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lots of fun consumables
this covers his questline - its ~1 level of the story
feels good though - breaks up the story and lets the time between the end of eversong and the start of other stuff have space
im gonna explore the arcantina tho
i see - all of our mail passes through here XD
danath and eitrigg seem to stick around after the quest
literally none of the chairs here work right now - i hope they change that
uh oh
very similar to that early quest in shadowlands
they imprisoned tehd!
oh boy
this shits gonna hit the fan
Wtf, silverhand litteraly fight with deathknight and now they don't like a little warlock xD
this is supposed to be here but uh
a horse model is gonna take them 20 years. youll have to wait a lil longer
welp, thats pretty much all the content right now it seems besides side quests, the returning player stuff and the new exiles reach
ill run that at some point before next patch
Oh yes xD But imagine Night elf with Saber like Ash'adar...
Anduin's horse that served once would have made an excellent horse for KT
idk if this was always the case, but exiles reach now has the base wow logo
yeah so they definitely shifted the npcs
thrall and kalecgos
thralls already voice acted'
so this is probably going live sooner than some of the other stuff
has unique voice lines
same rendered cinematic with breka
quest is the same
this part seems to be the same or very very similar
this part is different
ill go through the rest a bit later
Yeah. If you play Horde, Thrall is there. If you play Alliance, you get Jaina instead.
yeah im just trying to see what has changed and report bugs
ran into a big one before that cutscene
they havent updated the quest text
wild
ah i see
theyre not going to go with enslaving kalec story
thats good
nvm maybe it is the storyline?
I did read all that. Fascinating! Arathor is more endearing than I imagined, nice questline.
i really like him
he is extremely level-headed and down to earth and compassionate
i really hate the last quest in eversong though
because we are forced to ignore his advice and help lorthemar and turalyon kill trolls
i put in the feedback that we should be helping arator try to stop them
well - good is subjective
the trolls are definitely being jerks
but theyre not the bad guys
they just are the enemies of the sindorei historically so assumptions are being made on both sides
That's a good thing.. to show assumptions and prejudices playing in favor of the Void here by making them attack each other again.
yes
Do we know the amani assumptions?
i just dont like that im forced to be on the side of stupid when ive been paying attention
theres stuff in the cutscenes that imply that the trolls are provoking the sindorei because they dont know better
That I agree: it's a pain whenever our character become stupid...
but thats based on cutscene text
we dont have the actual cutscenes
its why i gave the feedback
they can change it without major shifts
Oooh nice! So kinda "we lost our loa, sin'dorei faults"
Yeah!
Especially in.alpha.
dont think its that intense
Oh. :o
more like - light is corrupting our land and we need it now but its your fault - i think?
both sides make sense
the actions of lorthemar and turalyon make sense
its only MY actions that dont
ofc whether they act on my feedback or not will be up to them
Yes! I understand the idea.. if we see something amiss we could say "wait no".
Let's cross fingers!
there was a quest earlier that gave you a choice to come forward or lie
they could do a two sides choice thing
especially since the first side is already done and it wouldnt change the outcome
just would change what you are doing for those like 4 mins of quest
because it really only is like the last 5-10 mins of the zone quests that i dislike
thrall, shuja and breka
they need to rename the location since reanimation isnt occuring anymore
im curious if this is implemented or not
straight to the kalecgos prepatch khadgar tower cutscene
both amirdrassil and zaralek have been flagged as 10-80, thought the other zones are 10-70
forbidden reach is 70 only so i assume it is not included in the story overview stuff
yup - new campaign is the 4 zones, blue dragonflight, green dragonflight, zaralek and the dream
so it does look like you have to do all 4
but you definitely get to this faster than before
i hope they cut down on the number of quests so you dont outlevel the expac
Yeah...
Sounds nice for alts too. :o
Remind me of old WoD pexing during Legion...
ok yeah they cut a lot of quests
maybe you don't hit max so fast on campaign only
i dont have to do the quests where you go in the cave to kill those elementals
or the lava elementals
you never did :P
Never
Yeah
you dont anymore
it just tells you to go there
uh oh
both the level and the ilvl are completely fucked
they really kinda fucked up this stat squish
with gear being messed up this is going to get hard when i run out of gear thats giving enough stats
might have to wait for next build 🙁
technically this is also a problem in the alpha content because the gear isnt increasing in ilvl past 120 no matter what level you do a quest at
i got the same gear like 4 times while leveling
Sorry to bother you but as you have the alpha, do you know if paladin/priest have different intro than the rest?
