WoW's Rise of Azshara update won't have new Allied races
During a live Q&A, World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas confirmed that no new Allied races will appear in the coming Rise of Azshara update.
World of Warcraft has been going strong for over ten years now, and Blizzard currently has no plans to bring the MMO’s story to a close. In fact, a recent developer Q&A with Community Manager Josh Allen and Game Director Ion Hazzikostas, it was confirmed that no new Allied races are planned for Rise of Azshara, the latest big patch coming to World of Warcraft.
The Q&A, which took place March 21, includes a lot of great information for World of Warcraft fans to soak up. In the session Allen and Hazzikostas covered an assortment of questions, including topics like measuring “fun” in WoW, as well as how they plan to update the Caverns of Time portal and other travel updates coming to the game. One of the biggest nuggets of info, for Allied players at least, came when user Portergauge asked a question regarding the future implementation of more Allied races.
In response, Hazzikostas stated “We’re open and excited to add new Allied races where it makes sense. There certainly isn’t a plan where every patch is going to have a new set of allied races.” He did mention that future patches will introduce some new Allied races, but that’s of course not information they are willing to talk about just yet. Fans can also rest assured that they’ll be advised of any new introductions like that, as they always have been.
The Q&A continues for a good bit, covering several great topics and even talking a bit about WoW Classic, which according to Hazzikostas will launch with three types of realms: Normal, PvP and even Roleplaying. He also confirmed that there are no plans right now for an RP-PvP realm, so fans looking for that kind of experience will need to wait.
I highly suggest checking out the entire Q&A session if you’re a World of Warcraft fan. Even if you aren’t, it’s interesting to see how an MMO veteran like Blizzard plans to continue to support and grow a game that’s been around as long as WoW has. If you haven’t given WoW a try in a while, then make sure you check out our Battle for Azeroth review to see what we thought of the last large-scale expansion.
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replyJosh Hawkins posted a new article, WoW's Rise of Azshara update won't have new Allied races
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Woopty shit. It's still a joke what you have to go through the get the first ones–reskins and aren't-void-elves-better-than-high-elveslolol–and laughable that the selling point ones of this expac were just barely released. Anyone see the Kul'Tiran moonkin form? Top notch. Toooop notch.
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I already had it done. My friends who came back bailed after they realized they had the standard expac rep and one or two major patch zone chains (which at the time were still gated in a few places). For bad reskins with worse stories to justify shoehorning them into their respective factions. It was dumb and Blizz eventually reduced what was needed.
Bah, I could go on and on. I really dislike where the game went at the very end of Legion and I loathe BFA. Thirteen years playing a game and this expac finally killed it for me.
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They've handled the entire concept of allied races so fucking poorly that it's hard to care.
Locking them behind achievements was the worst move since their genius "let's take away the awesomeness of flight and lock it behind grindy bullshit" move.
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