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 Richmond79A thousand questions but we'll see what happens - I just don't want to feel gimped by losing my artifact traits and legendary abilities. The biggest benefit I see from Hart of Azeroth is boosting all of your character specs at the same time - at least I'm assuming that's how it works. So if I suck lots of azerite into my heart, then I should be able to unlock 2 rings on it, and then can add 2 abilities on my head/shoulder/chest whatever as a frost mage, then re-spec and do the same as fire or arcane spec with no additional grinding of azerite involved? If so this would release a lot of my time as I flit from spec to spec as I get bored across my 12 level 110sComment by FreemochuThis new system will be much better than our current system i love it, lot less RNG finallyComment by ZexmexLook lash to be honest :) but still missing old talents trees xdComment by Ilovegarrosh28So now we are like... a planet... soul... vampires? Cool i think D:Comment by RakruarLess RNG? More customisation !Comment by RokoRayDamn.. this is looks goodComment by GoryssIts alpha, clearly :)Comment by StrobiliVery interesting system. Can’t wait to see its final form.Comment by EleyaHope they can customize more with this system than the old artifact weapons.Comment by HowitzerI'm sure this will seem better when I get my hands on it, but right now it's just another ap grind in my eyesComment by ElitebloodUnique idea I'm anxious to see how it will grow through out this expansion!Comment by Eyu2510hope its more fun than the artifact weapon :(Comment by Patter4PresidentI like this idea more than upgrading your artifact weapon. This seems much less complicated, compared to the artifact weapons.
I really disliked having to run back to your order hall every time you had an upgrade available.Comment by CuraipallySeems promising!Comment by SaminI'm just glad it's spec agnostic, also this almost seems like they merged the artifact system (progression) and the legiondary system (effects) together.Comment by TisinaThis looks very interesting and is even appealing for the eye.Comment by vulzoni think its actually better than artifact powerComment by ubk101Seems needlessly gimmicky. After Legion, I feel like they should have learned to be weary of trying this. They're keeping titanforging in (which I know many aren't happy about) and they're (essentially) keeping the AP grind. I think I might prefer the weapons to the necklace from what I've seen, but I'll have to wait and see.Comment by CaradnaurShame it's an amulet - hope it has something visual associated with it like the pandaria legendary cloakComment by GabrielMalinithis a new artifact system

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