World of Warcraft : GDC 2011 - Cataclysm Post Mortem

During the 2011 GDC last week, Blizzard ran a panel to take a look back at World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and what the team learned during the process of developing the latest expansion. Check out what the Blizzard team had to say about Cataclysm in MMORPG.com Industry Relations Manager Garrett Fuller's report and then let us know what you think. It is a rare treat when Blizzard presents a panel at GDC. This year they had several, one of which was a look back at Cataclysm and what the team had learned in the process of making the expansion. Tom Chilton, Lead Producer on the game gave the talk which focused on three main areas that the team felt ran the scope of the changes.Wow power level. Desolace, WestFall and the Talent Tree changes were the highlight of the session, showing what the team got wrong, right, and how they felt the new changes really brought the game to a great place for players.