Ex Vanilla WoW Dev Explains Encounters - Countdown To Classic Podcast Ep 75 World of Warcraft

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Published on November 28, 2018 11:45:28 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC04qajqaeQ

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The thrilling trilogy of ex-dev interviews concludes with Monster/Raid/Encounter designer, Alex Brazie!

Listen in as the show rounds out what has been a fascinating run of interviews with former WoW devs about some of the design principles that went into the making of the game.

Highlights Below:


In Depth Interview – 2:30
Thoughts On John Staat’s WoW Diary – 3:30
Alex’s Work On WoW – 6:30
What Alex Works On Now – 8:40
The Blizzard Employee Guild – 11:05
Playing WoW vs. Making WoW – 18:15
The Blizzard Guild Adjusts To TBC Raiding – 20:00
J. Allen Brack & Others As Raiders – 24:35
Do All WoW Staff Love MMO’s? – 27:30
Other Games Alex Wanted To Work On – 33:00
Geeking Out At Irvine – 35:30
Visiting Bill Gates – 41:00
Making Monsters In WoW: Monster Design 101 – 47:30
Favourite Monster Design – 55:45
Naxxramas Design Observations – 1:02:20
Four Horsemen Difficulty Design – 1:06:10
Post Vanilla Boss Design/Lord Marrowgar – 1:09:15
Warlock Overhaul Post Vanilla/Warlock Tanking – 1:12:40
Early Impressions Of Warlocks – 1:29:05
Event Design & Player Interaction/Corrupted Blood – 1:35:00
Corrupted Blood Internal Reactions – 1:37:40
Intentions For Protection Paladins – 1:39:10
Faction Differences In Raids – 1:43:00
The In’s & Out’s Of Monster AI In WoW – 1:48:00
Thoughts On The Success/Failure Of Classic – 2:02:25
Ex-Blizz Staff Thoughts On Classic – 2:06:05
Thoughts On Classic Release Date – 2:07:20
Demo vs. Alpha. Beta – 2:11:20
How Much Work On Classic Should Be Left? – 2:13:05
Should We Expect Changes In Classic? – 2:15:30
Signing Off – 2:18:40
Show News & Shout Outs – 2:20:35


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