World of Warcraft changes its strategy. New addons will be released less frequently, but content patches will come more often.
More patches are supposed to help against content drought
Until World of Warcraft: Legion is released, Blizzard plans to hold weekly livestreams with various developers to discuss the upcoming expansion in detail and answer community questions. Many aspects of the interview have been discussed in this article.
However, almost as a minor side topic, it was announced that a paradigm shift is coming at Blizzard. For years, the goal was to release a new expansion for World of Warcraft every year, and year after year, this goal has been relentlessly failed. Consequently, this goal will no longer be pursued in the future. Instead, there will now be more patches per expansion, which will also bring new content into the game.
The goal is to avoid long content droughts, such as the current 13 months of the Hellfire Citadel. Hazzikostas knows that his words here sound “empty” and actions must follow – too often in the past there have been disappointments. But at least announcing this change is a first step towards acknowledging that the original plan has not worked.
Mein-MMO says: Better late than never. At some point, you just have to give in. Throughout all the expansions since “Wrath of the Lich King,” it has been promised that the next addon would be released earlier, have more content, and keep players engaged for longer. After these promises have now failed 3 times in a row, Blizzard is straying from this goal. At least this is honest, but it is also an honestly welcome change.
After all, the entire MMO market has managed to produce at least medium-sized patches at regular intervals. What Blizzard brings for World of Warcraft is always of high quality, but simply takes too long. It is again time to prove themselves to the players. Because at some point, their patience will also run out, which the declining subscriber numbers have made clear.
For more news and articles about Legion, you can find them on our World of Warcraft game page. You can find out what changes with the addon in our extensive overview of Legion.
