I've always been a loud talker,
very loud in fact. Unlike most normal human beings I do not possess the ability to whisper. Instead my whisper is more on par with a normal homo sapien's indoor voice, in that when I whisper, everyone within earshot hears me. I may have struggled through elementary and middle school with discipline issues, but my lack of quiet talk isn't all bad. Midway through secondary school I realized that being loud enabled me to grasp the attention of the teacher when I needed it, not just when I was a little out of line (I still raised my hand most of the time though). In my adult life I have no teachers, but there is another type of authority figure who's attention I need, the developers. Only now the odds have been raised from being part of two dozen souls, to twelve million.
A loud voice doesn't cut it on the Internet though. Neither does CAPSLOCK, the equivalent of yelling, so STOP DOING IT. If you want the attention of the developers, or really anyone on the Internet, your best bet is to be persistent, creative, funny, part of a mob or a jackass who happens to have an accurate point. You can also combine those to become a persistent, creative, hilarious jackass leader of a mob (
Stephen Colbert comes to mind). Wondering why you should bother acting out to get heard? It's simple, the developers are a limited commodity, who are only able to do a few things at once.
My point is this, if you see a problem in World of Warcraft and you don't ask for it to be addressed, it's likely to get bumped by something that is perceived to be "more important" or "more wanted." A perfect, and recent, example would be Wintergrasp. People from all corners of WoW (due to the solid rewards) have been clamoring for the zone to be fixed. The sheer mass of QQ lead to numerous
attempts across a few patches, but none proved satisfactory for Blizzard or us players. With the QQ continuing, Blizzard took a final drastic step and
overhauled the quest, and therefore a large chunk of the rewards (honor, tokens, gold). Not exactly what we were looking for, but at least Wintergrasp is more relatively playable now.
Yes, I am giving you a greenlight to complain on the
official WoW forums. If you have an issue with the game, then by all means do an
intelligent write up to present your case and post it. Heck, post it to
our forums first if you need help formulating your ideas. On the flip side, don't belittle other people's concerns (thinking along the lines of the PvP versus PvE battles). In fact, doing so has a good chance of ruining your own post's credibility.
Speaking of opinions, what do you most want to see corrected in World of Warcraft? Balance, raid, group, or solo content, PvP, Arena, loot and ilvl? What has your panties in a bunch?
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