Dragonflight Will Have Season 4 With Fated Raids - Icy Veins Interview Recap
In an interview with Icy Veins, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas confirmed that Dragonflight will have a Season 4, which will feature Fated Raids! In the interview, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas discussed details about World of Warcraft's upcoming expansion, The War Within, and questions regarding the near future of the current Dragonflight expansion.
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In another interview with Warcraft Wiki during BlizzCon 2023, WoW's development team confirmed that Dragonflight will not get a Patch 10.3. In terms of a fourth season, however, extra seasonal assets have already been found by Wowhead back in September, hinting at a potential Season 4, which has now been confirmed by Hazzikostas — including the return of Fated Raids.
WoW's Game Director has also commented on Fyrakk's axe legendary, Classic Timewalking, and new systems coming with The War Within, such as Hero Talents and Delves.
Here is a quick summary of the Icy Veins interview:
- Dragonflight will have a Season 4 with Fated Raids.
- The team wants to continue exploring catch-up mechanisms for loot acquisition to counteract RNG, but the Dinar system in Shadowlands Season 4 may have been «too generous».
- With the Mythic+ rotation changing every season, the need for seasonal affixes has diminished, but the team is open to community feedback.
- They want to see the community's reaction to how the Fyrakk axe has been implemented. Based on feedback, they may reconsider the approach of implementing legendaries. The legendary comes from Fyrakk and should have a similar acquisition process to the Evoker legendary, not exactly the same, but similar.
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