Tom Chilton also got interviewed by Blizzplanet, here’s an overview of the information we had not heard yet from other interviews:
First all the garrison buildings were going effect your missions but as they were tested they wanted them to have more of an effect on you out in the world. So most buildings will have an impact on your gameplay in the world.
If you win the battle royale event from the gladiator’s sanctum building you’ll have access to some special armor outfits noone else has.
The story for Ashran and the faction hubs is that they are strategically placed, both the horde and alliance want to stop the Iron Horde but don’t have a permanent solution yet. So Ashran is the perfect location to keep an eye on the Dark Portal as the Iron Horde wants to rebuild it.
A Tabard system might be developed at the same time as the new transmog system. They will have to see.
It is unsure if Farahlon will fit within the content of this expansion.
One issue with Bladespire and Karabor as faction hubs was that they were so big that there wasn’t enough to fill them up (With things Garrisons don’t already have). Meaning you’d have to run big distances from one place to another (auctioneer to bank).
In Warlords of Draenor you can recruit followers for your garrison each zone. You’ll come across a lot during questing, but the zones are so big you might miss them. As we discover the rarer followers we’ll add them to the liast as well. To help you keep track of them all we’ve compiled a list of all the rares we’ve been able to find. Remember WoD is still in beta, anything can change. If we missed any feel free to leave a comment with the location and name of the rare mob or event. Click on the map for a full size version.
Number
Follower Name
Image
Comments
1
Admiral Taylor
Alliance, Complete the quests in Taylor’s Garrison
1
Ziri’ak
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Choose the trading post outpost building, the vendor can sell this follower
In Warlords of Draenor there are many rares in each zone, a lot of them are to kill while leveling to diversify the leveling experience. It’s a combined and improved version of leveling and the timeless isle. To help you keep track of them all we’ve compiled a list of all the rares we’ve been able to find. Remember WoD is still in beta, anything can change. If we missed any feel free to leave a comment with the location and name of the rare mob or event. Click on the map for a full size version.
We regularly look at our pricing around the world and from time to time we make changes in light of local and regional market conditions. As such, we want to give everyone a heads-up that we will shortly be adjusting the pound sterling subscription price of World of Warcraft.
The new price for recurring subscriptions will be £9.99 for 30 days, £28.17 for 90 days, and £52.14 for 180 days. The suggested retail price of the 60-day prepaid time card will be £20.99.
As a thank you for current World of Warcraft subscribers, we guarantee that players with recurring (auto-renewing) subscriptions at the time of the price change will retain their current price for two years, as long as they remain in the same recurring subscription without interruption. This applies to anyone who is already in, or signs up for, a recurring subscription prior to the price change, which is scheduled to take place at the Warlords of Draenor release. We will reach out to relevant players approximately two months prior to the price change with a reminder.
It looks like the android development for hearthstone is still intended to be released this year!
Note: Since the beta ended this follower has a standard rare quality instead of epic!
When browsing the possible followers to get there’s a few that will catch your eye. One of them is Phylarch the Evergreen. He’s a level 100 follower and is of epic quality to boot! The rarity of a follower indicates how many abilities and traits they have. The epic ones give a lot compared to the regular uncommon ones. So naturally this is one you might want to get. Here’s a quick guide (the process itself is far from quick) in the steps for how to get him.
To start off you have to get a Tier 3 Lumber Mill. So here’s a list of things you have to do to get that:
Build the tier 1 lumber mill, this is a Medium building.
Once you are able to buy the blueprints for the tier 2 lumber mill do so. You can buy it with an Outpost Building Assembly Notes item or with gold.
This is where it gets really grindy. You will have to complete the achievement Upgrading the Mill. I’ll explain this one below.
Once you have the achievement you can buy the tier 3 lumber mill and upgrade it.
Now that you have the tier 3 lumber mill go out into the world (Spires of Arak / Nagrand) to chop down Large Timber.
Keep doing this until you have defeated Phylarch the Evergreen in battle 3 times. (He does not spawn at every Large Timber, it can take a while)
Accept his surrender and his offer to become your newest garrison follower!
Upgrading the Mill
To get the Tier 3 blueprints for your garrison buildings you will have to complete achievements, and this one is an ugly murlock’s uncle if there ever was one.
You have to turn in 75 work orders and complete 2 quests. Considering at level 2 you’ll be able to turn in 3 work orders per day it will take you a total of 25 days to complete. Each work order takes 50 timber and currently gives you 100 garrison resources with a chance of some Apexis Crystals. So for the first part of this achievement you’ll have to farm your timber diligently every day for 25 days.
Legacy of the Ancients
You will need a tier 2 lumber mill for this. There’s a chance you can come across an Ancient looking tree which is gray. When you try to cut him down he will attack you and you need to kill him. Once you do it will give you a quest to get the cores of 4 other trees in 4 zones. If you’re leveling up it might take a while as one of them is Nagrand, which is the final leveling zone. Once you have all 4 cores turn them in at the lumbe rmill and that’ll be the end of that.
Reduction in Force
For this quest you will need the Follower Weldon Barov. This is a follower you can only get if you have the lumber mill. In a couple of zones, one of which is Nagrand you’ll see a fallen tree on someone. Chop it up into pieces and voila you’ll have another follower!
Around level 96 (unconfirmed which level) he will give you the quest to get the head of a Barov member. You’ll need to chop down small timber until he spawns.
Closing Thoughts
The sheer amount of time and farming it takes to get this follower certainly will hold some off from getting this follower. The amount of abilities and traits that he has makes it very worth it. And if that isn’t enough for you, maybe the additional 5 achievement points for getting an epic follower are?
Vanion got to interview Tom Chilton again! Here’s the summary:
Thursday was chosen as a release day instead of the usual Tuesday due to public holidays.
The current plan is that the raids will not open for about 2,5 weeks. This will prevent the feeling for players to rush to level 100. Players will be able to spend time exploring the other content. E.G. dungeons and the world content.
The Grommash fight will be very different from the Garrosh fight in Orgrimmar. There will definitely be more than just orcs. There will be a heavy legion influence in the raid that has Grommash Hellscream.
Challenge modes will drop LFR quality loot. (Which you will already be able to loot before the raids open up)
Depending on which building you choose for your garrison you’ll have daily content to do. For example if you choose the Inn, you’ll have a daily dungeon quest much like the ones in Wrath of the Lich King.
There are 4 tiers of level 100 garrison content. For example if you send your level 100 followers on missions they can get4 tiers of increased item levels. Eventually you’ll get access to raid quality loot you might not normally get access to. These raid missions might appear just once every couple of weeks.
Players responded really well to having access to the lvl 90 boost straight away.
They’ve talked about doing a high level version of karazhan. There are challenges to that. Karazhan was designed for 10 player groups. This could be a problem for a 10 to 30 player group.
