If you are dissatisfied with World of Warcraft, you can simply reach out to the Game Director. It actually worked.
If you are unhappy with something, you can either put up with it or try to change it. This is probably what the player “Joachim” thought, who is very attached to World of Warcraft Classic. Instead of simply posting his opinion in a forum or on the WoW Classic subreddit, he went directly to the top – to the head of World of Warcraft. To his own surprise, he even received a reply.
What happened? Those who have something to criticize about World of Warcraft either write a Complaint Wednesday or explain in one of the numerous forums what is going wrong right now. However, the player named “Joachim” chose a more direct route and simply contacted the Game Director of World of Warcraft, Ion Hazzikostas, with his concerns.
Like many Classic fans, Joachim is currently frustrated that there has been so little communication from the developers regarding the future of Classic. Therefore, he wanted to know: Is there any hope for a long-term future for any version of Classic?
Although Joachim believed he would not receive a response, he was proven wrong. Because Hazzikostas got back to him:
Hi Joachim,
I can’t share anything specific, and if we were to announce something new, it certainly wouldn’t happen in an email, but I can assure you that we understand the passion of the community and the perspective.Especially in the conversation about the Season of Discoveries, it became quite clear that a large portion of the community is looking for an “Eternal Home” in the Classic space.
The Classic experience is dear to me, and we want to do everything we can to support the Classic community for many years to come.
Best regards,
Ion
The community celebrates the response but also warns: In the Reddit community, Hazzikostas is praised for even responding to such an email. At the same time, it is recognized that he is unlikely to announce major innovations in a personal email, so it is only logical that the response is somewhat lacking in content. Some reactions from the WoW subreddit:
- “I feel bad thinking about the influx of emails he will get tomorrow. Very cool of him to respond, I’m sure he has a lot to do.” – eightbitheart
- “You know it’s real because he gave a non-answer.
Jokes aside, it’s really sweet of him to actually respond!” – Deadagger - “And now, because you couldn’t keep this nice thing to yourself and posted it here, he will be spammed to hell and never do it again.” – TheGormal
However, so much silence in WoW is not always the case. There is currently much more communication around the modern World of Warcraft, that is, Retail. Because significant changes are coming that will forever change the game – as more than 100 abilities will be removed from WoW without replacement.
