Gamespot Warbands and Hero Talents Interview with Blizzard

Live Posted 23 days ago by iMX3

interview with GamespotWarbands DiscussionPeter Hodge, via Gamespot said:

"I think there really was a genuine desire to keep pushing," Hodge said. "Dragonflight had a lot of really great improvements to evergreen systems and a lot of quality-of-life things…We wanted to continue that philosophy. What else is there in World of Warcraft that is due for a fresh look? We certainly get feedback all the time that those quality-of-life things around making playing alts easier or access to account-wide features, definitely very high on the list… It feels about the right time to bring a lot of those ideas under one umbrella of a feature."20 yearsHero Talents DiscussionGeorge Velev, via Gamespot said:

"Though each Hero Talent tree does feature some choice nodes where players pick between two abilities, the fact that each Talent tree is largely the same across all players of that spec makes each easier to fine-tune and balance,"George Velev, via Gamespot said:

"But we also didn't completely remove stuff that felt too faction-specific from the table entirely because at the end of the day, Dark Ranger Hunter is super cool. Yes, it's a little bit Horde-oriented but just because it's Horde-oriented doesn't mean we should give up on that approach or that direction."The Future of World of Warcraft Systems

Comment by SoleniaI miss the old login screen, it's all a bit of a mess. Also the char scrolling screen.Comment by avatarofshadowi'd be slightly more interested in the interview if the stuff worked. Not gonna lie.Comment by BackpedI miss the old login screen, it's all a bit of a mess. Also the char scrolling screen.Comment by Strovacouthits a broken buggy mess so far...Comment by RaynuruIt's a good idea, let's hope they expand on it.

also we need playable Gnolls!
If need be let them be led my Mon-archComment by ComeAndSeeBe nice if the developers actually replied to the feedback threads in the beta section.Comment by SoeroahStarting to lose hope they'll fix the last few Remix issuesComment by EversionBe nice if the developers actually replied to the feedback threads in the beta section.Comment by saiadarStarting to lose hope they'll fix the last few Remix issuesComment by dabone1337I miss the old login screen, it's all a bit of a mess. Also the char scrolling screen.Comment by Neechee82It's a good idea, let's hope they expand on it.

also we need playable Gnolls!
If need be let them be led my Mon-archComment by Wrenmore features for them to mess up with bugs apparently lolComment by OswaldovzkiWoah! People are really mad with the new UI... I actually loved it and my only real concern is about Hero Talents being an Evergreen systemComment by FizGnome
PS : realy not sure the idea behind the 2 hour cd on a warband bank, only explaination logical to me is for heavy raider to have all their raid comp ready for all the alt in one place. (if you open it to see if there is what you need, if it is, great, it's not, you must go on the alt and mail it to you like you do before because of the cd)Comment by JinokunI had the weird, mixed feeling of waiting for the pre-patch and now wanting the pre-patch to be delayed so they can work a little more on it.Comment by KhazoravisHmm interesting that people dislike the new character select.
I have 60 characters and just manually sort them alphabetically per class. Having them all on one screen is really handy.

The only minor thing I wish is that you could lower the font size on it, so more fit in the list at once. This would reduce the scrolling needed.Comment by jetillianHero Talents were not well received by the majority of the player base...Comment by Ramzes911I miss the old login screen, it's all a bit of a mess. Also the char scrolling screen.Comment by TalmarWarband screen is OK. This is the first iteration of it. I'm sure it will grow and expand. They have already announced there will be additional backgrounds available to earn in the future. I would like to see 5 instead of 4 characters. Then it's more like a full party. Then, when you do follower dungeons while leveling the system could pull the rest of your Warband into the dungeon with you. I think it would be quite funny and enjoyable to see my other characters in the dungeon with me interacting on their own.

Hero talents I'm not so sure about. It's a decent attempt at adding class fantasy but it's just a different form addition power that needs to be balanced and tuned.

There is a much much better method of building class fantasy. And many different forms of class fantasy. With no tuning required. Create something like hero talents but make it purely cosmetic. And not just transmog armor/weapon cosmetic, but new art and animations specific to a "class fantasy". Taliesin put together a video about something like this years ago and it's stuck with me ever since. No power, no new abilities, just wicked cool art and animation. Change up a classes existing abilities cosmetically. Yes there would be armor and weapon specific to that trope but so much more.

Just google Taliesin Class Skins to find it.Comment by ExtremelyCrustyHero Talents are pointless when every single one can be obtained.