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Gamescom Legion Dev Livestream – Liveblog

The Legion Dev Livestream did not really give a lot more information, it was more of a repeat of the interviews with gaming and fansites.

  • Legion is back in our Azeroth.
  • Why the legion wants to take over Azeroth is something we’ll explore in the expansion.
  • Illidan is “probably pretty pissed off”.
  • Dalaran will be updated a little. Some location changes as well as the Underbelly.
  • Eventually you will be able to fly on the broken isles. But not right away. The ground based gameplay will be allowed to shine, and once you complete the content you’ll earn flying.
  • Relics will not carry over from one Artifact to another, but that’s not much different than having to get a different weapon/offhand for your offspec.
  • Each profession will get a questline.
  • There will be some updates to improve the UI and functionality of professions.
  • They considered adding the demon hunter back in The Burning Crusade, but weren’t comfortable adding a new class.
  • There will be a 12th character slot.

WoW: Legion Dev Interviews

In the past 2 days more dev interviews have taken place, below is the new information that we’ve obtained per interview:

By BlizzPlanet:

  • In 7.0 they want to have the story develop in the outdoor world gameplay at level 110.
  • We will get a 12th character slot.
  • You can transmog over your Artifact weapon if you want to.
  • The role of Illidan is something for the player to discover. The Illidan storyline will carry through the entire expansion.
  • Many of the social interaction improvements are still just ideas at the moment. An example is when you and your friend are seperatly queued for the same thing, you get a pop up asking if you would like to join your friend.
  • It might be possible to put moose horns on your tauren in the future, but for now there are no plans for it.

By Vanion:

  • Raiding has worked out well for Warlords, but they want to improve loot and more specifically personal loot in Legion.
  • They do not know yet what type of quality the Artifact weapon will be. They have multiple ideas.
  • There will be no catch up mechanics for Artifacts for alts.
  • There might be a catch up mechanic for Artifacts of your different specs.
  • They might not add mythic dungeons at the start of Legion.
  • Challenge modes might not be added in legion. They do like them, but want to make them more accessible.

By Buffed.de:

  • With the demon hunter being a leather user there will now be 4 leather users and 2 mail users (in terms of classes). They feel that this is not a real problem due to the addition of personal loot. In organized raiding, the set pieces aren’t shared by all leather users so only bracers, belt and boots are left. Additionally, from a fantasy perspective it’s only right that they use leather.
  • The demon hunter will get a new weapon type: the glaive. This will work out with the Artifacts for this expansion, but in future expansions they might have to go to dual wielding the existing weapon types.
  • If they could go back in time perhaps rogues would have only 2 specs.
  • Discipline will be focused on the atonement mechanic. They will deal damage to heal players. They’ll be more 50% damage, 50% healing compared to holy which is 100% healing.
  • The expansion after Legion is already being planned.

By Gamona.de:

  • Legion will be released next year.
  • They are not sure how Dalaran will be handled in terms of Horde vs Alliance areas.

By GameStar:

  • They do not base their decisions on the subscriber numbers. They learn lessons from what they felt they did wrong.
  • They do not know what their patch plans are going to be yet for Legion.
  • 6.1 was not named correctly
  • Legion will offer a large content spectrum, they want to improve the endgame experience.

By mmorpg.com:

  • They want the transmog system to be more easy to use. It should be more like a dressing  room and you can see what you can still unlock.
  • They find it interesting that some players don’t want Sylvanas to end up as a raid boss.
  • The hunter changes will represent the most significant class changes.
  • Despite the feeling that some players have that so many lore threads are being tied together in Legion, they are confident that they will have plenty of ideas for future expansions.
  • While Artifacts can be transmogged into old weapons, old weapons can not be transmogged into the Artifacts.
  • The new PvP system  will allow them to make the game better. (PvP vs PvE tuning)

 

Summary of Dev interview by Icy Veins

WoW: Legion Developer Interview By Icy-Veins

Icy Veins got a chance to sit down with Tom Chilton and Ion Hazzikostas and ask them questions about Legion. You can find the full interview here and the summary below:

  • Demon Hunters will use leather.
  • You will not loot weapons in Legion, instead the artifacts will use Relic slots. These will allow the stats to improve as you kill bosses.
  • Legion takes place in our universe. No alternate universe stuff.
  • Karazhan “is an important place”.
  • Classes and specs will be changed in Legion.
    • To differentiate specs, the devs are going to try and de-homogenize the classes.
    • Survival will be a melee spec with a pet.
    • MM a ranged dps without pet spec.
    • BM a ranged dps with pet spec.
    • Demonology will be brought back to being about summoning and controlling demons.
  • There is no stat squish planned for Legion.
  • Professions are getting a lot of new things. The professions team is the largest it’s ever been.
  • No release date yet – The full cinematic is still being worked on, it’s not quite complete yet.
  • Order Halls will be very different from the Garrison.

