Legion

[kandrathe]

What are people's thoughts on it? What are you excited for? What are you not? I've had this discussion on vent a couple of times. Here is my read so far on it.

Legion's return: Seems to be hit and miss. Some are not excited to see the legion again (me) feeling that it is yet more retread. I've definitely heard from some who are excited though.

I'm one of the ones that isn't excited to return to It Only Burns When I Crusade™. There is so much more story in WoW but it seems like we are either fighting the orcs because of what the Demons did, or fighting the Undead because of what the Legion did, or fighting the demons. There are a lot of hints and lore that points towards the Old Gods being involved in pushing certain events (Arthas' downfall to the Lich King, Bolivar picking up the Helm of Domination) along with the whole Titans storylines that are pretty much unresolved and good wellsprings for story.

I guess I'm ok with the whole, good versus evil moral allegory. Where alliance and horde, are two competing forces on the mostly grey good side, and demons, forsaken, corrupted blood orcs comprise our ever present enemy.

Artifacts: These seem to be getting the most excitement from what I can tell. Somewhat depending on if you like the artifact you will end up with. A hunter may be super excited about the bow. A hunter may hate the gun (though we need more info before that can be said for sure). So some variance there, but in general I'm finding a lot of excitement in this.

I've been using the same Steelforged Greataxe all expansion. And I have to admit - its been pretty nice to have it increase in power throughout the expansion without having to swap enchants, etc.

The downside is - I don't like the idea of Sharanna wielding Ashbringer. It will likely get transmogged as fast as I can manage.

I would like to see Blizz give a gladiator like stance for Paladins like they did for warriors. I love the idea of Sharanna playing more like a D3 paladin.

I've been following along some early alpha reviews on youtube/twitch. So far, it looks like their focus is some massive retooling of "play" to balance to be less reliant on both limited skills (one trick pony) and gauge watching timer cool down micro management.

PvP changes: I'm only hearing good here. Everyone seems to be looking forward to it.

As someone who is constantly behind the PvP gearing curve (I always return to pvp late in the game) I love the concept of the changes. I just hope Blizzard can deliver on them.

I have yet to see anything concrete here, but I'm one who's agog on how the gear makes the man. Take off the super suit, and we're no longer heroes. I'd like to see more talent be attributed to skills, and levels. For example, if you give an elite samurai a broom handle they'd easily beat any untrained amateur using Kusanagi. It's not that way in WOW. The clothes make the {wo} man.

Demon Hunters: Hit and miss again. Some people are super excited. Saying they will main them next expansion without question and have been wanting to play them forever. Others (me again.. I actually wanted wardens... the other side of the DH coin... the guards heh) are pretty meh about them. Saying they'll play the intro zone, but probably not bother beyond that. Right now I'm probably feeling there are more people meh than excited, but that could be my bias.

Not looking forward to seeing hundreds of xxIllidanxx demonhuntard clones.

They look fun to play from the previews I've seen. Double jump + fly = too cool. Not everyone will want to be a melee class (tank/dps). But, yes, like Pandas, DK's, and belly buttons... everybody's got one.

Class order halls: I know one person who is super excited for these. The rest seem interested. Everyone seems to be enjoying discussing where they will be and researching lore related to the classes. There are some good vibes here.

Not crazy about my character being the "leader" of the order but I would love to see class related questlines that will lead you to joining one of the Orders.

They actually look like fun. Centered around quest lines for adding followers, and upgrading your Legendary weapon.