Live Developer Q&A - Ask Questions Here!

Hey team!

Battle for Azeroth has brought some cool features for roleplayers. First, we have communities which has actually bridged the gaps between servers. Wyrmrest Accord and Moon Guard have started to coordinate roleplay using communities which has expanded our roleplay circles and given us new possibilities. You also gave us the Elixir of Tongues, which thrilled roleplayers with how easy it is to access and how quickly you implemented it.

Boralus and Dazar’alor are really wonderful places for roleplayers to explore, but right now those roleplay spots are often overcrowded with NPCs that take up all the chairs and room. Sometimes the chairs aren’t working, too. Sometimes you face sideways, which seems like a product of dev crunch which is understandable but sad for those of us who’d love to use these cool spots! As RPers, we understand that PvE & PvP players like seeing NPCs, but some of these nooks and crannies are far off the beaten path and could use some NPC pruning.

(Additionally: if you guys could one day made a system that allows RP servers to pair up with something more permanent than the weird phase system, we would love you forever.)

THE SIMPLE TWITCH STREAM QUESTION:

Battle for Azeroth gave us beautiful places to explore in Kul Tiras and Zandalar, but some of the nooks and crannies are overcrowded with NPCs. For roleplayers, that makes them impossible to use. How do you guys feel about balancing out that ratio for RPers while still keeping the world “lived in” for everyone else?

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