Forbes Interview with Ion Hazzikostas - End Game Faction Imbalance

Live Опубликовано 23.11.2020 в 00:46 Archimtiros

private interview with World of Warcraft Game Director Ion HazzikostasSeveral topics were discussed, but we're only focused on the one, so make sure you check out the full Forbes interview!
Let’s return to one of our perennial topics – faction balance in high-end dungeons and raids. Most groups for that content are Horde. There was that brief moment in the Shadowlands beta where everybody wanted to be dwarves to handle that bleed ability in the Castle Nathria raid. I think it lasted five seconds until it was nerfed.

That was one ability in one encounter, and all immunities got nerfed so that you wouldn't stack paladins. Dwarves are still great for immuning off bleeds in, I think, four different encounters in Castle Nathria.

Any chance we might someday be able to group with our Horde and Alliance friends, the way our faction leaders have done?

Oh Heather, look at that — it looks like we're out of time.

God damn it.

We are obviously aware that it's a problem. The challenge is, at this point, primarily a social one. There isn't a mechanical advantage to being one faction or the other.

But the division between Horde and Alliance has been such an integral part of World of Warcraft. We are grappling with reconciling that with the natural desire to play with your friends, or have more-ready access to groups. But we have nothing to announce at this point.

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