your tale of WoW's future based on this change, feel free. :)

Edit: First.

[ Post edited by Zarhym ]

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Aeln

< Killing Time >

Bonechewer

47. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:28:45 PM PST

Q u o t e:

I'm not sure if these questions are rhetorical. I've read plenty of jump-to-conclusion, slippery-slope posts in my day though, so if you care to spill your tale of WoW's future based on this change, feel free. :)

Edit: First.

Nice edit lol

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Candyman

Uldum

48. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:28:57 PM PST

Q u o t e:

I'm not sure if these questions are rhetorical. I've read plenty of jump-to-conclusion, slippery-slope posts in my day though, so if you care to spill your tale of WoW's future based on this change, feel free. :)

Edit: First.

Way to trivialize 10 mage spells slick!

Speaking of 'jump to conclusions', it took you guys like what 10 mins to reverse your stance?

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Zarhym

Blizzard Poster

49. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:30:48 PM PST

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Way to trivialize 10 mage spells slick!

Speaking of 'jump to conclusions', it took you guys like what 10 mins to reverse your stance?

It was probably more than 10 minutes. If it makes you feel any better though, it'd probably take us at least an hour or two to reverse our stance on adding mages to the game. :)

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< The Dark Assembly >

Blackrock

50. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:31:42 PM PST

Q u o t e:

Nearest graveyard.

Graveyard seems kinda silly. Why not just outside? Technical reasons?

Please un-nerf my Snowshoe Rabbit.

He misses his spots :(

(Reimplement the new skin on a whole new bunny, and everyone's happy! Changing things unneccesarily, and not everyone's happy)

Sneekapeek

< Carnivorous >

Thrall

51. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:34:10 PM PST

Q u o t e:

I'm not sure if these questions are rhetorical. I've read plenty of jump-to-conclusion, slippery-slope posts in my day though, so if you care to spill your tale of WoW's future based on this change, feel free. :)

Edit: First.

Yes, of course, my question was tongue in cheek. This is me we're talking about here.

But the concern of where this practice of 'less time spent traveling' is going to lead, is real.

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Uldum

52. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:35:33 PM PST

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It was probably more than 10 minutes. If it makes you feel any better though, it'd probably take us at least an hour or two to reverse our stance on adding mages to the game. :)

And yet you didn't address my question at all, you simply mocked me. Under your own forum rules, that is TROLLING.

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Kaijyuu

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Blackrock

53. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:37:21 PM PST

Q u o t e:

And yet you didn't address my question at all, you simply mocked me. Under your own forum rules, that is TROLLING.

You got your just dessert.

Now make me a pie.

Please un-nerf my Snowshoe Rabbit.

He misses his spots :(

(Reimplement the new skin on a whole new bunny, and everyone's happy! Changing things unneccesarily, and not everyone's happy)

Aeln

< Killing Time >

Bonechewer

54. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:37:30 PM PST

Q u o t e:

And yet you didn't address my question at all, you simply mocked me. Under your own forum rules, that is TROLLING.

Q u o t e:
Speaking of 'jump to conclusions', it took you guys like what 10 mins to reverse your stance?

That is the question you asked....

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Inushi

< This Is Mana Tap >

Thorium Brotherhood

55. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:38:50 PM PST

Q u o t e:

What does unstuck do now?

Speaking as someone who uses "unstuck" to hearth out of the Sapph / Kel'Thuzad section in Naxxramus...
This is actually a pretty good question.

Elmizzt

< Misguided Angels >

Mal'Ganis

56. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:39:13 PM PST

Q u o t e:

And yet you didn't address my question at all, you simply mocked me. Under your own forum rules, that is TROLLING.

ITT: kid doesnt know what trolling is

Nylandra

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Bloodscalp

57. Re: Ghetto Hearthing is a game mechanic. 02/26/2009 06:39:44 PM PST

Q u o t e:

It was probably more than 10 minutes. If it makes you feel any better though, it'd probably take us at least an hour or two to reverse our stance on adding mages to the game. :)

How about Shaman's astral recall? Would that also be changed to a shorter time too? ;p

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