Legion

The hype and speculation had been building up for weeks, even before we got the official confirmation of an announcement, but I have to admit that my expectations were quite low.

This week's earnings call revealed that WoW had dropped to slightly above five million subscribers, a rather precipitous decline from its 10 million subs at the start of Warlords of Draenor. No matter what you say about how that doesn't really mean much (and it doesn't, honestly), it's still a startling drop.

We learned a lot about Legion, the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, during yesterday's reveal at Gamescom.

Anything you guys want to talk about?

No?

Okay, nothing but dinosaur questions it is.

Relax, I’m kidding. Legion is on everyone’s mind, we’ll be talking about that. I’m not cruel enough to talk about dinosaurs today of all days.

The first hero class to join the game since Death Knights in Wrath of the Lich King, Demon Hunters will start at a high level, presumably high enough be quickly jump into Legion content -- if they follow the Death Knight model, they'll start in the mid-90s and have leveled high enough to dive into Legion by the end of their starting experience.

Welcome to a special episode of the Blizzard Watch Podcast!

It's finally here!

What are artifact weapons?

One of the brand new features mentioned in today’s reveal was Class Halls.

Tom Chilton announced an entirely new PVP system for World of Warcraft: Legion, which is entirely different than the current system of accumulating honor points (or conquest points) to buy gear with.