14 DAY TRIAL // The developers at Blizzard have said that they are looking at the new zones and dungeons introduced in the Cataclysm expansion for World of Warcraft and plan to release small fixes that address the biggest issues gamers have reported since the new content has been introduced.
One of the areas which attracts most of the outcry on the official World of Warcraft forums is Tol Barad, judged by many to be in dire need of rebalancing.
Cory Stockton, who is the lead content designer working on World of Warcraft, has stated in an official blog post that the developers plan to “make several updates in the next minor patch to address design and balance issues affecting attackers that we can’t address with hotfixes.”
He described what could be done, saying, “For example, we plan to alter the battle slightly so that a team with two bases captured can more quickly and easily capture the third, as opposed to a team with one or zero bases. This way, if the defenders turtle up, it’ll be a little easier for the attackers to take their last base before the defense can take one of the attackers’ other bases.”
The idea is to make Tol Barad a battle space where it's clear that those who are defending are having the upper hand but where there's a clear feeling on the part of the attackers that good play can lead to the capture of the area.
Of course, with a game as big as World of Warcraft, with twelve million potential voices on the forum, there are a lot of allegations of lack of balance and need for fixes and Blizzard will only act when it sees an urgent need.
Blizzard has managed to sell close to 5 million copies of Cataclysm since its early December launch and has said that it will be delivering smaller patches to add new content to the MMO.