World of Warcraft: Legion Overview

We just had the the announcement of Legion, the next WoW expansion! Here’s an overview of the most important things, you can click here to read every single detail, including per zone what was revealed.

  • Level up to 110
  • New continent “The Broken Isles”
  • New Demon hunter class with 2 specs! 1 for dps and 1 for tanking
  • 6 new zones
  • Currently 9 new dungeons and 2 raids (17 bosses)
  • Face off against an invasion of the legion that’s bigger than any invasion we’ve faced
  • Get a special Artifact weapon that you can level up (1 weapon for each spec)
  • Become the leader of your class’s Order Hall, recruit champions to aid you on the new continent
  • The beta starts this year
  • Dalaran will be the capital city
  • There will be a new honor system for pvp that is basicly a talent system for pvp

The Cinematic showing what leads to Legion:

The features announcement video:

Some screenshots below:

Highmountain
Stormheim
Azsuna
Artifact – Ashbringer
Artifact – Customized Ashbringer
Artifact – Icebreaker
Artifact – Aluneth
Artifact – Customized Aluneth

 

World of Warcraft: Legion Announced!

The new expansion is going to be “Legion”

It will include:

  • The Broken Isles – new continent
  • Level up to 110
  • New dungeons and raids
  • New honor system
  • Artifact weapons
  • Class Order Halls
  • Demon hunter class
  • The beta starts later this year

In the announcement trailer we saw demons, satyrs, khadgar and a grown up Anduin wrynn!

The cinematic for Legion will come relatively soon!

Story and Setting:

  • The Broken Isles are at the heart of azeroth and were long forgotten
  • The tomb of Sargeras can be found here.
  • The tomb is a gateway to endless legion worlds thanks to Gul’dan
  • A demon invasion bigger than the war of the ancients is underway!
  • We will go to the broken isles via the broken shore. This will be the introductory event. Anyone who has played WoW will be “surprised and shocked”.
  • After the broken shore, we will use the artifacts such as Ashbringer and Doomhammer to fight against the legion.
  • To organize we will create class orders, or restore old ones like the Silver hand.
  • We will see the story of the demon hunters through illidan’s eyes.
    • We will go back to the moment in The Burning Crusade when Illidan sends his illidari (demon hunters) on a special mission.
    • It will be experienced on Mar’dun. This was created by Sargeras when he was a good titan to imprison all the demons. When he became evil he released them to become the burning legion.
  • Artefacts and demon hunters won’t be enough against the burning legion.
  • We will need the help of the titans.
  • We’ll search for the pillars of creation on the broken isles to close the massive gate of the burning legion.
  • Dalaran and the mages of the kirin tor lead by Khadgar will help as well.
  • Dalaran will become the main hub for players in this expansion.
  • Jaina was pissed off when she left…
  • Val’sharah is a refuge of the night elves. This is where Malfurion became a student of Cenarius.
    • We will come across demi gods, Ysera, Xavious (linked to the emerald nightmare)
    • We are going to go into the emerald nightmare.
  • Stormheim will show us the fate of the Vrykul who left northrend thousands of years ago.
    • Kvaldir and Valkyr are here as well
  • Azsuna
    • we will discover the ghosts of ancient elves and a dieing race of the blue dragonflight.
    • Queen Azshara will be here
  • Highmountain
    • Home of the highmountain tauren
    • We’ll see the lair of neltharian, to seek some answers (deathwing before he became corrupted)
    • Nesingwary will appear
  • Suramar
    • Here we will discover a new race of elves.
    • They have profited off of their huge magical ability.
    • They are now pawns of the burning legion.
    • They have the last relic we need.
    • We will need to kill them all.
  • Valleria and Turalyon will make their appearance in this expansion.

