Tina Wang & Dani Merrithew The War Within Interview

Tina Wang & Dani Merrithew The War Within Interview
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:59 Challenges
and solutions making
the zones flow seamlessly?
00:02:57 Challenges
you faced in making the zones feel
less enclosed?
00:04:50 How do the airships get
underground?
00:05:00 Thought process when designing the
zones?
00:07:13 Biggest real-life
inspiration when designing
TTW zones?
00:07:41 Does the World Soul Saga change
your approach to worldbuilding and
Q design?
00:09:02 How do you make new storylines appeal to long time players and newcomers?
00:10:21 Will there be any teleportation
devices between the zones?
00:11:23 How do you develop references like Lake Meraldar into major cultural elements?
00:13:00 What are the key impacts of including multiple world events in the Dragonflight expansion, and can we expect similar updates in 'The War Within'?
00:13:57 Hallowfall crystal zone impacts
00:14:54 Will we see follower
raids in TWW?
00:16:35 Can we expect to share more
personal character growth
moments in TWW?
00:17:16 Character design process for
the new playable race
00:18:24 Will the new allied race's feature of both body types having beards be available for other races? Will trolls ever get beards?
00:19:09 What were some of the
inspirations for the new
models like Anduin and Alleria?
00:20:55 Is there a side quest that
you're excited for players
to discover?
00:22:37 Will we see customization
options for hunter pets or
mage water elementals?
00:24:26 What challenges and achievements have occurred in giving the Earthen of Khaz Algar a traditional Dwarven feel?
00:27:49 Will TWW have
adventure mode?
00:28:07 Is there a specific thing or location youre especially excited for everyone to see?
00:29:58 Final Statements
#worldofwarcraft #thewarwithin #wow

[@Triplestamp]

Great interview. I like your video format. Having the questions and images/videos in the lower right while they are being discussed is a nice addition.

[@LeystTV]

Thank you so much!

[@Kross415]

This is the problem people have with hero talents, they want to pick what looks cool for them, not being ''forced'' to pick the meta dps option.

[@novaquinn5323]

Been following since battle for Azeroth! First time seeing your face!

[@LeystTV]

Hopefully you didnt smash your screen 🫢😄

[@novaquinn5323]

@@LeystTV haha Nooo! I didn't! Good looking!

[@LeystTV]

@@novaquinn5323 Thank you brother! :D haha

[@UnNotAnon]

Blizzard DO NOT put portals to each zone like he asked. Make us traverse the areas. Populate them. Don't zing everyone around through portals and load screens.

[@LeystTV]

I'm just worried if we will get tired of flying up and down, but might not be as bad as I think. Will have to test it on the Alpha when we have the zones :D

[@UnNotAnon]

@@LeystTV you’re worried you’ll get tired of flying around? I’m worried about the game being world of teleportcraft. Why don’t we just teleport to the end of the delves? Can we just port to the end of the raid? Can you just port me to level 80? People don’t want to *explore* and be part of the *world* anymore. They just want to teleport around and shuffle from instance to instance. And they’re gonna cater to people like you “wahhh I don’t like traversing the map you painstakingly made, can you make a teleport to each zone from the main hub cit-“ YOU MAKE ME SICK! SICK I TELL YOU!!! *GOOD DAY* SIR

[@Desolaytore]

@@LeystTV lmao yall are just lazy af. No wonder why MMOs are in a shit state.

[@ZestyGuides]

Great interview and awesome questions!

[@LeystTV]

Thank you so much

[@lilisnia6965]

Thank you very much for sharing, Leyst! What a fantastic interview! 🎉

[@Sasha1212121212121]

Amazing questions ;) ! Great interview brother !

[@LeystTV]

Thank you brother

[@aethewulf4787]

Glad you are back,sve najlepse! :)

[@LeystTV]

Hvala!

[@Atremis]

Great interview, Leyst! Keep up the good work. :)

[@LeystTV]

Thank you!

[@playlist233]

Phenomenal interview - perhaps the best I've seen yet. You really managed to get a LOT of thorough answers in your limited time. Well done

[@LeystTV]

Aww thank you so much! That means a loot!!

[@xHaseo135x]

Great interview!

[@LeystTV]

Thank you!

[@heysaekari]

Tina Wang was an excellent choice for them to send around to interview with content creators. Her voice is very soothing and the passion and enjoyment she has for Warcraft is evident in her expressions. Enjoying the video bro

[@LeystTV]

Thank you so much! they were great

[@saiffer2]

I'm here in the comments only to look for just this kind of reaction ❤❤❤ From her first sentence I was really hooked by her soothing voice, accent and passion. Very lovely.

[@vincesiy1403]

Amazing artwork and zone visuals. Tina Wang is awesome :)

[@gabrielaugusto3711]

Great Interview! But I wish you have asked about the Horde role on TWW (and Worldsoul Saga in General)

[@monkpawfire]

Good interview had a nice flow to it.

[@LeystTV]

I had the pleasure of doing this interview. I could ask about Worldbuilding/Zones, Character Art & Quest Design. I've deleted a bunch of comments. It is in no way okay to attack people for their appearance or if they are LGBTQ+. You might disagree with their opinions, but take that elsewhere. I will not tolerate it.

