Dev Q&A Thursday, Warbringers: Azshara at gamescom, Blue Posts, DLC #644

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Join Us for a Live Developer Q&A Thursday, August 23

The expansion is here! Join us live on Twitch, August 23, as we sit down with Game Director Ion Hazzikostas for our next live developer Q&A where he’ll be answering your World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth questions.

Feel free to submit questions by posting in this forum thread or via Twitter using the hashtag #WarcraftQA.

We’re really looking forward to getting the chance to dive in and answer as much as we can, so we hope to see you Thursday at 11:00 a.m. PDT!

Blizzard at gamescom - Warbringers: Azshara, Overwatch Short, and More!
Warbringers: Azshara will be revealed after the Battle for Azeroth: Cosplay Showcase at 9:15 AM PST / 12:15 PM EST / 6:15 PM CEST on Friday, August 24.

Blizzard Entertainment will be showcasing its games and celebrating its community at gamescom 2018 in Cologne, Germany, from Tuesday, August 21, to Saturday, August 25. Attendees will have the chance to enjoy the latest playable content and plenty of activities for Overwatch®, World of Warcraft®: Battle for Azeroth™, Heroes of the Storm®, StarCraft® II, Diablo® III, and Hearthstone® at the Blizzard booth in Hall 7 of the Koelnmesse. There’s also a full stage schedule, beginning with the unveiling of new content for Overwatch on Wednesday, August 22.

A calendar of main stage activities can be viewed on the new “Blizzard at gamescom” website (http://gamescom.blizzard.com) and mobile application, available on the App Store and the Google Play Store. The site and app also feature a catalog of merchandise that can be purchased at the Blizzard store in Hall 5, including some brand-new and convention-exclusive items, and visitors can create a personal wishlist in advance to facilitate their shopping experience. Some items from the gamescom collection can also be purchased directly on the European Gear Store.

In addition, the Blizzard at gamescom app allows attendees at the event to take an Augmented Reality tour of the Blizzard booth for the chance to win prizes.

Those who can’t make it to gamescom 2018 in person can watch the daily Blizzard at gamescom show via the website starting at 5:00 p.m. CEST Wednesday, August 22, through Friday, August 24, and 4:00 p.m. CEST on Saturday, August 25. Hosted by actor and presenter Naomi Kyle and well-known YouTuber Mark “Turps” Turpin, the show will include live-streamed and pre-recorded content, with spectators having the ability to change camera angles.

Visitors to the Blizzard booth at gamescom will be able to experience the following playable content and activities:

Overwatch

• Blizzard is kicking off the first public day of gamescom 2018 with the Overwatch: New Content Reveal on the main stage starting at 11:15 a.m. CEST on Wednesday, August 22. Followed by the new content reveal will be the European premiere of a new Overwatch animated short, which will also be available to view on YouTube.
• German Overwatch World Cup 2018 team members will battle participants from the audience in Lúcioball showmatches live on stage on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for the Overwatch: Lúcioball Challenge.
• Overwatch heroes D.Va, Lúcio, and Brigitte will come to life as their voice actors perform on stage in the Overwatch: German Voice Actors Panel at 11:00 a.m. CEST on Friday, August 24, followed by a signing session.
• Attendees at gamescom will be able to enjoy some fun in the sun at the Blizzard booth with Summer Games-themed activities, including custom surfboards, face painting, community Lúcioball tournaments, a working Pachimari claw machine, and more.

World of Warcraft

• World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth will be playable on 80 gaming stations at the Blizzard booth, where visitors can enjoy a solo experience with the Siege of Lordaeron in-game event and group up with friends at gamescom for the Island Expeditions feature.
• World of Warcraft cosplayers will show off creations inspired by the latest expansion on stage and via live stream during the Battle for Azeroth: Cosplay Showcase at 6:15 p.m. CEST on Friday, August 24, followed by the reveal of the third and final episode in the Warbringers series of animated shorts—the tale of Azshara, Queen of the Naga.
• Top German guilds Aversion and Set Sail For Fail will face off in Island Expeditions live on stage during three rounds of the Battle for Azeroth: Island Expeditions Showcase on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
• Visitors to the booth will be able to attend a live Darkmoon Faire, with activities like an airbrush makeup station, a fortune teller, and photo opportunities with the Recruit-a-Friend X-53 Touring Rocket mount, as well as renowned European community content creators streaming live.

Heroes of the Storm

• A new Prime Evil wreaks havoc on the Nexus—Mephisto, Diablo II’s Lord of Hatred and the latest Ranged Assassin in Heroes of the Storm, will be playable for the first time at gamescom. His spotlight video can be viewed here.
• The Overwatch-themed Hanamura map is new and improved with an emphasis on action-packed team fights, and it’s back in the game—now dubbed Hanamura Temple, it will be playable by the public for the first time at the Blizzard booth during the show. Check out our Hanamura Temple video to see all of the updates in action.
• In Heroes of the Storm: Live Drawing with Carbot, Jonathan Burton from Carbot Animations will create his wacky rendition of Mephisto live on stage at 12:00 p.m. CEST on Thursday, August 23.

StarCraft II

• It’s about time—Tychus Findlay, the latest Co-op Commander for StarCraft II, will be playable for the first time at the Blizzard booth. His spotlight video can be viewed here. On Wednesday, August 22, and Thursday, August 23, StarCraft II lead co-op designer Kevin Dong will demonstrate the new commander live on stage with YouTubers Lowko and Winter in StarCraft: Commander Co-op.
• In StarCraft: One vs Many, YouTubers Lowko and Winter will take on any audience members who think they have what it takes to defeat these pros in a live one-versus-three battle on Saturday, August 25, at 3:00 p.m. CEST.

