Battle for Azeroth: Azerite and the Heart of Azeroth

posted 2017/11/05 at 1:41 AM by Squishei

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BlizzCon 2017 Coverage

This Article is part of our BlizzCon 2017 Coverage.
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Heart of Azeroth

You'll carry the Heart of Azeroth throughout the entire expansion. It is the new "Artifact Weapon".

The Heart of Azeroth is empowered by Azerite and will automatically absorb any nearby Azerite. No loss of bag space or time spent clicking!

Once the Heart of Azeroth absorbs enough Azerite, it can level up. Upon reaching certain levels, it will awaken some latent properties in another piece of gear.

Upgrading Gear

The current plan is that Helm, Shoulders and Chests will be able to be empowered by the Heart of Azeroth

Each of these pieces has 3 rings; each ring has multiple traits on it. When a ring is unlocked, players will be able to choose a single trait to learn.

The outer ring unlocks first and consists of 4 possible choices. The middle ring unlocks second and consists of 3 possible choices. The inner ring unlocks last and consists of 2 possible choices.

A piece with the same name will have the exact same layout of traits -- You'll be able to see it in the Dungeon Journal. No RNG!

However, higher item level pieces will have more powerful traits, but Azerite attuned pieces cannot titanforge.

Offensive traits will also be paired on the same ring as other offensive traits. Utility traits will always be paired on the same ring as other utility traits. This will create meaningful choices.

Once you choose a trait, the ring will rotate until your choice is at the top!

Magni Bronzebeard"The King of Diamonds is made a pawn."
“Five keys to open our way. Five torches to light our path.”
“The Lord of Ravens will turn the key.”the Black Empire postAzerite

As the suffers and bleeds due to the Horde and Alliance conflict, her life essence bleeds onto the surface and crystallizes in to a powerful substance called Azerite.

The Goblins and Gnomes have developed technology that allows players to determine which islands have Azerite on them and allows for the Island Expeditions feature.
Azerite can be found in nodes, chests, creatures, questgivers, powerful bosses and more!

Blizzard Blog

Blizzard

The Heart of AzerothIn the aftermath of the Legion’s assault on Azeroth, the world is teetering on the brink. As the Horde and the Alliance battle, the very essence of Azeroth is seeping out. It’s up to you to not only defend your faction, but to also defend Azeroth herself.Early on in Battle for Azeroth, Magni Bronzebeard will entrust you with a powerful artifact to wear around your neck throughout your journey: the Heart of Azeroth, which represents the hopes and dreams of the world.
Over the course of the expansion, you’ll encounter Azerite, an incredible new resource that’s appeared in the wake of the Legion’s demise. As you gather this substance, you’ll use it to empower the Heart of Azeroth. Unlike the artifact weapons that heroes wielded in Legion, the Heart of Azeroth is not itself an item that you will customize; instead, it will serve as a source of power that awakens latent properties of some other pieces of armor that you’ll wear throughout your adventures.Speaking of gear, we’ll also be performing another stat “squish,” like we did in Warlords of Draenor, to bring player health and damage numbers down to more comprehensible numbers without affecting players’ actual effectiveness against the foes around them.

Battle for Azeroth at BlizzCon 2017

Battle for Azeroth, World of Warcraft's next expansion was revealed!

6 Allied Races are being added in the expansion with custom appearances and special Heritage Armor sets.
We previewed the Lightforged Draenei and Highmountain Tauren races on the show floor.

Zandalari can be druids!

Dungeon Journal was available

The Design a Dungeon Boss panel also highlighted the Shrine of the Storm Dungeon.

class changes

We also found that Class Buffs are returning in the expansion, with one for every class (except Shamans).

We also looked at all the large Talent Changes and some classes got Artifact Traits available as Talents.

Blizzard discussed these topics in some interviews.

Wowhead's interview

An item level and stat squish update is coming in Battle for Azeroth.

