WoW's New Raid: 20 Years of Encounters, New Twists, and Less Mod Reliance

World of Warcraft's upcoming Liberation of Undermine raid will build upon 20 years of raid design, while also introducing new mechanics and potentially limiting the influence of player-created mods, according to game director Ion Hazzikostas. The Liberation of Undermine: New Twists on Old Mechanics The Liberation of Undermine, set to launch with the 11.1 Undermine(d) update for The War Within expansion, will feature eight bosses and bring new twists to familiar raid mechanics. Hazzikostas emphasized that the raid's environmental framing will be a key part of the experience, moving beyond the concept of simply dropping a boss in any old room. "There are certainly new encounters built upon lessons learned and things tested in old ones, but part of the encounter team's job is to evolve those experiences...They put a fresh coat of paint on old mechanics, but also come up with some genuinely new mechanics that no one's ever seen before..." - Ion Hazzikostas The Arms R…