On Tuesday April 19, 2022, MGG had the opportunity and honor to be interviewed. Ion HazikostasWorld of Warcraft Game Director on the Dragonflight expansion due to its reveal!
Several areas were explored:
- An ordinary day in the Dragon Islands
- Integration of buttons from old extensions in legend mode +
- Armor kits for Mythic+ and PvP players and Catalyst of Creation
- Legendary complexity raid format
- Data leakage and collection
- Dragonflight’s “Big Bad” Movie
- Dragon riding system
- Battle Mode in Dragonflight
An ordinary day in the Dragon Islands
Ion Hazikostas: “The first and main issue of this question is: “Finally, what is the ‘average player’? One of the coolest things about World of Warcraft is that there are so many different playstyles! In fact, we’ve been trying to be aware of that lately. from him.
There will be absolutely no specific activities to do to progress in Dragonflight, a new version of Torment, for example Tower of the Damned, so whether you like to walk in the hips, play in the arena or walk in raids, you must spend time in this tower in turns. progress. Number.“
Ion Hazikostas: “If you love Legendary Dungeon Keys, a very exciting new season will be available! If you prefer raids, there’s a great new raid waiting for you and so on. ! And it will exist turning around External content you can browse and keep unlocking new stories, new cosmetics. to have How does zereth mortis work? For example, at Eternity’s End: We’re quite proud of it and have had great feedback from our community. It is this philosophy that we will pursue at Dragonflight.
Your “normal day” will therefore depend on how you want to play World of Warcraft.And our goal in this regard is to provide content for all players.“
Integration of buttons from old extensions in legend mode +
Ion Hazikostas: “That’s a great question and I An Answer Gamers Should Like Who thinks that! One of the things we envision for Dragonflight Mythic Keys will be partially available already in Shadowlands Season 4 to some extent.
Over the years in Mythic Mode+, we’ve realized that we love this format just as much as our players do, but whatever we get in terms of new additions or butt changes, we end up realizing it. If you’ve had the same hip for 18 months (or more), this mod becomes pretty redundant.. it’s already arrived Quite difficult for players who buy expansions On the road and trying to train in the tank for example: there is so much to learn about making the “ideal sweaters”! If you’re just starting out, you have to make up for the huge lack of knowledge and you can give it a try.
What we want to do is in Dragonflight Significantly change the rotation of existing hips with each new season by including all hips available to us. Dragonflight 8 will introduce new hip panels, but The first season of Mythic Mode+ can only offer 4 of the previous 4 expansions that never use Mythic Mode+ !
Imagine for example the buttocks of the Pandary Mists or the Draenor Warlords. Most likely Not from Shadowlands Because they are still very new, but the idea is that it is possible to complete the rotation of the hips in this way. then haveWhen Dragonflight Season 2 releases, we will return 4 more hips from this expansion to replace the existing ones, and add 4 older hips..“
Ion Hazikostas: “უნდა must Allows every season to enjoy a unique hip rotation In addition to allowing us to revisit some great classics while offering you a new environment, new bosses, and also new loot! You will no longer have the same gem farm every season.
I can’t wait to get this idea! This should definitely update Mythic Mode+ and help it survive after an exciting and innovative season.“
Armor kits for Mythic+ and PvP players and Catalyst of Creation
Ion Hazikostas: “We don’t have a clear idea of what we plan to do next. We are nearing the end of Dragonflight’s final game.. We I’m glad an armor set is available for many different styles of toys Instead of letting them go during raids, we still want them. Give a small preference to players entering new raids to get a set there Like that.
Creativity Catalyst was intended to compensate players for possible misfortunes. Then they had no trouble in the big basement and finally had the opportunity to get their 4-piece set bonus.
So be it We are still discussing what access speeds we recommend for this system.. In my opinion’It’s also a good idea to think that professions will eventually replace the catalyst for creation. Provide players from all walks of life with a more universal way to upgrade gear or upgrade to kits.“
Legendary complexity raid format
Ion Hazikostas: “Yes, the idea is to expand the legendary 20-player mode into a more flexible mode for other challenges.
You know, I understand the staff and the truth for the legendary guild. It is very difficult to maintain a full and strong workforce.It always has been. But that’s part of the social component of World of Warcraft raids. I think in terms of creating tough raid conflicts, There are many options, especially now that the game includes the 13th class, we can only offer it with raids of certain sizes..
In 10-player raids, we would never have been able to create mechanics that required a certain class to be present. Because we know that not all raid groups will have it, but that’s what we sometimes want to offer in Legendary Regime raids.“
Data leakage and collection
Ion Hazikostas: “yes I would like. I think we’ve had an event like this before to some extent Encrypt specific data to test public fieldswhole’Ban players from accessing the tombs of the last three bosses. I think so too Overall, this experience was a success..
But what you’re talking about is very cleartechnical difficulty. Players are driven by curiosity and frankly, We’ve wondered before if we should spend time and technical effort hiding items at the expense of improving the game and releasing new content.. Ultimately, the question is what our teams should spend. weather forecast.”
Ion Hazikostas: “that’s why we want Create and keep a secret as much as possibleHowever In particular, we want to make sure that the time spent on “surprise” does not interfere with the creation of new content. Dedicated to gamers. We continue to discuss this internally and where we can do it, we’d like to surprise then, but we also understand that players are wondering and digging until they find what they’re looking for and that won’t change. Never.
The fact that the players themselves are excited can tell what we are up to, what will happen next, which boss will be next, etc. It’s exciting to try to understand. We respect players’ interest in this topic, although we try to limit it as much as possible.“
Dragonflight’s “Big Bad” Movie
Ion Hazikostas: “Yes. But unlike Mists of Pandaria, you promise not to fight any of the faction’s current leaders as the final boss! But yeah, this isn’t one of those expansions where the “big bad” pops up on screen and threatens to destroy the world if we don’t stop him.
The Dragon Islands are a new land to explore and we will gradually discover its secrets. The dragons are her heart and we meetDuring the first week after the release of Dragonflight, players should have a good idea of where their story will take them and who the main enemies are.In addition to what we can offer during Pandaria Fog: At the time of the announcement, you were unaware of the Chassis, Gains and Praying Mantis. But during your adventures you understood why you had to make such a raid, why you had to fight Lei-Shen, etc. This is exactly the type of story we have chosen.“
Dragon riding system
Ion Hazikostas: “We are very happy to present to you this A new form of three-dimensional movement. Players will be flying from the first moments of the journey to the Dragon Islands. In the upgrade phase, you will discover A skill that allows you to connect with a dragon allyDrake will be your personal friend Before going to the Dragon Islands.
And, In previous expansions, free flight was not available from the start., This new system We hope it will be more dynamic and interesting for players. Allow easy access to the huge and very vertical environment of the Dragon Islands Behind his fellow dragons.“
Battle Mode in Dragonflight
Ion Hazikostas: “It is a system that we continue to support. we want it Keep this look very organic Allow players who enjoy playing this style of play to enjoy rewards Don’t force those who don’t like the war regime to follow it. Only because the rewards that can be obtained in this way are possible.
Our objective Let players activate Battle mode to enjoy this style of play as it offers more challenges and rewards. This A style of play that we probably overlooked more than we should have However, in recent months We want to design Dragonflight’s external content with this in mind.. This is why we regularly ask ourselves how this or that feature works in battle mode and why you want to activate this mode in Dragon Islands.“
Source : Millenium
