

I might be entirely wrong about their creative process but this is what it feels like to me. What systems can we create to achieve this ?” and then only “ Which story would fit what we have decided ?” Do the game designers create covenants because the story asks for it, or do they create the story because they wanted to add a covenant choice, a soulbing system, to the player’s experience? I feel like someone said “ I want this expansion to be the chapter where players will make choices that matter. I wonder how new expansion stories and content are invented today. Nowadays, pvp doesn’t make narrative sense anymore since Horde and Alliance are not really supposed to be at war anymore. You would find your place in the story even when playing this type of content. The reward is a small amount of anima, which doesn’t make a lot of difference to get or not to.īack in the days, pvp was inherent to the fact that wow is about two factions opposing each other. The dungeon quest is free to accept at the entrance, whether you began the storyline linked to it or not. Nowadays, I sometimes feel like dungeons are here because… well, it’s wow, you need to have dungeons. You would do quests in a specific region and then get a final quest sending you to a dungeon for a shiny unique reward. a system) were the end of secondary storylines.

Systems serving stories, or stories serving systems ?īack in the days, I felt like dungeons (i.e.

But we have been telling each other stories since the dawn of humanity, so it might be something important. Also, I have to admit that my point of view might be a little focused on storytelling since I became a screenwriter. This is ok to not love each other anymore, it’s only the normal flow of life. I am now 28 and, let’s be honest, we both changed in different ways. I will shape this letter as a list, to make it easier for you to understand my points. Make of it whatever you want, it’s entirely up to you. This message is a letter of separation.īut after so many years spent together, I can’t leave without a constructive word.
