With Embers of Neltharion out, Blizzard has given a roadmap update for what they’re working on for World of Warcraft’s next Dragonflight update – Fractures in Time.
This new content update will be out this summer, and will feature a new mega-dungeon, Dawn of the Infinite, new public event, Time Rifts, and a new support specialization for the dracthyr Evoker. There’s more coming in the update, which is heading over the PTR, including a new questline and some new dailies, and much more.
The team dives into what's coming, but one of the highlights has to be the new dracthyr Evoker specialization, Augmentation. This is a damage dealing, by way of support, specialization that gets its own separate deep dive preview.
Augmentation will be available to all dracthyr when Fractures in Time goes live. The official description says “Imbues allies with the might of the Black dragons, and bends time & fate in their favor with Bronze magic”.
So how will it work? Augmentation is described as a support specialization, but it is a support specialization that amplifies damage dealing. So it is also a damage dealer role, done by proxy, using your abilities to act like a force multiplier. Some abilities buff the whole party and others target single members.
Fractures in Time will also introduce the Mythic-only mega-dungeon, Dawn of the Infinite. Not only will you have to defeat eight bosses along the way, the mega dungeon will take you across the time ways, working across time to protect azeroth's timeline and defeat the Infinite dragonflight.
With that talk of unstable timelines, Time Rifts are the next public event. Groups can get together to face minions spilling through the rifts in the weakened timelines. With that comes Eon’s Fringe, new repeatable content that has to do with those timeline troubles.
If you have ever wanted to babysit some dragons, now's your chance. The Little ScalesDaycare needs help and you will be able to guide five dragon whelps as they grow and learn about their history.
World of Warcraft is also expanding the Warlock class to nine additional races, including Taure, Night Elves, Pandaren, Mag’har Orcs, and Draenai. There will also be a new questline for Warlocks that will let you unlock new pet customizations.
See the full announcement at World of Warcraft.
