I think we should really appreciate these Q & A's it is helping blizz reconnect with the fanbase and it's just a really good thing even if some of the things we hear aren't
Pandaria was not a failure the only people that believe it was bad are the ones that have a problem with pandas. The only real problem Pandaria had was that SoO lasted for wayy to long.
+Voolcan I believe we get a Resto Shaman Tauren artifact for now. I'd much rather see a Tauren Doomhammer totemic variant. Speaking of totems, I wish they gave us a minor glyph to make Doomhammer a two hander, this would pair nicely if they also gave us a big two hander totem similar to Muln Earthfury.
I'm so excited for Legion. My biggest problem is not being able to decide what Class/Spec to go for first. So many of the artifacts and revamps seem so cool to me. The new class lore is what I loved about WoW, especially in the Vanilla and BC era, with regards to "class fantasy", class quests, etc. I don't even mind the ability pruning. I think gameplay should focus more on timing and positioning than playing the piano and needing 20 keybinds. Bring on the Legion!
i enjoyed the discussion about alts, i have always played alts to see the subtle changes in the story since TBC, it's always good to have variation in gameplay style to. i'm glad that there is going to be unique experiences for different classes now.
It's a giant crony-clique of clown-haired hipsters and black-tee-shirt covered, pretentiousness that struts about the Irvine Spectrum Mall with noses held high.
So basically you will be grinding, doing quests, pvp, challenges to empower and unlock artifact traits and when legion is over.. they will remove artifacts, so what's the actual point?
Wont be bad if they have actual content and keep the xpack going not shut down like they did with WoD. They said no more trying for yearly xpacks so we have hope.
21:50 Currently, on the PTR, there are quite a few specs far from viable without their artifact wep traits. Arcane Mage, and Balance Druid, to name a few.
yeah, balance is nerfed considerably. And as I'm the only lazerchicken in my guild I hope raid leaders understand the ramping we will get once we get our hands on the artifact.
+Animuldok I'm speaking more in terms of level 100 scaling for Arcane Mage, and Artifact Traits for Balance. Arcane Mage, at 100, is currently running out of mana way too fast to keep sufficient DPS without going OOM. Even with 48% mastery. Balance Druid is missing a core gameplay button, mainly the 'moon' spells which is a large part of their Astral Power generation.
+Tal Koris The problem is with the state of prepatch. There are many people still raiding, and because of these imbalances a lot of us may not be able to continue with the spec we have been using, and for some, what class- of course this doesn't matter once Legion hits, but I personally want to still be able to raid with my Mythic team for the weeks leading up to Legion.
the only pre-patch ive been in was from pandaria to wod and i was testing my class(feral since cata :D ) checking new stuff do things here and there...so i believe its stupid to look forward on raiding or pushing pvp rating during prepatches since the imbalances you mentioned! prepatches be like ''yolo gameplay for couple of months''
Next week, talk about World quests and pre-patch expansion stuff... Well prepatch isn't going to be next Tuesday then considering we started the background update for it lol xD
Something like that, they said they will most likely do a lore reason for it such as using the weapons to their maximum potential on the final encounter and exhausting it completely of its powers, rendering them useless for the next expansion kind of thing
Now i want a "Twig of truth" Artifact for mage, just a very very plane stick, that would be just as powerful as the other ones, that is just a world item under a tree.
i prepuchased legio and i will be playing the prepatch when i hits but i have a question. will the caracters i create and play during prepatch disapear when the patch hits ?
the prepatch will be on every live realm, if every character playing it would be deleted when Legion drops, everyone would have to start from level 1 :)
In the new transmog system you can also mog enchantments, and also remove the visual effects. So, they have already implemented hiding enchantments in the new transmog system :)
Still confused though? If I wanted to do DK And get all 3 Artifact Weapons would I be able to Max lvl each artifact weapon? Frost Blood and Unholy weapons to max lvl I mean
Yes you would. If you decide you want to max out your Frost weapon first, you can put all of the Artifact Power you get into the Frost weapon. Then, when that's maxed out, you can just put all of the Artifact power you get from then on into another weapon. It will take you a long time to do it, but you can do it
hmmmm. I like to keep a few of the artifact perks and abilities but have different weapons in the next xpac since Legion is ALL about the artifact's lore and skins; but, then again, I wouldn't rage quit if the devs keep us weapon locked in the xpac after Legion.
so you are saying a nerd nolifer like me that spends hours in the game can get the same artifact stuff because of a guy with a girlfriend that only plays wow casually can get the same stuff as me because of the catchup system? nah nah nah this has to go
Its not punish, its reward system...i work 10 hours per day for 6 days per week and get paid 1k Euros per month. You work 3 days per week, wouldn't it be sad that you get paid the same as me? Then whats the point on working hard to accomplish your goals?
