Rob Pardo Leaves Blizzard Entertainment - Page 7

On July 05 2014 22:25 Ramiz1989 wrote:

Why are you trying? That guy is either trolling or don't have a clue what he is talking about.

On July 06 2014 02:39 urashimakt wrote:

Not trying to troll you but I agree with him. Every "MOBA" since the original DotA has been an attempt to recreate the same game. The heroes, items and last hitting rules might differ in each iteration but the game still keeps getting faithfully recreated in the same image.

Heroes that run on macro instead of micro. Talents that replace the traditional item slots with Aghanim's effects at every choice. Choosing the hero you want to play beforehand and being matched appropriately after the fact (not important for full team play, but for solo queue it's pretty great). Multiple maps with unique objectives that alter the way the game is played. Dismissing difference from DotA off the cuff as "casualization" is doing yourself a disservice. It's a different game and you may find that you enjoy playing it.

On July 06 2014 03:49 FT.aCt)Sony wrote:
The reasons to as why he is leaving is being speculated upon heavily, the most popular theory is that Rob Pardo doesn't like the path Blizzard Entertainment is taking regarding development of its games and has decided to leave the company much like what Blizzard North, the original creators of the Diablo Franchise did.


Wonder when everyone else will wake up and realize that Blizzard doesn't care about anything but money. One of the main reasons why SC2 has been consistently going downhill.

Thank you for SCBW, truly loved playing it for 10 years.

On July 06 2014 04:10 Excalibur_Z wrote:
Blizzard North splintered off and basically disbanded because it was decided for them to start work on Diablo 3, and the whole team had already been working on nothing but Diablo games for like 7 years. It's not exactly the same thing.

On July 06 2014 06:23 Jerubaal wrote:
Nope, the only reason my puny brain can comprehend is that Blizzard is teh suxxor and that's why he left.

On July 06 2014 08:01 Pegas wrote:


I`m going on conspiracy theory here that Rob Pardo and blizzard had a massive fallout and here is my reason:

Remember every time a dev (like GC) or a comunity manager (like Daxx) left, there would be in his thread alot of other blues that would wish him well, gl , etc. In this case not a single blue wished him goodbye or gl in any of his threads during all 5 Blizzard Bnet forums.

On July 06 2014 08:01 Pegas wrote:


I`m going on conspiracy theory here that Rob Pardo and blizzard had a massive fallout and here is my reason:

Remember every time a dev (like GC) or a comunity manager (like Daxx) left, there would be in his thread alot of other blues that would wish him well, gl , etc. In this case not a single blue wished him goodbye or gl in any of his threads during all 5 Blizzard Bnet forums.

On July 06 2014 03:10 sumsaR wrote:

Sure, the game is different. We get that. Everyone gets that. But how does that give any credence to the fact that he stated that it fixes the many fundamental game design mistakes in Dota 2?

You can find some more info in my post here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/games/432609-heroes-of-the-storm-blizzard-all-stars-announced?page=92#1823

On July 06 2014 19:48 Kneeb4r wrote:


It's cool that you're a wannabe game dev, but I think the popularity of DotA compared to HotS speaks for itself. You played DotA in beta..and your post on their dev forums was largely and justly ridiculed since you seem to speak from a place of ignorance. I implore you to at least 'watch' more DotA so you don't make such biased and uniformed opinions such as "Ursa OP". Also, the fact that you think the game simply snowballs for one team shows me you probably don't really know what you're looking at in DotA and with so little time played that's hardly surprising.

You're a fan of HotS, and that's great. However claiming a game has fundamental gameplay flaws when you're clearly uniformed on the intricacies of said game makes your opinion highly questionable and almost laughable. DotA has been played for years, on a competitive to casual level. I would be surprised if HotS manages to last as long as it has.


Back on topic, cheers to Rob. Good careers come to and end and hopefully he finds a new home for his creativity. I can't say I'll miss him at Blizzard since the company has undergone many changes from the days when they were viewed as one of the best and innovative game companies for their selected genres. But I hope he finds a new company that values him, and that we still see his name in game development as the man obviously has a plethora of knowledge.

On July 06 2014 04:41 darkness wrote:


Well, as soon as Blizzard realises success isn't about shiny graphics (BW, CS and Diablo II didn't need that) but about gameplay instead. Maybe then we'll get more popularity.

One part of gameplay in SC is mechanics. Lots of people had to refine that in BW - building placement, micro... SC2 has less of those. Oh and how do I miss exciting PvP games with reavers. Hopefully reavers come back in LotV.

If the community misses the opportunity to change SC in LotV, then, well, it may be the end of StarCraft.