More Teams to Deliver Faster Expansions - Development Interview with Bloomberg

Posted 2023/11/11 at 11:50 AM by Archimtiros

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“We have essentially the makings of two expansion teams and a live team,” Longdale said.

The live team handles content patches for World of Warcraft, which typically arrive every couple of months, while the other two teams are working on the next two expansions, which they refer to as 11 and 12.

“We’re doing things right now on 12 that under normal timeframe we would not be doing,” Hight said.
How Fast is too Fast?conclude the Worldsoul Saga before 2030The War Within releasesHight and Longdale won’t tip Blizzard’s hand, but they say they’re using the company’s wealth of data about player behavior to try to pinpoint exactly what people want from content updates for the ongoing game.

“We don’t want to rush people to the next expansion,” Hight said. “But we also don’t want to drag things out longer than necessary.”

“We’re building these foundations, and it’s already working,” Longdale said. “The team worked incredibly hard, and it’s paying off.”

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Comment by LautnerThe pace they've set is that we get something every 8 weeks.

So we just got 10.2.

We'll get 10.2.5 in January~~

10.2.7 in March

10.2.8 in May (Maybe? Ion confirmed 3 more content patches BEFORE the prepatch but they also said no 10.3? They prolly meant no extra raid tier)

Prepatch in July

Expansion in September.

11.0.5 in November

11.0.7 in January...

11.1 in March......

And remember these .5 and .7 patches have been giving us a hundred quests, mega dungeons, new zones, new cinematics, talent balances and/or overhauls.

People cry now can't understand how some of us would wait 14 months for a patch. Some of us would go forever and get a selfie cam.

Dragonflight has the BEST patch cadence we've ever had. No more '.5 is a systems update' type thing. Our last .5 gave us SO MUCH.

I'm fine with this.Comment by avatarofshadowfor some people, 90 bucks is less than one good meal.Comment by CosplayBang18 months expansions, of which 6 months is used for fixing their own mess before the game is functional/fun again.

So basically 1-year expansions in reality.

Sounds like a good idea.Comment by pektiI prefer quality over quantity. Two years cycle feels great when the content that is released within that time period is meaningful. But it seems like every new patch is a smidgen of story progression paired with just another outdoor event to farm. Squishing more of that kind of 'content' into a shorter time frame feels bad. It will quickly get to a point where I and many others will feel like we aren't getting what we've paid for.Comment by Raynuruah yes i cant wait to pay 90 euro once a year instead of every 2 yearsComment by thouforsakenPeople should see what is going on with destiny 2 and bungie. Especially considering how they've valued speed over quality. Then you see stuff like this and you get worried.Comment by Drakknfyreah yes i cant wait to pay 90 euro once a year instead of every 2 yearsComment by Drakknfyrefor some people, 90 bucks is less than one good meal.Comment by KolplerFerriah yes i cant wait to pay 90 euro once a year instead of every 2 yearsComment by KolplerFerri18 months expansions, of which 6 months is used for fixing their own mess before the game is functional/fun again.

So basically 1-year expansions in reality.

Sounds like a good idea.Comment by CosplayBang18 months expansions, of which 6 months is used for fixing their own mess before the game is functional/fun again.

So basically 1-year expansions in reality.

Sounds like a good idea.Comment by pawpurrI'll take 18 months with no fated season over 2 years with fated. That's all i'm saying.Comment by PeesneezeThis is going to be a disaster lolComment by TysTeaah yes i cant wait to pay 90 euro once a year instead of every 2 yearsah yes i cant wait to pay 90 euro once a year instead of every 2 yearsComment by Drakknfyreah yes i cant wait to pay 90 euro once a year instead of every 2 yearsComment by KolplerFerri18 months expansions, of which 6 months is used for fixing their own mess before the game is functional/fun again.

So basically 1-year expansions in reality.

Sounds like a good idea.Comment by TysTea“We don’t want to rush people to the next expansion,” Hight said. “But we also don’t want to drag things out longer than necessary.”

Yet they just gave us 10-12 months of fated recycled "season". like what?

edit: people saying 18 months would be enough. wrooong. make it 16 with 4-4-4-4 months of seasons. 6 is too much for 1 raid and "new" dungeons (DF s3 has 0000 zeeeeroo new dungeon, only recycled old ones with 2 from S2)Comment by TysTea18 months expansions, of which 6 months is used for fixing their own mess before the game is functional/fun again.

So basically 1-year expansions in reality.

Sounds like a good idea.Comment by KolplerFerriah yes i cant wait to pay 90 euro once a year instead of every 2 yearsComment by CosplayBang18 months expansions, of which 6 months is used for fixing their own mess before the game is functional/fun again.

So basically 1-year expansions in reality.

Sounds like a good idea.
No borrowed powers...No broken classes? What?'Lots of world event stuff'M+ has been improved over and over. Best class balance...18 months expansions, of which 6 months is used for fixing their own mess before the game is functional/fun again.

So basically 1-year expansions in reality.

Sounds like a good idea.

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