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Re: World of Warcraft: Legion discussion
Please note that these comments are collated from developer interviews. I made no effort to interpret or reconcile some obvious inconsistencies.
Thrax
"What ever happened to the articles on Icrontic?"
A great read on Vox about the death of the 2005 internet. This hit a lot of very close notes with me.
Re: Rocket League
Put down six goals in my last 3v3. Playing against scrubs is the best.
Oscillating Neutrinos - Theorized No Longer
If any of you thought Fermilab was done with headlines... Neutrinos are the most abundant but least understood partcle and they are flying through us every second. There are three "flavors" of Neutrinos and they are kind of weird and hard to detect in a scientific environment. So, build the detector underground to help filter out as much as you can... So, you see them now but these flavors don't make sense. The only consistent sources are the Sun and a supernova.
In comes Fermilab... Fermilab can make them and detect them but why not shoot through the ground over 500 miles to a 50 feet tall x 50 feet wide x 200 feet long, 15,000+ ton detector in Ash River, Minnesota. Fermilab generates a world record, 521 kilowatt (soon to be 700 kilowatt) beam and sends it to the 300 ton near target located at Fermilab. The Neutrinos are detected as they slip by uninhibited towards the Ash River target 500 miles away. When they zip through the target, Fermilab can see if they changed... AND THEY DID.
So, 200 muons (one flavor of neutrino) were detected at the near detector. If Neutrinos are stable (which is NOT the theory) then 200 muons should arrive at the far detector. But only 33 arrived. They changed...
BTW, I helped setup their computing needs and remotely managed many of their computers during the construction...
QCH
Re: World of Warcraft: Legion discussion
- The team has known Legion would be the next expansion back when they started coming up of the Warlords of Draenor concepts.
- We are back in the normal Azeroth, no alternative universe.
- Why does the Legion keep trying to take over Azeroth? The expansion will reveal this over time.
- Illidan is a really important part of Gul'dan's plans.
- Illidan is not pleased with us after Black Temple. Who knows how he will react if and when we come across him to ask for help.
- 12,000 years ago there was a festering wound in The Broken Isles. The Pillars of Creation were used to seal the wound. The Temple of Elune was built on top. The wound was opened again and an infinite number of demons is coming through.
- The Dalaran in Broken Isles has been updated, with a few changes and texture updates.
- Eventually you will be able to fly in Legion, but not right away, similar to Warlords. Starting in Patch 7.0 the first steps towards the flying achievement will be available.
- The DPS and item level are determined by the Relics, as well as modifiers to traits. (This was covered in a little more detail in interviews)
- The team wants to make sure it isn't 2x the work to maintain 2x artifacts. You will need to earn separate relics for your other Artifacts though.
- There will be a quest line for each profession.
- There will be some system changes to professions as a whole to improve the UI and add new functionality.
- One more character slot will be added.
- People that are playing Demon Hunters would likely be playing a melee spec anyway, so it shouldn't add too many more melee.
- There won't be another filler patch between Warlords and the Legion invasion, other than the flying patch.
- Ruby Sanctum didn't work out well. It was entertaining for a week or so, as there was one boss to kill and then you were done.
- In Warlords, the team didn't do enough to express the story through in-game content. The garrison campaign wasn't enough.
- One more character slot is being added.
- Having one artifact per spec will help to focus the specs. Right now Frost Death Knights can use a two-hand weapon or dual wield, but their artifact is two runeblades, so they will focus on dual-wielding in Legion and Unholy will focus on two-hand weapons.
- The new Honor system allows for some new abilities to be added that would have been cut in the past, as they were PvP only.
- Draenor's forces are busy rebuilding Draenor, so they are not going to come and help with the Burning Legion.
- Illidan's storyline will span the entire expansion.
- Only allowing elves to be Demon Hunters fits the lore and is the right choice for Legion.
- One of the social features under development is notifying you when friends join a queue and allowing you to queue with them.
- The team would also like to improve communication across groups. If you have a group of friends you raid with or PvP with there should be a better way to communicate with them.
- Older time limited legendary items, such as the Mists of Pandaria cape, may become transmogable.
- The sewers of Dalaran were mentioned as an Order Hall for Rogues again.
- Champions will unlock or complement content rather than doing content for you
Thrax
