Episode #75 - Ex-WoW Dev, Alex Brazie, On Monster/Raid/Encounter Design + Blizzard + Classic

The thrilling trilogy of ex-dev interviews concludes with Monster/Raid/Encounter designer, Alex Brazie! Listen in as Countdown To Classic 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   Learn more about game design from Alex @ https://xelnath.com/ Or follow him on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/xelnath?lang=en Pick up awesome Countdown To Classic show rewards @ Patreon: patreon.com/countdowntoclassic Or support the show with a tip @ Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y3D2TT Or simply show your support by leaving the show a review at iTunes or by telling a friend! Directly download here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/countdowntoclassic/C2C_Episode_74_Final.mp3  Also listen @ Spotify here (Spotify takes a couple of hours to upload after posting, check back later if not there): https://open.spotify.com/show/38mHWjscNorJr7OFeNu8X5?si=c6JKxJeSRCeLQPSIlKJL8w Or @ iTunes (As above, can take a short while to upload after posting): https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/countdown-to-classic/id1352967778 Or @ Stitcher (As above, can take a short while to upload after posting): http://stitcher.com/s?fid=174762&refid=stpr Send your Memory Lane stories, Anger Management rants or just say hello to Josh at feedback@countdowntoclassic.com or get in touch on social media: Twitter: @count2classic FB/Insta/YouTube: @countdowntoclassic Add Countdown To Classic on Twitch: @CountdownToClassic And join the Countdown To Classic Discord here: https://discord.gg/2xJAwNf