EU Content Creator Interview with Ion Hazzikostas on Patch 10.1 - Mythic+ Key Rerolling
Earlier today, EU Content Creators participated in a Patch 10.1 group interview with Game Director Ion Hazzikostas with topics such as Mythic+ key rerolling, account-wide reputations and more! This interview was conducted through voice only and there is no recording of the interview. Here's a summary of the discussions.
Zaralek Cavern When building Zaralek Caverns, they wanted to make sure that it wasn't claustrophobic.You have a ceiling over your head, but it's a large cavern. It should feel like the world has grown with the addition of Zaralek Caverns. No loading screen is something they hope to use in clever ways in the future.
It's working around a clever restriction in their server architecture. Previously they couldn't have terrain above or below other terrain. The new tech is a very fancy zone transfer, and clever players will notice that the Zaralek Caverns aren't directly under the Dragon Isles but off to the side, but you're moving to a map off the side.
This could lead to interesting uses in the future such as a Pac-Man style map on a raid encounter where you move off the map on one side and come back on the other. Zserka Vaults Zserka Vaults has been positively received. They don't necessarily want to repeat the exact same type of thing, but they definitely are inspired by experiences like the isle of Thunder treasure room from 10 years ago.
In the future when there are stories they want to tell, there's a fantasy they want to chase, they do want to vary up the gameplay slightly. For what it was meant to be, they view it as a success but want to hear community thoughts to it. Reputation They do want to focus on the new Renown tracks rather than just updating the old tracks.
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