Artifacts and class orders

  • 36 artifacts – one for each specialization
  • You will seek out the artifact for your spec
    • “Retrieve shards of Frostmourne from the base of Icecrown”
    • “Venture to the broken shore where heroes fell”
  • Earn Artifact Power as you adventure
  • Spend Artifact Power to unlock traits
  • Customize your weapon with visual customizations
  • Each artifact has a trait tree (talents for your weapon)
  • A few examples of Artifacts:
    • Doomhammer
    • A spear for Survival Hunters
    • Frostmourne,
    • Fangs of the First Nightsaber – feral/guardian druids will customize their form’s look!
  • You are the leader of your class order!
  • Alliance and Horde are at each other’s throats
  • Each class comes together to face the legion and it will focus on the class identity
  • Order halls
    • Base of operations for your class
    • Shaman conclave overlooking the Maelstrom
    • Paladin templar sanctum beneath Light’s Hope Chapel
    • Warlock enclave on a legion portal world
    • For everyone of the class, not just you like the garrison
  • You will have champions
    • Evolution of the Draenor follower system
    • Fewer followers – more meaningful
    • Not raising an army this time
    • Think Knights of the Round Table
    • More world integration/interaction
    • More customization
    • Example: Lady Liadrin
    • They will help you do greater deeds
    • E.g. Scouting or giving bonuses in a zone

Dungeons

  • More dungeons, more challenges, more replayability and more reasons to keep doing them
  • Halls of Valor
    • Level up dungeon in the clouds above stormhein
    • The God-King is cooperating with the legion
    • These are not the undead scourge influenced valkyr
    • These are the pure valkyr
  • Black Rook Hold
    • Ancient elven fortress in Val’Sharah
    • Ancestral Home of Lord Ravencrest
  • Vault of the Wardens
    • Return to the demon hunter prison
    • Begin the hunt for illidan
  • Eye of Azshara
  • Darkheart Thicket
  • Neltharion’s Lair
  • Helheim
  • Suramar City
  • Violet Hold

Raids

  • The Emerald Nightmare
    • 7 bosses
    • Emerald Dream, twisted and shadowed
    • Pursue Cenarius, face Xavius
  • Suramar Palace
    • 10 bosses
    • Home to the nightwell, center of Suramar’s power
    • Face off against Gul’dan, he won’t be able to run this time
    • Reminiscent of black temple in terms of structure
    • Elegant, no green fel!

Demon Hunters

  • Character creation
    • They’ll have horns
    • Tattoo’s
    • Skin variations – scaly / normal
  • It’s a hero class
  • Starts at a high level
  • Only 2 specs
    • Havoc (dps)
    • Vengeance (tanks)
      • Uses metamorphosis
  • Uses Fury as a resources
    • Generate Fury with spells
    • And spend Fury with spells
  • Spectral sight – allows you to see through walls (2min CD)
  • Demon hunters can double jump

PvP Honor System (version 3)

  • The effect that gear has in pvp will be dialed back
  • It’s a pvp talent system, ranks 1 -> 50
  • These will only work in places like battlegrounds and arenas.
  • If you want to, you can reset your honor level back to 1. It will give you +1 prestige.
  • Prestige will earn you cosmetic rewards
    • Portrait badges
    • Unique mounts
    • Unique pvp artifact variants

 

Gamescom Day 1 Blizzard Previews

Gamescom brought a lot of new content previews for most of the Blizzard games! Here’s an overview of all the announcements:
Hearthstone – More cards, the joust mechanic and more rewards for ranked play
Heroes of the Storm – 3 new heroes and 1 battleground
Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void – Allied Commanders preview
Overwatch – New hero Lúcio

In the next 4 days there are going to be livestream previews/announcements each day on http://www.blizzgc.com/

Here’s an overview of the biggest ones:
Thurs 17:45 WoW
Fri 17:00 HotS
Fri 18:00 HS
Sat 18:00 SC2
Sun 17:00 WoW

World of Warcraft down to 5.6 million subscribers

An hour ago the Activision Blizzard Q2 earnings call took place and they revealed that WoW has gone down to 5.6 million subscribers. Mike Morhaime said that Blizzard has been listening to players experiences during Warlords of Draenor and thinks that players will be excited by the next expansion announcement at Gamescom this week. Only 2 more days until we find out what it will be and if those that have left the game will be excited by it!