Considering they are linked to the Light, that seem a possibility for the summon!
Do you know if this includes boots, exiles reach was silly and never gave boots appearance before
I don’t get it why quests are on alpha midnight in dragon isles?
Send some nice screenshots of zones hehe 😂
@dense plover Did you do any quests that take you to Bel'ameth? Saw this in another discord and was wondering the context
Haven’t tested the midnight intro more than once yet but if they will that kind of thing probably won’t be implemented yet, since there don’t even seem to be differences for blood elves
Not available yet. Pretty sure the dream stuff will be suggested once I finish the main zones
Oooh ok
I got a full set from exiles reach
No worries, thanks you! :)
Good to know for blood elves too! Also, do you have a druid which could slot red moon to see if there is a unique visual? :o
I was only given the 4 zones as an option at the adventure table
Also, how is the "summon" from the Light, narratively? Did it happen suddenly and we weren't prepared, did we got a warning from the Light before?
I don’t but I can try later. Remind me tomorrow if I don’t get back
With pleasure, thanks you! :)
I guess the person who took it was just exploring
Not implemented yet. We have template characters so right now we take a portal from Liadrin - I do not think this is final
Definitely
It’s like half-baked right now
Make sense, first week of alpha after all...
Light portal in the capital city and brief summons
Im excited for Zul'aman this week
But also the portal to twilight highlands for pre patch is still active so I think the context will matter a bit
Im eager to see how the relationship with the Amani ends in their zone
Oh yes context, of course!
This will be .. particular I think, to make.
As from what I understand they really want something "right into the fray"..
i think both zuljan and the lady with the mohawk will end up as allies

Zul'jarra? I hope so. We dont need one of them turning evil
yeah
But I mostly was thinking lorewise with the Horde. Id love if it opened relations with them- maybe eventually we see them joining the Horde, which is why we can use their customizations now.
we see zuljan kill a twilight blade cultist - no chance he goes evil
zuljarra seems to be the more reasonable of the two though based on datamines
Yeah
Just hoping we see some reason we can play them in the horde
Like Man'ari and Darkfallen
We also have new Torntusks in the files- maybe kids of Primal and Elder Torntusk!
customisation unlocked :))))
I hope that means body types and not just skin colours
honestly I was wondering if they were twins so they could directly set up horde/alliance factions
but because they're seemingly going down the "fold this race into base troll as a customisation" method, I doubt it now
Hopefully that just means they join the horde
From what I've seen on data mining its just been 3-4 skin colors of green and a few hair colors
No new bodies listed
It would be nice, since it exists, for them to offer the dracthyr body types to others. By that i mean the rigging exists, just get the model on there to work
Yeah the drastic difference between the customizations and the npc forest trolls are gonna take me out of it a bit
I think Amani are so ugly lol
They're like ninja turtle orcs, they don't give "troll" at all
Weird decision to use orcs model imo. Where did the noses go
akshually given the "elven unity" stuff i would not mind if they swapped Void elf with High elf and just... let you choose which faction you wanna join similar to Pandaren
would be pretty cool personally
I disagree with that. Especially the latest model that Zul'jarra has looks better
I think helf are canonically more alliance?
High Elves are Alliance yes
Just personal pref
They're orc bodies and id rather have seen beefier zandalari used
but the Pandaria starting zone lets you choose whichever faction u wanna join (at least in Classic)
would be cool if they did something like that for the elves, but i know it aint happening
I've wanted the choice in faction for a long time but some just wouldn't make sense
I do think allied race reasons for joining certain factions is stupid
allied races are kinda stupid imo
After a million years we earthen choose to join X faction and if i see my long time friend, I'll murder you
I wonder if there will ever be a war or something
doesnt seem like it yet
even the Stromgarde civil war was such a nothinburger
but Stromgarde tabard, W
the interesting parts are in the books, the in-gayme campaign is pretty lame
We're literally at war with the void
i mean faction war
Boring. Already happened
death to the forsaken guys ong
||rip Turalyon|| ):
i am gonna miss that charakter
Tbf in that case, lorewise we dont see Earthen formally join the factions. Of course RP wise you can do anything, and gameplaywise you'll be considered one. But we dont see formal groups or even lore individuals join them.
