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<blockquote data-quote="jaer" data-source="post: 3952355" data-attributes="member: 57861">I think that they are still making a lot of little changes (names, pluses, what levels things come at), but WotC also realized just how much stock people put into these things.&nbsp; If they gave us a statted out Warlock and then end up switching it before it comes out, even just swapping out some abilities and changing a +3 to a +2, people would would complain and rant about being lied to.&nbsp; All kinds of stuff.A simple &quot;this is still a work in progress so it might change&quot; doesn't seem to get through.&nbsp; Saying &quot;we can't reveal this info because it is in constant flux&quot; makes it sound worse than it is, but it stops many of the &quot;why don't you just give us some solid info&quot; complaints.&nbsp; There are many good reasons to keep tight-lipped about things, and exaggerating just how &quot;un-nailed down&quot; things are is a good way to be able to stay tight lipped.If you don't understand how much complaining people can do about &quot;things that are being tested&quot; then you obviously don't read the WoW forums when a new patch is in the works.&nbsp; The amount of complaining (about changes, about what is not being changed, about what is being changed back) is horrendous!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jaer, post: 3952355, member: 57861"] I think that they are still making a lot of little changes (names, pluses, what levels things come at), but WotC also realized just how much stock people put into these things. If they gave us a statted out Warlock and then end up switching it before it comes out, even just swapping out some abilities and changing a +3 to a +2, people would would complain and rant about being lied to. All kinds of stuff. A simple "this is still a work in progress so it might change" doesn't seem to get through. Saying "we can't reveal this info because it is in constant flux" makes it sound worse than it is, but it stops many of the "why don't you just give us some solid info" complaints. There are many good reasons to keep tight-lipped about things, and exaggerating just how "un-nailed down" things are is a good way to be able to stay tight lipped. If you don't understand how much complaining people can do about "things that are being tested" then you obviously don't read the WoW forums when a new patch is in the works. The amount of complaining (about changes, about what is not being changed, about what is being changed back) is horrendous! [/QUOTE]

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