World of Warcraft

The development team has covered many topics in order to share their thoughts and feelings regarding different aspects of the game. Here you will find links to the blogs and forums posts that cover everything already shared with us.

Q&A sessions with the devs:

“Ask the Devs” is a Q&A series where we ask you, the players, to post the questions you want answered. After every session, the developers will try to address the most popular topics.

Ask the Devs #1 – General questions http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1849927208
Ask the Devs #2 – PvP http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1849932361
Ask the Devs #3 – UI http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1874673769
Ask the Devs #4 – Armor and Weapons http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1934583929
Ask the Devs #5 – Achievements http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1951407689
Ask the Devs #6 – Guild Advancement http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1999603843
Ask the Devs #7 – Professions http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2098312569
Ask the Devs #8 – Firelands http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2151656030
Ask the Devs #9 – Tanking http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2151663817
Ask the Devs #10 – Damage Dealing http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2290859544
Ask the Devs #11 – Healing http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2393919891

Ask the CDevs #1 – Round 1 http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/900710701
Ask the CDevs #2 – Round 2 http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2283549208

Coffee with the Devs

‘Coffee with the Devs’ is a blog series that provides an inside look into the thoughts and discussions happening within the World of Warcraft development team.

The View from 10,000 Feet http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2084250
An introduction to the ‘Coffee with the Devs’ blog series, then tackling tanking issues.
Rude Interruptions http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2095261
Get a fresh view on how the Devs see interruption abilities.
Stats on Gear http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2129865
There are so many things to say about gear, let’s start here!
Number of Abilities http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2220747
The sheer number of abilities in WoW can make your head spin. Here you will find just "a few words" about them.
Cataclysm Talent Tree Post-Mortem http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2405206#blog
Our thoughts on the changes we made to the talent trees in Cataclysm, several months down the line.
Content for the Casual 85 http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2368849#blog
Discussing how to provide casual players a fun experience at level cap.
Critical Hits (And Misses) http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2192481
Discussing our view on crits, and how it's adapted over time.
Threat Level Midnight http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2774413
Discussing our view on the role of threat.
Bloody Mitigation http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2871094
Discussing what active mitigation actually means, and the future of the Blood Death Knight.
Rate of Change http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2888527
How the developers decide what needs to be changed and when

Ghostcrawler Articles

In this series of blog articles, World of Warcraft’s Lead Systems Designer, Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street, shares the thoughts of the development team on different aspects of the game, and explains the reasons behind some planned and implemented changes.

Why Does Blizzard Hate Healers? http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/991479
Tanking With a Vengeance http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1073987
Tanking With a Vengeance - Follow Up http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1074894
Primary vs. Secondary Stats http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1293933
Threat Needs to Matter http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1418417
Wow, Dungeons are Hard! http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1690800
Luck of the Draw Buff http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1823285
Raid Progress http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2063749


Mumper Articles

In this blog Cory "Mumper" Stockton, the Lead Content Designer on World of Warcraft, addresses some of the concerns that the players have expressed about Tol Barad.

Tol Barad Balance http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1683342



Cataclysm Post Mortem

Dungeons and Raids with Scott “Daelo” Mercer http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3808926
Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3793436