I'm curious how a new class, be it Tinker or Dragon Knight or Necromancer, will handle Legion. Will they get unique items or will the class ignore that expansion. I know what leaker mentioned that they would remove the class halls entirely, which I hope is false.
Also, I've seen Jinyu, Vrykul, and Tuskarr mentioned. If Jinyu are coming, does that mean Hozen are a possibility? Has anyone heard any word on Ogres? And will the new expansion have preorder races like BFA?
They could just set up a class hall for a new class anywhere and make the story / campaign content you would otherwise find the actual starting experience for it. Don't see why they couldn't pull it off. Artifact weapons don't have traits anymore anyway so they would only need to add some new weapon skins, if they even needed an artifact at all. A complete world revamp and level squish would hopefully imo mean the outer content (Outland, Northrend etc) no longer became a mandatory part of the leveling experience. One can dream at least.
WoW's biggest barrier to returning or entry at this point is the systems are largely rotten and the leveling is boring. Sure, you can skip that second part with a $60 skip, and that worked just fine until Blizz made a major game feature based around not using said boost. Classic did a lot to help expose WoW's current issues, too. You can say what you will about balance, but Classic has a special sauce that the modern game just completely lacks.
If Blizz wants to just toss a filler story about Dragons and Sylvanas onto our plate in order to devote resources to fixing those two issues, that's fine with most of us at this point. Another "business as usual" expansion is just going to build that barrier higher by tossing more compartmentalized features, more levels, and more delayed maintenance onto the pile.
A game that can't attract new or returning players is a game that's already dead. If 9.0 doesn't do something about that problem, for sure by next Blizzcon WoW will be dethroned as the King MMO, and by the next expansion reveal in 2 years we're probably talking about "one last hurrah before maintenance mode."
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Considering most of Legion's key features are at this point dummied out, and most speculation says old expansions are going to become optional content anyway, they probably just create three random weapons and that's that. No Order hall, no Missions, no Skins, no Traits.
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What happened to the leak posted by @Frood? Both the image and post seems to have been deleted.
This model would be exactly what I would want to see as well. If there is one thing I really like about the scaling model of ESO it's that I can go literally wherever I want, when I want. Even when a new expansion releases you can start at level 1 in that content if you so choose.
a world revamp is pretty much accepted and embraced by the wider community at this point - imagine the outcry if it doesn't happen, aha.
Last edited by Kathranis; 2019-10-21 at 07:26 AM.
I tried to go through all of razorpax posts to make a summary, let me know if I got anything wrong.
Summary of the Leak:
***8.3 Stuff***
Heroic Darkshore gear is 460
8.3 will make the next expansion kinda obvious since it will be what we use to expand the dragon story as a bridge.
9 Boss Anniversary Raid will be balanced so that EVERYBODY will be able to clear it. However there is the possibility blizzard might do more with this in the future.
8.3 will wrap uo a few loose ends with the factions
We are getting a new dungeon, new raid, new zone, bettter essences, and a newish gear system.
***9.0 Stuff***
Returning Characters - Helya, Klaxxi, Nozdormu (Noruzond), Mekkatorque
Stances/Auras/Totems/Aspects/Chakras might return
No new rental abilities because of backlash aka artifact abilities that are lost with a new expansion.
Warfront tech will be used as a 'build up your forces then make a final push' with a spin on the black empire.
Island Expitdition renamed and will be used to explore old black emprie areas where we defeat a final boss.
Level Squish- Squish to 60 and we will level to 65. Past expansions will be grouped into the level brackets trying to make the overall feel not too bad when combined with the scaling tech currently used. You will have the cap of 60 in BfA before the launch. You will be a new talent every 10 levels
Minor World Revamp - Half the new zones will be zone revamps and half new places we have not seen before.
We wont stop the Black Empire in 8.3, we will have a victory that will turn out to be a loss overall. There will be a time jump of 2-5 years to explain how the Old God Black Empire has taken over old zones that are revamped. Revamped zones are not like Cata zones, they wont be replaced totally, you can still go back to old zones by talking to Cromie.
Talon Guard - Comes with 9.0 early access. New dragon themed class. Will be a hero class and not a class that starts at lv1. There will be an intro like demon hunters where we follow the black prince. This class is going to be 'if you want a skill check then here you go'. They will have a rune system like DK but will alter the abilities in one way or another. The class will have 4 specs, healer, tank, melee, range. Armor type is not set yet. Playstyle is described as unique and not for everyone.
New Benthic-ish gear coming. Gear no longer titanforges but gains rng benthic like affixes that are 'twisted and corrupt'. We can also get a currency from the raid to empower our gear with affix's. 3 sets for each spec planned but not entirely unique and not always power related. WQ gear might have extra rep or movement speed affix.
Tier sets are returning.
Dragon Heart - New artifact item and new ap system that is less passive.
Dragon Isles - Dragon Isles are moving and flying, hidden by powerful dragon spirits from most flights.'Five torches to light the way' is in reference to the dragon aspects.
Tinkers might come eventually, just not now
Guild Halls are coming
More allied Races coming, specifically Jinyu
Spec Reworks
New Specs for Monk(crane), DK(fire), Mage(?), DH(?)
Alliance and Horde will be fighting together for our home. The idea is we must unite the races of Azeroth.
The big 8.3 reveal will come pretty close when players start finishing the campaign. (this is also talked about but I have not added it just in case it is true and is a big spoiler)
Blizzard has an idea for a support class but players have a stigma towards not being the best in something like healing or dps. Class buffs have been something players complain about, making a class a buff class is kinda tough.
8+ Dungeons, 2 Raids planned for Launch
Master Loot might return
Challenge Mode rewards in the mythic plus system
Archeology is getting fixed
Edit: Forgot to add the references, and then when I did add them I screwed them up... Here is a link to his profile, click on past posts.
https://www.mmo-champion.com/members/1462937-razorpax
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Jericho doesn't know anything. Go through his post history and it's littered with conflicting stuff, like claiming to know a GM/actually working for Blizzard, children that don't age and him continuing to spout nonsense despite several alleged threats of legal action from Blizzard.
The crappy english from the Legion leak he posted back then suggests he probably got lucky by copy/pasting it from somewhere, and now he's just piggybacking on the fame to troll people.
Totally agree with this. The next expansion must be some kind of MoP or Legion when it comes to features and system revamps and it better has a revamp of the leveling experience. Another WoD or BfA won’t make it this time, WoWs isn’t the champ it used to be that’s why another Legion-esque expansion is pretty much mandatory.
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it's evident that the Jericho and Razor leaks contradict each other (Jericho said no new specs, no housing) I wonder which is real, if either of them really are.
I posted the link earlier, but it's here
https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/482303068/wow-9
I wouldn't discard it that fast, mistakes happen and it's in sync with what razor says more or less.