Author: 暴雪大神
Translator: GLH
(this article was originally posted on Blog at 8th Nov 2018)
(In the original article, author wrote an introduction about the designer Pete Stilwell, and the lead designer, Matt Morris, I skipped the designer introduction in this translation)
Do you remember the epic war on Azeroth? Do you remember the scene that Archimonde climbed the World Tree, and Malfurion blew the Horn of Cenarius, and the Wisps flew though the forest? Do you remember how did you feel when Sky get the WCG Champion? Warcraft III has already given us so much touching memories, in the Blizzcon recently, Blizzard published the remastered edition, Warcraft III Reforged.
How much we have already known about the Reforged?
Human, Orc and Night Elves have to stand together and fight against the Burning Legion and the Undead. Warcraft III showed us the epic story and, and the most attractive character, Arthas.
The designer make a big chance in Reforged edition, including 62 missions, Kalimdor, Lordaeron, Northrend and the further worlds; About 40 hours games, the animation more that 4 hours, at least 20 heroes and heroines.
At the same time, designer remake the models, maps completely, and make it 4k resolution, with Newly designed UI interface. Approximately, this edition will be available in 2019, and the players in Blizzcon were able to play it too!
And here is the interview in the following parts. In this interview, we are very honored to have invited Warcraft III designer, Pete Stilwell, and the lead designer, Matt Morris.
Q: Will this edition be able to be played on BN?
A: This edition will be able to be played on BN and official platform.
Q: When will the Reforged edition be available in China?
A: We keep working with NetEase, we are trying to make it same time with the world.
Q: Why that MK has been changed a lot of times in patch 1.29 and 1.30?
A: We are hardworking on keeping game balance, before that, we did research for China situation, a lot of professional players in China said this hero was too weak, but the others said this hero is acceptable, so we did a lot of changes for this hero.
Q: In the patch right now, seems like NE are too powerful, will NE be changed again in this following patches?
A: In fact, we did this in previous patches.
Q: Before the Reforged edition is available, can the RPG maps be used in this version directly? Or they can be used with some special methods?
A: We can’t make sure yet, but we will try to let the RPG players can play the RPG in the Reforged version.
Q: The picture quality of Reforged edition is very good, do you use any technology from Starcraft II?
A: Actually, this is an “evolution”, although we make the picture quality better, but we try to revert the engine and map editor, and we will provide some new models to the game creator, and they can use the new models in their works.
Q: In Warcraft III, the story stopped at the combine between Arthas and the Lich King, however, the story has been continued so long in WOW, we would love to ask that, is that possible that the story continue in War3?
A: We haven’t this plan yet, but we will make some story richer, like Jaina, Sylvanas, and the others.
Q: Will we get the new heroes? Human and Undead are lack of Agility heroes, and Night Elves are lack of Strength hero, or will you add the new hero in the Tavern?
A: Not for now, we had been discussing this. However, we will focus on the upgrade of engine and the maps editor first, to make players have a better experience in game. Meanwhile, we will focus on the game balance, after that, we may add something else.
Q: Custom Game is a very attractive part in War3, do you have any plan about this part, like official maps or give support to the game creator?
A: We had a communication with the game creator and we have a long list now, currently we updated a lot of old maps, and we are adding maps in the maps pool.
Q: Do you have any words for Chinese players and gamers?
A: We are very welcome to join the new players, and the enthusiasm from the Chinese players give us the momentum to update the maps editor, patches, and game balance. Our team came to China so many times, and we had communication with the China players and gamers, we will keep updating this game with the feedback from China.
Q: Did you consider to update the game watching and replay system?
A: On Nov 5th, we will have a Global summit in Bllizard HQ, and we will discuss with the players, see if they need any tools in the game.
Q: Comparing with Starcraft remastered edition, does War3 reforged have any advantage?
A: Previously, we had been talking with the Korean players and gamers, because Starcraft are very popular there, they don’t want us change the game too much, but we can improve the picture quality. For War3, Chinese players have bigger right to speak, they hope we can improve the content in the game, including maps editor, game balance, even the new models, these are the advantage for War3, and these are the product after we got the feedback from China.
Source:
1. http://w.163.com/18/1104/02/DVO23JOO0031986H.html
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