It only took about 10 days after the launch of World of Warcraft's Legion expansion for players to unlock one of its deeper secrets. Kosumoth the Hungering, the world-eating Old God tucked away on an unused island, was the surprising "treasure" at the end of an otherwise unassuming quest to find a hidden mount, and he was a reveal the WoW development team worked very hard to keep a secret.
The idea to create Kosumoth came from Blizzard senior game designer Jeremy Feasel, who WoW game director Ion Hazzikostas gives full credit for the surprise boss. Calling Feasel "one of the masterminds behind the secrets and fun things," Hazzikostas explained to IGN at BlizzCon that incorporating Kosumoth was a way to solve the problem of how to come up with creative ways for players to acquire mounts.
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The idea to create Kosumoth came from Blizzard senior game designer Jeremy Feasel, who WoW game director Ion Hazzikostas gives full credit for the surprise boss. Calling Feasel "one of the masterminds behind the secrets and fun things," Hazzikostas explained to IGN at BlizzCon that incorporating Kosumoth was a way to solve the problem of how to come up with creative ways for players to acquire mounts.
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