9.0 General Discussion

[Fallen of Lordaeron]

idk, the creature models are nice and all but all the actual humanoids look like ass.



Whats the point of a level squish on its own exactly?

Approachability to new players seems to be a big factor.

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Also I'll agree to disagree on that. The paladins in reforged look better than any in game to me.

[TigTone]

They're going way beyond the original game with Reforged. Pretty much every single unit in the game is getting a unique model, it seems.

That blizzard quality everyone says is dead.

[Syegfryed]

Who says it wasn't? Maybe you've already read it but dismissed it as fake.

i don't dismss things as fake so easy, just the retarded ones, but none of then seems very likely, neither match with the oficial stuff leaked

[ercarp]

Kudos to everyone that's worked on the hypetrain, it's everything I could have hoped for. For a moment I was worried we weren't going to have one this year.

[Shadochi]

HYPE-TRAIN 2.0 PATCH UPDATES:
- Thralls now a Thrall to The Bolvar
- Chromie joined the game
- Bolvar's 100% all natural ingredients
- Removed Herobrine

That last one got me xD

[Nagawithlegs]

Is there a chance that Kyrian may be the Forsaken allied race? We're missing Calia undead still, and spirit healers look like blue humans.

[Raizstorm]

Kudos to everyone that's worked on the hypetrain, it's everything I could have hoped for. For a moment I was worried we weren't going to have one this year.

I've played wow since 2010 and this is the first time I really follow all the leaks and the hype before an expansion announcement.
It's really great to see !

[ercarp]

@Archmage Xaxxas Can the #TeamWrathoftheBolvar signature get on the train as well?

[Eurothemist]

Is there a chance that Kyrian may be the Forsaken allied race? We're missing Calia undead still, and spirit healers look like blue humans.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zRGp7Mm1QJU/maxresdefault.jpg

[Shadochi]

How would people feel about them readding multistrike and bringing classes back to be more similar to their WoD state? As empty as the expansion was, I don't personally remember classes being such an issue. Of course the ones that were revamped in Legion just make the new specs fit that design more.

[Makorus]

Approachability to new players seems to be a big factor.

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Also I'll agree to disagree on that. The paladins in reforged look better than any in game to me.

Dunno how it makes the game more accessible. Lets be honest, no new players is gonna be like "Oh man, its 130 levels? Thats too much!" and just dont play, and if they do that, most likely they wouldnt have played the game at all.

On the other hand, they wont reduce the required exp if they level squish, so one level is gonna take twice as long, and I dont think people these days want to gain like two levels in one day with no reward gained from the levels.

Also, the proportions of all the humanoids in WC3 are completely wack and dont make any sense. Shoulders are not where they are supposed to be, head way too small, arms way too long etc.etc. It makes sense why that is, because its a top-down game to improve readability, but on its own, its not a good model

[Wildmoon]

It kind of bothers me how much better than WOW WC3 looks now.

The whole stylized realism thing is incredibly fitting. Stylized proportions with realistic textures. Reforged Grunt looks extremely good.

[Archmage Alodi]

idk, the creature models are nice and all but all the actual humanoids look like ass.



Whats the point of a level squish on its own exactly?

It would probably be accompanied with bunch of tweaks to leveling.

[ercarp]

I've played wow since 2010 and this is the first time I really follow all the leaks and the hype before an expansion announcement.
It's really great to see !

Welcome aboard! These hypethreads are easily my favorite biennial event.

[Makorus]

How would people feel about them readding multistrike and bringing classes back to be more similar to their WoD state? As empty as the expansion was, I don't personally remember classes being such an issue. Of course the ones that were revamped in Legion just make the new specs fit that design more.

I mean, even though Multistrike was essentially just Crit 2.0, I miss it kind of. We do desperately need new stats though, but I cant really think of one thats not... bleh.

[Nagawithlegs]

Dunno how it makes the game more accessible. Lets be honest, no new players is gonna be like "Oh man, its 130 levels? Thats too much!" and just dont play, and if they do that, most likely they wouldnt have played the game at all.

I've heard this is actually a major problem, and i completely understand it. The levelling process is way too long right now.

[Ursiel]

You know what would be total wish fulfillment for me? If they did a Northrend revamp and brought Yogg-Saron back. I really liked him.

[Dragtox]

How would people feel about them readding multistrike and bringing classes back to be more similar to their WoD state? As empty as the expansion was, I don't personally remember classes being such an issue. Of course the ones that were revamped in Legion just make the new specs fit that design more.

y i think legion were to focus to make spec be design around the weapon they used like hunters so it lost class identity
warrior arms still why the shadow spikes...

[Shadochi]

Dunno how it makes the game more accessible. Lets be honest, no new players is gonna be like "Oh man, its 130 levels? Thats too much!" and just dont play, and if they do that, most likely they wouldnt have played the game at all.

On the other hand, they wont reduce the required exp if they level squish, so one level is gonna take twice as long, and I dont think people these days want to gain like two levels in one day with no reward gained from the levels.

Also, the proportions of all the humanoids in WC3 are completely wack and dont make any sense. Shoulders are not where they are supposed to be, head way too small, arms way too long etc.etc. It makes sense why that is, because its a top-down game to improve readability, but on its own, its not a good model

As mentioned many times before, it's all about the psychological game. When you hear any game has over 100 levels you think of it as a long grind, while 60 levels seems more attainable.

BUT most level squish people are also advocates to group it with a leveling revamp and world revamp, which 100% would peak the interest of new people.

And the time for 1-120 being same as 1-60 doesn't mean much, each individual ding might take longer, but it also feels like a bigger achievement since rewards would be more often.

[ercarp]

You know what would be total wish fulfillment for me? If they did a Northrend revamp and brought Yogg-Saron back. I really liked him.

I don't think we've seen the last of Ol' Yoggy, that's for sure.