One of my favorite innovations in Dawntrail has to be the Arcadion's ring announcer. Not only does it make it genuinely feel like a cornball wrestling match to have a bit of color commentary, but it just feels really cool to have the game respond to how your team handled any given mechanic; it ends up feeling like our performance is actually being seen and acknowledged, and for me that makes it feel more like we're in the spotlight somehow.
Plus, hearing callouts that let me know when a teammate has died gives me another avenue of learning that my team is having a bit of difficulty without needing to divert my attention over to our life bars, and that's helpful because such a cue can help me decide to (for example) take fewer risks for a bit while my team gets back on our feet.
I'm looking forward to hearing more from the announcer in the future wings of the Arcadion! And I'll be interested to see if they can find a way to alter this system so that it might work cohesively in future non-wrestling themed raids as well!
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Plus, hearing callouts that let me know when a teammate has died gives me another avenue of learning that my team is having a bit of difficulty without needing to divert my attention over to our life bars, and that's helpful because such a cue can help me decide to (for example) take fewer risks for a bit while my team gets back on our feet.
I'm looking forward to hearing more from the announcer in the future wings of the Arcadion! And I'll be interested to see if they can find a way to alter this system so that it might work cohesively in future non-wrestling themed raids as well!
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