Blizzard chief creative officer Rob Pardo has jumped to Jay Wilson’s defence in a 184-page Diablo 3 forum thread that turned nasty.
The thread was Jay Wilson’s goodbye letter to Diablo 3; he’s moving onto a new project at Blizzard. His farewell elicited a vociferous response from those in the community who felt Diablo 3 didn’t live up to its billing.
Rob Pardo had seen enough.
“This thread saddens me greatly,” he wrote. “I know that the Battle.net forums have earned a reputation for rough justice, but I do not believe justice is being served by how people are speaking about Jay’s departure from Diablo 3.”
Pardo is “very proud” of Diablo 3, but he’s not blind: he knows there’s work to do.
“The Diablo community deserves an even better game from Blizzard,” he wrote, “and we are committed to improving it. We have a talented team in place and have no intention of stopping work on Diablo 3 until it is the best game in the franchise.”
(via Eurogamer)