Video game news and review website MMORPG.com interviewed Lead UX Designer Crash Reed and Assistant Lead Encounter Designer Taylor Sanders, discussing our journey into the Emerald Dream and Season 3 updates in Dragonflight Patch 10.2!
We've summarized some of the more interesting talking points, but feel free to check out the full interview below.
Patch 10.2 Interview with MMORPG.com
The Emerald Dream
- We're only traveling to one small part of the Emerald Dream, but in a more complete way than we have in the past.
- It's vast and would otherwise encompass multiple zones, though the part we visit is roughly the size of the Ohn’ahran Plains.
Lead UX Designer Crash Reed
“I am super pumped. Playing WoW since the beginning, even in Warcraft III, just all the discussions of the Emerald Dream and how cool it can be. My wife plays a Druid; it’s all she ever talks about. It’s just one of these amazing experiences, that I think we are lucky to be able to share with the players right now. With that, it’s gonna come with some really cool things for the player to do. Like, diving into protecting both the world tree and helping it to grow, depending on what event you are participating in.
- Players will help Druids in the new Superbloom public event, in which a wandering ancient named Sprucecrown will assign various activities to complete. While fighting off Druids of the Flame and helping nurture the growing tree, players will gain temporary power-ups to make them feel much more powerful than normal.
- Players will obtain a new Faerie Dragon dragonriding mount early in the campaign.
- While saving Amirdrassil from Fyrakk, we’ll also work on the new renown track with the Dream Wardens, similar to the Niffen in Zaralek Cavern. No
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