WWI 2008 Full recap

Jun 30 (Jun 30, 08) | Csulok &Teza
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This news and the WWI panels will be updated several times (WWI insider) today to be as complete as possible.

Diablo 3 Announced

Two decades have passed since the demonic denizens, Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal, wandered the world of Sanctuary in a vicious rampage to shackle humanity into unholy slavery. Yet for those who battled the Prime Evils directly, the memory fades slowly and the wounds of the soul still burn.

When Deckard Cain returns to the ruins of Tristram's Cathedral seeking clues to new stirrings of evil, a comet from the heavens strikes the very ground where Diablo once entered the world. The comet carries a dark omen in its fiery being and it calls the heroes of Sanctuary to defend the mortal world against the rising powers of the Burning Hells – and even the failing luminaries of the High Heavens itself.
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Overview of Diablo 3

Class panel

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Death Knight

Developers don't want talent trees to be pigeonholed into specific roles. Each tree will be functional both roles.

Runes have a 10 second separate cooldown

Army of the Undead will make players feel like how the Lich King feels when he commands the Scourge to attack

All races are confirmed to have Death Knights. The Lich King wants them all :)

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Anatomy of Dungeons and Raids

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Ulduar

2 dungeons and 1 raid in Storm Peaks

Halls of Stone: level 77 dungeon. Closely tied with Titan lore. Has Iron Dwarfs!

Halls of Lightning next to it, level 80 dungeon.

There's a raidwing in Ulduar as well

Continues the Uldaman platinum disc quest line with the the history and creation of Azeroth

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Complete coverage

Q&A Grab

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What changes will you make in the old world, specifically filling in areas that are blank.
They're adding a harbor to Stormwind, which is a transport location to Northwind. Plaguelands will be also extended with Northern Plaguelands for the Death Knights to have a starting area. There is plan to put a new arena in Orgrimmar where there's an empty arena now.

In season 4 how do you plan on improving class balance?
There are only minor adjustments in Patch 2.4.3 that favor casters a bit.

What did you learn about Arenas so far?
They learned a lot about line of sight and how that affects classes. The first Arena tests had no LOS obstacles and it wasn't as interesting. WotLK will introduce dynamic LOS, possibly a pillar moving up and down or movable items. It's going to add randomness to player skill in Arenas. Tomorrow's arena panel will have more about this.
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PvP Game Systems

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Dalaran Arena

Based on the new lore of the city

Arena map is located in the sewers of the flying capital city of Northrend

No mounts allowed

Similarly sized as the Blade's Edge arena

The dynamic element is a pipe, a wall of water flows out of it sometimes, that is a complete LOS block

Only a few ramps to the center area, player-height ledge on the sides

Water shoots players out of the starting area, players can't stay or return there

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Complete coverage