The guys over at Atomicmpc.com.au recently visited Blizzard HQ and met with the designers and company founders to get the lowdown on Burning Crusade - which they got by the bucketload, plus a bonus insight into what drives this secretive, perfectionist and deeply idealistic creative company. Although most of the information is already known from various other sources, it is still a good read and includes some new information regarding PvP and Arena rewards.

>Atomicmpc.com.au writes: > >Not everyone wants to raid, but everyone wants top items. Previously raids and quests were the only way to get top items. To give players something cool to do to get those items without the ‘grind’, Blizzard is introducing the Arena system. > >Tom Chilton explains the workings: ‘With BC the Arena system gives rewards on par with the best you’ll find in the rest of the game. Any time we start new raids, we’ll start a new Arena season that gives us the opportunity to add a new set of Arena rewards to keep up with that. Each season lasts three months, and at the end of that, based on your position on the ladder, each person in the top team is going to receive an Epic armoured Netherdrake mount.’ > >So as a motivation for playing the Arena, you’ll score items equal with the best available, the Epic mount and the simple prestige of strutting around as numero uno.

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