Legendaries and Titanforging info was revealed, including no Titanforging on Azerite armor.

The Heart of Azeroth is empowered by Azerite and can empower latent energies in pieces of gear.

Island ExpeditionsKul Tiras and Zandalar

Check out more expansion art in the Art of WoW Panel.

Stormwind and Orgrimmar also received updates!

WarfrontsWarcraft Q&A

We learned increased default bagpack slots are on the way if you use an authenticator.

At the end of the Q&A we also learned that the Battle for Azeroth Beta Opt-In is now open.

coming in Patch 7.3.5

Zone Scaling and Leveling Improvements - all pre-Legion zones will now scale up to certain levels.

Ulduar Timewalking will be the second Timewalking raid, as part of the Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking Event.

previewed at the Opening Ceremony

The events of the cinematic were transformed into a record-setting diorama for the Battle of Lordaeron.

The novel Before the Storm covers the events leading up to the cinematic. The book cover was revealed and convention-goers received a copy of the Prologue.

We speculated on the Burning of Teldrassil which directly leads to the Battle for Lordaeron.

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Comment by NarinaeI like the sound of the new neck artifact. Cool from a story standpoing, and less complicated than in Legion.Comment by UtsuhoReiujiThis somehow reminds me of the 1st iteration of the archaeology skill in WotlKComment by MegooverIts so unoriginal that i predicted it month after Legion releaseComment by ThreadyI kinda like the idea that we only need to power up one necklace rather than three weapons, but I'll give it a chance. Even though I don't like artifacts.Comment by TredainI don't think the bits of prophecy refer to Battle though, Magni was made a pawn as his visions from Azeroth urging you to stop Sargeras are part of what led you to collect the 5 pillars (ie the torches/keys) and Illidan is clearly the Lord of Ravens mentioned as he uses the Sargerite Key to open the way between Sargeras and Azeroth.

I am curious how this is going to affect Spec swapping. part of the reason they opened up Tri spec is because powering up the artifact meant having one 'powered up' spec while the others lagged behind, now not sure what's going to limit you from just choosing the best spec per fight (which would be a royal pain for most players).Comment by GereidHopefully it doesn't end in yet another endless grind of somethin in order to get numbers up, forcing us to spend all our free time grinding...Comment by GorundConcerning Il'gynoth's whispers, there is also "her heart is a crater, and we have filled it". At this point it may as well refer not to jaina (who has been declared to be evil) or sylvanas but to the necklace itself.Comment by drillAholeI'm excited for this, it shows a lot of promise.Comment by TEKURAYse ve genialComment by GrabovskyBetter system then AP/AK, but we will see how this turns out.Comment by BorotvaNot a single word about spec-switching... will the traits reset at switching spec to make us able to choose the best traits for that spec or if i've chosen a trait (for example the left one on the inner ring), that'll be active on other specs?
Honestly I hope they find a good solution for this because the artifact weapon made offspecing (efficiently) totally impossible!Comment by JetshadowfireGlad to see scenarios back. I liked them. Still curious about what is gonna happen to our artifact weapons. Seems kinda silly if we replace them with a random green drop in the new xpac.Comment by angelzhizniNeed more azurite!Comment by robbiedehandConcerning Il'gynoth's whispers, there is also "her heart is a crater, and we have filled it". At this point it may as well refer not to jaina (who has been declared to be evil) or sylvanas but to the necklace itself.Comment by WinfreeLooks interesting, still going to miss my artifact weapon though :/Comment by EexxEelAlways love how Blizzard is trying to improve their current systemsComment by TaarakianThe best change from Legion is it being class-based instead of spec-based. I enjoy playing multiple specs and Legion was kinda bad for that.Comment by SiphiraLooks nice!Comment by natyarafdnI just hope we can avoid another grind fest.Comment by AstropeasI'm personally excited about our new medallion artifact! The system looks pretty damn cool ..and I won't have to worry about mogging over the neck piece. :'D

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