Summary: <p></p> <br> <p>Chris and Bill are joined by the travel weary Josh Augustine to discuss the latest and greatest news to come from Blizzcon 2015. We drill deep into the League of Explorer’s adventure for Hearthstone, the news that Legions of World of Warcraft fans have been waiting for, Overwatch gameplay experiences, and of course, the Warcraft movie.</p> <br> <h4> </h4> <br> <h5><strong><a id="more-6674800"></a></strong></h5> <br> <h5><strong>News:</strong></h5> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p><strong>Hearthstone</strong></p> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li><strong><strong>What’s truly new in the League of Explorers?</strong></strong></li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li>Emphasis on characters and story <br> <ul> <br> <li>New game modes: escape from dungeon</li> <br> <li>Some pretty crazy cards too – Golden Monkey</li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li><strong><strong>What’s the new card mechanic?</strong></strong></li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li> <br> <ul> <br> <li>Discover</li> <br> <li>Examples</li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li><strong><strong>How did the big tournament go?</strong></strong></li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li> <br> <ul> <br> <li>So fun</li> <br> <li>Exciting new decks: Oil Rogue</li> <br> <li>Canadian made it to finals, but Ostkaka won</li> <br> <li>Ostkaka was so good. Could tell he plays several turns ahead and even seemed to know what was in opponent’s hand.</li> <br> <li>Had similar decks but Ostkaka was just the best. Not even close.</li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li><strong><strong>Hearthstone Tavern</strong></strong></li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li> <br> <ul> <br> <li>Decor</li> <br> <li>Playing tournaments</li> <br> <li>Playing dev</li> <br> <li>Live band</li> <br> <li>Annoy-o-tron costume</li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p><strong>World of Warcraft</strong></p> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li><strong><strong>What were the most exciting changes announced?</strong></strong></li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li> <br> <ul> <br> <li> <br> <ul> <br> <li>Combat rogue becoming Outlaw rogue!</li> <br> <li>Full list of all the weapons for each spec</li> <br> <li>Shaking up the endgame a bit <br> <ul> <br> <li>It’s okay to not log in every day</li> <br> <li>Trying to bring in a lot more options of what you can do</li> <br> <li>Multiple routes + sense of purpose are 2 big goals</li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li><strong><strong>How does zone scaling work?</strong></strong></li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li> <br> <ul> <br> <li> <br> <ul> <br> <li>This could be the biggest change in WoW since… well, ever.</li> <br> <li>But the details are still a little murky, so it’s hard to say for sure.</li> <br> <li>Can do zones in a group of different level players</li> <br> <li>World scales, not players</li> <br> <li>Rewards scale</li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li><strong><strong>Are you excited about the emphasis on classes?</strong></strong></li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li> <br> <ul> <br> <li> <br> <ul> <br> <li>So cool. Learned lots of new tidbits</li> <br> <li>Like each class hall will have</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>
