Devs Not Budging On New Raid Limit

In the ongoing raid limit battle (which has worked it’s way into almost every thread on the boards) the Devs do not appear willing to budge on this one.  Rytan:

The class balance issue is definitely the one that I feel has the most merit.  Regardless of the raid size class balance is one of if not the most important issues in the game.  We will be spending a great deal of time over the next several months to address as many of the imbalances in the game as possible.  The goal is to allow each class a meaningful role in both the group and raid game.  As always, class balance is an ongoing task and will require constant attention as the game expands and changes.  We are under no delusions that it will ever be pinned down as “finished”.

We expected some negative feedback from this announcement, though I’ll admit to being surprised by the volume thus far.  I think it’s important to remember that the people that stand to benefit from this change are not typically the type of player that consistently post on message board threads.  Especially on threads filled with such vitriol for anyone in support of the change.  The message boards are an important source of feedback, but are only representative of a subgroup of our players.  It would be much simpler for us if it was representative of the entire player base, but we don’t have the luxury.  We have to other considerations when making decisions.

I find it interesting that they realize the class balance issue, but are going through with it anyway. Sure they “plan” on making everybody useful, but that’s bologna. When it comes to raids, there’s never been a point where everybody was equally useful.

I was also a little upset with them pulling the “well, the forums aren’t a great indicator” card. It certainly is true that only a small percentage of players use the forums. Still, when the feedback is almost entirely negative (from what I’ve seen, at least 90% are against it and most of those that aren’t against it don’t care either way) you have to question if it’s a good idea.

I’m used to the devs turning a blind eye to their players, but given the magnitude of the negative feedback, this is disheartening. My real interpretation of this is that they’re already a ways into tuning the expansion and are too lazy to go back on it now.