Warlords of Draenor Beta: Guide to UI and Quality of Life Improvements

Criado 08/8/2014 em 13:29 por perculia

Check out our Zone Preview Post, with a Nagrand flythrough video and updated pictures of the Ashran faction hubs! Our Weekly Beta Key Giveaway has returned, too, with another set of achievements to complete!

Highlights include:

The new Toy box feature, which allows users to save vanity items to a special Collections tab and free up tons of bag space. These vanity items become account-bound as well.
Players have an additional void storage tab.
New reagents bank and you can craft items keeping the materials in your bank.
Special graphics setting specifically for Raids and Battlegrounds.
New Group Finder tool letting you create groups for various PvE and PvP activities.
Solo queuing for old LFRs and scenarios.
Polearms and staves can be transmogged onto 2H axes, maces, and swords now.

http://www.wowhead.com/warlordsBag Space

Players now have an additional Void Storage tab.

On individual banks, there is a separate Reagents Bank. You can craft items using materials that are in this bank--no need to put them in your bags.

Crafting materials now stack way higher. In Mists of Pandaria, Minério de Estanho stacks to 20, and in Warlords of Draenor, it stacks to 200. Wowhead tooltips display their max amount.

Junk grey items now have a gold coin indicating they are vendor trash.

Bags come with a "Clean up Bags" option to move all the empty slots to one area. You can also click on a bag to assign it a specific type of item--Equipment, Consumables, Trade Goods, Junk. Clicking on the Broom in your main backpack will then send items to the correct bag. You can also choose to Ignore a bag when organizing items.

Quest items do not take up space in your bags anymore.

Items in your bag have a border around them indicating their quality, ranging from Poor (grey) to Legendary (orange).

There are new options to determine if you want items moved to the right or left when cleaning your bags, or if you want new items to appear in your rightmost or leftmost bag.

Return to Table of ContentsCombat

There is now an option to enable/disable floating combat text for pet battles.

There is now an option to display numbers for ability cooldowns.

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There is a new graphics setting specifically for Raids and Battlegrounds as well as Anti-Aliasing. These are found under Systems > Graphics.

There is also an option to Show/Hide new character models, if the revamped models aren't your cup of tea.

Outline Mode is a new setting that places an outline around important NPCs and objects so you can glean basic information about them without having to look at nameplates or tooltips.
In Outline Mode, friendly NPCs are green, hostile players/NPCs are red, neutral NPCs are yellow, and unflagged characters from your faction are blue when you mouseover them.

In Outline Mode, quest items are yellow and lootable items with Recursos da Guarnição glow purple even without mousing over them.

You can disable Outline Mode, or opt to only turn it on for Quest NPCs, by going to Interface > Display.

Return to Table of ContentsGroup Finder

There is a new "Group Finder" button which has tabs for Dungeons & Raids, Player vs Player, and Challenges. This contains the functionality of the old Dungeon Finder and Player vs Player windows.

On the Dungeons & Raids tab, there is a new "Premade Groups" option. Bringing this up lets you choose groups for Questing, Dungeons, Scenarios, Legacy Raids, Mists of Pandaria Raids, or Custom.

On the Player vs Player tab, there is a new "Premade Groups" option. Bringing this up lets you choose groups for Arenas, Arena Skirmishes, Battlegrounds, Rated Battlegrounds, or Custom.

All of these types of groups allow you to start a group or find a group.

All of these types of group allow you to specify a location or instance, if applicable.

All these types of group allow you to specify a minimum ilvl, which must be less than or equal to your own or the group cannot be listed.

All these types of group allow you to specify a Voice Chat system, in a field you type a name into, rather than a drop-down.

All these types of group allow you to add a description

You can also list your character, for each different type of content, and search for specific groups or types of group

Return to Table of ContentsKey BindingsReturn to Table of ContentsMaps

The map now has an area listing quests on the right-hand side, with achievement progress shown at the top for completing all the major storylines in a zone.

When you move with the map open, it remains open but turns transparent.

Bonus objective areas are marked with swords on the map.

There is a new option to sort newly tracked quests in the objective tracker. New quests can either appear at the top, or be sorted by proximity.

Return to Table of ContentsMount Journal

Players can select Favorite mounts now. These mounts appear at the top of the journal with a star and can be summoned with the new option Evocar Montaria Favorita Aleatória.

The journal displays all the mounts you have collected account-wide, including opposite-faction mounts your particular character cannot use. These have an Alliance or Horde logo in the background and opposite-faction ones are red.

Mounts you cannot use in a particular area, such as underwater ones, display in red.

In addition to displaying a model, each's mounts page now displays additional information. All mounts have fun flavor text and some also display their source, related profession, or related achievement. If you visit a mount page on Wowhead's Warlords of Draenor site, such as Cabeça de Mimiron, this special information will show up on the page.

Return to Table of ContentsQuesting and Exploration

Rare spawns in Draenor zones are rare the first time you come across them, and then normal after you've killed them once. They also drop their special loot the first time--no need to repeat farm them.

Quest rewards have a small chance to be better-than-expected. Instead of getting an uncommon-quality reward, you have a chance for a rare or epic version. When this occurs, a special Toast message will appear in the center of your screen, similar to when you win gear via a bonus roll in a raid.

Quest items no longer take up space in your bags. Your quest log automatically updates without you having to loot and store items.

Random areas of each zone have bonus objectives that can only be completed in that specific area.

Return to Table of ContentsSolo Queuing for LFR and Scenarios

There are ways to queue for LFR, Scenarios, and Heroic Scenarios if you are above the intended level. On live, these instances have level requirements so once you'd level past the requirement, you had no way of going back--like Dragon Soul LFR. This is great for acquiring old achievements and transmog.

By the Lorewalkers, Andarilho das Lendas Fu lets you queue for regular scenarios, Andarilho das Lendas Shin for heroic scenarios, and Andarilho das Lendas Han for Mists of Pandaria LFRs. You must be above 90 to queue this way.

Right outside the Alma Dragônica portal in Cavernas do Tempo, you can queue up (along with your party members) for Dragon Soul LFR wings via Auridormi.

Return to Table of ContentsToy box

The Toy box is a new storage system that saves all of your vanity items and turns them account-wide. This frees up a lot of bag space!

We've made a guide to all the Toy Box additions, removed items, and how to acquire them.

You can look for Toy box items in our Warlords of Draenor database. We have a special toy box filter that automatically updates each build and Toy box items are marked as "Toy" in Quick Facts and tooltips, such as Caixinha de Música de Sylvana.

To add an item to the Toy box on beta, simply click on the item and it will be added to the interface. If you have the same vanity item stored on a different character, it will say the item is already known and it is safe to delete.

Once an item is in the toy box, you can set it as a Favorite. This moves it to the top page.

On the Toy box pane, your collection progress is tracked and you can also filter by Source, although that is currently broken on beta.

The Toy box also displays the toys you haven't collected yet, so you are inspired to collect them.

Return to Table of ContentsTransmog WeaponsReturn to Table of ContentsWhat's New Screen

New players are greeted with a "What's New" screen highlighting some of Blizzard's latest features. Currently on the beta, this highlights the toybox, new Group Finder UI, and updated character models.

This window can be accessed by going to the Game Menu as well.

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