Why do we have 5 zones again?

[styil]

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/...elopment-Recap

The 2015 Gamereactor interview linked above indicates that "There were already two zones in production at last year's Gamescom." This means that 2 of the 5 Legion zones were already in production way back in August 2014's Gamescom, which is almost 2 years ago.

They've been working on 2 of these Legion zones since August 2014, and 2 yet years later, they can only manage to release 5 zones in August 2016? We may have criticised WoD for many things, but at least they managed to create 6 full zones in the same time period. I really don't understand how, with such an increased dev team, with so much time on their hands after releasing 3 major content patches less than usual, that in that 2 years, they only manage to have 3 more zones in production and for release at launch.

I'm sure there will be many "it's not about the quantity, but the quality" replies, despite most praising the WoD zones and the whole leveling experience. The quality of the leveling zones was there in MoP, it was there in WoD, it will be there again in Legion, but the quantity won't be. And what I would like to know is why? Why are we settling for less quantity? After what they did to us in WoD, we should be demanding 7-8 zones at Legion launch. I find it impossible to believe that Blizzard could only have 3 more zones up for production and launch in the whole 2 years.

Are we really just desperate for any slight improvement over WoD?

EDIT: from that same interview for those obsessed with "quality vs quantity":

The team is committed to quality, but it can't come at the expense of quantity and getting things in player's hands. If the team is spending a long time to make something perfect and players are starving for content, that isn't doing the right thing.

[Tusq]

It's not about the quantity, it's about he quality.

Why does a number matter to you? Can't you just be happy that these zones are extremely well made?

Would you be happy with 10 zones that were all shit?

[Eleccybubb]

Uhm you can demand shit all you want. Does not mean they have to bow to you like you are their overlords or something.

[Dartz1979]

It's not about the quantity, it's about he quality.

Why does a number matter to you? Can't you just be happy that these zones are extremely well made?

Would you be happy with 10 zones that were all shit?

I agree with you.

[thilicen]

They are 5 very good zones, it's all good. Smaller continent = more players roaming around.

[Mekkle]

Quality > Quantity.

[Alvito]

So based on your post you haven't played the beta and have no grounds for your outrage other then a random and arbitrary number. The quality verses quantity argument is very valid here. You also don't know how much content each zone offers. It is amazing how people can get hung up on numbers. What number would have made you happy at a glance?

[styil]

It's not about the quantity, it's about he quality.

Why does a number matter to you? Can't you just be happy that these zones are extremely well made?

Would you be happy with 10 zones that were all shit?

The quality should always be better with more experience making the leveling zones. That still doesn't explain the lack of quantity.

[Deleted]

It's not about the quantity, it's about he quality.

Why does a number matter to you? Can't you just be happy that these zones are extremely well made?

Would you be happy with 10 zones that were all shit?

Zones are big clusterfuck of TI + Tanaan at max. lvl. Far from good quality, innovative or new.

Questing is as good as WoD, lore wise.

[Kaesebrezen]

Quality > Quantity.

If there's nothing to do, people live. Nothing to do = not enough Quantity.

You can't endlessly trade Quality for Quantity.

[Tusq]

Zones are big clusterfuck of TI + Tanaan at max. lvl. Far from good quality, innovative or new.

Questing is as good as WoD, lore wise.

That's your opinion, right?

I loved them. I've leveled two characters to 110 and enjoyed it on both.(And i hate leveling)

Oh, i read further up that you arent even on beta. I'll just fly away then. No reason to discuss points that you will strongly believe in but will not have any backup, other than your made up thoughts.

[apelsinjuice]

Why do we even need so many zones anyway? You do the 1 time per character you level up and then you never visit them again.

[Deleted]

Because they lack the creativity to fill more zones, especially with the new scaling system. You can do the zones in a random order, so each zone needs a contained storyline thats 5 storylines that need closure instead of 1 long storyline that can end pretty much when ever they chose.
So instead of 1 storyline with some side stuff, they now need to come up with 5 storylines. So to keep the same pace they would need 5 times the writers they had...

[huth]

Would you be happier if they cut every zone in half? Then you'd have 10 zones, but still the exact same amount of content.

Number of zones on its own is completely meaningless.

[Deleted]

That's your opinion, right?

I loved them. I've leveled two characters to 110 and enjoyed it on both.(And i hate leveling)

I said that that leveling is as good as in WoD, which was always okay. Its about the endgame design, world quests.

They're good, but also short and get repetive very fast. And thats what you're going to do in Legion most of the time. Like they already said... 5 zones in 3 years is a joke.

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Why do we even need so many zones anyway? You do the 1 time per character you level up and then you never visit them again.

Welcome to Legion where you'll world quests in every zone to the end of the expansion.

[Raetary]

Quality > Quantity.

it should be quality = quantity.
but in cases like this, when we talk about the amount of zones, its quality > quantity.

[Deleted]

Would you be happier if they cut every zone in half? Then you'd have 10 zones, but still the exact same amount of content.

Number of zones on its own is completely meaningless.

You dont get the logic, once again.

[Tusq]

I said that that leveling is as good as in WoD, which was always okay. Its about the endgame design, world quests.

They're good, but also short and get repetive very fast. And thats what you're going to do in Legion most of the time. Like they already said... 5 zones in 3 years is a joke.

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Welcome to Legion where you'll world quests in every zone to the end of the expansion.

Or you do dungeons. Or raid. Or PvP! Or pet battles if that's what fuses your fire.

[Ealyssa]

Every zone is a max level zone, that's the main difference with what was made before. So it's the first expansion to deliver than many max level places.

[styil]

it should be quality = quantity.
but in cases like this, when we talk about the amount of zones, its quality > quantity.

The quality is going to naturally improve over time. They've been making zones for 12 years now. But why is the quantity going backwards? When these zones have been in production for 2 years with a 50% larger dev team, when they made 3 fewer major content patches with WoD and are still making us wait just as long for the next expansion?