[@JoeNovacks]

awesome interview big hug tina and quest team

[@Melchizadeckk]

Part of the reason the game is in the state that it in is because modern writers and story tellers feel the need to inject their agenda into it. Or with horrible voice acting. And when someone like myself who has played the game since launch and is older than many players sees a writer with purple hair. You just know the direction they're going to take the game. And for some reason, it's greenlit by those higher up the chain. Gone are the days are the writers of the Wrath and prior expansions. They must have seen what was coming and jumped ship. The one thing I always give them credit for in each expansion is the artwork. I expect this expansion and the following two since it's three-part story won't live up to its namesake. 'The War Within'. It will probably be more childish group hug content. Why does someone like myself continue to play? Because I enjoy the world regardless of the poor story writing. At least there are books from a while back before things went woke. Same goes for Star Wars.

[@nickdavidelijah]

as soon as i saw the girls i knew homophobes would be in the comments. thank you for deleting these people, it saves us having to read their sh*t in what is meant to be a fun and safe community.

[@nickdavidelijah]

hi leyst - thank you for removing the homophobia from the comments, it's very appreciated.

ive seen this movie always before an exp lets wait for the release before all world say going to be amazing then after 2 or 3 months the same people will say its a flop

[@tillguts]

What a hidden gem of an interview. One of the best by far! Love the questions and neat insight from the team. Really really good and I hope you get more opportunities like this.

[@FenrirFrostborn]

tina wang has done some good work. Dani seems like she is from the group of people who were hired on to water the game down with sweetbaby inc style nonsense.

[@Meisio]

The girls were so nice!

[@LeystTV]

Indeed!

[@pheodrez9229]

Super great questions my favorite interview by far;D

[@LeystTV]

Thank you so much!! :D

[@beny988]

Great interview. I'm super excited for TWW.

[@LeystTV]

Thank you! It looks amazing so far

[@emmagreen108]

Amazing interview - thank you! :)

[@LeystTV]

Thank you!!

[@Scumborg]

Tina’s voice is craaazy soothing.

[@borisfrlic]

crazy cringe

[@Kenny77557]

@@borisfrlic Pointless negative comment is cringe

[@borisfrlic]

@@Kenny77557 lets pretend

[@andreas6875]

Leys FACE REVEAL

[@LeystTV]

Haha xD I've had a few videos but not many with my face

[@chrisfoster3541]

How does the lead quest designer not know how the airships got underground???😢

[@anthonyzarfati3579]

Keep watching she answers

[@LeystTV]

They do give an answer :D It was just a silly question from me

[@mohdimansaifullizan6193]

Long time no see what have you been so long

[@Kenny77557]

Very good interview!

[@LeystTV]

Thank you so much!

[@malthus0016]

hey, we want customization options "have you tried out the hero tallents?"...those arent customization options....

[@mutton_5322]

that wasn't an answer to the question, he mentioned he was a mage main, they said they're also a mage main and said the hero talents are cool, then said "but to answer your question"

[@LeystTV]

@@mutton_5322 Aye they did answer :D

[@AvatarofHate]

Artwork is always on the right spot in wow, my problem is with quest design. Many quest lines seem out of place, oriented toward a non warcraft audience, lots of naive stuff and woksim.

[@saiffer2]

I stopped reading quests very early in WoW and every expansion I try to check again if it's better and for me 99% of them are basic undewhelming fantasy filler text. WoW has at least other things that I can enjoy like PvP Battlegrounds, talent trees, professions, transmogs... but yeah... quest texts. Nope.

[@ReyRey277]

The Earthen are dwarves reskins idk why they making a fuzz about this...

[@harrylong2796]

Good questions :)

[@LeystTV]

Thank you!

[@kanua5]

Off-topic, but Tina has such an amazing voice, she should do ASMR haha

[@Mykanalish]

Really cool Devs, Thanks for sharing

[@Crocthunder]

I like this format a lot, honestly you guys need to just moderate the comments that add nothing besides insulting people based on appearances alone , ruining any meaningful discussion

[@pjacksononyoutube]

Meaningful discussion on KZbin 😂

[@LeystTV]

I deleted the ones I could see. Sadly, some people are a bit too ignorant and think it's okay to attack others based on their appearance or if they are LGBTQ+ etc.

[@darklurkerirl6101]

Art team never dissapoints. I only have mixed feeling about Emerald Dream.

[@noone182]

🎉🎉🎉 Gratz

[@LeystTV]

Thank you brother! I hope you are doing well

[@MorganRhysGibbons]

Dani seems super rad. Would totally chill with her and talk about game dev!

[@Whatever-mq7vy]

You're such a good human being.

[@LanxyNat]

Great video

[@LeystTV]

Thank you!

[@bikeomatic8005]

awww so cute, they should do pink bunny filter for them so they can feel safe in online space of wow… awww cute cute

[@borisfrlic]

Gde si Srbineeeeeeeeeee

[@LeystTV]

Evooo :p

[@Akza444]

no wonder quests sux, id rather go back to vanilla style and grind then this trash

[@stopstop7913]

Still sponsored by blackrock????????

[@infectioushost1]

I can smell the woke

[@felippesponton]

I can smell the incel

[@MrCarlWax]

It's just your frail ego

[@viperjose]

no wonder this game sucks

[@keihndeth]

great... our questing is going to be woke *sigh*

[@gordonwong3125]

lol so based

[@skipmcilvaine]

I don't think I've ever seen such an apathetic interview in my life. These developers are pouring their hearts out to you and you seem like you'd rather be scraping dry paint off the wall.

[@LeystTV]

I hope you dont work with people because you are very very bad at reading them.

[@yuuriuu]

wow is doing so well these days 🥹

[@LeystTV]

Yes!!! Im so excited for the future