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  • 08/07/2025
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00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:30Sousa, and I'm a lead encounter designer.
00:32I'm Steph Yoon. I'm an associate lead quest designer, and I was also the point on this content.
00:37First things first, what is Koresh, and why now?
00:41So, Koresh isn't a new term to us. You know, way back in Burning Crusade, we first heard about them when we met the Ethereals in Netherstorm.
00:48And, you know, they told us tales of Koresh, a beautiful arid homeworld for the Ethereals, until Demensius the All-Devouring came and consumed their world soul.
00:58So, we helped the Ethereals get revenge in Netherstorm, and we thought the matter was finished.
01:03And for the first time here in Ghost of Koresh, we'll be stepping foot on what's remaining of that planet, this shattered, void-touched land.
01:11Because we've heard that evil forces are trying to resurrect Demensius the All-Devouring, and if that happens, the Ethereals are toast, and then Azeroth will be next.
01:20Yeah, that doesn't sound too good for us. So, who's going to help us try to stop Demensius?
01:25You know, with a threat like this, it's all hands on deck. Within the last major content update, Illyria sort of took a step back and undermined.
01:33But she'll be here front and center with her old mentor, Locust Walker, as he brings us to his old home planet.
01:38And the eager players among us will have already gone through the content in Legacy of Erathor, where there is a feature called Lore Walking,
01:46which gives hints to sort of the content that's coming up here in Ghost of Koresh.
01:51In there, we learn that Vinari and the Brokers are interested in helping.
01:54Not only that, they've brought their entire city, Tazavesh, the Veiled Market, from the Shadowlands and placed it here right in Koresh.
02:02So we'll be able to use that as a home base.
02:05We're going to gather as much help as we can so that we can face Demensius in the raid, Manaforge Omega.
02:10I'm excited to see Vinari. I know a lot of other people are, too.
02:13You mentioned the raid. Can you tell us more about that, Drew?
02:16Absolutely. There's a lot to talk about.
02:18So our raid in Ghost of Koresh is Manaforge Omega.
02:21It's a giant facility that's been built up on the planet to harvest cosmic energy.
02:25We're going to be fighting our way in and through it to take on Shadowguards' Ethereals, who are trying to revive Demensius.
02:31While we're in there, we'll face down with an army of Ethereals still being wrapped, the creature they're harvesting silk from,
02:36and even a mysterious council of Demon Hards that have found their way onto Koresh.
02:40Oh, and of course, it's going to end with a cosmic level battle with Demensius, who is the biggest raid boss we've ever made.
02:46How big are we talking?
02:47Like, City of Stormwind-sized?
02:49What?
02:49Yeah.
02:50Do you have any examples of boss mechanics in the raid?
02:53One that I think is really cool is actually our intro.
02:55Like I mentioned, this is a giant, like, mana intake facility, and we're actually going to come in through the pipe where they've taken the mana.
03:01We're actually going to utilize a artifact cloak we're introducing in Ghost of Koresh, the Reshiraps, to turn ourselves into energy and trick the filtration system.
03:10So our first boss encounter is against a warden that's overlooking these pipes, and we're going to need to go in and out of energy forms to survive.
03:16I'm excited for my druid to have another artifact.
03:19So let's break down Reshiraps.
03:21What's the fantasy behind them?
03:22We wanted to give the players an upgradeable artifact that had a visible component for transmogs, of course, because that's the true endgame of WoW, but didn't interfere with any tier sets.
03:31So the Reshiraps are an artifact cloak that helps us turn our bodies from corporeal into an energy form.
03:39You know, a very powerful person within the campaign helps us gather these ethereal artifacts and coalesces them into the Reshiraps, and it turns our bodies into energy form and basically allows us to see the world through the ethereal's eyes.
03:54With this, we'll be able to interface with an outdoor activity called phasediving, which allows us to enter untethered space, which is an entirely different way to look at Koresh.
04:05It's an overlay that introduces new creatures, new objectives, new world quests, you know, new mechanics.
04:12And the cool thing about the Reshiraps, it sort of interfaces with so much content across Ghost of Koresh.
04:18You can use it in the open world, you can use it in the dungeon, you can use it in the raid, and in delves as well.
04:23Seeing the world in the eyes of ethereal sounds really, really cool.
04:27You mentioned delves, what is the new delve coming to Ghost of Koresh?
04:31So we have a new delve coming in Ghost of Koresh, and this is called the Archival Assault.