Diablo III

• Visitors to the Blizzard booth can try their hand at slaying demons anytime, anywhere, with anyone—Diablo III will be playable on the Nintendo Switch™ console for the first time at gamescom.
• On Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, a Blizzard artist will be creating some diabolical artwork live on stage in Diablo: Live Drawing with Chris Amaral.

Hearthstone

• In Hearthstone: Puzzle Time!, teams of gamescom audience members will race to complete challenges in Hearthstone’s new Puzzle Labs live on stage on Friday and Saturday at 12:15 p.m. CEST. These Solo Adventures for the game’s latest expansion, The Boomsday Project™, will be released to the public on Tuesday, August 21.
• Hearthstone players can enjoy a brand-new Fireside Brawl, available for the first time at gamescom.
• Visitors can also snap a photo with a giant game board replica from the Hearth and Home animated short, which premiered at gamescom 2017.

In addition to these games and activities, gamescom attendees can head to Blizzard’s main stage for two concerts from the Video Games Live orchestra on Wednesday, August 22, and Thursday, August 23, at 6:00 p.m. CEST; the Blizzard Dance Contest on Thursday, August 23, at 3:30 p.m. CEST; and the popular Blizzard Cosplay Contest closing out the week at 5:00 p.m. CEST on Saturday, August 25. Those watching from home will be able to see the Video Games Live concert, as well as the cosplay contest and the Battle for Azeroth: Cosplay Showcase, via live stream at http://gamescom.blizzard.com.

For more information about Blizzard at gamescom 2018, visit the website and follow our social media channels for updates live from the event.

Blue Posts

Mythic Item Level
I've seen most groups ask for people at 305 to 315ish that's just my experience though and I can see people asking for higher.

Honestly they're very doable under 300 as long as you can follow mechanics and figure out some strats with your group.

If I was doing a World Tour with all pugs, I would aim to have the group be all 320.
I would ask for something similar if we were doing a World Tour. Some of the dungeons are a bit harder than the others and can be pretty challenging at lower ilvls but for the most part they're pretty doable and similar to the heroic counterparts in difficulty. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Dark Legacy Comics #644
DLC #644 has been released!

[Pachycrocuta]

That DLC comic is very accurate.

[MabusGaming]

It took like 3-4 hours to clear like 50 world quests last night.. I log on 12 hours later.. 50~ more show up HELP.

[superten]

I laugh at people asking for 320+ / 325+ for mythics lol, I started them at 303 and finished all of them with no issues, kings rest was a bit harder but still completed.

[RobertoCarlos]

"isles of disappointment" kek

[Low Hanging Fruit]

I have to say fewer more interesting quests would be perfered over breadcrumb to world rebuild between hubs.

[RobertoCarlos]

I have to say fewer more interesting quests would be perfered over breadcrumb to world rebuild between hubs.

Ygg my man!

Is bfa all that you dreamed it would be? Loving no master loot I bet! Shame raids are out yet to enjoy even more PL

[Deleted]

Love the Diablo III Panel. Switch and Artworks. They really hate that game, don't they?

[bonewax]

Cant wait to watch the q&a so ion can shit out some flaccid excuses why the game sucks ass

[Adi91]

Why just the healer Darkmoon trinket buffed? :S Squalls also need a buff :/

[Clozer]

Why just the healer Darkmoon trinket buffed? :S Squalls also need a buff :/

well on eu the tides trinket doesnt seem changed at all. maybe with weekly restart they come up with some buffs.

[SinR]

DLC spot on.

I just wanted to do the quests for Loremaster, not every sidequest under the sun.

[monteiro]

Yeah, I can totally relate to those comics. Reason why I wont level my alts anytime soon.

[Spryte]

Why just the healer Darkmoon trinket buffed? :S Squalls also need a buff :/

Buff the tank one too please.

[Dracullus]

Love the Diablo III Panel. Switch and Artworks. They really hate that game, don't they?

If they want to reveal Diablo 4 (I don't imagine what else, they released hype video right before they sold new tickets for Blizzcon) it would be pretty stupid to annouce it on Gamescom and leave Blizzcon empty, don't you think?

So there will be only a cosplay contest as WoW content on Gamescom? No actual info about the future of the expansion and patch 8.1?

Pretty weak IMO. Are they saving it for Pax or Blizzcon? At least it's not gonna be on the Q&A on Thursday.

We have 45 minute long panel on Gamescom about WoW (+ however long is WoW section on opening ceremony). It may be about BfA launch, sure, but so far they always used Gamescom/Blizzcon to talk about upcoming content.

[InstantPoM]

Good that there's a Q&A coming up, finally an opportunity for some BURNING transmog questions to be cleared up.

[Deleted]

I laugh at people asking for 320+ / 325+ for mythics lol, I started them at 303 and finished all of them with no issues, kings rest was a bit harder but still completed.

I started doing them with a group of guildies at 290-300, but i still understand the requirements.
People are generally quite bad, and if i can get a way with asking for a high itemlevel, i will do it for sure so their gear can carry them a bit if they suck.

[Low Hanging Fruit]

Ygg my man!

Is bfa all that you dreamed it would be? Loving no master loot I bet! Shame raids are out yet to enjoy even more PL

I do like PL. Got one toon decked in like 344 and a second on the 320ish climb. Looking forward to raids with PL too. Questing was a little much but it was over really quick. So trade off? For sure. You loving BFA?

[Spiel]

That DLC comic is very accurate.

so accurate it hurts

[TickTickTick]

Since loremaster is now "do the chapter story quests" now and not "ocmplete X quests in a zone" they should really differentate the story quests from normal ones, so if someone wants to avoid the side quests they know which ones they are.