WoW Designer Talks Vanilla Class + Ability Design

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WoW Designer Kevin Jordan talks about working on WoW back in the day as one of the original three game designers on vanilla.  Topics include class and ability design and Classic speculation.

https://countdowntoclassic.com/2018/10/04/episode-73-ex-wow-designer-kevin-jordan-on-classes-abilities-classic/

Highlights Below:

In Depth Interview – 3:10

All About Kevin – 4:10

Working With Blizz Personalities – 8:00

State of WoW/Blizz When Kevin Arrived – 11:45

Designing/Balancing Abilities – 14:30

Designing Talents + Talent Trees – 17:40

Cookie Cutter Builds – 21:20

Spec Failures/Ret Paladins – 25:10

Elemental Mages – 29:20

Things That Hit The Cutting Room Floor – 31:25

Class Design Pride/Warriors – 36:05

Warriors Being OP – 37:35

Hunter Late Design – 40:20

Technical Limitations Cutting Content – 42:30

Broken Rotations – 46:30

Would You Change Anything With Hybrids – 49:10

Demon Hunters In Vanilla – 53:50

Spell/Ability Design Process – 58:10

Grim Batol – 1:02:45

Cooldowns – 1:07:20

Warlock Design – 1:12:05

Runemaster Class – 1:14:25

Necromancer Class – 1:15:30

Bard Class – 1:16:50

Other MMO Inspirations/Concepts Kevin Liked – 1:19:25

Kevin Helps Bring PvP To WoW – 1:27:50

Fun Blizz Personalities – 1:33:30

Having Items Named After You In Game – 1:35:40

Classic WoW Demo – 1:37:25

Changes or No Changes Coming To Classic – 1:40:40

Thoughts On Post Vanilla WoW – 1:46:05

Blizzard Love For Vanilla? – 1:50:20

Thoughts On Classic Leaks – 1:54:30

Will Classic Succeed? – 1:58:45

Farewell – 2:00:30

Memory Lane – 2:05:00

Morhaime/Brack Blizz President News – 2:14:45

Show News & Shout Outs – 2:18:00

Edited October 4, 2018 by joshcorbo82
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