Death to the Grand Narrative

[Carmageddon-hyjal (Carmageddon)]

The way forward is to make the central story less impactful, and less important - have it sit in the background. Big things can still happen in the world, but there has to be respect for the different roles that players choose.

I think this is the key idea.

[Reallyhappy-dalaran (Reallyhappy)]

One of my biggest issues with the grand narrative is blizzard seems to fail to grasp a “Grand Narrative” doesn’t work if granted in bite sized chunks. The Story can’t have filler.

The way you make a narrative works over a long period of time is by making said grand narrative episodic. Even Peanuts, a children’s comic strip about a group of little kids, knows that!