WoW production director reassures fans Dragonflight is on track
The next WoW expansion, World of Warcraft Dragonfight, is set to release by the end of this year, and Blizzard’s Pat Dawson has addressed concerns that the game is launching too early.
As all eyes turn to WoW Dragonflight (the next chapter of World of Warcraft’s ongoing story), the spectre of Shadowlands is already haunting the new expansion – and it isn’t even out yet.
Making its debut in 2020, Shadowlands enticed players back to Azeroth with its mysterious vistas and twisted plotline, but rapidly went downhill after launch. Fraught with frustrating systems and plot holes, interest quickly began to dwindle.
Despite promises that WoW Dragonflight’s plot will take players “back to basics”, some remain concerned that the next expansion will follow in the footsteps of its predecessor. In response, production director Pat Dawson has some encouraging words to dispel fan concerns.
Speaking to PCGamesN, Dawson admits “I’ve heard some of the feedback, too. What I will say is that this is pretty consistent with the cadence that we release expansions on. We released Shadowlands in November, 2020, so by the end of this year that’s at least two years from the last time we released an expansion, which is what a lot of our players have come to grow accustomed to.
“When we start working on these things it’s not like we just turn it around in a few months,” he continues. “We’ve been working on this for years – before we shipped Shadowlands.”
With a smile he states “a lot of love, effort and care has gone into crafting this expansion. I think what might be alarming players is the different alpha philosophy this time; we’re doing that a little bit later this time than we’ve done in the past.
“That’s really so that we can get focused
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