Image: WowheadWowhead, Icy Veins, and Raider.IO teamed up in an interview with Paul Kubit and Kim Flack to discuss the Sword and the Worldsoul, new Paladin quests and how Bonus Rolls in the Great Vault played out!.
This interview was a joint effort between Wowhead, Icy Veins, and Raider.IO. Please check out their content as well!.
Icy Veins Interview Transcript.
These three websites teamed up to interview:.
Paul Kubit, Associate Game Director.
Kim Flack, Senior Game Designer.
Full Summary.
Overall Story.
Don't read too much into Ion saying we need to help Azeroth "one last time".
They've set up a lot of pieces in the story, and they're gonna start knocking them down. It's going to be full action going forward.
Talebound will not be around forever, but they don't have an exact end date yet.
It should be something similar to Plunderstorm's duration, which should give you plenty of time to get the rewards that you want.
Never say never for old limited-time game modes coming back.
They were happy to see players engage in the reward shop in Plunderstorm, whether it was for a full clear of the rewards or just for a limited time to get what they wanted.
Players shouldn't expect the rewards to change significantly from Plunderstorm.
Paul enjoys the Witch and finds throwing frogs at things very fun. Paul really enjoys Roguelike choices.
Kim enjoys dying, and the bosses are difficult, so every time you die, there's a learning experience, and you can try again.
It is a Rogue-lite, so there is progression after death.
Kim loves Astalor and is so excited for Astalor to be the Delve nemesis in Season 3.
He's going to be flavoring the Delves, similar to Ula'tek's minions being in the Delves in Season 2.
He's also going to be flavoring Valeera's curios in Season 3.
Astalor is not going to die, but it's not as simple as he turns corrupted and we need to beat him back to his senses.
The Worldcore.
Xal'atath has gotten to the Worldsoul, but the Worldsoul is fighting back, and the players are also fighting back.
There are story turns coming, and not all of them are going to be the players completing their mission.
During the cinematic, players saw Xal'atath entering the Mantle Vault with a beam of void energy. You may ask what is that beam of Void energy, and Kim teases that we last saw Xal'atath going down the Darkwell with their army and we may want to consider who else went down the Darkwell, and may be unaccounted for.
The transmog change is coming in Patch 12.2.5.
As they built transmog, they wanted players to maintain distinctive silhouettes, such as Priests, Warlocks, and Mages always wearing cloth.
Many cosmetic sets transcend typical armor types and look very plate-y or leather-y, dodging the previous guidelines they've wanted.
With a new philosophy similar to housing, if you want to be creative, they want to support that.
Source: Wowhead ↗