Introducing the World of Warcraft Community Council - Communication Between Players and Devs

Live Posted 2021/11/01 at 4:44 PM by perculia

Greetings, citizens of Azeroth –The World of Warcraft community is second to none with the passion, love, and excitement you all show to the game. Player feedback impacts all aspects of the game, and with such a wide range of opinions, playstyles, and interests out there, gathering and understanding feedback is more important than ever.To help further our efforts in this area, we’re introducing the WoW Community Council. This program will add another venue for communication between players and WoW developers. Our goal is to gather more detailed feedback on all aspects of World of Warcraft from players around the world with a wide range of backgrounds and interests.Here's how it works:

Submissions are open to any player interested in taking part in the program.
Once players are selected, they’ll be given the ability to post in a new discussion forum that is publicly visible to everyone.

In this new forum, we’ll ask members to share their experiences and perspectives on anything in the game, and some topics may be started by Blizzard developers and community managers.
Responses and updates from Blizzard will be posted there so they can easily be discussed by the entire community.

A private discussion will also be setup for Council members to encourage direct interaction between members.
Separate conversations between smaller groups of members and Blizzard developers will be encouraged to ensure players with differing perspectives are being heard.
These may take the form of live chats between Council members and WoW devs. One of the key goals with this program is to encourage discussion with players from a wide variety of different playstyles. To help ensure this, part of the application process will involve sharing your areas of interest and expertise. Whether it’s cutting-edge raiding, playing alts, completing achievements, accessibility, or collecting transmog, we want to know your perspective and ensure you’re heard. Therefore, after one year in the program, we plan to unflag Council members and open the application again. All WoW players will be free to apply at that point.Please note: this program is focused on sharing current and past game experiences; it will not provide access to unannounced game information.If this sounds like something you’d like to participate in, here is the submission link: https://forms.office.com/r/2BfVmv2d44Please share this with any player who may be interested in this program and if you have any questions, please let us know.Thanks for your time and feedback. -The World of Warcraft Community Team

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Comment by LeafstaggerWell, it took them literally ages but it seems they are finally taking a page out of FF 14's book in terms of being more open about communication.Comment by shenoanWhat happens when you hit them in the wallet, basically.Comment by Raynuruthere was a community council?
didn t really feel like they accomplished anythingComment by Ravenclaw89They can do both.

This sounds interesting.Comment by XoveroathxOh great, more time spent on not making game content.

What are these people even thinking at this point, it's just laughable at this point.Comment by Dejo93Took 'em long enough huh?

Aight, let's see if they'll ACTUALLY listenComment by killeman87this can only go bad and no i am not trying to troll, but what good ides have blizz made that still ongoing to this day?Comment by Dejo93Oh great, more time spent on not making game content.

What are these people even thinking at this point, it's just laughable at this point.Comment by TrantsSo when there's PTR suggestions before things go live, that didn't matter. Now suddenly there's going to be middlemen that devs will listen to? I'm sure there are other places that have tons of information and feedback from players that devs have ignored (reddit, twitter, fan sites, etc) until now.

I don't see this changing anything.Comment by horus098Oh great, more time spent on not making game content.

What are these people even thinking at this point, it's just laughable at this point.Comment by JPato01Player feedback impacts all aspects of the gameComment by LuongoI vote for Asmongold to get a say, hes got the biggest voice, and whether you like him or not he always has good intentions when it comes to making WoW a better game. I've personally agreed with the majority of the things hes said about the game, and hes also one of the biggest collectors in the game, which would be good to have someone from that community in this council.Comment by lucantiniThis is cool and I like it. Let's be civil and congratulate Blizzard on at least trying to make the game better. Bashing them when they are clearly trying to improve the game won't be good to anyone. Unless you are one of those that just hates WoW no matter what.Comment by HaithamI hope there's consideration for RP folks in this council. Seems like a good thing!Comment by SearinoxThey tried this before... they did not listen to them and most of them left the program within 6 months.Comment by ShadockThis is actually great news.

Oh great, more time spent on not making game content.

What are these people even thinking at this point, it's just laughable at this point.Comment by LockemzodSo in other words big time youtubers or twitch streams will be in this Community Council.Comment by TraduOh great, more time spent on not making game content.

What are these people even thinking at this point, it's just laughable at this point.Comment by Shroomie88Sounds like they giving the 1% even more power and influence over the game, catering even more to Professional players and people who make a living of playing wow.Comment by bossmanrothlast field is sus. seems like they are going with the "content creators know best"

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