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BlizzCon Coverage Roundup, Convention Photos, Artifact Weapon Guide
Artifacts have been the most popular Legion topic, so we've made a detailed guide to them pulling together all of the previewed images, revealed BlizzCon information, and earlier gamescom 2015 information.
Click here to read the Legion Artifact Weapon Guide!
Wowhead's BlizzCon Coverage
While BlizzCon 2015 did not have a World of Warcraft expansion reveal, it was a busy weekend for the Wowhead staff with tons of information-packed panels. There were even multiple WoW panels scheduled at the same time! In this article, we've rounded up all of our coverage for Warcraft, as well as liveblogs and summaries from our sister sites.
World of Warcraft:
Legion Content and World Liveblog: Scaling Zones, Dungeons, Raids, Outdoor Content, Leveling
Legion Systems Liveblog: Artifacts, Class Halls, Demon Hunters, Professions, Items, Transmog
Legion Design Interview with Lead Game Designer Cory Stockton
Legion Art Interview with Art Director Chris Robinson
BlizzCon 2015 Q&A
Artifact Weapon Blue Posts
Warcraft Movie: Trailer, Stills, Film Display
Demon Hunter Starting Area Demo, Abilities Added to Database
Darkmoon Faire Community Amphitheatre: Lore, Fantasy, Systems, Class Changes
Legion Artifact Weapon Guide - Early Alpha
Artifacts are a new type of weapon coming in 7.0 World of Warcraft Legion--and no other weapons will drop in Legion. This guide covers what we know about Artifacts that's been revealed at gamescom and BlizzCon 2015.
During BlizzCon 2015, Artifact blogs were posted with information on each spec's artifact weapon. We've compiled these blogs with the general information on how artifacts work that was revealed at gamescom and the BlizzCon Legion Systems Panel, in addition to color and model variations revealed at different panels.
Only Azeroth’s most seasoned veterans possess the fortitude to wield artifacts of legend against the Burning Legion. Your myth-forged weapon grows in power as you do, and your choices will change its abilities and the way it looks, sounds, and feels in combat. Fashion your artifact into the perfect instrument of battle, and guide your faction in its most desperate hour.
The information in this article has been taken from the
gamescom Expansion Presentation
,
Legion website
, and interviews with
several European fansites
,
Darkmoon Faire Summary
,
Artifact Game Guide
and the
Legion Systems Panel
.
Darkmoon Faire Community Amphitheatre: Lore, Systems, Class Changes
Wowhead had a great time hanging out in the brand new Darkmoon Faire area here at BlizzCon 2015. The atmosphere is amazing, and really fostered some great discussion with the Blizzard folks chatting together and with the crows!
As these panels were not part of the Virtual Ticket, we've summarized the important points below. Friday's panel focused on fantasy, quests, and lore, while Saturday's panel delved into class changes.
BlizzCon 2015 - Heroes of the Storm Battlegrounds Panel
Battleground Goals
There are a couple of core goals for battlegrounds in Heroes of the Storm. A battleground must eventually end and create conflict.
On battlegrounds, they want to make sure that there are objectives to fight over and if you succeed, you get a good reward.
For example, on Sky Temple, the large size of the map allows many skirmishes because of the time transitioning between lanes. The objective of Skye Temple causes large fights.
BlizzCon 2015 WoW Q&A
Every year Blizzard fields questions from BlizzCon attendees and the results are all over the place. Here is this year's liveblog of the Q&A.
Interested in Legion centric news? Learn more about Demon Hunters with our updated guide!
BlizzCon 2015 Contest
Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2015 post is entering you to win prizes like a
Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger
. As long as you don't spam, each comment only increases your chances to win by giving you another entry.
Read more here
--we have several awesome prizes to give out all weekend.
Liveblog
My question is about Alleria. Her group never got to see that the Orcs weren't as evil as everyone thought, does that mean they will be part of the factions conflict?
No. But when we finally discover them in Legion, the way you view WoW will change. Nothing to do with that, but amazing stuff is in store.
Is there any hope of sub races, such as Taunka or Dark Iron Dwarves being playable in the future?
There were tens of thousands of votes for this one, I'll take it. So our mission is to sell the class and the race--the fantasy. So the easy answer is yes, we'd love to do it. But the more difficult answer is how will we do it? We'll be working on it.
BlizzCon 2015 - Hearthstone World Championship
The 2015 Hearthstone World Championships are coming to a conclusion and a new World Champion will be crowned today! The finals were set to start at 2:00 PM PST but with how close the two series have been today, we're a good bit behind schedule. While you wait, here's our recap of the action at BlizzCon thus far!
