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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands — Deep Dive reveals more about the new expansion

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands — Deep Dive reveals more about the new expansion
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The second day of BlizzCon say the "World of Warcraft: Deep Dive" conference take place, dedicated as the name suggests to new features coming to Azeroth in the Shadowlands expansion. Here is our summary of events.

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands — Deep Dive reveals more about the new expansion

A lot was said regarding Shadowlands, the latest expansion announced for World of Warcraft. 

Covenants

  • Four congregations will be available in four zones: Kyrian, Necrolord, Night Fae and Venthyrs
  • Choose of at Level 60
  • Players can change Covenant if they make a mistake in their choice, but it takes time to connect with your new faction.

The Covenant sanctum is similar to the Legion Class Hall, and players will spend a lot of time there.

The abilities granted by the Covenant are "a way to face a fight without fighting". Some unique customizations are then unlockable for these.

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Covenant class abilities are techniques that improve the power of your class directly by adding a unique dedicated spell. Each Covenant grants a different ability.

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Players have the opportunity to bind their soul to a Shadowlands inhabitant of their Covenant, allowing them to obtain a unique additional generic new ability.

It is possible to change the bind depending on the situation the player is facing.

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  • Weapons, armor, cloaks, mounts (upgradable), global bonuses and a unique campaign depending on the Covenant you choose to join.
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Levelling

  • Leveling much too long.
  • Not all levels are impactful, they do not all grant useful rewards.
  • Timelines and confusing stories.

Current zones:

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New players feel they have missed something if they were not there when events took place in the game during the appropriate expansion.

Objectives:

  • Choose the story we want to follow.
  • Make each level useful and impactful.
  • Modernize the introduction to World of Warcraft.

Updates:

  • Level squish: 1 to 60, each level becomes useful and leveling is accelerated.
  • Possibility to choose the expansion in which we want to progress between levels 10 and 50.
  • The 120 levels become 50 levels.
  • Level 50-60 takes place in Shadowlands.
  • Players of lower levels are squished to appropriate levels (your level divided by approximately 2.4).
  • New starting areas (1 to 10) for Death Knight and Demon Hunter).
  • New starting area: Exile's Reach.
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  • Epic zone finale: a mini-dungeon.
  • After the starting area, players travel to their capital to discover Battle for Azeroth.
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  • Current players have the possibility to go to Exile's Reach if they wish, or to the existing starting areas (Durotar etc).
  • Chromie is back, and allows us to choose an expansion whose history we want to follow during the Level 10-50 range, thanks to time travel.
  • At Level 50, players return to the present and travel to the Shadowlands.

Classes

  • World of Warcraft Classic is a good example of leveling that Blizzard likes.
  • Mists of Pandaria was the beginning of the problems concerning the classes.
  • Abilities were removed from Warlords of Draenor that were supposed to be useless according to Blizzard.
  • Legion introduced Artifact weapons that added unique and distinct spells to each specialization.
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  • In Shadowlands Covenants will grant unique abilities dedicated to CLASSES rather than specializations.
  • Developers have heard players' complaints about classes.
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  • The identity of the classes is back, say goodbye the identity of the unique specializations that give you the feeling of playing a different class each time you change your specialization.
  • Classes must have access to certain basic abilities in their class, even if it is a different school of magic than your specialization, for example.

Here are some of the abilities that will make their comeback in Shadowlands:

Iconic Class Abilities

  • Paladin auras (Devotion, Retribution, Concentration).
  • Persistent Shaman totems.
  • Poisons dedicated to the Rogue as a whole, not only to the Assassination specialization.
  • Warlock curses (Tongues, Doom, Weakness, Recklessness).

Talents and Honor Talents

  • Demonic Circle
  • Summon Gargoyle
  • Hunter's Mark
  • Hammer of Wrath
  • Cyclone
  • Anti Magic Zone

Long Lost Friends

  • Shattering Throw
  • Kill Shot
  • Challenging Shout
  • Eyes of the Beast
  • Ritual of Doom

Torghast and the Maw

The Maw

  • The Maw is a prison for the worst souls from Azeroth.
  • This is the domain of the Jailer.
  • Recently transformed into an unjust prison for millions of souls.
  • We have the ability to enter and exit the Maw to help our Covenant.
  • The Maw is a high-level outdoor area where everything is a threat: creatures, environment, mechanics, etc.
  • Everything you do in the Maw is visible to the Jailer through his Eyes of the Jailer ability. When you do something (kill a lieutenant, die etc.), he sends his guards after you constantly.

Torghast

  • Instance that scales from 1 to 5 players
  • Enemies gain in power just like players as you climb the tower
  • Progress in this tower unlocks new challenges (traps, riddles, locks etc.)
  • This is not a timed mode.
  • Encourages exploration rather than rushing.
  • Enemies and floor layouts change with each visit.
  • As players earn Anima in Torghast, they gain access to unique abilities.
  • Each visit allows you to change the selected abilities.
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  • As the weeks go by, the Jailer changes his tactics and modifies the tower to defeat you.
  • The abilities available to players change, as do the creatures in the instance etc.
  • As you climb the tower, you discover runes to create legendary items.
  • It's possibile to discover the origin of Frostmourne or the Helm of Domination.
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Laerezh

Chef des portails WoW Shadowlands, WoW Classic, Burning Crusade Classic et Lost Ark. J'aime tous les MMO, sauf ceux que je n'ai pas cités dans cette signature.

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