GDC 2011: Tom Chilton discusses Cataclysm design, talent and zone revamps

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3-02-2011 @ 9:01PM

Mycroft said...

Yes, tying all the quests in the zone to one mandatory quest chain felt too railroady. Sure, having a group of druids restoring a corrupted forest, a faction-specific town fending off bandit activity, and some archaeologists investigating some ruins. But don't make go planting flowers before killing masked men makes a difference, or have me defeat the bandit leader before I'm allowed to find tablet fragments (or make me solve a floor tile puzzle before I'm allowed to take pond samples).

Hyjal was a horrible sticking point. Myself and so many others got stuck so easily because we missed the *one quest* that would progress the zone further. I don't want to be forced to helping the evil satyr and setting him free before I can go help the red dragonflight.

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