2 days after Legion hits, pugs get kicked from raid groups for not having maxed out artifacts unless there's a way for people to get them more rapidly who have other things to do than grind wow all day every day.
I see a lot of play back value with alts, when it comes to the Legacy Achievements after this expansion. Seeing how you wont be able to get whats earned in Legion when it comes to Artifacts and looks possibly tittles to.
Turtle OSP But the problem is that i want to play WoW. Every other MMO kinda sucks since i have no idea about the story/lore and have absolutley no clue whats going on. That has already happened to me with TERA and Everquest 2. I have literally no idea whats going on.
+taavidude I'm sorry to hear that, but why should an entire game have to change to something else. Action combat isn't better or worse than target combat. It's a preference and changing WoWs model would be a huge hit to its player base
Turtle OSP Action combat is 10 times better than target combat. WoW leveling is and always has been incredibly boring. In TERA and Neverwinter i atleast enjoyed leveling, because of action combat.
this is not a raid discussion... but please do the raid releases numbers like in MOP but stagnated. for instance 5 raids over 2 years not 3 raids in 3 months and the 1 raid in 1.5 years.... heck citadel has been for for like 2 years now
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Craig seems like a pretty cool dude. Excited for Legion :D
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I think we should really appreciate these Q & A's it is helping blizz reconnect with the fanbase and it's just a really good thing even if some of the things we hear aren't
Just have to say, the information Craig delivered was the best so far as far as being honest and insightful. Wouldn't mind hearing more from him.
it's great they are so open to the community these days.
I'm very excited for Legion. Less then 2 months away!
nice meme
I can taste the salt.
Ok.
Wait they removed garrisons?
I agree my friend!After 2 BIG FAILURES (Cataclysm and Pandaria) they create something very good!
Pandaria was not a failure the only people that believe it was bad are the ones that have a problem with pandas. The only real problem Pandaria had was that SoO lasted for wayy to long.
Thankyou for doing this WoW Devs, it reminds us you do care :)
Yay they care! Thanks blizz
they care? rly? didnt know that
Still waiting on Tauren Totems to be updated.
and still waiting on boomkin model to get more than a fresh paintjob.
give taurens totem weapons and troll hunters spears to throw
+Voolcan I believe we get a Resto Shaman Tauren artifact for now. I'd much rather see a Tauren Doomhammer totemic variant.
Speaking of totems, I wish they gave us a minor glyph to make Doomhammer a two hander, this would pair nicely if they also gave us a big two hander totem similar to Muln Earthfury.
They are getting a new paint job..... New model. +Animuldok
Maybe some which are painted in dark colors, perhaps? ;)
(I'll see myself out...)
Very cool, Legion sounds really promising, can't wait.
As someone who raids with 4 classes, I'm so happy that they made getting artifact power easier to get with your alts. Can't wait for legion!
Craig is a great speaker, loved it.
Jesus dude is that you? Come back to the trance party! The dj said you are next.
jesus can you make craig a woman or remove his mental health issues, thank you jesus. #prays
Quests (and questing) is still the best part of wow...keep up the good work there.
FABULOUS hair, 8.5/10
Richard Juarez what and? do you want me to judge him for that? are you some homophobe? IN 2016? OMG!!
Richard Juarez thats the spirit!
At first i thought it was a girl..
I'm Giving it a 10/10
5/7 duh
Good interview, Craig is awesome. Thanks!
We have come such a long way from Ogrila, Bless you Craig.
I'm so excited for Legion. My biggest problem is not being able to decide what Class/Spec to go for first. So many of the artifacts and revamps seem so cool to me. The new class lore is what I loved about WoW, especially in the Vanilla and BC era, with regards to "class fantasy", class quests, etc.
I don't even mind the ability pruning. I think gameplay should focus more on timing and positioning than playing the piano and needing 20 keybinds.
Bring on the Legion!
