It’s official – World Of Warcraft is bringing back class armour with the new Tier sets in the upcoming Shadowlands update, Eternity’s End.
Blizzard has revealed that World of Warcraft is bringing back class armour with a whole new range of Tier gear available in the upcoming raid, Sepulcher Of The First Ones.
During an interview with NME, lead game designer Morgan Day discussed the new class armour sets and how they might change the way you play.
“When people think of class armour sets, they think of unique set bonuses,” he said. “If you’re an Affliction Warlock, you’ll have an Affliction bonus and it’ll change into Destruction or whatever if you change specs.”
“We want to not only create a spec bonus but also something that might change the way you engage with your class,” added Day. “That’s always been something that we felt was valuable with armour sets in previous World of Warcraft expansions – it’s a way to make your gameplay feel fresh every time we introduce a new armour set.
Of course, this is nothing new – Tier sets have often given players new ways to play their class, with additional bonuses and changes to class spells or abilities.
“Maybe it changes your rotation in a specific way. It’s like, ‘okay cool, I need to engage with the set bonus so it will mix up my gameplay and that makes it feel like my gameplay isn’t getting stale over the course of multiple patches’.”
