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Balancing player power around Covenant abilities is impossible. Here’s one way it could be better.
Choices are fundamental to the gaming experience and you’ve got a big one coming up in Shadowlands.
Garrisons, Artifacts, Heart of Azeroth, Covenants — Does World of Warcraft focus too much on expansion-locked systems?
Remember when Legion was first announced, and we World of Warcraft players were first tantalized with the features that would end up dominating the expansion?
Ion Hazzikostas says destructible Conduit system won’t go live, leaving us with more questions
For some folks, the upcoming design of Conduits as part of World of Warcraft's next expansion Shadowlands has been a concern, and there's been some debate about if it makes sense if they could be permanently destroyed when removed, the way gems have worked in gear over the years.
What Hearthstone content do you want to see in World of Warcraft?
This week has included the announcement of Scholomance Academy, a new expansion for Hearthstone that brings the accouterments of higher learning and alma mater spirit to Azeroth.
How would you fix WoW’s intra-expansion scaling problem?
World of Warcraft has a problem with how much we scale during an expansion.
Soulbind Conduits show that Blizzard has learned from the mistakes of Azerite Armor
After getting a first look at the Soulbind and Conduit system in Shadowlands, I had some apprehensions, because it shares many of the same mechanics that plagued Battle for Azeroth's Azerite Armor.
Blizzard nerfs how much corruption you can use at once, and this time we know exactly who’s to blame
We have seen a lot of hotfixes that specifically target aspects of the Corrupted gear system.
Corruption is going away in 9.0, but Azerite Armor and Essences will stick around
Corruption was the major gameplay system added to bring more depth and choices to itemization in Battle for Azeroth's patch 8.3, and it's seen a lot of updates, hotfixes, and changes since it went live.
Blizzard Watch Podcast 276: Representation in WoW takes a step forward
This week, Matt Rossi and Joe Perez explore how to engage a new player with the vast lore of WoW, how Tyrande and the Night Elves could play into the pre-expansion event, and the importance of Blizzard acknowledging a transgender NPC in the Shadowlands alpha.
What would you replace heirlooms’ XP bonus with?
Of the many, many pieces of news unveiled yesterday, one of them seemed to strike a nerve among the community more than others: Heirlooms will no longer provide XP bonuses in Shadowlands.
