Liveblog of the January 24th Season 2 Q&A with Ion Hazzikostas

Live Posted 2019/01/24 at 12:40 PM by Squishei

Watch Live Developer Q&A with Ion Hazzikostas from Warcraft on www.twitch.tvHighlights

Blizzard is looking at offensive cooldowns on the GCD, not by taking them off, but making sure they feel good to press immediately
Ascendance will send out a healing wave when pressed in 8.1.5

LiveblogAny specifics for the release timeframe of Kul Tiran and Zandalari?Can you explain the rationale behind Alliance getting the opportunity for ilvl 400 gear this week?Seeing as the War Mode bonus has been at 30% for the Alliance, does this team feel like this has been a failure at balancing?What is being done about server stability and lag?Would you consider having all character slots on a single realm?Can we get a way to transfer War Resources from mains to alts?Can we get a Valor Point system which we can use to upgrade gear?What's the reasoning behind the huge jump in power level between tiers?Can PvP please get some sort of vendor?When are Mythic+ seasons going to give rewards other than a hidden achievement?Are there any plans on how to address the problem that some class mechanics are pretty much mandatory for high-level keystones?Will there be a way to punish players that abandon keystone runs midway?When are you bringing back class-specific sets?Can we get more information about the Heart of Azeroth in 8.2?Are there any plans to further curb Titan Residuum funneling?What do you consider the biggest design challenges WoW is facing in the long term?What conversations have been held about the GCD change?Are you trying to get away from the holy trinity design? Can healers get higher DPS in PvE?Are there any class reworks in 8.1.5?

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Comment by cloudkinI'm here to hand out marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers for the dumpster fire we are about to witnessComment by Calcitrantthe 30% rewards and free 400s have been an absolute fiasco. people are actually quitting the game because they arent even doing world content, just raids now. remove itComment by AshiBashi30% buff on my realm as Horde's awful, the Alliance have just overrun the city completely camping the flightpaths, whole raid of them hitting you the second you land. I really feel it needs to be realm by realm basis and not a blanket buff.Comment by cloudkininb4 Alliance shuts off WM because they only turned it on for the reward. You remove that reward, Alliance won't leave WM on.Comment by MatrixwolfOMFG they are changing the cap to 50 toons total across all realms but also you can have all 50 of your toons the same server FINALLY!Comment by ticks187OMFG they are changing the cap to 50 toons total across all realms but also you can have all 50 of your toons the same server FINALLY!Comment by Sesyl9130% buff on my realm as Horde's awful, the Alliance have just overrun the city completely camping the flightpaths, whole raid of them hitting you the second you land. I really feel it needs to be realm by realm basis and not a blanket buff.Comment by WillbladeThat justification for not having valor points in favour of titanforging is bull*!@#. So instead of having a cap of what gear you can and cannot upgrade (up to one tier), you prefer having a system that can net you 3+ tiers above the current content you're doing because it's more "balanced" and "fair" or something lol. As if lowering the RNG titanforging chance will prevent people from getting full mythic IL sets without stepping on itComment by RobertoJI'll be turning WM off as well untill they change it.Comment by WepstarWhy Aspirant's PVP elite version of a gear didn't appear on Life?
On PTR there was 6 sets, but we get only 5. Aspirant's PVP elite set was the best for Hunters, it is not wise to remove that set Blizzard.Comment by tarcthe 30% rewards and free 400s have been an absolute fiasco. people are actually quitting the game because they arent even doing world content, just raids now. remove itComment by GalkreshThey answered my question about Azerite/Heart of Azeroth in 8.2 with an actual, good full answer that they didn't talk around.

Stoked with the direction they're taking the Azerite System as a whole. It sounds like such a vastly better system.Comment by darquisOh cool, so Alliance gets the 400 gear quest, Horde will get some lesser quest, and meanwhile anytime you go do an invasion there are literally raids of alliance camping the quests, which just incentives Horde to turn WM off...but Alliance still needs a bigger buff, somehow.Comment by andrewgThe last I checked, we could have 14 characters per realm. Not 12.Comment by RiboflavenusIon was much more direct that typical for these things. It was a nice change.Comment by ltkodiakthe 30% rewards and free 400s have been an absolute fiasco. people are actually quitting the game because they arent even doing world content, just raids now. remove itComment by FellstalkerBring back raid tier sets set bonuses and different class tmogs...Comment by CryptariusThe last I checked, we could have 14 characters per realm. Not 12.Comment by SinnieMoonThe max you can have on a single realm is 12 currently,Comment by Josephcurwenjust put the f$&%/# vendor.
please.

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