Fandy's Patch 10.2 Guardians of the Dream Interview - Morgan Day & Patrick Scarborough

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As part of the Patch 10.2 reveal, streamer Fandy interviewed Assistant Game Director Morgan Day and Senior Game Designer (Rewards) Patrick Scarborough, discussing Guardians of the Dream!

As always, this is a brief highlight of the topics discussed. Be sure to check out the full video for additional context.

Gear Progression Changes in 10.2

• Very pleased with the universal upgrade system. Coming back tentatively full-time.
• Quicker ilvl progression than in previous content patches, but still a lot of positives.
• Reducing the amount of upgrades you can make per week. 10 upgrades in Season 2 vs 6 upgrades in Season 3.
• Making the tracks larger for smoother late-patch progression.
• Fragments are going away, so you'll only need the currency to upgrade now. Bag space for everyone!
• If capped on a certain type of crest, players will now receive the crest just below that one when completing content.

Aberrus & Amirdrassil Raid Tuning

• Very connected to the Gear Upgrade system. Players hit gear saturation point much earlier than previous content patches.
• Better understanding of these upgrade systems and gear progression should lead to smoother difficulty tuning.

Rare Items in Amirdrassil & Loot Targeting

• Rare items will be continuing in Amirdrassil. Like how it improves farm bosses.
• At launch they were too powerful and too rare. Pendulum swung the other way for 10.1. Should be interesting and not just the best items in the game.
• Hope to land in that sweet spot of where everyone has something they're interested in.
• We hear a lot of feedback on loot targeting. Shadowlands Season 4 was an experiment that they'll continue to explore, but it's not something they have lined up for Dragonflight Season 3.

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