Method BlizzCon Interview with Morgan Day and Ely Cannon - Naz'jatar, Reaping Details, GCD Changes

Blizzard Posted 2018/11/05 at 6:26 PM by Anshlun

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Highlights

For the most part the Battle of Dazar'alor will have the same order of bosses for Alliance and Horde. However bosses 2 and 3 are swapped for each faction. Grong, the 2nd boss for the Horde is raised by Bwomsamdi and becomes the 3rd boss for the Alliance.

The WoW team is discussing adding little glimpses into the progress of the other faction during the raid. For instance, when you start the final three bosses, maybe you will see the Alliance version of your raid running down the pyramid or something like that.

Inspiration for the Treasure Guardian boss and chamber originated in the fantasy of old Egyptian tombs and hidden vault treasures.

Naz'jatar will be really large, with full support for many different types of end-game content, including at least 5 different subzones, showing many different aspects of the Naga culture.

The Mechagon Megadungeon follows similar design principles of Karazhan. It is intended to be a place where you assemble a group and stay in there for a while. Later on, it will be available in Mythic+ with smaller segments of the dungeon for each Mythic+ run.

Blizzard shared details on Reaping, the Season 2 M+ Affix. Every 20% on the enemy forces' bar, Bwomsamdi will resurrect all spirits from the creatures you have killed and they will all rush you, trying to swarm you. There will be also really cool Bwomsamdi-themed effects tied to this affix including a Blood Moon that will rise whenever this effect takes place. There will be a different effect as well for when you lose the timer, but no spoilers until testing starts!

Reaping should feel less slow than Infested, giving players more control about when the effect happen.

There might be dungeon and affix tuning coming in Tides of Vengeance. For instance, Necrotic will be physical and not magical.

For Tides of Vengeance, the team is working on reviewing the state of abilities added to the GCD and many movement abilities will likely be removed from it.

The team is looking for opportunities to have raiding feel more rewarding. For Battle of Dazar'alor, there will be new Azerite traits available only from raid pieces and those might be really rewarding for players.

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Comment by DedricusReaping still sounds awful.Comment by SongooReaping: Every 20% on the enemy forces bar, Bwomsamdi will resurrect all spirits from the creatures you have killed and they will all rush youComment by IronekkExcited for Naga's Culture, even tho i don't like them, but seeing them since classic, finally the last piece of the puzzle.Comment by BudaBudie20% of the dungeon's trash rushing at you lol
if they don't give any %, this will cap keys a little, but I like it.Comment by dclee85Naz'jatar sounds like it'll be really interesting to explore. I quite like the naga so it'll be nice to see even more of their culture.Comment by dezziebear8Reaping sounds like a nightmareComment by WooweiRegarding Necrotic, does that mean Necrotic's DoT effect will be physical damage, not magical? And if that's the case, I see Brewmaster Monks gaining an advantage in M+s while that affix is active, no?Comment by nisxReaping sounds interesting, hope its less annoying. I really hate infested, especially with FortifiedComment by TimelordDCAs long as the risen mobs don't aggro all the mobs that were skipped or the shortest path doesn't go through mobs not yet engaged (eg: Atal), this will be interesting. AOE classes will shine even more and so will blood DKs.Comment by LiriellGarroshI am eager to see what Blizz will be doing with GCDs.Comment by ZerOrbitNaz'jatar is what I'm really looking forward to! Being an explorer in a fantasy world in the middle of the ocean! That just sounds so nice.Comment by Josephcurwen"The team is looking for opportunities to have raiding feel more rewarding"
Delete LFR. Or make its rewards purely cosmetic.Comment by mysticalosLink....link....Comment by heroi20"Naz'jatar will be really large" OMG YES! I have huge hopes for that placeComment by ChaosJackalI wonder what those spirits will be like. Are they gonna stay alive for a limited time? Are they far weaker in terms of HP and/or damage than when they were alive? Do you get only the last 20% worth of mobs or every time it happens it gets even stronger? Are the spirits gonna pull other mobs? There's a lot of things that aren't very clear and each of them would make Reaping very hard or very annoying to deal with.Comment by Rubinova"The team is looking for opportunities to have raiding feel more rewarding"
Delete LFR. Or make its rewards purely cosmetic.Comment by SmitramNo more WorldQuest pls! XDComment by Kurias"The team is looking for opportunities to have raiding feel more rewarding"
Delete LFR. Or make its rewards purely cosmetic.Comment by PuffexTo make raiding rewarding, it's gonna take more than just that tbh.Comment by wowheadshine"The team is looking for opportunities to have raiding feel more rewarding"
Delete LFR. Or make its rewards purely cosmetic.

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