Developer Q&A with Ion Hazzikostas

[Spotnick]

That's exactly what they are saying. Which is an aweful idea. They are basically going to create 1/3 as many armor sets per tier now instead lol.

To be fair, if they keep adding classes, it's a lot of work for not much.. considering artwork is the bottleneck in development, not sure it's such a bad thing.

I'm going to assume you will get one set per xpac now, instead of 3, and will be link to challenge stuff like the Mage Tower or MOP Challenge Modes, but not one with every raid tier.

[thatmikeguy]

Rip raiding. Trinkets are the only difference from M+ and raids, and no raid set items? Are PvP elite sets gone also?

[nodq]

They really prune everything right. Now TierSets. Whats next, remove different speccs or classes and just have one Mail, Plate, Cloth, Leather Class? It just sucks that classes are not seperated by one of each other and all will look the same based on armor type... so a DK looks like a Pala and vica versa? Wtf... that is just wrong. Warlock and mages look the same and Priest will look the same too? That is so stupid. Just remove Sets overall and lets all wear ONE armor for every type. So WoW devs have even less to work on, right?

[RobertoCarlos]

Those 3 "preset" Azerite slots which won't Titanforge won't solve the Titanforging system. In Legion we had our Artifact (which often were 2 items) so we only have 1 "more" item which can't Titanforge if you compare both Expansions.
Those saying it's actually a good thing and it'll solve Titanforging forget that there are still +- 12 slots (including Weapons) which can Titanforge, thus not really solving the Loot-RNG problem in regards to people who want to be "done" with their Character at a given point in regards to gearing.

dude what are you on about, Relics can titanforge which ARE your artifact wep

[The Oblivion]

Rip raiding. Trinkets are the only difference from M+ and raids, and no set items or xmogs? So PvP is the only thing with a set of unique gear or is that gone also? Is this really happening?

yep. and mythic dungeons can still titanforge to mythic raid levels. So other then trinkets, raiding is 100% pointless gear wise.

[Mhyroth]

dude what are you on about, Relics can titanforge which ARE your artifact wep

Yes but the Main Weapon is just your weapon which everyone get's with no RNG.
Way to read the entire part.

[Deleted]

No idea why anyone expected Zandalari druids to get special dino forms. This has never and will never be the case; they are cat form and bear form

And this is where your wrong.

In MoP we saw them turn into Direhorns on the Isle of Giants.
For them to turn into a cat or bear form makes no sense lore-wise and i thought they want to go full on story-mode with Allied races.
Zandalari have Dinomancer shapeshifters, there are no Zandalari Druids that turn in cats and bears.

[Yarathir]

No idea why anyone expected Zandalari druids to get special dino forms. This has never and will never be the case; they are cat form and bear form, not 'melee animal' form and 'tank animal' form. If you were getting hyped for this, you were setting yourself up for disappointment with a baseless assumption.

Tier aesthetics I don't have enough context for, but I agree, that's disappointing.

Something is impossible until it happens. It not happening before is not an argument for it not happening at all.

And yes, going down from a tier set a class to an armor set per specialization feels cheap. The whole "how do you make an Old God Paladin set." thing sure didn't seem to bother them during Ulduar.

[shadowmatrix]

WTS is that question?
"The team would like to hear from players that are actively using 50 characters."

They cannot make an SQL/Oracle macro in their database to get the exact numbers for this? OMG...

Hear from the players i.e. hear the player's thoughts on the character limit.

[Yarathir]

And this is where your wrong.

In MoP we saw them turn into Direhorns on the Isle of Giants.
For them to turn into a cat or bear form makes no sense lore-wise and i thought they want to go full on story-mode with Allied races.

This. Zandalari Trolls are Dinomancers. The unique travel form gave people hope for more unique forms that fit their lore.

[RobertoCarlos]

Yes but the Main Weapon is just your weapon which everyone get's with no RNG.
Way to read the entire part.

So instead of 1 or 2 drops we need 3. Same as the new system, that was your point?

[shadowmatrix]

yep. and mythic dungeons can still titanforge to mythic raid levels. So other then trinkets, raiding is 100% pointless gear wise.

And? Raiding was already pointless gear wise for the top end guilds any way since they got all the gear pretty quickly. Titanforging gives even those players a shot at getting more upgrades during those farming runs.

[Karit]

While I understand that having art assets being a bottleneck in the development process is unfortunate I have to say it's very disappointing to not have your character's appearance reflect the accomplishments you have surpassed. Transmog started this whole mess and I can't help but to believe that this decision will make the problem worse. Getting a cool looking piece a gear is part of the replay-ability of this game.

[Tarx]

Thanks for the information . I dont want to farm more prestige points .

[Onikaroshi]

Rip raiding. Trinkets are the only difference from M+ and raids, and no raid set items? Are PvP elite sets gone also?

yep. and mythic dungeons can still titanforge to mythic raid levels. So other then trinkets, raiding is 100% pointless gear wise.

You guys may have missed

There will also be properties on the Heart of Azeroth slots that can only be found in a raid.

But basically, worded better, he said there would be traits and combos ONLY found in raids.

[thatmikeguy]

You guys may have missed

There will also be properties on the Heart of Azeroth slots that can only be found in a raid.

But basically, worded better, he said there would be traits and combos ONLY found in raids.

So we are raiding for a new type AP? lol

[The Oblivion]

You guys may have missed

There will also be properties on the Heart of Azeroth slots that can only be found in a raid.

But basically, worded better, he said there would be traits and combos ONLY found in raids.

so ap, and lets be honest, blizzard cannot balance. hope is low.

[Onikaroshi]

So we are raiding for a new type AP? lol

so ap, and lets be honest, blizzard cannot balance. hope is low.

TRAITS guys TRAITS, as in things that add things to your character, like the exact things that Set bonuses used to do. You're not "raiding for ap" you're raiding to get a raid only bonus.

[Deleted]

If you want to look like the class you play... use outdated models.

Brilliant!

[morph4037]

And this is where your wrong.

In MoP we saw them turn into Direhorns on the Isle of Giants.
For them to turn into a cat or bear form makes no sense lore-wise and i thought they want to go full on story-mode with Allied races.
Zandalari have Dinomancer shapeshifters, there are no Zandalari Druids that turn in cats and bears.

/sagenod

Agreed, again.