In World of Warcraft, it seems that nothing is sacred to the developers. Now game director Tom Chilton has even brought up the idea of increasing the normal group size from 5 to 6. The reason is a surplus of damage dealers.
6-man Groups in WoW – for the sake of the damage dealers
There are few healers, tanks are even rarer, so the damage dealers, or DPS, in WoW often have to wait a long time for a spot to open in the queue so they can visit one of the 5-man dungeons via the LFG tool.
Game director Tom Chilton has a solution for this: “We might increase the group size from 5 to 6, then we can bring 4 DPS instead of 3, adjust the dungeons accordingly, and let them scale so they are suitable for both 5-man and 6-man groups.”
So Chilton said yesterday in a large Ask-me-Anything on Reddit. He has not committed to the idea, but the fact that one can break such a “sacred pillar” of the now ten-year-old WoW shows how willing they are to carry the game into the future.
A lot of questions revolved around the future of the garrison and patch 6.1
Speaking of the future: Flying will not be available with 6.1 in Draenor, but the garrison could be further expanded with 6.2. This is also being considered loudly.
The current drought of missions for players who have levelled all their followers to 100 is not intentional, a fix is expected soon.
With 6.1, players will also be able to select and play their own music tracks in the garrison, a piece of sandbox.
And with 6.1, it should be easier for twinks on the account to expand the garrison if dad or mom has already achieved something there.
The “Heirloom” interface is to be revised with patch 6.1, and it will then be account-wide, which has been in consideration for a while.
In a later expansion, something similar could also be imagined for transmog gear, to make it a bit easier for players.
Perhaps a different final boss for Warlords of Draenor
The relaxed atmosphere at the AMA was also noticeable in the typical questions. One user wanted to know if a surprise could be expected regarding the final boss Gromm Hellscream, after all, they had just defeated his son in the last expansion Mists of Pandaria. “Of course!” was the answer. Players can expect a surprise.
Who knows if it was meant that way. But perhaps they will pull another surprise out of the hat this time, just like last time when it got serious in Draenor.
And how the fight against Sargeras will play out in the distant future. Certainly, it will take 2 hours, have 10 phases, and in the end, there will be a 10-minute cinematic to say goodbye to WoW.
“Take all of this and multiply it by 10!” was the developers’ answer to the questioning fan.