0:33 " I am sorry for warlords of draenor"... I bet you are :D
Everyone is sorry about/for WoD...
world* xDDD
i enjoyed the discussion about alts, i have always played alts to see the subtle changes in the story since TBC, it's always good to have variation in gameplay style to. i'm glad that there is going to be unique experiences for different classes now.
When you look at the Blizzard staff and look at WoW. It all makes sense. I also bet, this guy is responsible for the unicorns
Totally responsible for the unicorns. I bet he's a brony. Bronies need to be strung up by their toes and beaten with broomsticks.
*strung up by their hooves
It's a giant crony-clique of clown-haired hipsters and black-tee-shirt covered, pretentiousness that struts about the Irvine Spectrum Mall with noses held high.
Resvrgam That is... oddly specific, :P
I can't stop looking at his hair, it's so awesome!!!
These videos are awesome. Thanks so much for making them!
Love the hair Craig. and tnx for the Q&A guys
Can't wait for the dungeons and raids Q&A!
keep up the good work blizzard, really loving these videos, all good.
So basically you will be grinding, doing quests, pvp, challenges to empower and unlock artifact traits and when legion is over.. they will remove artifacts, so what's the actual point?
to have them while your there
Wont be bad if they have actual content and keep the xpack going not shut down like they did with WoD. They said no more trying for yearly xpacks so we have hope.
So wait you still use your weapons from MOP, Cata, Wrath Ect...? teach me your ways!
So why you are living your life when eventually you are gonna die? Kappa
These are the most powerful weapons in existence, "jamel".
Rational and well-spoken! Awesome.
I detected no spin in his answers. I was suitably impressed in his candor.
21:50
Currently, on the PTR, there are quite a few specs far from viable without their artifact wep traits. Arcane Mage, and Balance Druid, to name a few.
yeah, balance is nerfed considerably. And as I'm the only lazerchicken in my guild I hope raid leaders understand the ramping we will get once we get our hands on the artifact.
It's not like there are people who won't have an artifact so I don't see the problem.
+Animuldok I'm speaking more in terms of level 100 scaling for Arcane Mage, and Artifact Traits for Balance.
Arcane Mage, at 100, is currently running out of mana way too fast to keep sufficient DPS without going OOM. Even with 48% mastery.
Balance Druid is missing a core gameplay button, mainly the 'moon' spells which is a large part of their Astral Power generation.
+Tal Koris The problem is with the state of prepatch. There are many people still raiding, and because of these imbalances a lot of us may not be able to continue with the spec we have been using, and for some, what class- of course this doesn't matter once Legion hits, but I personally want to still be able to raid with my Mythic team for the weeks leading up to Legion.
the only pre-patch ive been in was from pandaria to wod and i was testing my class(feral since cata :D ) checking new stuff do things here and there...so i believe its stupid to look forward on raiding or pushing pvp rating during prepatches since the imbalances you mentioned! prepatches be like ''yolo gameplay for couple of months''
"There are people who identify themselves as bow hunters and gun hunters, and they will not have the other."
Amen to that. Bows all the way!
Oh look a palm tree and a purple eggplant.
ha!
Woke my wife up giggling at that.
stupid
Both need there heads shaved.
HAHAHAHA!
I like these keep 'em comming. When we gonna hear from that slacker Metzen? :)
the traitor metzen just seems to be all about overwatch right now
Next week, talk about World quests and pre-patch expansion stuff... Well prepatch isn't going to be next Tuesday then considering we started the background update for it lol xD
I dunno if I'll get an answer, but what hair dye does Craig use, cause that's an awesome shade!
i wonder how the final boss fight will play out and the start of the next x-pac after legion.
Will the artifacts break or something?
Something like that, they said they will most likely do a lore reason for it such as using the weapons to their maximum potential on the final encounter and exhausting it completely of its powers, rendering them useless for the next expansion kind of thing
+tboss2447 probably a blue weapon
well, that'd mean you can only do that boss once during the entire expansion. Not good game design.
CaptainDuckman Of course not in a literal sense for game mechanic, just lore wise
I like this one far more than the pvp one. But couldn't else just not stop staring at his hair? lol
Lore mentioning Vanilla Class Quests. Bring them back!! :)
Craig's a great spokesman for the department
So from what I've heard, they are repackaging garrisons but as class hall orders??
Does this mean locks no longer can acquire green fire for destruction spec?
Will artifact skins that are achievement based (if there are any) be unlock able account bound as achievements are account shared.
