Highlights of Liveblog Q&A With Ion Hazzikostas on Jan 24

On the latest live blog Q& A with Ion Hazzikostas on January 24, the game director Ion answered questions about Battle for Azeroth season 2. Below, here is a summary of the most important highlights of Liveblog Q&A. Also, raiditem.com will provide you with the largest selection of WoW items like WoW gold and WoW mounts at wholesale price. Read on!  

Q&A highlights

 

Allied Races

- Kul Tirans and Zandalari Trolls will be available in Patch 8.1.5. Why not sooner? Reflection of the story and the Battle of Dazar'alor plot. Zandalari Trolls make full allegiance to the Horde only after the events of the new raid.

- Zandalari Trolls and Dark Iron Dwarves were initially planned for launch.

- Kul Tirans are using completely new models, rigs, and animations. That's why they got postponed. When they finished the new models, it make sense to pair them with Zandalari Trolls.

- The original plan was to have Mag'har Orcs in Patch 8.1.5.

- You don't need to complete Battle of Dazar'alor to unlock Kul Tirans and Zandalari Trolls.

-The team agrees that ilvl 400 reward (that was made available to the Alliance) is a little to high when a new raid opens. It will be nerfed to ilvl 385 next week and another reward will be added on top of that.

Class Balance & Design

- Why is there no consumable for Rogue's Shroud? A few days ago, they hotfixed Invisible Potions. All Classes should have unique abilities that feel as mandatory and versatile as Shroud.

- No sweeping Class changes are planned for Patch 8.1.5.

- Patch 7.1 came so soon that there was not time to make Class changes, so they were all implemented in Patch 7.1.5.

- Some of the feedback received contains changes that they won't implement until next expansion. A Class shouldn't have a different resource system in a major expansion patch or feel different in the middle of the expansion.

- Balance is ongoing through hotfixes.

Global Cooldown

- They aren't satisfied with the abilities they've put on GCD, but they're solving this surgically.

- Shaman's Ascendance will be combined with a new action to feel meaningful in Patch 8.1.5. What if you healed for a portion while transforming into the Ascendant as Restoration?

Heart of Azeroth Changes

- In Rise of Azshara, they're moving away from unlocking the same of traits.

- Azerite Armor will still have 5 rings, 3 pieces, but Heart requirements will not continue to increase.

- Heart of Azeroth will pursue the fantasy of Legion Artifacts in Patch 8.2 and beyond, so it will have traits and a more meaningful progression system. The new Heart of Azeroth will complement Azerite Armor.

Itemization

- Titanforging is the solution to continued power progression. The problem of manually Warforging/Titanforging your gear through Valor Points is that it makes transitioning between raid tiers awkward. The system could potentially return in the final raid tier of the expansion.

- 30 item level jumps between difficulties were used in Legion and the team is against inflation, but 30 is the lowest number for upgrades in a new raid tier to feel relevant. It's a philosophy they follow since Wrath of the Lich King.

- There shouldn't be a gap between stats and disparity in the rewards system.

Mythic+

- No punishments are coming for players that leave in the middle of Mythic Keystone runs. The penalty for bailing is social and you're not going to be invited by the people again. There are runs that should be abandoned.

- It makes sense to add new Cosmetic rewards to Mythic+. Nothing to announce right now, though.

PvP

PvP vendors are not returning, they'd rather focus on improving the current rewards system in PvP. The new outer ring on Azerite Armor improved trait targeting in PvP. The system is transparent, you get trophies that upgrade your item slots. The PvP system allows for the most targeted gearing system.

Tier Sets

Class-specific sets may be returning in the future. Class sets would have worked together with Azerite Armor. The new system offers a variety of transmog options. Let's give you a cloth voodoo set rather than the 20th take on a Warlock Set. Sets from Uldir are totally distinct from Battle of Dazar'alor gear.

War Mode

- The Alliance War Mode bonus will be brought down to 25% (from 30%) in some regions soon. The system is very effective in increasing participation in War Mode.

- You will be able to transfer War Resources to your alts in Patch 8.1.5.

Above all, Blizzard is trying to let create 50 characters on one realm in 8.1.5 and players will transfer War Resources from mains to alts. The Heart of Azeroth in 8.2 will be more similar to Legion's Artifact Weapons, with active abilities and powers which can be upgraded and customized based on the content you do. For more details, you can head to search for the livestream to watch. Raiditem.com is here to give you more info as well as cheapest WoW gold and WoW mounts for sale. Top WoW power leveling service is also available.