World of Warcraft: Legion was also a major topic at Gamescom 2016. Therefore, we also caught up with Game Director Tom Chilton at the fair and asked him a few questions about the upcoming expansion. In doing so, we discovered some exciting new features.
World of Warcraft: Legion is almost here, but there are still some questions that concern us and many other players of Blizzard’s giant MMORPG. For example, how will the great battle against the Legion turn out, or why can’t we keep the artifact weapons forever? And what’s the deal with Wrathion and the black dragonflight? We asked Game Director Tom Chilton all these questions – and a few more – at Gamescom.
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On to the counterattack?
The Burning Legion is no joke; it is a massive and well-established threat in the lore, against which the Iron Horde or the old Lich King look like mere rookie villains. Therefore, it would be quite cheap if the demon invasion were over after just one update. And it won’t be that simple, as Chilton has indicated that Legion is going to be truly massive!
Blizzard has long admitted that Warlords of Draenor offered far too little content and wants to deliver a lot more in Legion. “Significantly larger than Draenor” should be the content patches. And once the dust has settled from the initial demon invasion, there should be entirely new areas, possibly outside of Azeroth, where we can venture.
It’s quite possible that our heroes will launch a massive counterattack and bring the war to the Legion. This would fit Chilton’s statement: “In Legion, the conflict will escalate further, and by the end of the expansion, the Legion will still be a threat, but it will have suffered noticeable losses.”
More of the best!
The new region Suramar not only pleases our house demon Cortyn, but is also very dear to the developers. Thus, there will also be continuations of the Suramar questline in upcoming patches, and new areas with a similar concept are already planned.
Moreover, Legion is supposed to offer tons of content for all types of players, whether you prefer to explore the open world, get lost in the questline around Suramar and Co., or prefer to tackle dungeons and raids. Dungeons, in particular, should not play second fiddle to the raids in Legion, and the developers are already planning a gigantic dungeon with a total of nine bosses as well as a smaller, challenging raid for update 7.1.
Artifact weapons remain?
So far, it has been said that we can only use our cool artifact weapons in Legion and not in future expansions. While this may make gameplay sense, from a role-playing perspective, it’s hard to imagine why our hero would, for example, hang up the legendary weapon Ashbringer at the end and pull out a silly green standard sword instead.
When we asked Chilton this question, he said, “We don’t yet know how we want to solve it definitively.” Therefore, Blizzard wants to wait the next six to twelve months to see how players receive the artifact weapons and whether they want new weapons. Perhaps we will ultimately be allowed to keep the weapons, and there might soon be a similar weapon upgrade system in World of Warcraft like in Blade & Soul?
More lore!
As the lore of World of Warcraft is already well portrayed due to numerous in-game events, comics, and the cool Harbingers series, we wanted to know how Blizzard plans to continue in this regard. And we have good news for Cortyn and all other lore fans, as Blizzard wants to continue concepts like Harbingers and further develop the potential for storytelling.
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Additionally, several well-known characters from WoW will find their end during the expansion. Although Blizzard does not want to wipe out beloved NPC heroes one after another, there will definitely be some sad losses. And the world will not be the same once the Legion has arrived. We may not get a new Cataclysm, and most of the devastation will occur on the islands, but the effects of the invasion will be felt more or less strongly elsewhere.
And for those wondering what’s up with the black dragonflight and Wrathion: He will still be a topic, but not in Legion (or at least not at the beginning). Unfortunately, housing is also not a topic for Legion! Because Blizzard still hasn’t found a groundbreaking idea for it. However, they are likely planning to revisit the garrisons concept in future expansions and provide noticeably more customization options.
Mein-MMO says: I am really curious about how the conflict with the Legion will turn out and whether the demon squad will be gone after our counterattack (which will definitely happen) or if Legion is just the start of a whole series of future expansions that revolve around the ongoing conflict with the demons. And I really like the idea that we might be able to keep the artifact weapons in the end. But how do you see all this? Write it in the comments and let us know! More info about World of Warcraft: Legion can be found on our overview page for the game.
