Lightsmith Paladin Interview with Nobbel and MarcelianOnline - Holy & Protection Hero Talent Tree
18.12.2023 - 19:51
/ wowhead.com
In an interview with Nobbel87 and Flame of MarcellianOnline, Blizzard discussed the Lightsmith Paladin hero talent tree for Holy and Protection specializations coming in The War Within expansion, answering questions about the tree and its Holy Armaments!
Early Look at Hero Talents in The War Within
Blizzard revealed hero talents for San’layn Death Knights, Chronowarden Evokers, Lightsmith Paladins, and Mountain Thane Warriors earlier today, so check out their blog post for the newly revealed trees.
Interview with Nobbel and Flame
Also check out MarcelianOnline's video of the same interview.
Obtaining Hero Talents
Are the hero talents unlocked as we gain levels or will there be more connected to it, like quests?
- You’ll unlock the hero talent system at level 71. This does mean it won’t be available as pre-patch content. As you level you gain more points to fill up the tree, eventually filling up the entire tree at 80.
Are there already plans for adding more hero talents as we get further into the expansion?
- Right now focused on developing these at launch. We’re building this out as evergreen, so it’s certainly possible down the line, maybe later in this expansion or future expansions, but nothing to share at this time. Right now focusing on these trees for launch.
Visual Customizations & Narrative Impact
Will we be able to collect new visuals for our new abilities (warlock green fire)
- Nothing we can talk about at this time, but it’s certainly top of mind for us. We’re going to try and make these hero talents visually impactful so there’s a lot of avenues that we’re exploring.
Lightsmith, Herald of the Sun and Templar as talent names for our kits. Will we also be recognised as Lightsmith’s like highlords in the past or is it purely a name used for the talent system?
- Currently, no. Right now this is a system, you’re picking up the teachings of not necessarily becoming one so currently no intend for people to recognise you as the Lightsmith.
Will we dive deeper into the backgrounds of different light wielders, like will we dive deeper into the background of those that follow An’she or the Naaru?
- Currently, mostly just the name for the talent system. Might be room for us to explore later to integrate it a bit more into the lore, but right now focused as a secondary talent system.
Design Process
What was the process behind getting this system going? How did you get to picking things like Lightsmith or Herald of the Sun or Templars?
- Very fun, but difficult. Sat in calls for hours to decide what makes sense. If we pick Lightsmith for this combo, what makes sense here? A lot of teams working together. Ultimately the 39 we sent in at Blizzcon are the ones we felt good about. Good to start with.
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