Dear Blizzard,
Tons of your loyal customers (those, who have played World of Warcraft - arguably your most successful game - ever since it was released) are begging you to stop ability pruning, which is being currently done in World of Warcraft: Legion Alpha. A lot of high rated PvP players and even PvErs that many people look up to are asking to stop the pruning, providing that is not healthy for the game AT ALL. You are pruning the wrong abilities and in that way you're lowering the skill-cap. You may think that an easier game could attract new players, but that is not the point. As a player who began playing in Warlords of Draenor, I wish I was able to play it back when pruning wasn't done yet. This is a game, where you need to look up to someone, try your absolute best to improve and join the Greats. If the pruning passes, many of loyal customers (not casuals, that will quit anyway) will just unsubscribe and in that way, they'll lead the path for the sheep (people that look up to them). Please think this thoroughly and make the right decision.
Sincerely,
Your player base
Updates
March 25, 2016
The feedback I am seeing in the comments confirms that we are all feeling the same frustration with these removed abilities. I am spending my time compiling these specific examples to send directly to the lead designers. Post this link on your social media channels today and demand they acknowledge the community feedback.
March 25, 2016
We hit a tipping point today and the feedback is loud enough that Blizzard cannot ignore it. Post this link on your raid team's Discord server and text three friends who quit because the gameplay felt too shallow. Keep this momentum moving until we force a real conversation about the skill cap.
Reached 100 supporters
March 25, 2016
63 Comments
Remove the people responsible for this needless pruning. Blizzard listen to your customers, this is getting to the same level as arcade gaming, bashing three buttons. This isn't fun, intuitive, rewarding or anything positive. It's dumbing down, patronising and insulting to people's intelligence that you think we need this #stoptheprune
WotLK was the best expansion. Cata was still okay, a lot of depth. MoP was just too much, and then WoD was even fewer abilities than TBC. As simple as Vanilla, yet boring. Please bring the old TBC-WotLK ability-style back. Im not saying to bring the expansions back, but there was just so much customization, and yet there was complexity. In Legion, you made Rogues have no poison unless they spec assassination?wtf?
Pruning makes this game worse PvP wise.... We want to outplay ppl but it's not possible with no buttons
Good petition, thank you for this one. They should reset abilitites to wotlk with a few adjustments. but not take away the majority of all "fun" spells since mop..
I agree the game is continuously being dumbed down making it less fun to play people will argue more buttons doesn't make the game harder but many will disagree.
stop it!
If I wanted to play a 4 button class, I would simply play HotS or Diablo.
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Dear Blizzard,
Tons of your loyal customers (those, who have played World of Warcraft - arguably your most successful game - ever since it was released) are begging you to stop ability pruning, which is being currently done in World of Warcraft: Legion Alpha. A lot of high rated PvP players and even PvErs that many people look up to are asking to stop the pruning, providing that is not healthy for the game AT ALL. You are pruning the wrong abilities and in that way you're lowering the skill-cap. You may think that an easier game could attract new players, but that is not the point. As a player who began playing in Warlords of Draenor, I wish I was able to play it back when pruning wasn't done yet. This is a game, where you need to look up to someone, try your absolute best to improve and join the Greats. If the pruning passes, many of loyal customers (not casuals, that will quit anyway) will just unsubscribe and in that way, they'll lead the path for the sheep (people that look up to them). Please think this thoroughly and make the right decision.
Sincerely,
Your player base
Updates
March 25, 2016
The feedback I am seeing in the comments confirms that we are all feeling the same frustration with these removed abilities. I am spending my time compiling these specific examples to send directly to the lead designers. Post this link on your social media channels today and demand they acknowledge the community feedback.
March 25, 2016
We hit a tipping point today and the feedback is loud enough that Blizzard cannot ignore it. Post this link on your raid team's Discord server and text three friends who quit because the gameplay felt too shallow. Keep this momentum moving until we force a real conversation about the skill cap.
Reached 100 supporters
March 25, 2016
63 Comments
I am a 2500 exp pvp'er and was a hardcore raider back in WotLK. WoD could have been great however I feel a big issue was just the lack of buttons. So far Legion has so much promise story wise and pve wise, however if we can stop the prune I feel that Legion can be the best expansion yet and save WoW.
Remove the people responsible for this needless pruning. Blizzard listen to your customers, this is getting to the same level as arcade gaming, bashing three buttons. This isn't fun, intuitive, rewarding or anything positive. It's dumbing down, patronising and insulting to people's intelligence that you think we need this #stoptheprune
WotLK was the best expansion. Cata was still okay, a lot of depth. MoP was just too much, and then WoD was even fewer abilities than TBC. As simple as Vanilla, yet boring. Please bring the old TBC-WotLK ability-style back. Im not saying to bring the expansions back, but there was just so much customization, and yet there was complexity. In Legion, you made Rogues have no poison unless they spec assassination?wtf?
Pruning makes this game worse PvP wise.... We want to outplay ppl but it's not possible with no buttons
Good petition, thank you for this one. They should reset abilitites to wotlk with a few adjustments. but not take away the majority of all "fun" spells since mop..
I agree the game is continuously being dumbed down making it less fun to play people will argue more buttons doesn't make the game harder but many will disagree.
stop it!
If I wanted to play a 4 button class, I would simply play HotS or Diablo.
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I am a 2500 exp pvp'er and was a hardcore raider back in WotLK. WoD could have been great however I feel a big issue was just the lack of buttons. So far Legion has so much promise story wise and pve wise, however if we can stop the prune I feel that Legion can be the best expansion yet and save WoW.