Ion Hazzikostas interviewed by Liquid Max – the most important statements

• The style of – Season 4 (a mini– Season at the end of the expansion) was a success and could be implemented the same way at the end of upcoming expansions.
• The dinar system is also something we could see again in a similar form in the future. However, the dinar system gives the player the reward of a selectable BiS item too quickly and too easily. Dinars ensure that the desire to hunt for an item fizzles out.
• The Hall of Fame will probably continue as is. Also, the rules for Crossrealm Mythic Raids will not be completely removed, but may be unlocked earlier than usual.
• Cross-faction guilds continue to be a major technical hurdle. Crossfaction guilds should best still become reality in Dragonflight though.
• For now, nothing will change about entering the mythic raid mode. Normal and Heroic are designed to be played in random and flexible groups. Mythic is still rather not geared towards that.
• Mythic raid difficulty might open again along with Normal and Heroic. The developers want the community’s opinion on this.
• Paladins may get a Battle rezz.
• Callers of the Dracthyr get Battle Rage/Heroism.
• Especially with the return of buffs, it will become even more important to have all the “right” classes in the raid. The devs are looking to see if they can somehow split unique abilities like Death Grip from Death Knight or Portal from Warlock to other classes in the future, so raid leaders have more flexibility in raid composition. This should be more of a high-end issue, though. Normal and Heroic raids should not require specific class abilities like Deathgrip.
• Weapon oils, whetstones, and armor sets have been a bit overdone in Shadowlands. They wanted to give the crafters a hand. In Dragonflight, the usefulness of craftsmen will be interpreted differently.
• A cherished Dragonflight dungeon from – Season 1 is disappearing from the M+ rotation again in – Season 2. This is unfortunate, but it is not impossible that this dungeon will return in subsequent – Season s.
• It is difficult to offer better M+ loot for higher keystones than +15 without making Raiden and PvP obsolete. However, they have a keystone level in mind and are trying to implement the best rewards for raiders, PvP players, and M+ players respectively for their content.
• Dragon riding outside of Dragon Isles is still not completely off the table. However, the implementation needs to make sense. One problem is that dragon riding mounts would make all other mounts in the collection virtually obsolete.
• It was initially important to the developers to give players the talent trees with the most important skills. Further fine-tuning and feedback will then be collected in the coming weeks.
• Ion Hazzikostas wants to know from the players what they would think about the mythical raid mode starting together with Normal and Heroic. Here he alludes to the Christmas holidays, which could coincide with the first Dragonflight raid release.