04:34It takes place in the Eyes of Revolts and Dragon Isles.
04:36You might be familiar with that place, but this time it's chock full of ethereals, ethereal pirates, some brokers, and they're plundering the place, and we're going to put a stop to that with our buddy Bran.
04:44You'll be able to take advantage of your Reshirap to unlock unique challenge gateways.
04:48They might have boss rushes or unique challenge rooms and need the cloak to access them.
04:52Additionally, we're doing a little bit of a social feature in here where you'll be able to see your friend's presence, they might be able to leave you messages, you see their ghost running around where they died, maybe.
05:01So I can make fun of my friend dying in a certain place.
05:04And speaking of dying, let's talk about our nemesis for this season.
05:07Okay.
05:07You might be familiar with her. Her name is Nexus Princess Kaiveza.
05:11You have unfinished business with her in Narrabar.
05:13She's got a whole new bag of tricks for you.
05:15She's not going to hold back this time, and it's a 1v1 scenario, so buckle up.
05:19That's so exciting.
05:20I loved her fight in Narrabar Palace, and so I was always wondering where she vanished off to, because you don't actually defeat her.
05:26Let's head back to the outdoor world.
05:29What can we do on Koresh?
05:30Yeah, there's two major systems.
05:32You know, the first one is called Ecological Succession.
05:35When we met the Ethereals for the first time in Netherstorm, the two things that I noticed were their energy forms and their really cool ecodomes, right?
05:42These systems that allowed them to create biomes inside that didn't match what was outside.
05:48And here, basically, you'll be helping run one.
05:51Venari is trying to bring life back to those shredded parts of Koresh.
05:56And with that, she needs your help to fill it with animals and creatures that really thrive in the Koresh ecosystem.
06:03What this means is that she'll ask you to go back to previous zones, get animals, and experiment and see if they can survive in the Koresh ecosystem,
06:12and then release them to create a thriving ecology.
06:15Think of it as, like, a void Jurassic Park, where you're just sort of, like, trying to make sure that this beautiful place can thrive.
06:22The other feature I want to talk about is phase diving.
06:25I already mentioned it a little bit when I was talking about the Reshi ramps, but it's basically an overlay across all of Koresh,
06:31where you get to switch to energy form and enter untethered space to access a whole slew of new content.
06:38You can expect to see anything that you'd normally see in the outdoors, you know, treasures, rares, lore objects, all that.
06:45But there's also things that are unique specifically to phase diving.
06:49One of the features that I can talk about here is called Warrants, where you're going to be helping the Constable of Tazavesh hunt down notorious monsters.
06:56I'm looking forward to also building my own ecosystem. That sounds so cool. Anything with animals, you got me sold.
07:03Earlier we spoke about the new raid. What else is coming to Season 3?
07:07Oh, there's a lot to talk about here. So first off, we have a new dungeon coming with Ghosts of Koresh.
07:12It's called Eco-Dome Odani. It's very important to the Ethereals. It's a three-boss dungeon.
07:16We're going to be fighting through Devourers, invading one of these places, eating some of the wildlife stuff to talk about earlier.
07:22That's bad. We're also going to be fighting off a force of Wastelanders that have taken over this place.
07:27We're going to fight our way through and figure out why they want this place.
07:31One more note with this dungeon is it'll be immediately available on Normal, Heroic, and Baseline Mythic with the update on Ghosts of Koresh.
07:38I think the really cool thing about Eco-Dome Odani, too, is that the canonical route that the storyline takes place
07:44is the campaign, the raid, and then Eco-Dome Odani.
07:48And that's not a thing that we do often, you know, so I'm really looking forward to seeing how people react to this cadence.
07:53So what are the dungeons in the dungeon pool?
07:55Oh, yeah, let's dive into that as well. Let's talk about the returning ones first.
07:59So we're going to head back to Revendreth and visit our friends the Venthyr in the Halls of Atonement.
08:04The next two, like Steph mentioned, Tazvesh is coming back, so we said Tazvesh should come back.
08:09Of course.
08:10That was a mega dungeon when it was first introduced, so we're going to break it into two pieces, of course.
08:13We're going to have Tazvesh Streets of Wonder, where we're actually fighting through the markets and bazaars
08:17and streets of Tazvesh, chasing down Saliyah, and then we'll have the second half, which is Saliyah's Gambit,
08:22where we're chasing through portals and eventually having our final showdown.
