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Members of the Community Council held a live chat with the Narrative Design team about Dragonflight!

Key Takeaways

  • Blizzard now focuses on fixing typos and bugs that slipped through the cracks in launch while the Quest Design Team fix bugs.
  • With 10.0 launched, Blizzard already works on future content patches for the expansion.
  • Steve Danuser works on the bigger story arcs. They cannot divulge any details about what's to come, but the team really enjoys the small local stories offered through side quests int he new expansion.
  • The WoW team has grown in size and they have "a lot more people working on content".
  • Khadgar fit very well into the story because he's a guardian and the role of the dragons are protectors of the world.

You can watch the whole interview below.

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Today, several members of the WoW Community Council met with World of Warcraft narrative designers Steve Danuser, Anne Stickney, and Terran Gregory.

The discussion covered a wide range of topics related to the development of Dragonflight stories, thoughts about what players want to see more of, and what the narrative design team is focusing on for the near future.

Please feel free to use this thread for any follow-up questions or discussion that you might have.

Thank you!

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