Liveblog of the March 15 Battle for Azeroth Alpha Q&A with Ion Hazzikostas

Posted 2018/03/15 at 12:55 PM by Squishei

Watch Battle for Azeroth Live Developer Q&A w/ Ion Hazzikostas from Warcraft on www.twitch.tvHighlights

The Azerite system in BFA will be similar to how Artifact Knowledge works now.

Prestige rewards will not be going away at the end of Legion and will still be attainable.

LiveblogWill there be playable Zandalari Paladins?How tall are Zandalari? Will they be Tauren Height?Will Allied Races always be in Pairs?What Allied Races are planned for BFA?Will current Allied Races receive more customization?Any plans on adding new customization options to the non-allied races?At Blizzcon, it was mentioned that the character creation will be receiving an update. Any update?Are the old races getting Heritage Armor?How could players communicate their suggestions to the Dev team?When and how much will classes be unpruned?class raid buffsSince MoP, I feel like I've been losing baseline abilities. Why is this the design direction?Are you balancing class and specs on raiding or Mythic+?Can we expect a higher value of Primary stats compared to Secondary stats?Do you think it feels bad for previous Artifact talents and traits to be a talent?How will Legion Legendary talents interact with Legion Legendaries in the pre-patch?What type of weapons will our Artifacts be replaced with?Why are some talent rows AoE or single target on the BFA Alpha?Are there plans to address the CC in PvP besides their duration?Any more details on Prestige?Can RP realms can have world defense back?Will personal loot be the only option for current-level raids?What is the general role of the mission system in BFA? Are there any notable changes from Legion?What are you doing with Mythic+ in BFA?What is happening to crafting?Will crafted gear on par with raid gear? Raid specific mats?How will BFA look for Alts?Upcoming social features will make guilds less rewarding. Are there concerns?What can we expect with the leveling experience being entirely unique between two factions instead of 12 classes?

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Comment by AlakeiThancan

Kul'tiran humans confirmed by Ion :D

Also pretty heavily implied Zandalari paladins are a thing.

Comment by CallMeNoa

Very glad to hear Zandalari were made taller.

Comment by Butterflywitch

Q: Will we get an undead allied race? Forsaken Elves/San'Layn?

Comment by Iceman3317

Kul'tiran humans confirmed by Ion :D

Also pretty heavily implied Zandalari paladins are a thing.

I think he is talking about the prelates that were datamined forever ago. So that doesn't mean we will get them.

Comment by AlakeiThancan

I think he is talking about the prelates that were datamined forever ago. So that doesn't mean we will get them.

Comment by Meggle

Not a fan of zandalari pallies, nty. <3 <3 <3 KT humans.

Comment by Nyarloth

Leave your personal feedback, don't try to convince them that "everyone" hates something.

So much this

Comment by Searinox

ANd the small possibility for Zanda Pally is killed cause OF REASONS.....meanwhile even after chandelier death the other pallys are still there....

Comment by Iceman3317

I think he is talking about the prelates that were datamined forever ago. So that doesn't mean we will get them.

Sure, but he said something along the lines of "Maybe we'll see if they can find their way back to the Light in their campaign ..."

He probably wouldn't tease such a highly fan requested feature if it wasn't gonna happen.

That is true. Maybe something similar to Belves.

Since he said when things get lopsided, it becomes a problem, I think Horde will see another Paladin somewhere since Dark Irons are Shaman, yes I am an Alliance and I agree Zanadalari need Paladins.. As well as Alliance getting another druid to match the Highmountain forms. Wildhammers I think will be best, because they won't have a drastic change to forms.

I also think we will see more than just the 8 allied races, I think we will see about 4 more still. He said only the current 4 unavailable ones were planned, but I don't think those are ones in the patches coming out.

Comment by Bandiri

Will there be a phsyical retail CE available?

Comment by Nyarloth

ANd the small possibility for Zanda Pally is killed cause OF REASONS.....meanwhile even after chandelier death the other pallys are still there....

Zandalari don't even come out at launch, it's not out of the range of possibilities that we help their paladins get their power back so we can have them by the time they are released.

Comment by Zygos

ANd the small possibility for Zanda Pally is killed cause OF REASONS.....meanwhile even after chandelier death the other pallys are still there....

That's because Xe'ra isn't the only Naaru. Let this be a lesson to the Zandalari... don't put all of your light in one Loa.

Comment by RandomWindowArt

I want to see heritage armour sets for each armour type (cloth, leather, mail and plate). It seems silly to grind up an allied race to 110 just to get a set you don't even want to use cause it doesn't match your class type. Please add more types!

Comment by ladilock

Don't be silly. The classic races don't even have Heritage armor to begin with but you want 3-4 types per race? Preposterous!

Comment by vindurza

So Zandalari may get their paladin or blizzard shot its #$%^in foot again confirming the prelates are paladins and we're not getting them because they lose their holy powers like belves who bounced back from this but for some reason zandalari priests come out unscathed

Comment by moofox6

So for every Allied race you would want 4x unique armor sets? That would take a crazy amount of resources. The current load of Allied races, 4x4 = 16 sets. KTirans, DarkIron, Zand, and Mag would be an additional 16. 32 unique armor sets is way to much to ask for something like this.

Comment by Bestru

Q: Will we get a new character slot with each allied race?

Comment by Coldleo

So... the Elves and Company (Horde) will get Zandalari Paladins...ohboy

Also, Fat Human/Skinny Human is confirmed as an "Allied Race" also an "ohboy"