Quarterfinals
Thijs vs. Kranich
Thijs continued his hot streak, properly picking his decks as he and Kranich traded match after match. The only player in this year’s Championship that also competed at BlizzCon last year, Kranich went down as his Midrange Hunter failed to find its footing. This was particularly surprising because Thijs was quick to express his intense desire to avoid playing his Patron Warrior into a Midrange Hunter.
Ostkaka vs. Pinpingho
Pinpingho, the Shaman himself from Taiwan couldn’t find a win with his Midrange Druid in the first two matches and as a result found himself behind from the start. Luckily his Hybrid Hunter was quick enough to beat Ostkaka’s Oil Rogue, but the same couldn’t be said for his staple Shaman deck.
DieMeng vs. Kno
The only other Shaman player in the tournament, China’s DieMeng, found himself hamstrung by the Midrange decks of Kno. Though he did manage to win the Secret Paladin vs. Midrange Paladin matchup, he struggled to find wins with his Face Hunter deck that just couldn’t get going thanks to Kno’s board clears and control.
Zoro vs. Hotform
The days matches concluded with North America’s lone remaining hope, Hotform, taking on Zoro. The former took a quick win as Zoro’s Secret Paladin struggled to find the right draws. However, Zoro rebounded with two great matches that just barely remained in his favor throughout, leaving Hotform with little choice but to trade board control for face damage. Much like our other Chinese player, Zoro just couldn’t close out a win with his Face Hunter.
Catch the Semifinals and Finals after the jump!
BlizzCon 2015 - World of Overwatch Panel
The panel features Michael Chu, Chris Metzen, and William Petris.
Overwatch has a very diverse world which is represented by its multiple maps.
The Omnic Crisis: robots turned against mankind. Each country had found a different way to combat the threat.
Russia created giant mechs to fight the robot army. Germany made crusader armor. USA has enhanced soldier program.
When the Omnic Crisis ended due to Overwatch but Russia had to do it alone.
BlizzCon 2015 - Heroes of the Storm State of the Game Panel
The Heroes of the Storm panel started off by saying that Li-Li and Murky have the highest win rates.
The team then recapped everything that happened in Heroes of the Storm this year.
The game moved from alpha to a full launch.
Heroes of the Storm launched into eSports.
11 new heroes were released this year for 43 total.
4 new maps were added this year for 9 total.
The team then talked a little about the win rates of heroes. The goal for all heroes is 45%-55%.
The Lost Vikings: 57%
Abathur: 44%
Stitches: 44%
Butcher: 56%
Leoric: 54%
Tassadar: 47%
Zeratul: 46%
BlizzCon 2015 - Hearthstone: Fireside Chat Panel
The Hearthstone design team will be hosting its final BlizzCon 2015 panel and discussing how Tavern Brawls come to be and answering a few rounds of Q&A
We'll be here to update you with the latest news coming out of the panel!
BlizzCon 2015 Contest
Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2015 post is entering you to win prizes like a
Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger
. As long as you don't spam, each comment only increases your chances to win by giving you another entry.
Read more here
--we have several awesome prizes to give out all weekend.
Liveblog 2015
9:45
The panel will be starting shortly.
10:00
Should be starting any time now.
10:06
Mike Donais, Senior Game Designer takes the stage.
10:07
First design goal of Tavern Brawls was to be weekly, to give players more content to chew through between expansions/adventures.
10:10
Next goal was variety, to try new things and improve them over time.
10:11
Donais is now breaking down the three different types of Brawls: build your own deck, pick a class, and prebuilt.
10:12
Most of this information has been talked about before, players that like to innovate like to build decks, pick a class is very replayable since it's random, and premade decks give you access to cards you may not own.
10:15
Co-op Tavern Brawl now being talked about. It didn't make sense for Blizzard to completely rearrange the UI and players to have them both on one side of the field.
Check the full article for more!
BlizzCon 2015 Wowhead Interview with Cory "Mumper" Stockton
Wowhead had the opportunity to interview Cory "Mumper" Stockton, Game Designer on World of Warcraft Legion. Below is a summary of the interview conducted by Perculia and Panser.
Topics covered include the new transmog system, classes, items, the outdoor zone scaling system, and endgame outdoor objectives.
BlizzCon 2015 Cosplay Gallery
BlizzCon is the perfect place for fans to get together and celebrate their love for gaming. Certain fans are a little more legendary than others and they choose to express their devotion by creating their real life counterparts to gaming characters through cosplay!
