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Forever raids interview: Blackwing Lair and Molten Core to feel familiar but new

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Joardee interviewed Josh Greenfield and Tim Jones about WoW: Forever's raids. They want returns to Blackwing Lair and Molten Core to feel familiar but new, and would like to bring Season of Discovery's Scarlet Enclave into Forever one day. Those points are the developers' views as Wowhead summarised them, not a Blizzard post. The three raids Blizzard has confirmed for 9 December are Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia's Lair.

Joardee interviewed Josh Greenfield and Tim Jones about the raids in WoW: Forever, and Wowhead has written up the key points. The lines below are the developers' views as Wowhead summarised them. They are not word-for-word quotes and they are not a Blizzard post, so treat them as a report.

These raid-philosophy points come from Joardee's interview, summarised by Wowhead. They are not quotes and not an official Blizzard statement.

What the developers said

  • Tim Jones is keen on having a range of different raids.
  • When Forever goes back to Blackwing Lair and Molten Core, they want those raids to feel familiar but new.
  • They plan to use the raids to mark points in time in the story, so each one lands at a stage of Forever's narrative.
  • On Season of Discovery, the earlier Classic seasonal mode, they felt the final raid Scarlet Enclave was fun and creative but maybe too challenging, and that they pushed boss complexity and tuning too far towards the end.
  • They would like to bring Scarlet Enclave back into Forever at some point down the road.

What's launching on 9 December

Blackwing Lair and Molten Core aren't in the first wave. Blizzard's own raid overview sets three raids to unlock on 9 December: the 10-player Barrow Deeps, the 20-player Hyjal Summit and the 40-player Onyxia's Lair. All three are for level 60.

Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit, and Onyxia’s Lair unlock in World of Warcraft: Forever on December 9. Blizzard, World of Warcraft: Forever Raid Overview

To enter Onyxia's Lair you'll need the Drakefire Amulet, the attunement amulet Blizzard's overview points to. In the Forever client the Drakefire Amulet is a rare that fits the neck slot and needs level 50.

Molten Core and Blackwing Lair are 40-player raids from Classic Era, and the interview talks about returning to them later in Forever, not at this launch. Scarlet Enclave was the last raid of Season of Discovery in Classic. Any plan to bring it into Forever is the developers' stated hope, as reported, not a dated commitment.

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