First Look at Follower Dungeons in Patch 10.2.5 - Complete Dungeons With NPCs

PTR Posted 6 days ago by Neryssa

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Captain Garrick, a Protection Paladin

Crenna Earth-Daughter, a Restoration Druid

Meredy Huntswell, a Fire Mage

Austin Huxworth, a Beast Mastery Hunter with two pets: Nyx and Ash.

Dungeon Assistance

When in following mode, NPCs will follow you and engage with mobs only if you attack them first.

When in leading mode, NPCs will progress through the dungeon by themselves, acting like a normal group would.

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Comment by SaruyaHold on. I saw MrGM run Uldaman with this, and he didn't have Austin Huxworth. He had Shuja Grimaxe.

But he was doing it on a Hunter, not a caster like in the video. I wonder if there are any other people that can show up instead?Comment by CntrlgamingHow good is the exp , is it just like a normal dungeon? If so dps get those fast ques now like tank / healer to boost exp/hComment by CalysiaFirst thing in this expansion that I'm actually looking forward to.Comment by BlackDragonAJ89Finally, a way to test out new classes without wasting the time of other players.Comment by DunketThis is really cool! I hope they add a few more characters that can be followers in future but this is a good start! (Really I just wanna see Johnny Awesome again)Comment by wranorelI tried it and I noticed something. I run Uldaman. Tank NPC had the lead and it tried to avoid some groups of mobs by walking near the wall (not sure if was on purpose), but the hunter did pull them anyway and had to come back. I thought it was very funny.Comment by KikiyoDragonIt doesnt look like it at the moment, but I hope they had experience gain to this system, I'd love to be able to just pop on after work and crank a few of these out really quick for some exp while leveling characters through DF and hopefully they'll expand it to lower level dungeins too.Comment by KikiyoDragonI tried it and I noticed something. I run Uldaman. Tank NPC had the lead and it tried to avoid some groups of mobs by walking near the wall (not sure if was on purpose), but the hunter did pull them anyway and had to come back. I thought it was very funny.Comment by aamaruuThats the only reason I would come tback to play this game soloComment by PerlusoA taste of delve dungeons I take it.Comment by pawpurrWhen EQ did this, it was the actual death knell of the game. The social fabric fell apart and once people didn't need to play together, once they could achieve their goals no time with a robot helper, they just stopped playing entirely.

But I'm sure that won't happen in WoW, right? Everyone seems so happy, so it must be good! Surely, it's not that they're too young/inexperienced to know how MMORPGs have done the same thing and died for it, surely.Comment by MikeMJGDoes anyone run normal versions of dungeons now that we are in 10.2?

Would be cool to have this for heroics and mythics, maybe eventually for 10man raids. Or, have them for legacy raids.

Still cool, just very late.Comment by KikiyoDragonWhen EQ did this, it was the actual death knell of the game. The social fabric fell apart and once people didn't need to play together, once they could achieve their goals no time with a robot helper, they just stopped playing entirely.

But I'm sure that won't happen in WoW, right? Everyone seems so happy, so it must be good! Surely, it's not that they're too young/inexperienced to know how MMORPGs have done the same thing and died for it, surely.Comment by PigeonDA few more things I have found:

- When you are a healer and at low mana, the NPC tank will stop pulling and wait for you to regain mana.

- You can change your talent when not in combat. And if you change to a different role like to a tank/healer/DPS, a dialog will ask you to confirm and the NPC parties will adjust accordingly.

- When you tell the NPC to lead, it will actually teach you some dungeon specific mechanics from time to time. For example, at the start of the Algeth'ar Academy, the leading NPC will explain how you have to hop over to begin the dungeon, and how you can talk to the NPC to gain a buff.Comment by VynathlonThis looks pretty cool, but I hope that it has a bit of customization eventually. Like if you don't want to play with Dragonscale Expedition members or you want to play with a Horde group, or people from your Legion campaign or something.Comment by MatrixwolfMake the AI party ur choice of ur alts, they gain xp so u lvl 5 at a time + the loot goes to ur warbandComment by RingoFlinthammerThis looks like it has a lot of potential. I know several people with quests they've never completed, because they are over grouping with random people.

It'd be nice to see the ability to customize our stable of NPCs over time from a cosmetic standpoint, since most (but not all) races can be of these NPCs' classes at this point.Comment by DrakknfyreThis looks pretty cool, but I hope that it has a bit of customization eventually. Like if you don't want to play with Dragonscale Expedition members or you want to play with a Horde group, or people from your Legion campaign or something.Comment by CornerStoreDIt doesnt look like it at the moment, but I hope they had experience gain to this system, I'd love to be able to just pop on after work and crank a few of these out really quick for some exp while leveling characters through DF and hopefully they'll expand it to lower level dungeins too.Comment by Avon27I love this. Can't wait to see where it goes in the future.

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