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.
If you are interested in knowing more about Battle for Azeroth Reveal, check one of the articles below

You can also see our full coverage in our Coverage Recap
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 tlhartSo will we be able to switch traits if we find we don't like the one we chose?Comment by EspinasThis looks very interesting can't wait to get the azeroth heartComment by CountOaklandDo we know if this is filling the neck slot? As far as I know, that slot has never been drawn.Comment by SamirosClearly an unfinished system. Hope it turns out well though.Comment by ModjowThey mispelled the name of this expansion, it's Battle for Azerite.Comment by shaxiClearly an unfinished system. Hope it turns out well though.Comment by Aralndaoh god now we have azerite power instead of artifact power. do we not realize this is probably the blood and essence of azeroth? magni is probably giving us the heart to collect blood from azeroth weakening her and causing a war on azeroth since everyone including wildlife is taking azerite power. we should be preserving and leaving it there! we are probably killing Azeroth!Comment by KallechIt's probably dumb but I am super excited about the return of three-person, role-agnostic gameplay again. Scenarios were great for just quick group content that we could do with whoever was on (our guild isn't exactly the largest) in whatever specs they had available. The fact that they've got that sorta procedural generation aspect to them is super cool, too.Comment by Icetepegolet's see what futures hold on this oneComment by Umershvlyatel..so what about our main-hands? Will it just be back to regular epic (purple) weapons?
And what will be used to progress through 100-110 Legion content?Comment by GilneasNathSeems very meh compared to artifact weps.Comment by zhulanMagni...what are you hiding?Comment by Codemaster92163Not sure if I'm fully onboard for this new artifact system...but I guess there's plenty of time to hammer it out and improve upon it until release.Comment by efilopialulThis exp is great i love it.Hope people stop talking $%^& and w8 to see the storyComment by AreadonAzerite is interesting, hope it feels more meaningful than artifact power, what exactly was artifact power anyway?Comment by sajaki1Bleh, more AP grinding. Heart of Azeroth looks quite interesting, though.Comment by TofkeLooks better than the current AP grind, we'll have to see if it really is though.Comment by jjanchanSo it seems like reaching a certain level on the Heart of Azeroth will unlock traits on all 3 pieces of gear (helm, chest, shoulders), right?
That is, unless they stagger the levels at which various pieces get traits (shoulders at 15, helm at 16, chest at 17, etc.)Comment by he1r0I look forward to this addon.Comment by ZelgadissOn the fence for this one. I do like the idea of not using up bagspace, but I don't know how I feel about the random gear upgrade paths.

Not gonna lie, when they announced this, I was hoping we were finally getting Path of the Titans. XD

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