
The Night Elf-centered zone of Val'Sharah will include a trip to the Emerald Dream, another realm frequently rumored as the setting for a future World of Warcraft expansion.īlizzard also showed off a new hero class, the Demon Hunter, which seems to be based around Illidan. Players will be searching the new zones for the "Pillars of Creation," relics leftover from the Titans who once ruled the world of Azeroth.ĭalaran, a floating city that was previously the main hub for the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King expansion, will now be headed down to the Broken Isles to once more serve as a meeting place for players. Artifact weapons will have their own talent trees for players to level up and improve as they play, but they'll also include visual customization so players don't feel like they're all wielding the exact same weapon.īlizzard revealed that Legion will include players going to the Broken Isles and discovering the Tomb of Sargeras, a focal point for the invasion of the Burning Legion demon army.

However, Blizzard says there will be 36 artifacts in total, one for each class specialization.

The two artifact weapons revealed so far include Ashbringer and Doomhammer, weapons with long histories in the Warcraft universe. New artifact weapons are being introduced, which will allow players to customize legendary weapons. Unique mounts and artifact looks will be unlocked via prestiging. The PvP ranking system will also include a Call of Duty-esque prestige option, allowing you to reset your rank when you hit the camp and start over from the beginning. As players rank up, they'll now unlock special talents designed solely for player-versus-player combat. A reworked player-versus-player honor system will also be in effect. The level cap will be increased from level 100 to level 110. World of Warcraft: Legion will include a new continent called The Broken Isles. A CG video that game director Tom Chilton called a "connecting piece" to the next expansion showed off evil orc warlock Gul'dan discovering what appeared to be well-known World of Warcraft antagonist Illidan Stormrage. The expansion will build off of last year's World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. The expansion will be titled World of Warcraft: Legion.

As first announced last week, Blizzard has officially unveiled the sixth expansion for World of Warcraft today during an event at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.
