The last WoW extension Shadowlands was not well received by players – the User-Score bei Metacritic only counts 3 points. The unpopular fame system was probably to blame for the misery. The system is set to return for the upcoming add-on World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, although you can expect some drastic changes.
In an interview between our colleagues from MeinMMO and Morgan Day, Associate Game Director, and Laura Sardinha, Lead UI Designer, the developers talked about the new fame system and what they learned from Shadowlands, among other things. You can find the entire interview here.
If you still want to get in the mood shortly before the release, then watch the cinematic trailer for Dragonflight right here:
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Cinematic trailer for WoW Dragonflight proves: Dragons are just damn cool
How does the new fame system work?
Let’s first clarify what will remain the same: The user interface should not change significantly. That was pretty good too [in Shadowlands}, um seinen Fortschritt zu sehen und alles.
, so Sardinha.
Der Pakt dagegen soll jetzt deutlich organischer und flexibler sein. Der musste genutzt werden und das Wechseln war schwierig – das soll sich jetzt ändern.
Arbeitet mit den großen Fraktionen zusammen, prüft euren Ruhm und seht direkt über das Interface an der Minimap, wo ihr gerade seid, was ihr haben wollt. Sagen wir, die Tuskarr haben ein Mount, das ihr haben wollt. Dann geht [ins Menü] and look at the glory. You don’t have to talk to an NPC or anything like that. […] Preview the mount, then plan your day to farm the glory. It’s supposed to be very flexible and from there we want to see where it goes and listen to feedback. We hope that this time it will be more positive.
If you already want to know how best to level up the new Dracthyr class, take a look at the following guide:
WoW Dragonflight Dracthyr-Guide:
The best builds for the new Caller class
When asked if fame farming is still necessary or behaves more like a reputation system, Sardinha gives a straight answer: It’s like reputation, yes.
Morgan Day elaborates further. Instead of having to choose, you can in Dragonflight work on all major factions at the same time. According to Day, that’s a really big difference between a choice made and options to choose from.
The word ‘Glory’ is the same, but the systems behind it and what you have to do to interact with it is very different.
Classic raid loggers – i.e. players who only log in for raids – were unable to pursue their playstyle as desired in Shadowlands: There were a lot of things in Shadowlands that you felt you had to do to be able to raid.
so Day.
But that’s about to change with Dragonflight, there should be more options and opportunities to get desired items and improvements.
This is of course not the only innovation in the add-on. All information about the WoW expansion can be found in the following article:
WoW Dragonflight
All information about the release, features and more
Of course, a look at our upcoming special issue on Dragonflight and Wrath of the Lich King is also worthwhile if you prefer to browse through magazines in the classic way. As an e-paper you can even read the booklet now!
What do you think of the fame system in Shadowlands and what changes do you wish for in Dragonflight? Write it to us in the comments!
