According to the mentioned earlier article
Another thing that’s true of Blizzard is that while a single author or team of authors often drives the overall vision for a story, no one person owns or controls the final product…
Problems of scaling and quality of this approach aside, for sure she has some impact on themes and priorities in the story.
In Before the Storm she said that she did not think before calling for the forsaken to join the defectors.
In the Shadowlands pre-patch she said “I do not blame Anduin for what happened [during the Gathering]”. Which is… an interesting idea, given who actually acted not in a clever way to put it litely.
One of missed opportunities: exploring the “older times” with Whitemane and search for Terenas.
While anything is possible, one of several problems with Calia is in the story of Southshore. In the currently available backstory, the town was fine during the 3rd war, and the 1st time it was seriously damaged was also the last one.
These devs - true. But I do not see any principle limitation within the toolkit itself that does not allow to explore somewhat better storylines.
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