WoW: Undermined's Tier Set Changes May Harm One Of Its Strongest Systems
With season one of winding down, Blizzard has turned their attention towards the upcoming content update, Undermined. As with all large-scale content updates, Undermined will be coming with a host of fresh content, including the flashy new raid, The Liberation of Undermine, and the new bosses and loot included therein.
The standout loot of any season is always 's version of tier sets. Typically, tier sets have specialization specific bonuses that players can count on being their best gear option for the entirety of a new season. However, with Undermined, has charted a new course for these armor sets, homogenizing the bonuses across roles with goblin-themed mechanics. Some of theluster of unique bonuses has dissipated with this announcement, and if turned into the standard tier set approach, it may harm in the long run.
A community manager posted a list of the upcoming tier set bonuses on Blizzard forums for 's Undermined. The tier set bonuses rely on role specific mechanics, themed after theexciting Liberation of Undermine raid. For instance, melee DPS have a stacking buff called «winning streak.»Each role mechanic is standardized in how it is activated or acquired, with the difference being the benefit of the received buff. The four piece bonus isn't quite as rigid as the two piece, but still relies on the introduced mechanics.
Over the past twenty years, World of Warcraft has released a total of 10 expansions for the massive game, with some received better than others.
Tier sets should be exciting, and more often than not are, with 's anniversary patch marquee reward even being HD tier set remakes that show their importance to players. From a design standpoint, there are potential issues with homogenizing bonuses across roles. Standardization can often bring with it more limited design space. As tier sets are a major and exciting component of a class's gameplay during a season, standardizing them feels like a poor choice of system.
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