08:25Tazvesh will also be returning as a mega dungeon experience in Ghosts of Koresh.
08:29Starting with Season 3, you'll be able to play it in hard mode as the baseline Mythic difficulty.
08:34It'll have increased challenges, hard mode mechanics, and really awesome rewards. I'm looking forward to it.
08:39Oh, we also had a community vote for the last four. What were the winners?
08:43Yeah, it was really cool to see what players' favorite dungeons were in The War Within, and the four that players chose were
08:49Operation Floodgate from Season 2, Going Back to Punch Them Goblins, Priory of the Sacred Flame, just awesome Hollowfall vibes throughout.
08:57And then we're going to round that out with two dungeons from Season 1 of The War Within, Arakara, City of Echoes, and The Dawnbreaker.
09:04Just a quick note for the Season 1 dungeons, we are going to take a pass, you know, on the visuals, the combat pacing, the cast times,
09:11the number of abilities even, to make sure they're aligned with Season 2 dungeons.
09:14Are there any other important notes for players to know about for Season 3?
09:17Actually, not directly Season 3 related, but on the day of the update for Ghosts of Crush, you're going to have access to non-bountiful delves
09:24and all Season 3 dungeons for heroic and baseline Mythic difficulties.
09:29That means there will be Season 3 tuning in there, but also Season 3 rewards. You can get yourself a head start.
09:34Of course, Mythic Plus and the raid will open the following week, but you should have plenty to sink your teeth into on Day 1.
09:40Oh yeah, one more thing. We've heard feedback for a long time now about how dungeon checkpointing works,
09:46especially in like Mythic Keystones where your timer's ticking down and whatnot.
09:49We're going to revisit our philosophy there on how long a runback is and when they unlock,
09:56and we actually want to visualize some of this in-game through what we're calling Waystones.
10:00So as you unlock Checkpoints, you'll have an icon on your map, and you'll also have these stones that warp in and show you,
10:05if I release, this is where I'm coming back. I don't want people asking that question anymore.
10:09That is so exciting because I can't remember for the life of me every checkpoint in a dungeon,
10:15so thank you guys. And what about class sets?
10:18Yeah, there's new set bonuses to talk about as well. In Manaforge or Mega, we're trying something different with the set bonuses.
10:24Up until now, they've been focused on your spec or your class. With this update, we're actually going to target your hero talents.
10:30So in my case, I play an Arms Warrior, I play Colossus, I'll have bonuses targeting Demolish,
10:35but I'll still have spec hooks if I'm a Prot Warrior versus an Arms Warrior to make sure that they're still competitive.
10:40We got you on the spec level, but we're targeting hero talents.
10:43Oh, that sounds really cool.
10:44Yeah, and players can look forward to a lot of class updates as well.
10:47You know, a lot of talent updates for specs such as Brewmaster Monks and Unholy Death Knights.
10:54Now, along with Season 3's PvE content, there's also a new PvP season.
10:59There are several PvP talents that are being updated as well. And for those of us who like outdoor world PvP,
11:07there is an entire island called Vanquisher's Wake.
11:10Oh, I'll be avoiding that.
11:11And I'll be there.
11:12Yeah.
11:13Of course you would.
11:15Before we wrap up, what are you both most excited for in this update?
11:19For me, I'd have to say it's Demensius. It's going to be a cosmic level encounter. There's planets blowing up. It's awesome.
11:26Huge laser beams. You name it. Additionally, I think we have a really awesome dungeon pool this season.
11:31I'm excited for players to check out Taz Fesh Hard Mode.
11:34I am also really excited about Demensius. You know, like, such a glow up from the blueberry that he was before.
11:39Baby blueberry.
11:40But the thing that I'm most excited about, we're in The War Within, and The War Within is part of the World Souls Saga,
11:45a trilogy of expansions that, you know, interweave their story all throughout.
11:50And so the campaign and the story within Ghosts of Koresh will matter so much more to the next expansion than it has ever done before.
11:57I'm really looking forward to seeing how players go through the campaign and absorb the story.
12:01I'm excited for everything you guys have mentioned.
12:03That's Ghosts of Koresh, the Void Touched major update coming to The War Within.
12:08Thank you, Steph and Drew, for hanging out with me and putting all your hard work into this update.
12:13And thank you all for watching. We'll see you in Koresh.
12:16We'll see you in Koresh.
12:17We'll see you in Koresh.