Dratnos interviewed Associate Game Director Morgan Day and Narrative Director Steve Danuser on Patch 10.1, Embers of Neltharion! You can watch the full interview on Dratnos' YouTube channel, but we've provided some highlights below! For questions on the lore including Nozdormu and Abyssian/Wrathion, watch the full video:
Highlights For the returning Dungeons: Neltharion's Lair has some interesting tie ins with the story of 10.1 and things like the Drogbar. Vortex Pinnacle has some fun tie in with Dragons and Elementals, and is an opportunity to test the waters of how far back can we go and how much work they need to do to bring a Catalysm dungeon up to today's fidelity and gameplay expectations. They don't want a repeat of Shadowmoon Burial Grounds where there's one outlier in the challenge. Freehold is a fan favourite. Underrot was a curve in terms of expectations and looking at the Dungeon pool as a whole, Underrot has a lot of opportunities to use utility, different dispel types, lots of different damage profiles and the routing was interesting. So, it just rounds out the Mythic+ dungeon package for the Season.They looked back at the way the antagonist played out in Shadowlands and one of the things that they really wanted to do in Dragonflight, and set the table with multiple forces which can play out in a less predictable pattern than we'd seen before. Looking at Dragonflight, we have Scalecommander Sarkareth and the Sundered Flame at the end of the Dracthyr experience, we also have the Incarnates freed by Razsageth. Down the road, we may very well see more Incarnates, the threat of the Infinite Dragons and even more threats under the surface. No plans to expand the existing Renown tracks. Zaralek Caverns will
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