Patch 5.2 Dev Interview
One of the interviews we didn't have time to cover in the past is the EPIC Podcast interview with Cory Stockton and Dave Kosak.
- We may see some of Sylvanas before the end of the expansion, but no promises.
- Pet battle PvP was designed to remove any fear of PvP, no communication with the other player, no win/loss record, etc.
- A future patch might start tracking pet battle PvP wins and add a quest to win 10 PvP pet battles every week.
- Blizzard was surprised by how popular and well received pet battles were. The participation rate is very high.
- Patch 5.3 adds the first set of Burning Crusade raid boss pet drops, and a future patch will have the second set.
- Pet gender was added in case it wanted to be used later, but currently the team is happy with the current depth the pet battle system has.
- When adding tech for Burning Crusade Heroic Dungeons, the team added support for ten versions of a NPC with for varying difficulties, thinking they would never use that many. Mists of Pandaria now uses six!
- Pet battles added Lesser Charms as a reward in Patch 5.2, and it is possible that we may see more rewards like this in the future, including Valor Points.
- The new scenario into stories were added so that you can see the lore once, and then enjoy the scenario after that without repeating the lore every time.
- The Determination buff came from seeing groups wipe once or twice and leaving and then queuing again. This contributed to the problem of entering a raid that was partially completed and made for an unpleasant LFR environment.
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