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Traditional Tier Set Bonuses Removed in Battle for Azeroth
Gameinformer released an interview with Ion Hazzikostas today that stated raid sets with bonuses will be phased out for Battle for Azeroth.

• Raid set bonuses are being retired for BfA.
• Gear will be more heavily themed to the place it comes from.
• The team wants gear customization to be expressed through the Azerite system.
• Tier sets lock down character slots and limit choices.
• Tier has begun to feel more like a drawback with so many different sources to obtain gear today.
• Options from these sets will be rolled into how the Azerite system works for more customization in enhancing spells and abilities.

Developer Interviews
We're continuing to take a look at new information from the BlizzCon developer interviews. Method Interviews Steve Burke and Chris Robinson at Blizzcon 2017.

• Blizzard pays attention to what artifact appearances are the most popular and consider that in future art design.
• World quests and scaling technology is changing how the team creates the world in game.
• There are no plans currently to recreate Gadgetzan in WoW to match the Hearthstone version.
• The team will look at revamping faction cities only if it makes sense for the story.
• The hubs of BfA reflect the lessons learned from previous hubs.
• Allied races will add depth to classes. They will be able to be hero classes if it fits the lore.
• Class options for Allied Races are based on the fantasy of the class and not just which faction needs another race option for a specific class.
• PVP Warfronts are being talked about, but not something that has been decided on yet.
• Low lying fog is something that was planned for Legion but wasn’t implemented until 8.0
• There will be visual updates as you progress your Heart of Azeroth.
• The team wants the Heart of Azeroth to feel more like the excitement and progression of the initial launch leveling of the Artifact Weapon and not so much the infinite trait artifact power dump from later in the Legion.
• It is possible for players to keep multiple gear pieces from the Heart of Azeroth slots to switch between for certain encounters in the game.
• Murlocs are not currently planned as an Allied Race.
• Allied Races have been completely remapped from their NPC versions to fall in line with current playable races.
• There are no plans currently to separate ranged dps and melee dps in the group finder, but it is possible in the future.

Patch 7.3 Hotfixes - November 14

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Items

• Players can now use the following toys in dungeons: Sandbox Tiger, Darkmoon Seesaw, Love Boat, and Fishing Chair.

Player vs Player

• All non-tank specs now receive 40% less damage from players in World PvP.
  
• Draught of Souls’s Fel-Crazed Rage damage reduced by 70% against players.
  
• Kil’jaeden’s Burning Wish damage reduced by 60% against players.
  
• Druid (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
  
  • Fiery Red Maimers increases Maim damage by 165% against players (was 500%).
    
  • Feral
    
    • The Entangling Roots version of Earthen Grasp is now properly affected by Hardened Roots.
      
  
  
• Death Knight (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
  
  • Cold Heart damage reduced by 75% against players.
    
  
  
• Paladin (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
  
  • Protection
    
    • Pillars of Inmost Light increases Eye of Tyr damage by 150% against players (was 300%).
      
    
    
  • Retribution
    
    • Scarlet Inquisitor’s Expurgation increases Divine Storm damage by 3% per stack against players (was 6% per stack).
      
  
  
• Priest (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
  
  • Discipline
    
    • Dark Archangel's visual spell effect is now visible for all targets affected.
      
  
  
• Rogue (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
  
  • Insignia of Ravenholdt damage reduced by 50% against players.
    
  • The Dreadlord’s Deceit increases Fan of Knives and Shuriken Storm damage by 6% per stack against players (was 25% per stack).
    

Blue Posts

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

Class Balance in Classic Servers
I personally think its fair to have a discussion about classes/specs in Classic, considering class balancing as a philosophy didn't exist back then as it does now. The idea of a "hybrid tax" was obviously not very good in the grand scheme of overarching class design and it made some specs arguably not viable/unplayable. I'm not suggesting we make huge changes or even small changes at all for that matter, but that it is a worthwhile conversation to have. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)


We've been reading and talking about Classic within the Community team almost every day. Before BlizzCon we were all so nervous and, really, amazed that this project was actually going to be announced at the show. But we do need to make sure things are kept in perspective - we don't want to jump onto too much of a hype/posting train, as its still all coming together and there's not much that is concrete.

I can guarantee you that the Classic team will be listening, and we will be forwarding as much along as we can. We know this project means a lot to a lot of players, and it means a lot to us too. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

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