WWI Approaches - YOUR Questions

[Maticus]

As you know, our entire UK office is off to Paris on Friday for the Worldwide Invitational, where Blizzard is expected to reveal one or two surprises. There will probably be features on WoW, Starcraft II and maybe something else (http://www.diabloii.net/n/667291/diablo-3-rumors-intensify), which we'll have totally covered, and we'll also get chances to interview the developers again.

I'm sure you're all busting with questions to ask the makers of WoW, (and no, "When will Lich King be out?" will NOT get answered, I tried that already :P) so anything you'd like to know about the game, the film, the expansion, or anything else WoW-related, place your questions here for us to ask Blizzard!

[Leviathonlx]

Ask them what they are doing about Azjol-Nerub and if they have abandoned it as a zone or only doing instances for it. :p

[Avernus]

Here's a nice question,

What can be expected of the new hairstyles in WotLK, wil there be afro's and more manga hairstyles, and specific race hairstyles and such..
Also what about the costs of doing such a hairstyle change.

[Suicidal Zebra]

To fulfil an English stereotype: "What biscuit do you enjoy with your lunchtime cuppa?"

But, for realz: "This week you've engaged in yet another hair-pulling teaser for a (big?) Blizzard announcement. Who do we have to blame for this tradition, do you guys at Blizz have the opportunity to keep track of the rampant speculation, and what do you get out of it?"

Or, if you want to get serious: "One of the footnote stories this week was Blizzard/Activision's action against a site posting leaked information from the Wrath Alpha. What is your personal position on Alpha leaks? What difference do they make to you in the long run, if any? How would you advise non-affiliated fansites to approach pre-release leaks of this nature, and what do you consider a red-line?"

[tylrdiablos]

Ask if there's going to be a WOTLK Collector's Edition please.

And also ask them "Cake or Pie?"

Thanks. (Pie>Cake.)

[InfestedProtoss]

Ask them weither they ever make Warcraft IV

Ask them weither they'd consider putting more StarCraft jokes iun WoW

[VagabondHT]

hmm questions for the devs *scratches head*

if you could be a race and class in the warcarft universe what would they be ?
and also is there any chance they will make a "CoT war of the Ancients" instance ?. also will Azshara be on the Raid list of bosses to kill ?

[Maticus]

Some really good questions in there guys, keep them coming :)

[Oosel]

ill be there with the mrs who plays and 8 others members from our guild....so many things we are hoping for but the main one is getting wotlk beta instead of the rumoured others

[Janfader]

1. Is there any future plan for yet another level cap to 90? If so, what type of setting would WoW be seeing? i.e. 7th layer of hell etc...

2. World of Warcraft movie latest updates. Actors, storyline, still a $500M dollar budget? Still going for the epic 3 movie sequals? Intended release date to threatres?

3. Will I be reimbursed for my business trips away from home? j/k.

[Your Average WoW Player]

Here's a question that's always been on my mind (albeit, not a major one, but one that's bothered me):

Why the hell are all the High/Blood Elven ruins throughout the world IE: Quel'Danas, Eversong and Ghostlands colored red? It seems that the red is a new development with the changing of their name from High Elves to Blood Elves, so wouldn't it make more sense for the ruins to be blue in color, while the new/reconstructed portions be red, given that Allerian Stronghold in Terokar features blue buildings, as the Elves there still consider themselves 'High Elves'?

Just a small question that's boggled me.

[Leviathonlx]

1. Is there any future plan for yet another level cap to 90? If so, what type of setting would WoW be seeing? i.e. 7th layer of hell etc...

2. World of Warcraft movie latest updates. Actors, storyline, still a $500M dollar budget? Still going for the epic 3 movie sequals? Intended release date to threatres?

3. Will I be reimbursed for my business trips away from home? j/k.

If Blizzard follows what they said at the first Blizzcon then the next expansion with the cap set to 90 would be the Maelstrom.

[Lothaer]

if already asked Maticus to ask this but ill post it here anyway.

Will the Tier sets in WotLK be traditional 8 piece drop sets or the current 5 piece token rewards.

[WatcherZero]

Badge tokens will be tiered this time around so you casual raiders/heroic players cant get high tier gear by farming low tier heroics/instances. Will there be more diffrence between PVP and PVE weapons and sets? as despite them being of equal standing you seemed to try and discourage farming pvp weapons/gear for use in pve and vice versa.

[nots]

My Question woud be How far can WOW go, and do you have an idea of how it will end yet?.

[Maticus]

Great questions all, there's plenty of chances for interviews so I should be able to get many more in, keep them coming.

[Suicidal Zebra]

Okay, a new one about raid encounters in WoW:

"Where do you begin when designing an encounter, and to what extent does NPC Lore play a part? Also, do you use a character-centric model for designing the encounters ('this class can do X, so it is okay for y to happen every z seconds') and does raid design feed back into class tweaks these days (such as with the old Tranquillising Shot mechanic)? Finally, you dropped the raid size limit down to 25 in TBC. With the advent of the new Deathknight class were there discussions on perhaps upping this a little to 30, and what made you settle on 25?"

And probably a stupid question, but "Will you need to own the Burning Crusade Expansion in order to install Wrath and play to level 80 in Northrend?"

[clevins]

Ok here's one I'd love for them to answer:

Right now it seems that Blizzard does some balancing of classes and specs based on how things work in Arenas.

Instead of trying to balance classes/specs for Arena and then make the balance work in PvE, why don't you simply alter abilities on zoning into Arena so that you can tweak Areana balancing and not affect PvE? You could thus balance tightly around Arena without affecting how that same class and spec works in raids and vice versa... make changes to better balance in PvE without affecting Arena

[WatcherZero]

quite like the previous question, Is there a danger of Arena splitting the game into two halfs where totally diffrent forms of balancing for raid abilities and pvp abilities are required? Do you recognise the communitys feeling that classes are being balanced with priority for pvp and it is harming pve abilities (cds, ability changes, etc.) how will you address this?

[Janfader]

quite like the previous question, Is there a danger of Arena splitting the game into two halfs where totally diffrent forms of balancing for raid abilities and pvp abilities are required? Do you recognise the communitys feeling that classes are being balanced with priority for pvp and it is harming pve abilities (cds, ability changes, etc.) how will you address this?

I strongly third this question! :thumbsup:

[Aerath]

Am I the only one that interpreted the title initially as World War I ? o.o

Anyway, Maticus, try to see if you can get an answer to what I wanted to know last time - will Druids be able to upgrade/alter/enhance how their animal forms look ?

[theseus]

Am I the only one that interpreted the title initially as World War I ? o.o

Anyway, Maticus, try to see if you can get an answer to what I wanted to know last time - will Druids be able to upgrade/alter/enhance how their animal forms look ?

YES OH YES PLEASE ASK THIS IF NOTHING ELSE.

Seriously though _anything_ in this line would be good. Cosmetic upgrades to Druid forms please.

[Wintrow]

I'd like an option similar to "show helm" that shows gear on animal forms. Perhaps make them only minor touches instead of full bodycovering pieces of leather gear. Or make it a slider from "None-------Minor touches-------full bodycovering"