POWER OF CORRUPTION WOW PATCH

And you start to think about other ways you can get that across. JF: I think one of the fun things you were talking is about is how it lets us вЂ“ from an itemisation perspective вЂ“ show what it feels like to have NвЂ™Zoth within your mind. We want them to feel like: вЂњIвЂ™m being assaulted by this Old God but I also have this ability to resist it because IвЂ™m an awesome, powerful player and because IвЂ™ve got this cloak and these items to help me grow resistance to it. We were talking a lot about NвЂ™Zoth and the fantasy behind these Old Gods, like: вЂњWhat is it like to have an Old God attack your mind? How does that feel?вЂќ Could we explore that and express that with the Visions of NвЂ™Zoth update? Could we give the player the opportunity to see what it is like? Could we see what happens to other characters and show that this is why theyвЂ™ve fallen to these attacks in the past? But on top of that, we have given players the ability to resist this attack on their mind with a legendary cloak they will be acquiring and upgrading in order to build their resistance to these attacks and this Corruption that players are engaged in through the itemisation system, like Jeremy mentioned. Morgan Day: Also like you mentioned, weвЂ™ve seen a lot of our heroes fall to this corruption before. We are looking forward to seeing what people think of it. Giving players the opportunity to choose to opt into it or not is definitely new to the World of Warcraft universe. WeвЂ™re really looking forward to seeing what feedback we get on this too because itвЂ™s a brand-new system for us. It gives them a very different way to gear up their character. Now players are used to their character and they have a lot of awesome Azerite powers and a lot of awesome Essences, so now they have a bunch of different ways of dealing with these mechanics. It also gives us an opportunity, as designers, to play around with some brand-new mechanics where we wouldnвЂ™t have been able to give players these power levels or crazy detrimental effects during the very beginning of an expansion. We can kind of let players go crazy and have some fun.

POWER OF CORRUPTION WOW PATCH

ThatвЂ™s one of the fun things that we can do when youвЂ™re in a patch like Visions of NвЂ™Zoth, where weвЂ™re winding down the expansion. This sets this apart from things like Warforging, where now youвЂ™re opting into making the game more difficult for yourself to get crazy additional levels of power. We think thatвЂ™s what the really fun part of this is. You can cleanse your gear if you want to and youвЂ™ll still get a nice high item level piece with good stats, or you can opt into this additional chunk of gameplay.

In this case, weвЂ™re also providing a choice. Jeremy Feasel: We dipped our toes into this when we were working with the Eye of NвЂ™ZothвЂ¦ where players got the choice to be able to keep this thing and continue to hear these crazy whispers and have a lot of fun with that.

What thoughts go into designing a system that вЂcorruptsвЂ™ players, without making them feel like they are becoming the bad guy? WellPlayed: We have seen so many legends and heroes within the Warcraft story become corrupted by different means вЂ“ however this expansion sees the very players that shaped the battle for Azeroth ending up on the darker side of things.

Power of corruption wow