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Brawler's Guild Set to Return - Interview with Windows Central
The War Within
Опубликовано
15.05.2024 в 09:46
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In an
interview with Windows Central
, Associate Director Maria Hamilton and Executive Producer Holly Longdale discuss new content for solo and casual players coming in The War Within, from the introduction of Delves to their intent to revamp the Brawler's Guild!
Bite-Sized Content
Recognizing that Blizzard has undeserved the casual community, Delves are a new form of world content described as an evolution of the
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event,
replacing the PvP track
in the Great Vault in order to create an avenue of endgame content progression outside of Mythic+, Raid, or PvP content that players of any role can do within a shorter span of time, either solo or in groups of up to five.
Holly Longdale, via Windows Central
"We are on this journey to serve all kinds of players. We know from our research and surveys that we have a whole segment that are like 'I don't want to think too hard, I just want to feel like I progressed in 15-20 minutes," Holly explains.
"We wanted to make these snackable experiences that are easy to consume, that also keeps you relevant in the content, you can continue to play — but not outsize the rewards for the effort. As you get into doing more complex or more challenging versions of Delve, it will get more difficult and the rewards will increase."
This evolution of previous expansion features like Torghast, Island Expeditions, and Mists of Pandaria scenarios includes 11 tiers of difficulty to continually challenge players, it's unclear exactly where that target will land. Previous incarnations all promised the same, but inevitably tapered out quickly - lacking enough challenge or variety from one playthrough to the next to create true replayability. Delves intend to safeguard against this by capping rewards at +7-8 so that the final tiers can remain optional challenges, while rotating modifiers affect week-to-week gameplay. There are also plans for a "secret"
one-room boss fight Delve
to provide an ultimate challenge.
Holly Longdale, via Windows Central
"We saw after an expansion releases, the solo players would go through the level up campaign and then they're like 'cool, I'm good,' you know, and they'd stop playing until we had new larger quest lines. So we recognize that, we're really underserving the casual community, because they're not getting content as frequently, or with as much replayability as the more hardcore player. We looked at what kind of features would be great for them. A lot of people with families and partners that just want to do something solo or duo with their child — but also significant enough that it feels worthwhile. There's also a challenge component that could help it appeal to a broader audience, mid-core or so. Part of the new ethos for our team is that we should be serving all of our player segments equally. We want everyone to participate in Azeroth."
Archaeology & Brawler's Guild
Although the Archaeology profession will remain in the past, Blizzard is committed to bringing back the Brawler's Guild in an evergreen format, sometime after the launch of The War Within.
Maria Hamilton via Windows Central
"With respect to archeology, we don't foresee this coming back in its previous format or as a profession. I do personally love archeology and the fantasy there and do intend to look at new opportunities. We experimented a little bit with that feel in the Azerothian Archives content we included in 'Seeds of Renewal' recently.
For Brawler's Guild, this is something we do want to bring back in an evergreen format, but not right away at The War Within launch."
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