Developer Interview - Morgan Day

Feedbot · May 13, 2020

Developer Interview - Morgan Day
Preach had the opportunity to talk to lead encounter designer Morgan Day today.

Torghast

The main goal with Torghast was to create a game mode that we haven't seen in WoW before.
The team was inspired by the roguelike genre games they were playing.
The Jailer and Tower were added early on, and people wanted to be able to climb the tower.
Potentially could add an infinite play mode similar to the Mage Tower, rewarding cosmetics. This would be separate from the main Torghast.
The team learned lessons from Horrific Visions that will be applied to Torghast.
How much you can play Torghast depends on how much you are playing the game.
Torghast is focused on class fantasy, rather than spec fantasy. Some specs won't value a power as much as others.
Overwatch has an experimental mode, the team could potentially use Torghast as testing.
Anima powers in Torghast is a way to test potential legendary effects.

Dungeons

Max level dungeons will usually be longer than the dungeons you play through while leveling.
Having all of the Seasonal Affixes ready isn't needed to turn on Mythic+ if all of the other end game content has been enabled.
Battle for Azeroth waited to turn on Mythic+ but the team probably won't wait as long this time.

Raids

Denathrius in Castle Nathria will be a fight that takes place on multiple floors, probably falling between them and taking advantage of the environment.