Players are already gathering Artifact Power in WoW for Patch 7.2. The Game Director says: This is useless.
In the past days, Ion Hazzikostas, the Game Director of World of Warcraft, took the time to answer the urgent questions from players together with Community Manager Josh Allen. While much of the questioning revolved around the design of individual classes, there were also some general concerns, especially regarding Artifact Power.
In recent weeks, more and more players have completed the upgrade of their Artifact weapon – at least up to the last golden point, into which 20 points can be invested and rewarded with a slow but increasing boost in character performance (about 5% more damage for every 20 points). Since Blizzard has already announced that there will be new Artifact abilities around Patch 7.2, players are starting to hoard their Artifact Power and not invest it into the last talent. They want to gather enough power by the day of Patch 7.2 to purchase all the new talents.
According to Hazzikostas, it is not worth it. Those who have Artifact Power should now spend it and comfortably invest in the last trait of the weapon. Although the final concept is not yet finalized, the current plans of the developers foresee that players will be refunded the Artifact Power of the last golden trait to then optionally skill the new abilities with it. Those who hold back Artifact Power now are only blocking their own current performance.
The philosophy is still maintained: It should never be wrong to spend Artifact Power immediately. For the future of Legion, it will be ensured that this is clear from the outset.
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