When do go to the Order Halls and get your artifact weapon...
I agree that having an offhand book is AMAZING
but how good was the tank gun from Black temple for hunters with is 1.4sec cast time
What is it? Are Bebop and Rocksteady working for Blizz?
Are order halls in the world or instanced? So as a hunter you can leave the order hall and go throughout high mountain
some of them are instanced like the warlock one where you are floating around in the twisting nether
you can see the ligthscreens in the screen where illidan is on. thought would help you to draw attention :P
I love Craig. I just love that hair.
Why didn't they make the OH for Holy pally show while casting like they did for Fist weapons on ele shamans?
how about hunters... Will the artifact weapon change from a melee weapon to a ranged weapon if you spec for survival and beast mastery?
you get a new one and get to keep your old one
Now i want a "Twig of truth" Artifact for mage, just a very very plane stick, that would be just as powerful as the other ones, that is just a world item under a tree.
checked my digital vibrance settings because of lores shirt, but its really just that poppy, need to get one
i prepuchased legio and i will be playing the prepatch when i hits but i have a question. will the caracters i create and play during prepatch disapear when the patch hits ?
No
Ok thnx
the prepatch will be on every live realm, if every character playing it would be deleted when Legion drops, everyone would have to start from level 1 :)
Can we please have the ability to remove glowing from weapons? I hate using any DK weapons with the forge glowing effects.
In the new transmog system you can also mog enchantments, and also remove the visual effects. So, they have already implemented hiding enchantments in the new transmog system :)
Ahhh cheers bud!
does we start with the Artefact weapons from level 100 or from level 110 on?
level 100
thx man !
Np
This was a great Q and A! Please don't make the appearances unobtainable after Legion though, that's really going to hurt future alts :(
That hair isnt really hair it is his head transmog
Why this videos doesnt have captions? I know english, but sometimes i need dem
Ok but do we get to read the research and knowledge, I want to LEARN
I'm excited, but I've gotten hooked on Wildstar lately. I'll give it a shot again, but I'm not addicted to WoW anymore.
Craig did the only good thing in WoD leveling, Great Job :)
wrong, the world *looked* amazing
please note the bold "looked", its only looked amazing and nothing more than that
Alex Gregory for you not for everybody :)
I really hope they allow us to transmog the artifacts in future expansions. Not some cape cosmetic.
So the warrior dps axe skins both for Fury and Arms are not going to be there on day 1. That is hugely disappointing...
Still confused though? If I wanted to do DK And get all 3 Artifact Weapons would I be able to Max lvl each artifact weapon? Frost Blood and Unholy weapons to max lvl I mean
Yes you would. If you decide you want to max out your Frost weapon first, you can put all of the Artifact Power you get into the Frost weapon. Then, when that's maxed out, you can just put all of the Artifact power you get from then on into another weapon. It will take you a long time to do it, but you can do it
we can keep the artifact weapons whem legion finish, but improve them and new skins
hmmmm. I like to keep a few of the artifact perks and abilities but have different weapons in the next xpac since Legion is ALL about the artifact's lore and skins; but, then again, I wouldn't rage quit if the devs keep us weapon locked in the xpac after Legion.
sweet really looking forward to it =D
IS this the guy Zarya was inspired from?
What is the song at the beginning and end of these vids?
Holy Warriors Gather Music - Warcraft Legion Soundtrack
Left: Is that Zarya from Overwatch? :o
Craig sounds really cool
Is Craig transitioning?
Its his transmog
i know jordan #transgenderrightsandjustice
Was that a unicorn without a horn?
A horse
I now see why he wanted anti-social gameplay look at him...
thought it was caitlyn jenner for a sec.
I don't think most people class World of Warcraft in general as social...
Wow, this was the most scumbag comment I've read on RUclips all week. What does his appearance have to do with "anti-social gameplay"?
pokemonduck Its an MMO its meant to be social.
He lead the questing in WoD, not garrisons tho
I'm sad for Holy Paladins, we don't get a shield D:
Dalaran -> Halls -> Content = intended
Halls -> Dalaran -> Content = strange, complicated, multi-step process Kappa
That game developer is really cute in a nerdy way
soo they're basically forcing people to level a druid in legion if they ever wish to get it high level because of the models
Needs some editing of screenshots to relate what they are talking about to things in game that people have seen. Otherwise good work.
don.t open legacy servers, don.t ruin wow!!! update trees graphics from old zones! make new haircuts! more flowers in sw plz! ty
wow have already been ruined for a long time.
