Eric Flannum was the Lead Designer of Guild Wars 2, and during development he was one of the most talkative developers behind the game.
After release… He has disappeared. His linkedin profile still lists him as working at ArenaNet, now as a Game Director, but we haven’t heard anything about him in quite some time.
Has anyone heard something recently about him?
“I think that players are starting to mature past the point of wanting to be on that
treadmill, of being in that obvious pattern of every time I catch up you are going to
put another carrot in front of me” – Mike O’Brien right before Ascended weapons
And for that matter where is Mike O’Brien. He is after all the founder and president of Anet. During beta we frequently saw posts or videos he put together. At launch he updated the status of various problems being addressed. But since then nothing; so I wonder if he’s directing other projects now?
And for that matter where is Mike O’Brien. He is after all the founder and president of Anet. During beta we frequently saw posts or videos he put together. At launch he updated the status of various problems being addressed. But since then nothing; so I wonder if he’s directing other projects now?
He is the head of Arenanet he doesn’t work on the game directly. I think he last appeared at the infamous AMA after the ascended item fiasco.
As for Eric who knows, I can’t recall hearing anything from him since the game launch.
Jade Quarry [SoX]
Miranda Zero – Ele / Twitch Zero – Mes / Chargrin Soulboom – Engi
Aliera Zero – Guardian / Reaver Zero – Necro
My guess is that Colin was promoted to direct the live team, while Eric is secretly directing/ designing future content (for something big, i.e. an expansion).
My guess is that Colin was promoted to direct the live team, while Eric is secretly directing/ designing future content (for something big, i.e. an expansion).
My money is on this. I mean, we don’t hear much from the art/story team as well. What else could they be doing right now????
They even mentioned that their staff was being divided into two groups. Live team to maintain the current game and the other to work on expansions.
Eric has been seen since launch, just not as much as Colin has. I know I remember seeing him in one of the twice videos on the Anet channel, after launch for sure, but not recently.
Still, Colin is actually very popular with the fan base, though you might not always know it from these forums. I suspect Colin is the guy that “takes the heat”, so that Eric can get on working. They don’t need everyone front in center all the time. Looks like Colin and Jon Peters are the two guys manning the gate at the moment.
Id like to know where a lot of the devs and brass are. Id like to know why chris whiteside has not held one single AMA since the AMA in November(no doubtedly to stave off the swarm of negativity generated from ascended gear). He did say he would like to do the AMA more often. Its been months, not a single one.
Wheres flannum?
Wheres Obrian?
Karma is as abundant as air, and as useless as the Kardashians.
This is a necro but the question is still relevant to me since I was thinking about submitting pretty much the exact same thread but I found this through a google search of the forums.
