=WORLD OF WARCRAFT: THE HOUR OF TWILIGHT=
==INTRODUCTION==
They are breaking through. Long have they slept. Their hour is nigh, and they come for us.
Millennia ago, Azeroth was the battlefield of a war between the Titans and the Old Gods, monstrosities of unfathomable evil. The titans won, and they sealed the Old Gods away, in the darkest depths of the world. The world was remade, new mortal races populated it, and the dragons were charged with the task of watching over the land, replacing the Old Gods, now forgotten at their prisons.
There, they plotted their escape, and their revenge on those who stole their world, and dare to rule from their thrones.
Now, the twilight is coming, and with it, their plan to break free is on its final stages. All the terrible events of history point to this final hour. The Shattering of Deathwing was the last key for destruction. The days come to an end, and only the Hour of Twilight will be left.
With the dragonflights mortally wounded, only the mortal races can thwart their plans. Heroes will need to put their differences aside and descend into the abyss of the world together, to see the day once again.
==GAME FEATURES==
===Reemerge as a Timeless Watcher===
Blessed by the Lord of Time, the dragon Nozdormu, this ancient order of Bronze Dragonsworn heroes was lost centuries ago. With the Hour of Twilight nearing its culminating point, the order must be restored. Start this new hero class at level 55 and master the powers of Alchemy, Tinkering and Time itself to restore the balance and see a new dawn.
===Reach Level 90===
Battle to new levels of power as you fight for survival. Bring light to the darkest depths of the world, sew the fabric of time in dimensions outside time and space, battle your worse nightmares and much more across the realms of the Old Gods.
===Descend into Darkness===
Explore the ancient prisons of the Old Gods and behold the testimony to their terrible existence. From the icy caves of Azjol-Nerub to the underground empire of the dark trolls, their shadow advances, yearning for freedom. Stand against the armies of darkness, while time itself tears apart and the seas roar, and don't let them break free.
===Paths of the Titans===
Wield the might of the titans against the minions of the abyss and emerge victorious. Unlocked when you reach level 90, Paths of the Titans will improve your class in new unique ways, linked with the professions your character has, and further enhance your leveling experience for another 10 path levels.
===New Mechanics===
Wield lights and torches against the unfathomable darkness of Azeroth's depths, design your own dances with the Dance Studio, climb and crawl across vertical terrains with the new mounts, craft new pets with all of the different professions and much, much more.
==QUESTIONS & ANSWERS==
===Why did you choose the Timeless Watcher for the new hero class?===
The Bronze Dragonflight plays an important role in this expansion. The Old Gods are focusing all their efforts on destroying the balance and altering the timelines to remake the world at their image. Unfortunately, they aren't the only enemy of the Bronze dragons. The Infinite Dragonflight, created by a Nozdormu from another dimension, seeks to control time, too. However, their role is unclear. What's their relationship with the Old Gods? Are they their servants, or do they have their own agenda?
All the other four dragonflights have their own representative classes and a single enemy force to deal with, but the bronzes don't. For this reason, Soridormi decided to start training mortals in the ways of time, and revive the old order. The arts of time are different from any other existing ones, and only time will tell if Soridormi's decision was the right one... after all, there must be a reason for the order's original demise.
===How does the Timeless Watcher class fit with the existing roles?===
The Timeless Watcher is a dynamic class, and will be able to fit any of the roles in the group. the Tinkering tree focuses on gizmos and technology, and will let the players build their own mechanical suits and armors, letting them play as the group's tank. The Alchemy tree focuses on potions and buffs, and opens the healing role. Finally, a combination of the three trees results on a damage dealing role.
We feel that adding a new healing class will improve the experience of every group, giving new gameplay options and ways to deal with the enemy. Being a hero class, trying new roles is more accessible, something that was only possible so far with the Death Knight's damage dealing and tanking roles.
===What do I need to play as a Timeless Watcher?===
Only players with "World of Warcraft: The Hour of Twilight" will be able to create a Timeless Watcher. The rest of the process will be identical to the Death Knight's: reach level 55 with a normal class. Once you achieve that, you'll be able to create a single Timeless Watcher per realm. Any race can become a Timeless Watcher. After completing a phased starting zone, Timeless Watchers will join the rest of the classes in Azeroth.
More information about the new hero class and its starting zone will be revealed as development goes on.
===How many new zones and raids will we be able to explore?===
We are aiming at "World of Warcraft: Cataclysm" numbers regarding new high-level zones. Raid and dungeon numbers will follow the same model as previous expansions. We'll reveal more information, screenshots and video footage about them as we near a release date announcement.
===Could you give us some sneak peak on the new zones and transportation?===
We want to keep a feeling of mystery through the expansion, so we won't reveal most of the content and themes until release. The open beta test and the official site will reveal a lot of information, but you'll need to explore the new zones by yourself to discover the secrets inside.