We've gathered a gallery of some of the epic costumes from this year's BlizzCon.
Check out last year's costumes
while you're at it--these fans are awesome.
BlizzCon 2015 Contest
Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2015 post is entering you to win prizes like a
Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger
. As long as you don't spam, each comment only increases your chances to win by giving you another entry.
Read more here
--we have several awesome prizes to give out all weekend.
Cosplay Gallery
Demon Hunter Demo and Abilities Added to Database
The Demon Hunter starting experience is a playable demo at BlizzCon 2015. Below we're previewed the experience, and we added all of the new abilities and talents to our database! These abilities can be linked and commented on, or used on blogs that support tooltips.
Learn more about Demon Hunters with our updated guide!
BlizzCon 2015 Contest
Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2015 post is entering you to win prizes like a
Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger
. As long as you don't spam, each comment only increases your chances to win by giving you another entry.
Read more here
--we have several awesome prizes to give out all weekend.
BlizzCon 2015 - Overwatch What's New Panel
The Beta
Jeff Kaplan started off the panel by giving us some of the current beta statistics.
82,000 total games have been played.
The average game time is 7:34.
Pharah is the most played hero in the beta.
Symmetra has the highest win rate in the beta.
Check out the full article for more information on the Xbox One and PS4 versions, the new map and the 3 new heroes coming soon!
BlizzCon 2015 - The League of Explorers Panel
With the reveal of League of Explorers coming to Hearthstone next week, the developers of the game are set to sit down and talk about our latest adventure.
We'll be here to update you with the latest news and shortly thereafter will be bringing you all sorts of card updates and more!
BlizzCon 2015 Contest
Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2015 post is entering you to win prizes like a
Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger
. As long as you don't spam, each comment only increases your chances to win by giving you another entry.
Read more here
--we have several awesome prizes to give out all weekend.
Hearthhead has more details on the upcoming adventure!
Liveblog 2015
3:23
Panel starting shortly.
3:30
Recap on the last year of Hearthstone. Blackrock Mountain, Hearthstone mobile, and more.
3:32
Intro cinematic again.
3:33
Ben Brode takes the stage.
3:33
EVERY card will be revealed.
3:35
Brode is explaining some of the lore behind the Explorers Guild.
3:36
Showing off Explorer's Hat, Roaring Torch, and more.
3:40
The first boss will be Zinaar, a genie who will grant wishes as he tries to kill you.
3:43
More new cards as players advance through the series including more cards with Discover!
3:45
Brode's talking about escaping the temple being a new type of experience.
3:46
Another Paladin secret that destroys the minion if your opponent has more than three in play.
3:47
First new Legendary card: Reno Jackson who has benefits if you have no duplicate cards in your deck.
3:51
A TON of new cards, stay tuned.
3:52
Multiple escapes will be needed to survive!
3:54
Warriors are getting a 3 mana 3/4 minion with taunt. Yay!
3:56
Brann Bronzebeard will make Battlecry decks a thing!
3:58
Your last wing will be with our little Murloc buddy.
3:59
First new Mech revealed!
4:02
Murloc boss gives Murlock cards!
4:05
Looks like Priest is getting a lot of interesting cards. Entomb steals enemy minions on the field and puts them into your deck.
4:07
New Legendary minion lets you Discover a new hero power!
4:10
They won't detail the last wing but are revealing the rest of the cards.
4:14
So many cards! Hard to keep up! Reminder, there are 45 in this Adventure.
4:16
Last Legendary minion gives you a choice between artifacts! Crazy value!
4:20
Panel has concluded. Stay tuned for cards!
What We Know: Warcraft Movie at BlizzCon 2015
Wowhead was invited to a special invite-only press panel with Duncan Jones, Chris Metzen, and actors from
Warcraft
. We also took pictures of the film display outside the BlizzCon Theater, and have stills from the trailer!
BlizzCon 2015 Contest
Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2015 post is entering you to win prizes like a
Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger
. As long as you don't spam, each comment only increases your chances to win by giving you another entry.
Read more here
--we have several awesome prizes to give out all weekend.
Movie Trailer
Hearthstone: The League of Explorers Arriving Next Week
Continuing the release trend, Blizzard has announced The League of Explorers Hearthstone adventure. Touting "heroic new characters and dastardly villains, dangerous temples, and deadly traps that will require innovative decks and strategies to conquer," League of Explorers will add an additional 45 cards to your collection.
The story follows Elise Starseeker, Reno Jackson, Sir Finley Mrrgglton, and Brann Bronzebeard on their journey through the deepest jungles and hidden temples of Azeroth. With the goal of acquiring an ancient artifact, you'll need to face many perils as they navigate through the Temple of Orsis, Uldaman, The Ruined City, and the Hall of Explorers!
