With Legion, Blizzard expands the professions system of World of Warcraft (WoW) with exciting elements and important quest lines.
The professions system has been one of the major concerns of World of Warcraft in the current expansion “Warlords of Draenor”. With “Legion”, crafting professions are expected to regain significance and remain relevant and exciting even into the endgame. To achieve this, Blizzard has planned several major changes. We take a first look at the upcoming adjustments.
Quests for All Professions
All crafting professions will receive their own quest lines! These will not only unlock many recipes over several weeks but also reveal more about the background story of the world and the culture of the different races. For example, the tailors are used as an example. They interact with an exiled Nightborne (the mutated Night Elves) and learn new recipes from him step by step, as only he knows how to expertly process the fabric from the Broken Isles.
During the quest line, we learn more about the culture of tailoring and the reason for its exile, while new and more powerful recipes get unlocked.
But not only the crafting professions, the gathering professions will also receive their own quest lines. Miners meet an old Tauren spirit for whom they have to complete various tasks to be able to mine new ores (the Tauren really loves ores – he carries two pickaxes).
Finally, even the secondary professions like Archaeology and Fishing will receive some love. According to the developers, Fishing should be “an adventure in itself that creates excitement and doesn’t let you wonder what series you’re watching on the second monitor”. However, no specific images have been shown yet.
Multi-Level Recipes
To keep players engaged beyond quests, recipes now come in multiple quality levels. A recipe can have up to 3 stars (the rarest/best level) and is thus significantly stronger than its predecessors. Depending on the type of recipe, it can be obtained from different sources. Some may drop only from specific mobs, while others may require completing quest lines or reaching reputation levels.
These numerous recipes are intended to ensure that at the beginning of the expansion, several players with the same profession can create different things. This will change over the months, but it should at least briefly create differences and opportunities for the characters (or guild members) to improve themselves through profession items even when playing solo.
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