Devs' Speaking at E3 Coliseum Shows WoW's Story across Expansions

For example, Legion introduced Battle for Azeroth's new allied races with several dedicated storylines. The new expansion will pick apart the unity forged by the battle against the Legion in the two central high-stakes stories for the Alliance and the Horde, and many plot points from old expansions will be picked up and interwoven into the new story.

Community site Wowhead has been keeping an eye on the panel, which featured senior narrative designer Steve Danuser, cinematic director Terran Gregory, senior writer Christie Golden, and ubiquitous voice actor Matthew Mercer.

At the start of the month we previewed Windrunner: Three Sisters, the third and final comic before the release of Battle for Azeroth. The story sees the iconic Windrunner sisters - Sylvanas, Alleria, and Vereesa - reunited, even as the trio are ridden with doubts about whether their wildly different lives and loyalties will overcome their family ties.

By endless work from Blizzard and great support from fans, Legion has been the most successful WoW expansion. It would make total sense if this is a strategy to retain players that invested it.