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RSS FeedsWorld Of Warcraft Dev On Patch 7.2.5, Micro-Holidays, And Raid Timing
(GameSpot PC News)

 
 

25 june 2017 00:30:38

 
World Of Warcraft Dev On Patch 7.2.5, Micro-Holidays, And Raid Timing
(GameSpot PC News)
 


The content updates continue to roll out for World of Warcraft, with last week`s patch 7.2.5 unleashing flying, a new raid, and bunch of other changes into Azeroth. Just prior to the content launch, we talked with Paul Kubit, senior game designer for World of Warcraft, about how Blizzard approaches these `.5` patches, the state of micro-holidays, and keeping players engaged regardless of whether they`ve been playing since launch or they`re just starting now.While Paul does a deep dive into the WoW`s design, the game`s class designers recently held an AMA on Reddit that you can check out here.GameSpot: The timing for this update, hitting during E3. Was that intentional? Is it just that this is the time in the development calendar to put out the update? Or do you feel like these are different audiences--that E3 has a more console-centric feel versus what hardcore World of Warcraft players are looking for?Paul Kubit: I don`t think we thought about it that hard. With Legion, we had a pretty holistic plan of making sure that we had a lot of patches come out; lots of times for that content train to leave the station. Whether that particular patch was delivering a new outdoor zone for questing or a new raid or just the additional side content or class updates like we`re seeing a lot of in Patch 7.2.5. We knew that those patches should come out pretty regularly, so 7.2.5 just kind of ended up landing around that E3 date, but it`s probably more coincidence than anything else.And it has become such a regular rollout of content. It must feel like you`re almost on a well-oiled machine at this point.Yeah, it feels a little oiled. I mean, there`s still a lot of work that goes into each one of these little patches, big or small, but yes, we`re really happy that we have been able to, up to this point, provide plenty of patches. 7.2 was not that long ago; we just landed on Broken Shore, and have been pushing towards The Tomb of Sargeras. Now with 7.2.5, we`re going to have that ...


 
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