Matthew Rossi
The Queue: Titan’s Grip Lives
So it turns out I’ll be maining a Fury Warrior in Legion after all, because thanks to the Legion Q&A I know that Titan’s Grip isn’t going anywhere — the Artifact weapons for Fury Warriors are 2h weapons, they’re just not sized properly yet. Special thanks to Jay Wilson for answering the question at the Q&A, and Dylan Rondeau for asking the question in the first place. Whew. I’m super happy now.
Let’s do this first post-BlizzCon Queue while I’m all happy.
Jamie Lee Curtis attends BlizzCon 2015 in disguise
Turns out Jamie Lee Curtis is cooler than I am.
BlizzCon 2015: Class stacking buffs removed
One of the changes to class design revealed during the Legion systems panel is to stacking buffs and complicated resource systems.
BlizzCon 2015: Tri/Quad-Spec in Legion
One answer from the World of Warcraft Q&A that I think all players will be interested in is this one, about whether or not we're going to get tri-spec.
Karazhan to be a dungeon in patch 7.1?
During the World of Warcraft Q&A panel one tidbit got dropped by Tom Chilton, in answer to a question about what role Karazhan would play in Legion, Chilton asked the crowd "What would you think about Karazhan as a five player dungeon in patch 7.1" and got what I believe would be the expected response of shock and excitement from the crowd.
BlizzCon 2015: Hundreds of new talents in Legion
We knew that there was a major effort to make classes more distinct in Legion, and at the systems panel Kris Zierhut, Lead Class Designer, revealed that they were entirely revamping the way talents worked, to the point where there's more options, and more talents specific to the class.
Flying implemented but not unlockable at launch in Legion
Tom Chilton answered a question about how we're going to get flying in Legion.
BlizzCon 2015: Transmogrification Changes
At the Legion systems panel we were given a glimpse to the brand new transmogrification system and it is a thing of beauty.
Overwatch will be diverse, include gay characters
During the World of Overwatch panel at BlizzCon 2015, Bill Petras (the Overwatch artistic director) confirmed that there would in fact be a gay character in Overwatch, and Chris Metzen confirmed that it wouldn't just be one.
BlizzCon 2015: Comic Shorts for Overwatch
Just announced at BlizzCon was the news that in addition to the already announced Overwatch graphic novel, which will explore the relationship between Soldier:76 and Reaper among other things, we're also going to get a series of one-shot short comics set in the Overwatch universe.
