#1 - April 16, 2015, 10:08 a.m.
04/16/2015 03:08 AMPosted by SklcIsn't timewalking just continued rehashing of old content and calling it new? Call me crazy, but I feel like Blizzard could have made new dungeons to release in 6.2.
04/17/2015 12:45 PMPosted by Piñata04/17/2015 12:35 PMPosted by ZarhymWe're not all that concerned about how you want to label content after seeing it laid out on paper.
I think they're more concerned with losing raid tiers because you were working on something that wasn't a raid tier.
04/17/2015 01:21 PMPosted by MizterdotsHey Zar, if you have the time to answer another timewalker question, I'd like to know if the heroics will actually pose a challenge. I just don't want to feel like I'm running say Utgrade Keep and flying past it like I'm in full t10.
04/17/2015 01:18 PMPosted by VessabenceIt does make me curious though, since we would be going back to these dungeons with our current level 100 skill set, is there potential for one or two new mechanics for certain bosses in these dungeons?
04/17/2015 04:12 PMPosted by Rubedo04/17/2015 04:09 PMPosted by ZarhymAs it stands now, no. We're not planning to add new mechanics or creatures. These are literally the existing Heroic versions of the 10 selected dungeons with players' item levels scaled down as I described above.
Will you guys Timewarp these dungeons for every expansion that will be release from now until the end of the World (of Warcraft), or is this a feature for WoD only?
04/17/2015 04:18 PMPosted by Whitehead04/17/2015 04:09 PMPosted by ZarhymWe're in the process of testing the item level to which level-100 players should be scaled down. We're erring on the side of scaling item levels a little lower than they probably would be if one was running these dungeons at their actual level, but that's mostly to try and compensate for the fact that level-100 characters will have extra abilities and talents that they wouldn't at the lower levels, which will be advantageous in some situations.
Why not scale back the talents and abilities? So if you are playing at level 70, you have only the talents and abilities you would have at level 70?
04/17/2015 07:09 PMPosted by ImoenI have two questions:
04/17/2015 07:09 PMPosted by Imoen1: When tuning these timewalker dungeons, are you also taking into account that they're already faceroll when you're doing them while leveling even right now? Seriously, have you tried running Arcatraz at its intended level? Bosses usually die in 10 seconds or less. I don't want that to be the kind of experience you get with timewalking.
04/17/2015 07:09 PMPosted by Imoen2: Is there any chance this feature could be expanded to raids? Most of the raids before WotLK saw very little of the player population doing them because of the number of geared players required was too high for normal people. I'm personally hoping for Ahn'qiraj and Sunwell Plateau to be brought back somehow, even if only briefly.
04/17/2015 07:23 PMPosted by Moradìm04/17/2015 12:35 PMPosted by ZarhymWe're not all that concerned about how you want to label content after seeing it laid out on paper. There are people out there who are quick to claim that we're pretending "old content" is once again "new content." It's not about old and new. It's about giving players more options and new ways to experience content in World of Warcraft, even if that means creating new systems to experience existing content in different ways.
fair enough, but what happened to making new content? in the past, we would get a set of dungeons along with a new patch or raid tier: like ICC or DS. cant new dungeons be made, rather than recycling old ones? I like doing old content but it's still not bringing anything new to the table.
04/17/2015 07:51 PMPosted by Whitehead@Zarhym - are the time walker dungeons being designed just for level 100 characters, or is the intent for the level 100 people to group with people leveling up through the content now? So e.g. Level 100s would join groups with characters level 70 for BC dungeons, etc?
04/17/2015 07:46 PMPosted by SoobellIt is nearing 8PM PST right now and Zarhym is answering more questions than I have seen any other Blue answer as of late.
Thank you thank you thank youuuuu! All of this insight you are providing is so refreshing!!