Towelliee Interview on the War Within - Mythic+ Affixes, Augmentation, Raid Buffs

The War Within Posted 2024/04/17 at 6:03 PM by Squishei

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Mythic+ AffixesHow can affixes be something that is more fun?

Andrew DeSousa

The conversation around affixes, there's always going to be some tension there due to the nature of them - they create friction, they pose new challenges as you go up the key levels and its something they talk a lot about on the team on how to address that going forward. I don't have anything concrete to share with you today, that said, we're always experimenting. We made big changes in Dragonflight Season 2 and in Season 4, we've pushed the last bucket of affixes deeper into the pool, so we're looking to put the right place to put that kind of challenge and the right ways to challenge players as a whole as we go forward -- the main goals being the ability to present extra challenge as you go up in the key levels, and places for week over week change and lastly a goal that we're always striving towards is an opportunity for your class to shine on some weeks and you have a really cool part of your kit. Are there are new Mythic+ affixes and are there any remaining Seasonal affixes?

Andrew DeSousa

We don't have plans for Seasonal Affixes in the War Within currently. That said, that doesn't mean they're gone for good. Like I mentioned earlier, affixes are going to continue to evolve and we're going to iterate on them and we'll going to take community sentiment and feedback in when we make those decisions. As far as new features that I'm excited about, this is a little in line with what we're doing in Season 4 -- there's the difficulty recalibration on what a Mythic 0 is for people that really like a Megadungeon. What we're going to try going forward is any dungeon that's part of the Mythic+ rotation will be a part of Mythic 0 as well, so you'll have rotating Mythic 0s as well and even if you don't do Mythic+, you'll get a new set of content every season. Grim Batol

Andrew DeSousa

Grim Batol's coming back, we thought that was a pretty cool setting for us and us going and visiting some dwarves, taking all the lessons that we've learned from Dragonflight too from these revamps. We want to keep the spirit of it -- there will be a bombing run still -- we'll make sure that we touch it up for modern pacing considerations and balance. Raid BuffsAre there plans to ease up the restrictions caused by Raid Buffs by Scrolls or similar?

George Velev

Not currently, at least nothing that we can share publicly. It's something that we've talked about, but as of right now, no current plans, no.AugmentationDo you still consider Augmentation a success? Any plans to change the way its damage allocation?

George Velev

Yeah, we absolutely consider Augmentation a success. There's a ton of players who really enjoy the playstyle and we made it for players like that. In changes to the spec, we have talked about a few things internally, nothing to share right now. Did want to mention now, that there are some categories of improvement that we can made in regards to logging and we're tracking and planning on addressing those for the War Within launch. Difficult Mythic BossesThe last few bosses were very difficult. What can we expect from The War Within?

Andrew DeSousa

We have the audience that gets there first and we really want them to be engaged and it to be exciting, but we also have to consider everybody else. I don't have anything concrete as far as a plan but this is a serious topic that we're talking about pretty often internally.The War Within Alpha Coverage

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Comment by NarhwalsGreat and important questions, an absolute ton of nothing-burgers for answersComment by nephriteI appreciate these questions at least being asked, even if they aren't answered.Comment by ArrohonIf those are the highlights of a fantastic interview, then maybe they didn't need the interview. What we learned is having m0 versions of any dungeons that are part of m+ for the season...hugeComment by Cleansingtotemthe scroll things is like the easiest W they could get and they refuse to do it. Guess its another expansion that Ele is doa because they bring nothing.Comment by 0VapyrDesign the game for a majority, not an extreme minority.Comment by MikeMJGI hope Season 1 has all the new dungeons as Mythics.

Doesn't make any sense to mix in other dungeons before we get a chance to run Mythic versions of the dungeons that are part of the xpac that is live.

But we probably won't. It's funny. You get through heroics and are ready for Mythics and then only 2-4 of 8 are TWW dungeons.

Here's hoping that will changeComment by boopguyeither delete affixes or make them kiss-curse. delete aug or add more support specs. can't half-ass this stuff or people will stop playing.Comment by SomeKeedINSANLEY embarrassing for Blizzard that they are not easing up on the raid buff $%^&, Jesus Christ this is a problem they had fixed in Cata but will not implement because they are that &*!@ing dumb.
Cringe!Comment by Jpsxxraucher„In changes to the spec, we have talked about a few things internally, nothing to share right now.“ - Please consider augmentation buffs in two types: buffs which include a whole raid and buffs for a group size only. It would be really nice also to see more opportunities in realistic talent choices for Symbiotic BloomComment by O4MinisterIf everyone could stop hating on augmentation for a second, that would be great. I finally found the perfect spec for me. I always loved healing and couldn't find a DPS spec that gave me the same feeling and now I do and I'd like to keep it. If anything I'd like to see more specs like it. Still waiting for Bard like class or some engineerish thing.Comment by SouledkINSANLEY embarrassing for Blizzard that they are not easing up on the raid buff $%^&, Jesus Christ this is a problem they had fixed in Cata but will not implement because they are that &*!@ing dumb.
Cringe!Comment by markdallWhere’s the questions about Siege of Boralus?Comment by FrostyDwarfI hope Season 1 has all the new dungeons as Mythics.

Doesn't make any sense to mix in other dungeons before we get a chance to run Mythic versions of the dungeons that are part of the xpac that is live.

But we probably won't. It's funny. You get through heroics and are ready for Mythics and then only 2-4 of 8 are TWW dungeons.

Here's hoping that will changeComment by HranthaerIf everyone could stop hating on augmentation for a second, that would be great. I finally found the perfect spec for me. I always loved healing and couldn't find a DPS spec that gave me the same feeling and now I do and I'd like to keep it. If anything I'd like to see more specs like it. Still waiting for Bard like class or some engineerish thing.Comment by kabookiejoetell us about Combinatorics TowellieeComment by ChanJustWonIf everyone could stop hating on augmentation for a second, that would be great. I finally found the perfect spec for me. I always loved healing and couldn't find a DPS spec that gave me the same feeling and now I do and I'd like to keep it. If anything I'd like to see more specs like it. Still waiting for Bard like class or some engineerish thing.Comment by kpiaumBesides the M+ affix answer, all the others were "Nothing to talk about".... Like, why even given a interview to answer that?Comment by johntravolta342Design the game for a majority, not an extreme minority.Comment by ancineniAndrew DeSousa said:
Grim Batol's coming back, we thought that was a pretty cool setting for us and us going and visiting some dwarves, taking all the lessons that we've learned from Dragonflight too from these revamps. We want to keep the spirit of it -- there will be a bombing run still -- we'll make sure that we touch it up for modern pacing considerations and balance.Comment by ArexithBesides the M+ affix answer, all the others were "Nothing to talk about".... Like, why even given a interview to answer that?