Each of the zones will focus on each of the Old Gods, and their relationship with the correspondent antagonistic dragonflight. Most of them will be underground, and they won't form a continent; they will be scattered across the surface of Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor and Northrend.
You'll visit some lore locations, like the Lost City of I'lalai and The Inner Kingdom of Azjol-Nerub, and new ones like the Temporal Rift beyond the Caverns of Time and the nightmarish Ruins of Ny'alotha.
Since we don't have a continent, a neutral capital city won't be needed. Both the Alliance and the Horde will use one of their faction cities, which will be revamped accordingly. These cities will be Ironforge and Thunder Bluff.
===Will flying mounts work on the underground zones?===
Yes, all types of mounts will work in the new zones, and you won't need any special training to transit with them. However, conventional mounts may prove inconvenient, and you'll need to use the new mounts to travel properly across the new zones.
===How will new mounts work?===
New mounts will be able to crawl and climb cliffs easily. The new zones will have a lot of underground settings, and unlike Deepholm, our first underground zone, they'll have different floors and sections. The new mounts will let you travel easily without needing to dismount to overcome terrain obstacles.
Some of these mounts may be introduced in the game before the expansion is released.
===What's Paths of the Titans?===
Paths of the Titans is a secondary leveling branch, where different classes will be able to progress into a series of paths with 10 levels each. These paths will unlock different abilities that will affect each class in an unique way. Each path will be themed around a different high titan from the Pantheon.
Professions will play an important role on leveling each path. For example, Herbalism could be required to level parts of the path of Eonar the Lifebinder, while Golganneth's path could benefit from high Fishing skills and Khaz'goroth's from Mining.
Path experience will be rewarded by doing path quests across the entire world.
===Will I lose my path level if I change my professions?===
Professions will help, and be required in certain situations, where achieving the path levels could become very difficult, but they won't be the core of the system, and you will always be able to team with other players and combine your profession levels to help each other. If you can't skin animals, a friend could follow you and skin the animals you kill to help you fulfill the requirements for a concrete path branch.
===Is there any new profession coming with this expansion?===
It's still a work in process, but we want to introduce Mounted Combat as a secondary profession. This won't invalidate unmounted combat, since mounted warriors will get penalizations for fighting with their mounts in exchange for the bonus mounted combat will give.
The new profession will come with new combat-specific mounts, that will give a series of stats to their riders, as well as items that will be attachable to the mounts saddles, be them normal mounts or combat mounts.
Eventually, we'll upgrade the mount models to show the different equipped saddles.
===Are there any plans to update class pets and mounts?===
Yes, we're looking at letting classes like the Hunter and the Warlock have small slots for their pets, as well as giving those pets some armor designs dependent on what the owner is wearing. That way, players will be able to slightly customize their pets' appearance, as well as see them wearing pieces of armor in the similar fashion as their characters.
However, only slot equipment will change pets' stats. Armor designs will be merely visual, and won't change stats if the original armor worn by the owner doesn't have a specific bonus for the particular pet.
===Since you decided to bring back Dance Studio, are there any plans for Player Housing?===
It's not our current top priority, but we would love to eventually implement Guild Houses. The game has advanced a lot, and the current instancing and phasing technologies could allow this option without too many problems. The same house could have many different guilds, each phased inside their own version.
Depending on the development process, Guild Housing could be implemented in a late patch or a future expansion. Player Housing, in the other way, isn't being worked on. We think the purpose of housing aims toward groups of people, and not individuals. By doing this for guilds only, we promote teamplay, and are able to show raid progress visually by giving trophies for the guild to show around their house.
We must make sure implementing this is worth the amount of resources and time, and then do it correctly, keeping the balance between city-life and guild-life, so it won't be ready for some time.
===Will character models be updated, to match with the races from the latest expansions?===
Indeed, our artist team has worked hard improving the character models. We know you love how your characters look, so we have paid special attention on adding more polygons and better resolutions without drastically changing the models. Some animations have been polished, too.
===Is darkness featuring a mechanic role?===
Yes, there's a new mechanic called darkness, that affects the gameplay visually. To fight it, you'll need to carry special items that illuminate your path. You'll find some of this darkness once you start descending into the depths of the world, the domain of the Old Gods, but you won't face entire zones covered on it, just parts of them.
===Will World of Warcraft be supported after Blizzard releases new MMO videogames?===
World of Warcraft will be supported with patch content and expansions while it has players. Blizzard Entertainment has different teams for each game franchise, and we pay attention to all of them. World of Warcraft has a lot of life ahead, and we'll make sure you keep having fun in Azeroth. We support all of our games, and as proof of it, we still maintain the original Battle.net, with games as old as Warcraft II.
The real adventure has just begun, and we'll keep improving World of Wacraft as long as you want us to.
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