Would need different dev team though. Or a big change at the very least, in both gameplay and narrative departments
They did not have to. They chose a simple “solution” which does not fix anything and further makes things more problematic because it’s easier than actually put effort into racials, etc.
There are always option. On paper. In practice - not with the devs we have.
It is sad. And it is confirmed.
Or Diablo.
a. not true
b.
https://twitter.com/PyromancerSarg/status/1407559206840852483
They do not “have to” do what they do. They make a choice to do those things. And then execute them in a gnarly way, so even those story threads that should’ve been interesting (like Nazjatar & Azshara) end up being underwhelming to put things politely.
At this point - Azshara. Hopefully the current story team touches her as little as possible.
What would we call the opposite, I wonder. Globe-head?
The current narrative team is the problem, because they care more about the stories they want to tell. While the key of the video game format is the player experience.
Hence these discussions IMO are stuck. Potential is there from radical “hard restart of the story from Classic +” (for arbitrary scope of “classic”, which is usually considered to be pre-Cata afaia) to taking further the Shadows Rising plot line that the elves feel betrayed by both the horde and the alliance, which could be a justification to conclude that maybe the empire was not a bad thing after all.
But it’s all stuck since it would require a dramatically different approach to the story. Hence either replacing the leadership of the narrative team and salvaging those devs who made better received quests and other lore stuff. Or, if the entire corporate culture of the company is stuck in the “design by committee” style, then there is no saving for a project of this scope. Maybe if the leadership would decide to do what was done with the “reforged” team (aka if like D2, WoW be branded as “blizzard” but actively developed by another team entirely)
gl hf