Image: WowheadIn an interview with IGN Nordic, Blizzard discussed Biome buffs on gear and how Horizontal Progression will work in WoW: Forever.
IGN Nordic Interview on WoW: Forever.
IGN had an interview with:.
Michael Nuthals (Senior Game Designer).
Tim Jones (Lead Game Designer).
We've summarized the interview below, but you can see the original piece on IGN Nordic.
Interview Summary.
Forever is a promise to create a 'forever' home for Classic players.
Encountering People.
The servers run a system that has you encounter players you've seen before.
If you run into someone in Elwynn Forest, the server will remember that and you might run into them later.
Horizontal Progression.
They've changed items and how they work so that players have a reason to get new gear.
Items can have biome buffs. An item might give a speed buff while you're in a desert.
Items can also give you bonus damage against specific races, such as dragons.
A Tier 2 raid will have better loot, but they will make sure to increase player power in a responsible way, unlike SoD.
They want gear from previous raids to remain useful, such as the Onslaught Girdle.
In northern Elwynn Forest, there's a cave with kobolds and no quest. That's perfect for sending players to, or the kobolds could drop a quest.
Existing questlines have been expanded, alongside new quests.
Class Balance.
They will be looking at class balance with all the new spells.
Source: Wowhead ↗