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BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS
By Sarah Reeson
new year is upon us, and as I write this the and it was immediately apparent at Blizzcon that this time
development notes for 7.2 have just been around, we weren’t being promised something that wasn’t
A released with a patch already available on the doable. I can remember the disbelief when Ion Hazzikostas
PTR. I can’t even get into the Nighthold on live yet, the suggested there’d be a patch on the PTR almost as soon
first LFR wing isn’t open, and yet here we are with new as the Nighthold launched: lo and behold, here we are, and
content already being planned. Having spoken at length to the Company’s about to redefine the game yet again.
a number of people over the years, beginnings and endings
for Activision Blizzard have remained the most problematic I made a rather grand statement on my blog recently:
parts of every expansion since The Burning Crusade. How I don’t think we’ve seen this level of organisation and
do you balance content so it doesn’t all happen at once, and commitment from a Development team in twelve years. It’s
then how do you keep supplying new things to do to ensure true, and those people who complained over the Christmas
people don’t get bored halfway through? break that nobody was answering their queries would do
well to stop and remember that even gaming developers
The problem with content spacing hasn’t always been can take a holiday now and then. This is not a case of
as bad as social media would have you believe. I’ll grant these people being on call 24/7: also remember that
you, that year of the Siege of Orgrimmar was great for player feedback should not involve abuse and anger as a
me levelling alts and making money, with Draenor being motivator. After years of attempting to present strong lines
much the same, and because I didn’t raid with any real of communication and assuaging player concerns, I truly
seriousness during either of these, there wasn’t the sense believe Warcraft’s heading for a revolution, not simply in
my content was being overlooked. Once Legion hit at the terms of the means it presents new content to players.
end of September, there was palpable change in the air, Mistakes have of course been made, but sometimes
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