• The Ultimate Blizzcon 2016 Recap

    BLIZZCON 2016 TLDR
    Links will be provided under each subject if you want to find out more information about something specific.


    7.1.5
    - Brawlers Guild
    • New Bosses

    • New mount

    • New Currency


    - Micro Holidays

    - Blade's Edge Arena Update

    - Pandaria Dungeons in timewalking

    - Class Stuff
    • Hunters get traps back!

    • Secondary Stats holding us back from higher ilvl being "fixed"

    • More talent diversity



    7.2
    - Flying is back!
    • Pathfinder part 2 will give us full blown flying

    • Class mounts being tied in as a reward somewhere in the new Pathfinder achievement

    All class mounts can be viewed here

    - Legion Assaults
    • Pre-launch styled event in a specific Broken Isles zone

    • Will disable the WQ in that zone

    • 3 player scenario tied into all this


    - New Raid - Tomb of Sargeras
    • 9 Bosses

    • 4 sections (Cathedral, Flooded Caves, Elven Wing, ?)

    • Kil'jaedon is the last boss


    - New Dungeon - Cathedral of Eternal Night
    • Available in Heroic, Mythic, Mythic +

    • We can use the Aegis of Aggramar



    - PVP Brawls
    • Similar to Hearthstone Brawls for BG's

    • Tarren Mill vs Southshore BG is one of them

    • Winter Arathi Basin (Frozen Water and low visibility)

    • Eye of the Storm with gravity turned off

    • 15v15 arena


    - Dungeons
    • Upper and Lower Karazhan will be Mythic + and Heroic

    • Court of Stars and Arcway will also be Heroic

    • New Affix for keystone. Bursting: Non-boss enemies explode causing all players to suffer 20% of their max health in damage over 4 seconds.


    - Artifacts
    • All traits with only 3 points will now have 4 (the grind continues)

    • New traits will also be added

    • New knowledge levels

    • Multiple trait relics

    • Green Fire type quest for each class

    • One new appearance for each weapon



    - The Future
    • We're going to Argus, the home of the Legion.


    Want more information on WoW @ Blizzcon 2016?
    Wowheads recap
    MMO-Champions recap

    - Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
    • 3 Crime families which introduce Multi-Class Cards

    • Grimy Goons: Hunter, Paladin, Warrior

    • The Kabal: Mage, Priest, Warlock

    • Jade Lotus: Druid, Rogue, Shaman

    • Release date is early December


    - No new classes will be added if the new classes will steal the niches from the current 9 classes

    - Platinum Heroes might be a thing past 500 wins in the near future


    - Co-op Content is something they're looking into doing


    Want more information on Hearthstone @ Blizzcon 2016?
    Hearthpwns Q&A Recap
    Hearthpwns updated list of all the new cards in Mean Streets of Gadgetzan


    - Sombra Revealed
    • Available on PTR next week


    • Stealth Hacker


    - Arcade Game Modes
    • Replaces weekly brawls

    • Mystery Duel (1v1 best of 9 rounds)

    • Elimination (3v3 no respawn best of 5)

    • Mystery Heroes (6v6 random hero each time you spawn)

    • No Limits (Hero stacking will be allowed which means Quick Play will put a one hero limit just like comp play)

    • All Brawls (The home of all past and future brawls)


    - Overwatch League

    • Salaried pro-players

    • Localized league system

    • High rank players are drafted by their local team

    • Similar to LCS from Riots League of Legends


    - New Map: Oasis
    • Control Map

    • Desert Themed


    Want more information on Overwatch @ Blizzcon 2016?
    A thread with some pics of the new map
    Overpwns Q&A recap
    Overpwns Sombra recap

    - Necromancer
    • New Playable Hero

    • Available in "Rise of the Necromancer Pack"

    • Will only be available through purchase

    • One-Handed Scythes will be the main class weapon type



    - Anniversary Dungeon
    • 16 level Cathedral

    • Butcher, Skeleton King, Lazarus, & Diablo will be featured

    • Only 8 direction movement

    • Graphics will look like Diablo 1


    • Limited time event for January of every year



    - Two New Zones
    • The Shrouded Moons & Temple of the Firstborn

    • Free as long as you have RoS expansion




    Want more information on Diablo 3 @ Blizzcon 2016?
    Rise of the Necromancer Video
    Diablofans full recap


    - Two New Heroes (Ragnaros & Varian Wyrnn)



    • Varian arrives on November 15

    • Ragnaros arrives in December


    - New Heroes Brawl Battleground "Blackheart's Revenge"

    • Released next Week


    - Nexus Challenge
    • Unlock Champions for free by playing with your friends

    • Playing 15 games in anything but Brawl will award you with a Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch goodies (including a Genji skin)

    • Finish 30 matches to earn Auriel, Greymane, Kerrigan, and Li-Ming


    Want more information on Heroes of the Storm @ Blizzon 2016?
    IGN Article on two new heroes
    VG247 Recap


    - Third and final Nova MIssion Pack
    • Arrives later this month

    • Alexei Stukov will be the newest co-cop Commander added to the game

    Alexei Stukov Commander Preview Video

    - Two new maps are planned for co-op

    • Miner Evacuation & Left2Die


    - Co-op Mission Leaderboards is a new feature in the works

    - New Weekly Mutations with the new Mutators in the coming year, with special seasonal events planned.

    - Major multiplayer patch is set to be released in the coming weeks.


    - Teaming up with DeepMind to help advance AI research

    Want more information on Starcraft 2 @ Blizzcon 2016?
    VG247 Recap
    Polygon Recap
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