We need Craig's and Josh's hair in the game
OK! Cool.
Next question comes from..
I thought Craig was very good, he seemed far more relaxed than the others and not trying to hide stuff
Yeah, ion and holinka were so avoiding and just tried to talk around the question all the time
+Vladimir and Paul seemed to think he had answered the question but missed the point completely
mojo yup, looking forward to see more from craig!
I think Silvermoon City is pretty Barren haha
If flying was allowed more people would show up, it's too bad cause i like that city
Oh the city itself is fantastic! Just no one around :(
haha go on a roleplay server, it's the only horde city filled to the brim with roleplayers XD
Blizzard is finally learning how to edit a video
i wish lore was talking to fony and gary gannon and mike s... god i miss being 16 and watching legendary as if it were WoWTV...
Does Josh realize how much he brings up Paladins.
2 handsome fellas!
theres only 1 fella and craig
so you are saying a nerd nolifer like me that spends hours in the game can get the same artifact stuff because of a guy with a girlfriend that only plays wow casually can get the same stuff as me because of the catchup system? nah nah nah this has to go
Why do you want to punish others because you have no life?
Its not punish, its reward system...i work 10 hours per day for 6 days per week and get paid 1k Euros per month. You work 3 days per week, wouldn't it be sad that you get paid the same as me? Then whats the point on working hard to accomplish your goals?
you will still be ahead of them.. you can think of it as them always being 1 raid tier behind
They absolutely should give you guys with absolutely no life this. You need to at least have one good thing going on in your life.
2 days after Legion hits, pugs get kicked from raid groups for not having maxed out artifacts unless there's a way for people to get them more rapidly who have other things to do than grind wow all day every day.
To all the haters, Craig seemed like a pretty cool guy. Purple hair and all.
I see a lot of play back value with alts, when it comes to the Legacy Achievements after this expansion. Seeing how you wont be able to get whats earned in Legion when it comes to Artifacts and looks possibly tittles to.
Let legendaries be mogable !
if you want your artifact to look like a normal weapon, you can
if you want a normal weapon to look like your artifact, you cant
Josh i want see you with Mohican hair!!!
Lets hope Dal doesn't crash every 5 mins again like it did in LK :)
does anyone else remember this josh allen guy for gamebreaker tv
love the hairs guys
guy?
Yeah, guys
WTB action combat for WoW.
Play a different MMO that is an action MMO if you want that.
Turtle OSP But the problem is that i want to play WoW. Every other MMO kinda sucks since i have no idea about the story/lore and have absolutley no clue whats going on. That has already happened to me with TERA and Everquest 2. I have literally no idea whats going on.
+taavidude I'm sorry to hear that, but why should an entire game have to change to something else. Action combat isn't better or worse than target combat. It's a preference and changing WoWs model would be a huge hit to its player base
Turtle OSP Action combat is 10 times better than target combat. WoW leveling is and always has been incredibly boring. In TERA and Neverwinter i atleast enjoyed leveling, because of action combat.
+taavidude That's your opinion. Personally, I found Tera and other action MMOs boring. Also, arena is very action packed in WoW. just not aim wise
this is not a raid discussion... but please do the raid releases numbers like in MOP but stagnated. for instance 5 raids over 2 years not 3 raids in 3 months and the 1 raid in 1.5 years.... heck citadel has been for for like 2 years now
They said in a different Q&A that they want to do the patches like they did in MoP. So hopefully that means that we get the same raid time releases
we can hope. if they spread out raid releases better they wont have such great subscriber drop of.
A finnit amount of time? I suppose he meant finite.
I read that maybe 10 seconds before he said it, spooky...
Can't get over the hair. Love people breaking the corporate meta! >
but wowhead show the hidden corrupted ashbringer and a arcane sheep staff ;P
I didn't even realize his hair was an unnatural color before I read the comments :V
I thought it was a woman in the beginning but then saw name Craig, lol
Same. Now I know what Brienne of Tarth would look like with colored hair. o.o
I thought the same until I read your comment
don't care what the guy looks like. draenor was a good leveling experience so i'm sure he did a good job on this.
+Sheriff V the story is great, especially in surumar
fist wep, do it like Tera. on the back!