Aside from the huge implication that comes with suddenly travelling to planets all over the cosmos, Invasion Points could be one of the coolest new features added to Legion-depending on what you're actually doing on these new worlds and what the rewards are. Dataminers have snooped around, however, and discovered that each rift appears to lead toward one of six biomes: blood, fire, forest, ice, islands, and marsh. It's not clear whether these rifts will, like their Diablo 3 counterparts, use procedural generation so that each instance feels different than the one before it. Players can collect riftstones and enter Greater or Lesser Rifts (sound familiar?) to travel to new planets and help the locales defeat the Legion. In an interview with YouTuber Jesse Cox, game director Ion Hazzikostas said that Invasion Points are a network of Legion portals to new planets scattered all across the cosmos. This is the feature I'm most intrigued about because, from the sounds of it, World of Warcraft is going to get a lot more like Diablo 3. The view of Azeroth from Argus' surface is stunning. Now I don't have to feel guilty for not logging in every few days.
WOW LEGION PTR RETREIVING ILLIDAN UPGRADE
Though we do know that Artifact Knowledge will become an automated process, with players obtaining the upgrade automatically each week instead of having to start the process manually and return in two days to pick up more Knowledge. Aboard the vessel is the Netherlight Crucible, "which allows you to upgrade your Artifact to unlock a new way to customize your Relics." How that all works isn't clear as it's not available on the PTR. What we do know is that the Vindicaar will be your new homebase away from Azeroth. World quests and world bosses will be available on Argus, though it's not clear what other activities each zone will contain as of yet outside of the main story quests. Blizzard says they're like regular flight paths but travel happens instantly and they'll unlock as you venture deeper into each zone. Fortunately, the spaceship that flies you to Argus, the Vindicaar, is capable of making an elaborate network of portals to help you travel around quickly. The three new zones won't allow you to take to the skies using your flying mounts, so instead you'll have to explore on foot. Simply called Argus, this zone is a seared and battered landscape that offers a breathtaking view of Azeroth from space. Only one zone is available on the PTR right now. Dataminers have discovered some vital clues (opens in new tab), but we also spoke with game director Ion Hazzikostas earlier this year to talk about what WoW's next five years will look like (opens in new tab). Legion will likely soon wrap up its story, leaving many wondering what's coming next.