World of Warcraft: The Battle Inside’s subsequent patch is bringing with it a little bit one thing for everybody, together with a brand new, story-focused solution to degree characters and even recolored variants of the MMORPG’s most iconic tier units.
Blizzard detailed what all will likely be new within the 11.1.7 patch in a blog post, and it features a new story marketing campaign that can discover rising tensions between the Horde and Alliance within the Arathi Highlands with “branching viewpoints,” in accordance with Blizzard. Whereas new predominant story marketing campaign quests are anticipated, the patch has various surprises in retailer, too.
Considered one of them is a brand new solution to degree characters that seems like a extra story-driven model of Chromie Time. By talking to Lorewalker Cho in Stormwind, Orgrimmar, or Dornogal beginning in patch 11.1.7, gamers can full three repeatable quest chains containing each previous and new quests from earlier expansions however that share a typical story thread. One quest chain, for instance, dives into the historical past of iconic Warcraft villain Arthas, the place gamers will have the ability to battle by Strathholme through the culling earlier than leaping to the sport’s Wrath of the Lich King growth and entering into the footwear of Arthas himself. One other questline dives into the historical past of present predominant villain Xal’atath, as gamers expertise her origins in Legion, how she regained her bodily kind in Battle for Azeroth, and a previous confrontation between her and the Previous Gods.
Blizzard did not elaborate a lot on the brand new Lorewalker Cho quests, but it surely appears an effective way to maintain new or returning gamers updated on plot threads which can be at present related, with Xal’atath’s origins, and one other quest chain involving the Ethereals, being good examples. Why Arthas and the Lich King are featured prominently with a questline regardless of having no actual connection to The Battle Inside’s occasions is anybody’s guess. Maybe the Lich King nonetheless has some position to play, or extra probably Blizzard merely is aware of Arthas is without doubt one of the recreation’s most enduring characters. Presumably, max-level characters may expertise these quest chains for a lore refresher, although what rewards they may comprise is at present unknown.
One other shock is the introduction of Overcharged Delves, extra harmful variations of six particular Delves that can characteristic extra traps and enemies, as effectively a brand new trait tree particular to those amped up variations of WoW’s solo dungeons. Blizzard will moreover be including Battle for Azeroth dungeons to the sport’s Timewalking lineup as a part of the return of the Turbulent Timeways occasion, full with a brand new Battle for Azeroth Timewalking vendor.
Whereas will probably be coming someday after the patch’s launch, Blizzard additionally detailed the return of its Diablo-themed Grasping Emissary occasion that sees gamers looking down Treasure Goblins for uncommon loot. This time the loot will likely be much more fascinating, as there will likely be a brand new mount and recolors of WoW’s lately remastered tier 2 armor units that gamers will certainly wish to accumulate.
Patch 11.1.7 will moreover deliver UI enhancements within the type of the lately revealed Fight Assistant. This characteristic when enabled will mimic the conduct of fashionable rotation help add-ons by displaying which means a participant ought to use subsequent for optimum harm, however goes a step additional by together with a single-button rotation possibility that can mechanically solid talents in sequence. It is simply the newest method Blizzard is trying to deliver add-on performance into WoW’s base UI, with its most up-to-date patch introducing a Cooldown Supervisor meant to switch the favored WeakAuras add-on.
WoW: The Battle Inside patch 11.1.7 does not have a launch date but however is now out there for testing on the sport’s public take a look at realm.