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WoW Factor: Steve Danuser was not really the problem with World of Warcraft

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So I don't want to sit here and say "oh, things were going so great" before the news that Steve Danuser had actually left...
It just keeps happening.

WoW Factor: Fine, let’s talk about Blizzard being dumb with early access

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All right, let's get it over with. I didn't really want to write this column, not because I didn't think there was anything to talk...
A short-term advantage, you say?

World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas claims War Within early access won’t grant long-term advantages

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So let's recap for people who have missed out on this. World of Warcraft's next expansion, The War Within, is available for pre-order. This...
Looking closer.

WoW Factor: If this is the state of World of Warcraft, why talk about it?

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The other day, I was talking with a friend about another MMO altogether. It doesn't actually matter which one it was because the important...
Slightly disappointing context.

WoW Factor: MMO raid design and the antagonistic GM

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Last week's column about World of Warcraft prompted some really interesting comments that I think are worth talking about; in fact, I very nearly...

World of Warcraft contemplates buyable trader’s tender and an old world revamp

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We all learned about World of Warcraft's Guardians of the Dream patch in terms of its overall location and content offerings yesterday, along with...
Everybody dies.

WoW Factor: So what is Mike Ybarra teasing for the future of World of Warcraft?

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As we are all waiting for Twitter to finish imploding under its current ownership (because nothing is more fun than rich idiots buying things...
SUUUUUUUUURGE

WoW Factor: Long-shot potential additions for World of Warcraft’s next expansion

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Last time we were here, I wound up just talking about potential class and race additions for the next World of Warcraft expansion. As...
The stars are over Dun Morogh.

WoW Factor: Overwatch 2’s failure offers a lesson for World of Warcraft

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The weird thing about my current position is that for the first time in at least a little while, there isn't a new disaster...
World Orlando Fontaine Warcraft, as always, is contractually obligated to show up here.

World of Warcraft’s leads are ‘skeptical’ they’ll ever get gearing right

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With Update 10.1.5 out the door, World of Warcraft's dev teams have their hands full with the subsequent fallout and adjustments from this kitchen...
Nothing else has worked.

WoW Factor: And now we ruin the Trading Post

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Those of you who have read my work in WoW Factor for a while will know that I tend to be very cards-on-the-table about...
COME ON, CRAIG

World of Warcraft director says Blizzard won’t sell Trader’s Tender – by itself

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So not so long ago, dataminers working in the World of Warcraft data mines found Trader's Tender shop assets, leading to the presumption that...
Hey, dude.

WoW Factor: Blizzard’s week of bad decisions

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First of all, before you clever clogs start in down in the comments, yes, I realize that almost any given week in World of...
Soulless.

WoW Classic begins testing Trial of the Crusader today as Blizzard toys with ChatGPT

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Why ask players what they want out of World of Warcraft when you could ask the fancy auto-complete tool known as ChatGPT? I assume...
Meh.

WoW Factor: Dragonflight wasn’t a hit – so now what?

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All right, let's be real and acknowledge that the recent Activision-Blizzard earning report did not say outright that World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was an out-and-out...
NOW KISS

World of Warcraft’s Hazzikostas discusses cross-faction queued content and class combinations

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Let's not bury the lede on this particular World of Warcraft Q&A with game director Ion Hazzikostas: Yes, the team is aware of the...
Yeah, we're getting into the stones here.

World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas discusses Mythic+ keystones, reputation, and communication

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After today's surprise unpleasantness with the latest Activision-Blizzard financial report, it might be a touch surprising to see World of Warcraft's game director Ion...
But... but we even got cold again for you.

World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas discusses the underused Work Orders and plans for character customization in a new interview

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If you've looked at the work orders available on your server in World of Warcraft and found that there, uh... aren't any, you aren't...
Slightly disappointing context.

WoW Factor: Narrative justification for every missing class/race combo in World of Warcraft

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As I implied in a recent post about the most recent Ion Hazzikostas interview, the line about making sure that there was a narrative...
NOW KISS

World of Warcraft promises more race-class combos, discusses affixes, cross-faction guilds, and cadence

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Do you want more class and race combinations in World of Warcraft? Possibly the additional ones we already know exist, like Night Elf Paladins...

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