Вот основные нововведения и особенности, которые появятся в Warlords of Draenor.
- Исследование дикого мира: путешествия по просторам опасного Дренора — родины орков и дренеев. Вы увидите Дренор в первозданном виде, освоите новые зоны и встретитесь с ключевыми персонажами мира Warcraft.
- Военный лагерь — возможность построить в Дреноре собственную крепость, которую затем можно расширять и модифицировать. Вы сможете нанимать дружественных NPC, которые будут собирать для вас ресурсы и выполнять различные поручения.
- Мгновенное повышение уровня до 90: вы сможете повысить уровень одного из своих персонажей, чтобы сразу отправиться на Дренор и погрузиться в исследование нового мира вместе с друзьями.
- Обновленные модели игровых персонажей: полностью переработанные модели и новая анимация для многих игровых рас World of Warcraft в лучших традициях игры.
- Новый максимальный уровень — 100: новый рубеж в развитии персонажа, на пути к которому ваш персонаж освоит новые способности и станет еще сильнее.
- Множество других новинок: новые подземелья, рейды, сценарии, поля боя, испытания и пр. Что бы вы ни предпочитали в игре, вы обязательно найдете множество интересных и разнообразных приключений по вкусу!
Вроде как Аутленд будет переделан и будет доступен через Пещеру Времени в Танарисе, Гаррош задействует сей путь.
Арт:
New character models retain the iconic features, but refine them as necessary. The models also have a more consistent style.
Undead have bones sticking out, but they don't look great. The new version refined it. (They unveiled the progress on the Undead Male model)
The team looked at the existing model and decided what they wanted to maintain and what needed to be exaggerated.
They went 956 to 5,408 polygons on the Gnomes. 130 to 196 bones. Texture resolution was 2 to 5x higher depending on the area of the body.
The old Dwarf male has 1,160 polygons and was mirrored on both sides. The new model is 7,821 polygons and has higher texture resolutions. The face doesn't have to be symmetrical anymore.
Dwarf female is underway and has a basic model.
Tauren male is also underway and has a basic model done.
Facial hair is animated using bones.
Capes are now animated using bones to flow more naturally.
Gnome female pigtails are now animated.
Concept art helps to determine the feel of the zone, while Zone maps help to determine what is taking place in each part of the zone.
Vertex shading is used to make things look much nicer without having to create even more new textures.
Lighting is also a big part of adding atmosphere to zones.
The Iron Horde make several different tanks, but not a unique mailbox.
When it rains, the NPC working on trade skills will go inside and get out of the rain.
There are 572 candle models in game, with 42 belonging to the Kobolds.
Worgen and Goblin won't be getting new models right away. The team will take a look at those models after all of the other ones are done.
The female Troll model is in process right now.
The website will show off the new models and provide release date guidance as progress is made on the remaining ones.
Ear and hair clipping is a little bit better with the new models.
История Драэнора:
Garrosh is creating the Iron Horde, but he only sets things in motion, he isn't the main bad guy. He is trying to open a portal to the current time to come back for his revenge.
Draenor is a very savage world, so you can become a savage yourself or work with your own faction to avoid doing so.
The Draenei will react to the savage world, looking at important points in their history.
The Frostwolf Clan is still in the early stages, not working together very well yet.
The team went through many iterations to figure out how the Warlords would be brought back. Garrosh was originally going to go back to Outland and resurrect the Warlords, but that concept didn't work out well.
This isn't a time travel expansion, time travel is just a tool to explain the ongoing story. It isn't being used to massively change the current timeline. The past is fine!
Shattrath was a giant coastal city.
This setting allows for the creation of some really over the top villains. "What if the baddest badasses in Warcraft history got together"
Is Thrall's father a hero? Is he a villain?
Thrall has some work to do in bringing Garrosh to justice.
The Draenei haven't had a lot of story in previous expansions, but this one gives the team a chance to look at who they were before the Draenei we know today.
The world will be a little more like Timeless Isle, with things like a caravan of Iron Horde being stranded in the snow that you can kill to take the treasure they were hauling. This isn't a quest, just one of the events in the new and more dynamic world.