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 RantsiProductionI have mixed feelings about Azurite at the moment. Feels like another AP farm just disguised differently :/Comment by DraxylzIt'll be fun choosing how to upgrade my own character's gear! Blizzard should make more personalized customization like this.Comment by TurtleBluewell how does that goes with the sets? as 3 pieces (head, chest and...) are concerned, what about set bonuses? what if the proposed trait are not the best options?Comment by Kyraahreally nervous about this honestly. hope it doesn't introduce the same issues artifacts and legendaries didComment by pyrannor2012Could be a rehash of the same old, but I'm holding out hope that this leads into somewhere spectacular. Love the concept art.Comment by damekageHopefully it will be better than I'm thinking. Looks kind of like a worse version of the Artifact weapons.Comment by sunin6new Trial system looked so awesomeComment by TherelynSounds like an interesting twist on the system from Legion.Comment by KellyNot super excited about another AP-like system, but being one item that you wear for all your specs seems like a huuuge improvement. I basically stuck to fire for all of Legion because I didn't want to have to grind AP at all for my other specs.Comment by jjanchanreally nervous about this honestly. hope it doesn't introduce the same issues artifacts and legendaries didComment by TheRedRogueI wondered about the armor choices, since all three parts are major pieces for stats, as well as tier components. I would be willing to guess that they will instead make tier slots from off pieces, as that would be the only feasible way to have both these Azerite Empowered pieces, as well as our traditional tier sets that we've always had.Comment by Snapdrag0nI like not having to choose a spec and level that weapon if I want to use it.Comment by IxvangSo it sounds like it turns all our gear into something like the Netherlight Crucible? That actually could be pretty badass. I'd just be happy to see reforging againComment by shaxiThey mispelled the name of this expansion, it's Battle for Azerite.Comment by KelsakiSo it's like the Well of eternity except it's everywhere and solid form. Hmmm....Comment by TristaMeioh167I'm a bit tentative around this, but it seems promising! Azerite attuned pieces cannot titanforgeComment by Varinni hope there's more to it than just farming it like with artifact powerComment by ScarletSnowJust one artifact instead of 3, so take all the legion farm and divide that for 3, seems this will be a more alt friendly expac ^^Comment by Yarryurryerrcontest entryComment by emerrixazerite system looks interesting

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