Patch 7.3 Interview With Ion Hazzikostas, Jesse Cox, and Crendor

Posted 2017/07/02 at 6:45 PM by Squishei

Jesse CoxCrendortheir YouTube channelWhat are Invasion Points in 7.3?

The Legion has been assaulted Azeroth but the Burning Crusade of Sargeras is about scouring other worlds. On Argus, you find a Legion Portal Network where the Legion is assaulting other worlds. When you go through this portals, using a riftstone recovered from the wreckage of Kil'jaeden's ship, you'll be getting glimpses of all new planets. You'll go behind the Legion Invasion force, take them out, fight a boss, do a Holdout event and complete an objective there.

Charged Riftstone: "Allows entry into Lesser Rifts and Greater Rifts."

Depleted Riftstone: "Allows entry into Lesser Rifts."

General Questions

Legion is their most ambitious expansion and with 7.3, it's a brand new world and trying to tell a story on a grander scale than before

For new players, there's a ton of catch-up mechanisms, so it's still a great time to jump into the action.

Micro-holiday's duration is determined by the amount of content that's there. These aren't one time events, so if you miss it it'll still be back

We've always had content that rotates every week or every other week, but with the Mage Tower, Nether Disruptor and Command Center, they wanted to do experiment with a more organic player-driven system. There is not a system like this on Argus in 7.3

World Bosses complement raid tiers and their loot probably won't be updated. There could be new World Bosses on Argus such as how Broken Shore World Bosses had better loot than the original Broken Shore bosses.

There is a spike of player participation during the Weekly Events; more players doing Battlegrounds during Battleground week and similarly with other events.

Dungeon participation is much higher at this point in the expansion compared to previous expansions

Dragons are cool. The end of the Cataclysm story didn't close the door on Dragon Storylines.

With pet battles, they see that many people ignore it for a long time, then decide to try it at some point before exploring the system more. It's never too late to try pet battles with all the new dungeons.

Azeroth is a planet in the cosmos. There are terrible void creatures out there and an entire unexplored set of worlds. The team is looking forward to tapping into it.

Argus as an expansion would probably be rather monotonous, as it's a planet that has been destroyed by the Legion over the course of Millenia. It is a great place to cap off the Legion progression.

Characters that have been phased out for current storylines are generally on hold rather than getting their own storyline like the Chromie scenario.

Comment by WasselinDo Jesse and Crendor even still play WoW? Still, it's an improvement over Lore, lol.Comment by Olmagh~~Roller Coaster~~ Darkmoon Faire Tycoon! I love that idea!Comment by ChaxtonIf we go to more alien planets, can they actually be ALIEN planets? No more painted humans, no more recolored wolves, no more of that god awful glow effect from Firelands, and so on? Argus looks like a step in the right direction, ignoring how the cats are still just cats with fins, but it looks more alien than the crap we had on Draenor and Outlands. More importantly, I want to see cool alien animals as Hunter pets. To hell with the story, let me make a galactic zoo.

I just hope they don't expand on that whole "Azeroth is a Titan" nonsense. That was the most idiotic reveal of the expansion. I want them to sweep that under the rug and never mention it again. The possibilities that stem from that and the idea that we may go planet hopping brings horrible, horrible visions to mind. Can't we just go back to killing each other over pointless conflicts instead of chasing intergalactic deities? Lovecraft taught us that this is a stupid idea, after all. Hell, even more Zandalari shenanigans would be good.Comment by Aralnda
I just hope they don't expand on that whole "Azeroth is a Titan" nonsense. That was the most idiotic reveal of the expansion. I want them to sweep that under the rug and never mention it again. The possibilities that stem from that and the idea that we may go planet hopping brings horrible, horrible visions to mind. Can't we just go back to killing each other over pointless conflicts instead of chasing intergalactic deities? Lovecraft taught us that this is a stupid idea, after all. Hell, even more Zandalari shenanigans would be good.Comment by Ellore"Dungeon participation is much higher at this point in the expansion compared to previous expansions."

But not enjoyable. Forcing players to do content they don't like in order to unlock flying and class mounts is deplorable, and it is the ONLY reason participation was higher. Please don't make the same mistake in the next expansion. The WoW forums are already full of complaints concerning raid/dungeon requirements in Legion.Comment by mobius1qwe"Allows entry into Lesser Rifts and Greater Rifts" yep its becomming D3 for sure now. So I think we don't have to pay the month anymore since we're playing Diablo instead of WoW.Comment by SoupguyCant wait for us to make it to the Starcraft world.Comment by abris1995"Dungeon participation is much higher at this point in the expansion compared to previous expansions."

