The World of Warcraft is not yet complete. More areas of Azeroth may come in future expansions, says the Game Director.
The Legion expansion for World of Warcraft is now more than half a year old and the roadmap for the rest of the year seems more or less set. In an interview with PcGamer, Ion Hazzikostas, the Game Director of World of Warcraft, revealed some details about the future of Blizzard’s MMORPG. This included information about Patch 7.3 and the time thereafter – thus an addon that is still a long way off.
Patch 7.3 is still a long way off
Currently, the developers are working hard on Patch 7.2.5, the smaller “minipatch” that is supposed to connect the events from the Tomb of Sargeras and Argus, but mainly brings balancing changes and “small things”, like a timewalking in the Black Temple and a revision of some holidays. Most players expect Patch 7.2.5 to hit the live servers in about 6-8 weeks – at which point the Tomb of Sargeras is also expected to open its gates and players can finally dive into the new raid instance.
Patch 7.3, on the other hand, is likely still a good half a year away and deals with the players’ journey to Argus and the upcoming final battle against the leaders of the Legion – presumably Sargeras to be.
Azeroth has even more to offer
Furthermore, Hazzikostas also spoke about the future of World of Warcraft. They wanted to know if traveling to new worlds – like Argus – could become a trend to keep World of Warcraft fresh.
Hazzikostas explained that there are still plenty of zones and land masses in Azeroth that have not yet been implemented in the game. Many of these zones have already been described in the “Warcraft: Chronicles” books, including the islands of Kul’Tiras or the islands with the Troll King Rastakhan.
In the background, Blizzard has already begun working on the next expansion. However, this only involves rough selection processes and initial concept ideas; they are still miles away from a finished game. With a bit of luck, we might learn a bit more about this at this year’s BlizzCon – by then Patch 7.3 should already be live.
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