We've got some Endeavor changes going live later this week. TL;DR - House XP cap 1000 -> 2250 - DR on tasks floor 20% -> 50% - Repeatable task DR resets weekly - First (this one!) Endeavor XP needed 1000 -> 400 - Generic task rewarded XP 10 -> 50 us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/hou...

The Armillary is so much fancier now!

What other inconsistencies exist between similar items with different costs? (I.e. two things that are similar looks/size/"functionality" but with wildly different costs) Was just talking with Jay about this one a bit ago...

In almost every interview or pitch for various housing features, I'd bring up someone building a pirate ship.... she built one!

Two housing updates with today's maintenance: 1) Exterior decor limits now increase from 200 to 250 at house level 3! 2) We were going to fix flying houses to bring them back to terra firma, but you all made such awesome stuff, so we made it possible with the base UI instead.

Working with a talented, high-trust team is awesome because sometimes cool stuff is made and you only find out once the designers show it to you in action. The level 6 house Armillary reward on Beta is one such thing. Credit to Krez on wowkea for the screens.

New profile pic because it's how I feel scrolling and seeing so many outrageous housing creations and people vibing. It's a built-in reaction image! (Courtesy of Jo, by way of Ogles.)

Today we launch housing in WoW. Feeling sentimental, I went digging through old screenshots. I first visited Azeroth in the tech alpha (slipping in as a MMO dev at another co!) and made a Tauren (Plainsrunning!) and walked to TB. 22 years later, I can finally call it home.

What's the weird stuff you want?

In the grim dark future, there is only ... housing? (Credit to Sparkiee on Discord)

20 year old me is in this video (but my floor bed was VERY COMFORTABLE, okay?!)

Come on a tour of our house! The team did such an amazing job on this. worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/housing

House fight!

Welcome to the Neighborhood! It's finally time share information on Neighborhoods and Endeavors. (Wait, Endeavors!!?) P.S. Is it still cool to make a joke about naming my neighborhood "Orc City" or has that already come and gone? worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/2...

I was going to make a joke about a percent increase in word count but Copilot helpfully told me there were 10,000+ words and while I'm verbose, I'm not THAT bad. Thanks AI!

Nothing like that First Week of Parental Leave x Microsoft Layoffs crossover event to really get that cortisol going!

Happiness. Went in blind on maybe a second date because the art house theater wouldn't do us wrong, right? Oops. I was laughing. She was mortified. There were no more dates.

I have been lucky enough to live in two places with VERY localized pizza variants and they're wonderful: "Bar Pizza" and pizza from Old Forge, PA www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/... www.foodigenous.com/post/old-for...

I cannot adequately convey how much internal discussion this sort of feedback spurs.

I think I've finally made it through all of the initial housing reactions and articles. Took a lot of (additional) notes, kicked off plenty of conversations, and energized the hell out of the team. ❤️🏡

With this thumbnail, how are you not already watching the video!? Look at our joy of putting @taliesinevitel.bsky.social in the stew! The start of the interview though... 😱

Me, to the housing team on Saturday, May 10th @ 4:30pm (after meeting @soulsobreezy.bsky.social at PAX): "Soul is such a nice dude!" Here's said nice dude's video on housing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2WF...

Currently trapped under my snoozing child and watching this at 4:30am and getting hyped against my circadian rhythm's will. youtu.be/vv9cj5gp2Yk?...

Given today, this was DEEPLY confusing..

Housin'? More like WRASSLIN'

Super fun interview with @esfandtv.bsky.social From the thumbnail, it looks he and I coordinated our outfit's color schemes ahead of time. We're just that professional. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhCe...

:kylorenmore:

"And if you didn't like it... my name is Jesse Kurlancheek..." - @taliesinevitel.bsky.social

More hype!

I'm about to be insufferable and spammy for a bit...

PAX + Warcrafts 30th was a lot! It was great meeting everyone and now I'm somehow drained and very excited at the same time.

Panel learnings: Kubit is our chef, Jeremy is a secret keeper, Maria kills NPCs, and I am a dad gamer with big feelings.

I'm pretty sure I'd pay an unreasonable sum to play this, including the trip to London. Artemis Bridge Simulator on a LAN like 15 years ago has been leading me here...

Time for our next article on Housing wherein you can find out how to mount Ony's head on your mantle and remember the times you had. worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/2...

If you're going to be at PAX, swing by and listen to us tell some stories about @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com and its past, present, and future (also some bonus pontificating about housing!) east.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...

Bread and Puppet's in town next week so this must be shared.

I am not smart enough / do not have enough unbroken time for Blue Prince. :(

This portrait was 13 years ago apparently @ericafails.bsky.social! I need to bring this energy back...

"Wait why is housing in the patch notes?!? .... ohhhhhh" worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/2...

I'm ready! In theory, at least.

Spent two hours singing the main theme from Zelda to keep the newborn from screaming his head off while he refused to sleep. If I dared take a drink or stop for any reason? Unacceptable! If I tried another song? Unacceptable! In this bedroom it's Zelda and only Zelda!

Despite working on it, writing about it, meeting on it, and basically living and breathing it all day long, I get hyped up for WoW housing all over again each time I watch people's videos and hear player reactions to the details we're releasing. <3

Oh boy @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com you're really putting the pressure on us with this

Let's talk about how our decoration system works. But not just talk, let's show a bunch of images and GIFs! worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-gb/news/2...

Playing / building games makes me a nightmare for doctors. "Don't worry. There's a low chance of complications. Maybe 5-15%." "Don't you lie to me, a 15% miss rate is huge!"

Dying at the "could be" dialog in the latest @taliesinevitel.bsky.social vid on Housing.

Time to settle in and watch a few hours of reactions and read a couple thousand comments. 🏡

Wrote up some high-level thoughts on Housing, its design pillars and goals, and touched on a pair of the most talked about things so far. Send us all your feedback! worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/2...

Felt painfully old as @sachant.bsky.social and I accidentally ended up talking about MMOs communities of the late 90s/00s and the @brokentoys.social diaspora and such. "Oh, so and so ex lives near me now." "Wait what was their handle? I don't think I ever knew their real name?" and so on.

We're hiring a senior content designer on the WoW Housing team! Come work with me! careers.blizzard.com/global/en/jo...