WoW: Forever Interview Covers Black Market Auction House and December 9 Raid Launch
In an interview with MrGM, WoW: Forever's developers discussed the Black Market Auction House, quest support, raid design, and a global raid launch on December 9th.
The developers explained that the Black Market Auction House gives players a place to spend gold on rare items, which helps prevent inflation over time. At launch it is kept small, with only a few mounts and pets, and some offerings, such as Rivendare's Deathcharger, were removed.
Raids will launch globally on December 9th. Encounters are aimed at a difficulty between Naxxramas and Molten Core, with longer fights than Classic players are used to. Barrow Deeps is described as closer to Karazhan than to UBRS, and new items stay hidden from the client until someone finds them. Every boss also has a lower chance to drop Chase Items, and some of them are highly optimized.
On quality of life, the team wanted to give enough quest information that players would not need Questie, while avoiding its tendency to over-direct players. They also drew firm lines against features such as flying mounts, rated arenas, and shared mob tagging. A PTR is likely, mainly for general stability, and raids are not expected to be included on it.
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