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