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

 

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