What's Wrong With Professions? - Sounds Good Makes Sense #55

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It's time - let's talk professions in WoW (and other MMOs). What's their purpose in an MMORPG, what issues has WoW run into with them over the years, and what is needed to make The War Within's profession system not feel so... bloated?

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Table of Contents:
0:00 Intro
1:21 What Even Is A “Profession”?
4:27 Example: Star Wars Galaxies
7:43 Tradeskills for Personal Power Gains
13:39 The Dark Times
15:48 The Dragonflight Revamp, Current Issues, and Possible Solutions
32:51 Responses to Raid Finder Video
34:51 Where Does SoD Go After Phase 8?
41:12 Outro



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