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On 7 Aug 2015 06:48:26 GMT, Urbin <urbin@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:37:07 +0100, Catriona R wrote:
>> 
>>  On 4 Aug 2015 13:14:42 GMT, Urbin <urbin@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>> >I just got the Blizzard Newsletter containing the following announcement:
>> >
>> >> The next chapter in the World of Warcraft® saga is coming! Blizzard will
>> >> be unveiling the new expansion for World of Warcraft at gamescom 2015 in
>> >> Cologne, Germany. Watch the live stream on August 6 at 18:00 CEST and get
>> >> an exclusive look at what the future holds!
>> >
>> >It will be interesting to see what they've got to offer...
>> 
>>  Well! http://us.battle.net/wow/en/legion/
>> 
>>  On the face of it, sounds awesome, Burning Legion, zones I've read
>>  about but we've never seen yet
>
>To me it sounded more like warming up past content yet again.

Well, we've had Burning legion before, but then they're an everpresent
threat in the storyline, so we were always going to fight them again;
we've know that for years and years :-)

>>  demon hunters, upgradable artifact weapons, class orders (return of class
>>  quests!) all sounds cool
>
>Potentially yes, but I guess it all depends on how the implement it.
>
>Demon hunters sound like another variation of warrior/paladin/DK that can
>either tank or deal damage, to make it really worth having one I think their
>special abilities would need to be really cool, but then not making them
>overpowered will be an issue.

True, I'm not really interested in new classes overall, but people
tend to throw tantrums when there aren't any (I don't understand why,
there's already loads of classes, surely enough to fit any playstyle),
so if there has to be a new one, these at least look cool. Whether the
playstyle interests me is another question; I hope it's not another
one that feels kinda roguelike, because hey, if I want to be a rogue,
I *have* a rogue that was my first main, and I'd rather play him...

>Artifacts sound like the system of improving gear to new iLevels with the
>addition of being available before max level.

Well, to me they sound rather like that Path of the Titans that never
made it in Cataclysm (or was it Wrath? I forget now), as it seems
it'll give you almost like extra talents, rather than only ilvl...
have to wait and see the details but it has potential :-) Although I'm
not sure if seeing every single person wileding variants on the same
spec weapon won't get a bit boring...

>Not sure what to make of class orders, there is not much information yet.

I'm hoping for something like Ravenholdt was for rogues back in the
day, with class flavour and questlines. Could be nice if each class
actually gets different quests, and not all doing exactly the same
stuff; would make levelling alts more appealing.

>> Lots of potential for interesting story hooks with names and races from
>> all over the place - although there's so many that I wonder if it's tying
>> up the loose ends
>
>Or just grabbing whatever they could find because they are running out of
>new stuff.

But people don't like new stuff, if you believe all the tantrums over
MoP, which was all new. I loved it, but apparently others hated it...
*sigh*.

>>  I'll hold onto caution for now
>
>As you can tell, me too :-)

Hehe well I think I'm a little less cautious; as I love the sound of
it all, so I won't write it off before it happens. I just won't get
hugely excited until I can see there'll be stuff to do at max lvl this
time...