{"id":98051,"date":"2023-04-27T12:07:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T12:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/27\/world-of-warcraft-devs-talk-dragonflight-10-1s-cowboy-mole-people\/"},"modified":"2023-04-27T12:07:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T12:07:24","slug":"world-of-warcraft-devs-discuss-dragonflight-10-1s-cowboy-mole-folks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/27\/world-of-warcraft-devs-discuss-dragonflight-10-1s-cowboy-mole-folks\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;World Of Warcraft&#8217; devs discuss Dragonflight 10.1&#8217;s &#8220;cowboy mole folks&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dragonflight patch 10.1 involves <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/games\/world-of-warcraft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Of Warcraft<\/a><\/em> subsequent week (May 2), and forward of its launch, builders from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/blizzard-entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blizzard Entertainment<\/a> have sat down with <em>NME<\/em> to debate the way it labored to make the \u201ccowboy mole people\u201d Niffen really feel like a pure addition to Azeroth.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier within the week, Blizzard shared a video detailing all the things that followers can anticipate from patch 10.1.<\/p>\n<p>Besides a brand new raid and an additional zone, the video showcased the introduction of a brand new race \u2014 the subterranean mole-like Niffen \u2014 and the return of a snail racing, which first appeared within the land of Highmountain.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"TuAMs3JgJdo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everything Coming in Embers of Neltharion (10.1)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TuAMs3JgJdo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>NME<\/em>, recreation director Ion Hazzikostas and lead quest designer Josh Augustine explored how Blizzard Entertainment labored to make sure the Niffen felt like they&#8217;d all the time been residing on this planet of Azeroth.<\/p>\n<p>Augustine defined that the <em>World Of Warcraft<\/em> universe can have \u201ceverything from silly goblins to serious heart-wrenching stories,\u201d and the invention of a brand new space \u2014 corresponding to Dragonflight 10.1\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com\/en-gb\/news\/23934660\/zone-preview-uncover-the-mysteries-of-zaralek-cavern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zaralek Cavern<\/a> \u2014 provided a \u201cgreat opportunity\u201d to introduce new inhabitants to Azeroth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of times, with the Niffen for example, when we go to new places it\u2019s really natural to think \u2018who would be down here?\u2019 It\u2019s really natural to come up with a new race and culture, then start digging into\u2026if they\u2019ve been down here, how did they survive? What are their skills? What sort of traditions have they developed? It\u2019s such a fun thought process to dig into.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember the first time I saw they had cowboy hats,\u201d Augustine recalled. \u201cThe first time that came in from [the art team], a million ideas sprang up about how we can use these little cowboy mole people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meet the lovable rats who helped encourage Niffen tradition.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BuildingAzeroth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BuildingAzeroth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T7fx5DVOv9\">pic.twitter.com\/T7fx5DVOv9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Warcraft\/status\/1651374746850803714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Besides the Niffen\u2019s fancy hats, Augustine shared that Blizzard created a \u201ccave diving\u201d recreation to assist categorical the race\u2019s tradition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you dive into these caves, they function a little like mini escape rooms,\u201d shared Augustine, who defined that gamers will be capable of pair up with a Niffen in a \u201ccontained area\u201d to smell, dig and seek for clues that can result in treasure.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, not all Niffen are the identical \u2014 Hazzikostas teased that gamers will be capable of discover a monster-hunting Niffen on their travels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the new cultures we have in here,\u201d the director added. \u201cThe Niffen are adorable \u2014 they have so many fun activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Hazzikostas and Augustine additionally advised <em>NME<\/em> about how Dragonflight patch 10.1 will enhance an space of WoW that Blizzard \u201chasn\u2019t traditionally done as well\u201d with. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/gaming-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check again with <em>NME<\/em> at present<\/a> (April 27) for extra traces from our interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '2300206660218433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Dragonflight patch 10.1 involves World Of Warcraft subsequent week (May 2), and forward of its launch, builders from Blizzard Entertainment have sat down with NME to debate the way it labored to make the \u201ccowboy mole people\u201d Niffen really feel like a pure addition to Azeroth. 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