Ashran in Legion - Blue Tracker

#1 - March 8, 2016, 3:01 p.m.

While I understand that Ashran was held back by technical problems with long q times and faction imbalance initially in WoD. I think it's important to talk about it in Legion.

Speaking honestly, I didn't enjoy Ashran that much outside of the first couple times. The death ball play style gets old fast for me. Not to mention how laggy it gets with 80 players spamming abilities at each other. Often the match is imbalanced where one faction is getting destroyed and you have to wait an absurd amount of time for either the other faction to leave or your damage buff to make you insane.

How is Ashran fitting within the story of Legion? Why are the horde and alliance fighting over relics in Draenor, instead of fighting over objects to defend Azeroth against the Legion? To be honest I wouldn't be against having an "old world pvp content" tab so you can q up for scaled up versions of Wintergrasp, Tol Barad and Ashran. Maybe even just a death match Isle of Quel'Danas. But if I'm expected to believe Ashran by itself is relevant with the story, I find that far'fetched.

I think it's awesome to aim for a large scale "war" type feel in a game like World of Warcraft. However adding rewards for this content that are ONLY available in it like "Trinkets" (Accolades) or extra "Points" is not ok.

What I'd like to see for Ashran in Legion is that it isn't obligated with mandatory rewards. I'd even like to see a way to q for old "World PVP" style zones that are scaled up to level 110.

Desvin

Game Designer

#4 - March 8, 2016, 7:04 p.m.

You will queue for Ashran similar to how you queue for battlegrounds. There will be no rewards unique to Ashran in Legion. The Ashran Dominance quest will reward honor and a strongbox similar to those you receive from winning a Battleground.

Desvin

Game Designer

#18 - March 9, 2016, 8:47 p.m.

Wintergrasp, Tol Barad and Ashran were all made during different technological eras of World of Warcraft. Ashran being the most recent, it is far easier for us to convert it to a battleground like instance supporting region wide queues. The work involved with adding that support to Wintergrasp and Tol Barad is equivalent to making them from scratch. Perhaps we will do it one day but currently our efforts are directed else where.

Desvin

Game Designer

#23 - March 18, 2016, 11:30 p.m.

We understand that not everyone enjoys Ashran, but we also receive feedback from some people that they really enjoy Ashran. Since the content is fairly recent, we will support it for a while longer. But we won't be offering any unique rewards from Ashran going forward.