The next World of Warcraft expansion is called Legion. It includes a new continent called The Broken Isles, a level cap hike to 110, new dungeons and raids, a new honor system, artifact weapons, class order halls and a new demon hunter class.
The Broken Isles is a long forgotten land that lies at the heart of Azeroth. It used to be a thriving Night Elf civilization. Now it’s “a graveyard of sorts” that features the Tomb of Sargeras, itself a gateway to endless legion worlds.
Artifacts should help. These custom weapons are powerful enough to battle the invaders, and forging them will be an important part of Legion’s story. There are 36 versions for different specialization, and all can be altered to suit your tastes.
As the weapon grows in power you can significantly change the way it looks, and unlock a tree of traits that synergies with your class in powerful ways. One trait for the Death Knight’s artifact lets them resurrect, for example. Druids who can’t wield a giant impressive sword or hammer can instead customize their form.
Blizzard feels “as though we’ve done dungeons a bit of a disservice”. The plan is to do more dungeons in Legion, and give players more reasons to keep running them. Blizzard showed stills of the Halls of Valor—a golden palace inspired by the mythical halls of Valhalla. Black Rook Hold is set in an ancient elven military structure carved out of a mountain, and the Vault of the Wardens will offer more insight into Gul’dan’s schemes. Blizzard listed six other dungeons, the Eye of Azshara, Darkheart Thicket, Neltharion’s Lair, Helheim, Suramar City and Violet Hold.
Two raids were mentioned. The seven-boss Emerald Nightmare is a prototype version of Azeroth created by the titans, but it’s become corrupted and needs to be cleaned out. Suramar Palace features ten bosses and you get to finally punch Gul’dan at the end.