But not enjoyable. Forcing players to do content they don't like in order to unlock flying and class mounts is deplorable, and it is the ONLY reason participation was higher. Please don't make the same mistake in the next expansion. The WoW forums are already full of complaints concerning raid/dungeon requirements in Legion.Comment by Faelystiri"Dungeon participation is much higher at this point in the expansion compared to previous expansions."

But not enjoyable. Forcing players to do content they don't like in order to unlock flying and class mounts is deplorable, and it is the ONLY reason participation was higher. Please don't make the same mistake in the next expansion. The WoW forums are already full of complaints concerning raid/dungeon requirements in Legion.Comment by FaelystiriCant wait for us to make it to the Starcraft world.Comment by CaspianRoachIon mentioned a few times that it's a final destination for Legion and that it will 'cap off' Legion. Could this mean no 7.4?Comment by SalvadoreNot one of the best interviews, But still some interesting questions, but most of the answers were kinda like maybe.
I wonder what they have planned next like. "Also For new players, there's a ton of catch-up mechanisms, so it's still a great time to jump into the action." there is one big issue however still the huge account of time to level, yes I know there is a free boost and all, but the new players I was trying in to get in the game didn't want to use it and play from level 1 what end up burning them out before they even hit level 50.Comment by DaillemandIon mentioned a few times that it's a final destination for Legion and that it will 'cap off' Legion. Could this mean no 7.4?Comment by SalvadoreIon mentioned a few times that it's a final destination for Legion and that it will 'cap off' Legion. Could this mean no 7.4?Comment by thaarael
I just hope they don't expand on that whole "Azeroth is a Titan" nonsense. That was the most idiotic reveal of the expansion. I want them to sweep that under the rug and never mention it again. The possibilities that stem from that and the idea that we may go planet hopping brings horrible, horrible visions to mind. Can't we just go back to killing each other over pointless conflicts instead of chasing intergalactic deities? Lovecraft taught us that this is a stupid idea, after all. Hell, even more Zandalari shenanigans would be good.Comment by CalysiaDo Jesse and Crendor even still play WoW? Still, it's an improvement over Lore, lol.Comment by neoslayyer"Dungeon participation is much higher at this point in the expansion compared to previous expansions."

But not enjoyable. Forcing players to do content they don't like in order to unlock flying and class mounts is deplorable, and it is the ONLY reason participation was higher. Please don't make the same mistake in the next expansion. The WoW forums are already full of complaints concerning raid/dungeon requirements in Legion."Allows entry into Lesser Rifts and Greater Rifts" yep its becomming D3 for sure now. So I think we don't have to pay the month anymore since we're playing Diablo instead of WoW.Comment by KozzieYeah, this is a real shame - the Dev Team is struggling to find new ideas knowing that we are now seeing Lesser/Greater Rifts...I miss Chris Metzen's vision for this game...I stopped playing at 7.2.5 drop, thought I was going to raid through ToS, but now, will probably just do LFR to see the content. But, more D3 is the wrong path for this game. I have the Necromancer patch that just came out. Really sad to see Ion move WoW towards more D3 stuff...I'm still going to go to Blizzcon this year, but, think afterwards realize its time to retire from WoW. I can understand the internal struggle where the Dev team wanted to take WoW and Chris' vision. The 30 min interview with Ion clearly shows the difference in where the game is going and what really made the game great. I think if the Dev team takes this into exploring space, as indicated by Ion, it will drop off. There is not enough written lore that compliments the game to go in this direction. Just my opinion.Comment by ladilock"Dungeon participation is much higher at this point in the expansion compared to previous expansions."

But not enjoyable. Forcing players to do content they don't like in order to unlock flying and class mounts is deplorable, and it is the ONLY reason participation was higher. Please don't make the same mistake in the next expansion. The WoW forums are already full of complaints concerning raid/dungeon requirements in Legion."Allows entry into Lesser Rifts and Greater Rifts" yep its becomming D3 for sure now. So I think we don't have to pay the month anymore since we're playing Diablo instead of WoW.Comment by SquirePip"Dungeon participation is much higher at this point in the expansion compared to previous expansions."

But not enjoyable. Forcing players to do content they don't like in order to unlock flying and class mounts is deplorable, and it is the ONLY reason participation was higher. Please don't make the same mistake in the next expansion. The WoW forums are already full of complaints concerning raid/dungeon requirements in Legion.