As a result, souls of the dead now flow into Oribos, the Eternal City, to be judged and sent to several stewards. Former Horde Warchief Sylvanas Windrunner has torn a hole into the Shadowlands, the world of the dead. The Covenants are the signature feature of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. | Blizzard Entertainment Covenant Sanctums - Get Into the Anima Flow Plus, my Black Blood Elf Paladin looks fly. Putting your personal spin on your fantasy heroes is what RPGs are all about, and I'm never going to turn up my nose at Blizzard giving players more choices. "We're really excited about the passion of the community around it, and our artists love going through all those ideas and suggestions people are hyped about and seeing what we can make real." "We're still going down the list of the races that haven't been updated yet and getting those into alpha and soon-to-be beta," he says. Now that the engineering is done, more customization options are on the table. Hazzikostas says the new character creator is the result of "a huge engineering undertaking" in how World of Warcraft puts characters together. And continue to revisit, letting people express themselves as their avatars." There's a lot of races that we want to give attention to. While we of course can't get to everything in the limited time we have, that doesn't stop as soon as Shadowlands is out. We've already heard tons of requests and feedback on the existing customizations. It's a platform upon which we can continue to build and add. "It's not something where we're going to ever call it done. "We see this initiative as an ongoing one," game director Ion Hazzikostas tells me. The overhaul of the character creator is also far more modular. I was finally able to make my Black Blood Elf! Even if that doesn't entirely make sense within the lore of Warcraft, I find myself enjoying it immensely, which is better for an MMO. There's new skin colors, hair styles, tattoos, and more across almost every race. Not only are there new flavor intros when you choose a class, there are a host of new options within the creator itself. Jumping into the preview server, I had to make a new character, giving me a glimpse at the new character creator. He looks so cool now! | Mike Williams/USG, Blizzard Entertainment Same Characters, New Faces The endgame will always have repeatable content, but it's a matter of how that content is presented that matters. Blizzard's hope is that players will feel less grind and randomness in the process. Fixing that endgame is where Shadowlands seeks to course correct. With World of Warcraft's last expansion Battle for Azeroth, the endgame faltered, leading to negative reactions from the community. Shadowlands officially enters beta next week, but before that Blizzard Entertainment offered a few folks a look at the expansion's endgame, including us at USgamer. The expansion has been in alpha since April, and Blizzard has finally locked down all its planned features. Yesterday marked the announcement that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is coming this fall. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team. This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247.
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