Of interest to over 10 million people are details of the forthcoming 2.4 patch for World of Warcraft. Among other things, the patch will introduce a new area to the game called Sunwell Isle, which will include the new raid dungeon Sunwell Plateau as well as a five-person instance entitled Magister's Terrace.
WoW's Lead Designer, Jeff Kaplan, had this to say about the reputation associated with the new area, and where it fits into the storyline: "There’s a reputation associated with all of these things called the Shattered Sun Offensive. And what that is, is the culmination of the Scryer and Aldor storyline. The two groups have finally banded together, a continuation of that scene that was playing out in the inn in Area 52. They’re now banded together to drive out the Burning Legion who are inhabiting the Sunwell which has been re-ignited. So we think it will be really exciting – Shattrath, a lot of the NPCS will be changed that were previously either Scryer or Aldor specific to Shattered Sun Offensive NPCs, so blood elves and draenei like those soldiers out front by the flight masters – you’ll actually see them change."
Kaplan also mentions that they aren't looking to make any major changes to the classes, and that any changes they do make will most likely be corrections to any imbalances introduced by patch 2.3. He also stated that they're raising the daily quest limit from ten to twenty-five ("It was never a design limitation, it was more of a technical limitation on how many things that we could track on the server at any one time."), and that the user interface will be tweaked in numerous small but useful ways.
The podcast also features an interview with Art Director Sam Didier, who designed the Pandaren, Fel Orcs, Dark Templars, Zerglings and more. Follow this link to download it or read the full transcript.
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