As per usual, the content will release on a weekly schedule starting on November 12 with a break for Thanksgiving.
“League of Explorers is a fun mix of memorable locations from Warcraft and exciting new locations to battle through,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “Players who join the expedition are in for a good time and will walk away with some great new cards for their collections.”
More details including pricing, card reveals, and much more after the jump!
BlizzCon 2015 - Overwatch Dev Chat and Q&A
There was a surprise panel at the Darkmoone Faire stage featuring the Overwatch developers.
The team started off by giving some tips and tricks for Zarya, one of the Warriors in the game. Zarya is not a very good solo tank so the devs gave some tips.
You could find a partner and run 2 Zaryas. You both have a personal shield and a shield you can place on the other player for extra tankiness.
Zarya really shines at high energy levels. Toss a shield on enemies that are about to enter combat to build the power level.
Q: How accurate is the team composition tips system?
A: It's not so much that they want to enforce a meta, but more that they want to inform players that many team composition should have a healer or a tank. The more you play, the less you have to rely on the system to guide you. The system is there for those who are lost.
Artifact Weapon Details Revealed and Darkmoon Faire Chat
Blizzard has posted a series of blogs on newly revealed artifact weapons for all of the classes!
Besides showing us these awesome weapons that we'll grow familiar with over the course of Legion, the new Rogue spec is mentioned. Combat has been renamed to Outlaw, a major change that will surely resonate in the class' community.
BlizzCon 2015 Contest Reminder
Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2015 post is entering you to win prizes like a
Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger
. As long as you don't spam, each comment only increases your chances to win by giving you another entry.
Read more here
--we have several awesome prizes to give out all weekend.
Classes
Continue Reading for the full details on all the artifact weapons posted!
BlizzCon 2015 - Heroes of the Storm Hero Design Panel
Cho'gall
The team was planning on doing Cho'Gall for a while but there were a couple of problems that had to be solved.
Riding shotgun may not be fun. However, the team actually found it was fun to ride shotgun!
One team will only have 4 heroes. However, the balancing team said they could tune Cho'Gall up.
Cho is the one controlling the movement.
Gall is the caster but does not get to control movement.
Cho'Gall's third ability uses an extra layer of communication.
Runic Bomb - Hurl a Bomb in a targeted direction dealing damage to all enemies it hits.
Runic Blast - Explode the Bomb dealing damage to all enemies around the current position of the bomb.
BlizzCon 2015 - Legion Panel Liveblog
Welcome to the Liveblog of the Legion Panel at BlizzCon 2015. The Legion panel is now over and there's tons of information on Legion.
Summary
Demon Hunters will have their own unique mount and work closely with Illidan who isn't prepared for their arrival. They will start in Mardum then end up escaping from the Warden's prison.
Val'Sharah
is a druid oriented zone--there will be new models for Druids, including an updated Sea Lion and Moonkin form.
Stormheim
is about the Vyrkul and introduces a new dragonflight, the new stormdragons!
Aszuna
is a ravaged and cursed Night Elf zone. Azshara has devastated it and many of its inhabitants are cursed; there will be new Naga models, new male Banshees, and more.
Highmountain
is an earthy zone, focused around the Tauren. Unique, new models for Tauren exist and all the creatures, including copious Harpies and moose, are very aggressive and strong compared to usual.
Suramar
is a destroyed land with a city that remained pristine through magic--the Nightwell powered and protected it. As such, the inhabitants are addicted to its energy. Known as the Nightborne, they are allied with the legion. They exile some of their kin who become depraved lunatics without the Nightwell's support, eventually becoming withered.
There will be two raids (The Emerald Nightmare and the Palace of Suramar). Players will face Cenarius, Xavius, and a blighted dragon.
All leveling is scaled: zones can be approached at any level and will scale naturally, leading everyone to Suramar for 110. This lets the player pick their path.
There will be ten dungeons, five of which will scale and five which will be end-game.
Challenge modes are redone and will be less about rushing to completion and more about an actual challenge! There will be random buffs added to make it more challenger, e.g. periodic damage throughout the dungeon or extra damage from mobs. Gear will no longer be downscaled and there will not be gold, silver, etc ranks any longer.
BlizzCon 2015 Contest
Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2015 post is entering you to win prizes like a
Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger
. As long as you don't spam, each comment only increases your chances to win by giving you another entry.
Read more here
--we have several awesome prizes to give out all weekend.
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