During the GamesCom we had the chance to talk with Tom Chilton, game director of World of Warcraft, at the Activision Blizzard’s booth, and we got a lot of interesting information about its upcoming expansionWarlords of Draenor.
He told us that this expansion is a great way to show the beginning of the history of Warcraft to the players, because we are going to play with and against some of the greatest heroes of the Warcraft franchise, and live the history from within.
We also talked about Ashram, the new PvP zone that will come to the game in Warlords of Draenor, and how it will be; Tom told us that it will be a flexible experience more similar to open world PvP encounters, instead of just preset objectives. They basically want to put content that you can complete together with other players (as for example get special resources) while you fight against rival players. So, if you want to assault an enemy base, you are going do it just for fun, not for completing a mission.
Another great innovation of this expansion is the way to level up the characters, those players who played on the Timeless Isle knows what we’re talking about; there will be bosses who are wandering around the zones, dynamic events, treasure hunts and puzzles. All this features will offer a new way to play the game, although of course there will be missions but not as many as in previous expansions. In the new PvP zone players will enjoy a similar gaming experience, since they can gather resources while they confront other players, or join a group to trigger an event.
A very interesting novelty of the expansion is the new grouping tool which will allow players to find people who want to make the same content as they, like errant bosses, quests, ancient dungeons or specific events. In addition the trade channel will be divided into two channels, one for purchase things and other to make sales.
Tom also told us some interesting thing about the controversial faction cities, which are designed to be large cities that have all basic services, prepared to be a rallying point to complete missions in other areas. The problem is that these cities are too big, and the services are so scattered, so it is a waste of time to go from one side to another to make the most basic tasks.
So they decided to solve this problem with the player garrisons, because these garrisons are going to be a huge part of this expansion, because they will have most of the features of a city. In addition they decided to put the high end quest line and NPCs in the PvP area, which invites players to play the PvE content while they enjoy the PvP.
Below you can find the amazing cinematic of Warlords of Draenor.
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