The Timewalking Event of WoW may soon be expanded to include raids.
During the Warlords of Draenor expansion, Blizzard implemented weekly events as additional gameplay incentives in World of Warcraft. Among the most popular events are the Timewalks, which allow players to experience adventures in dungeons from past expansions for one week at a time. In addition to solid gear, there is also a special currency that can be exchanged for toys and mounts.
So far, there are only the dungeons of past expansions – namely The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria. Raids have been excluded from this event – so far.
In the last developer livestream, Community Manager Josh Allen (“Lore”) spoke with Senior Game Designer Paul Kubit about all kinds of game systems. The question arose whether raid instances would also be available in the Timewalking.
The pleasing answer: Pretty likely!
According to Kubit, it’s only a matter of time before they get around to integrating the old raids into the system as well. However, it is still unclear whether this will happen during the times of Legion.
Cortyn says: I’m still not quite on board with this idea. While it’s certainly cool to bring the “old raids” back to life and relevance, similar to the dungeons, you won’t be able to capture the feeling of back then. It would hurt my soul to just roll over a Lich King who is “at my level” or to see the fight with Illidan completely trivialized.
Ultimately, it’s probably a good thing, as it means more content is available and newer players can enjoy old battles – currently, they only do this if they want to farm achievements or clothing for transmogging.
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