The most we see is the council of Dornogal send an Ambassador to the factions to keep relations open.
I imagine Haranir will be similar to Earthen in that regard
And for the most part we are at peace between the factions, it’s not like faction leaders told them “hey see those blue guys over there? We might have to kill them one day”
i am personally not a big fan of making Earthen and Haranir playable 😔
work on the old races plz 😔
Why not both?
they don't
the female skeleton uses the fem orc animations sure
but male amani use troll animations
new races sell historically
race changes generate more money than barbershops lmao
i love this so much
The stuff we saw in the first trailers was probably rough mockups
yeaaaaah i dont think i have seen that many Earthen running around
I mean, whether the new races have been good is a different debate
well Earthen arent imo
I think earthens fantasy is very cool, and I like them as a concept a lot
but they're not something I'd play xD
Their eating racial blows and I think that's what messes them up
unless it was maybe a shaman
I dont like their personality personally
no scottish accents is criminal
Im a huge fan of haranir due to their range of customizations
harranir look very cool
horde dwarves, ew
though I do think they might be been "beutified" after the low adoption of earthen
I mean... sure just no more reskins please
hence why people are able to make things that don't look like the harranir we've had
like they used to be feral elves with spines and tusks but I'm seeing some beutiful customisations now, not saying that's bad but
it's interesting that they're adding new aesthetics
Tensions are still pretty high. We never even had a formal peace treaty
I like the female bearded earthen concept
Afaik its still a truce
same, but I'd never use it
dude... even woman Thrall and Danath Trollbane are like chill
as much as I love monster races I must admit I like a good pretty character
unless they're like truly alien then I'm on board
I think my thing is that I have so many toons already that making new toons w/ different races feel extra redundant
I wish Jaina and Baine got married
I didnt find earthen ladies pretty enough to play 8|
and i thought their race was a bit boring, theyre really just dwarf shaped PCs to me
dude i wish they gave body 2 dwarves facial hair
that would be cool af
...they did?
no?
oh you said dwarf not earthen lol
the real dwarves, not the rocky impostors
yeah that would be cool
The entire questline wouldnt have happened without tension existing. And we see it in what we see of Alpha so far- a lot
Anduin already worked directly with nerubians, we are allies with them. And it's established that even though some nerubians were ascended against their will, all of them were misled, and the ascended don't fit into the society of nerubians anymore. Not to mention the new leadership probably doesn't want them around. cue anduin offering a hand to let them join the alliance
spiders
or make them neutral idgaf
Jaina only bangs men that cause drama in her life
Kalecgos 😔
Yeah the jaina/kalec relationship was wild
They broke up in legion I think
they broke up gg
oop I missed that
Maybe before that idr
honestly Jaina doesn't need relationship story
Jaina + Baine 👀
idk if it even fits her current characterization
I don't think she can ever recover from her trauma
not fully
miss Calia assassinated 😔
Yeah it was legion because jaina got pissed that the kirin tor let the horde back into dalaran
speaking of calia and jaina
based
where is jainas brother at
the undead one
idk ):
chilling with calia
Vanessa and Cecilia marriage when 🤔
It doesnt need to be a focus. But realistically all these noble families should be trying to expand and get heirs 
Theyre all almost extinct
down with the monarchy bro ✊
Gnomes got presidential elections though
I could see nobles preasuring anduin to marry somebody from the new arathi empire place
once contact is made
but anduin would not want that
Taelia Fordragon 😏
Heck Genn was pressuring Anduin
I dont know if id call it evil. Just being realistic in their world.
The kingdom needs stability and a set heir
remember when people were going crazy for an anduin x wrathion relationship 😭
betraying the Alliance and causing a civil war
sounds pretty evil
Huh?
was there even any evidence for it or was it just people wanting yaoi
As much as we may wish otherwise, Anduin hasn't been shown yo have interest in men (yet).
I don't always need evidence for ships. I'm still an Illidan x Maiev shipper
I'm going to go nuts in Lemix every time I do the cathedral dungeon
bro left the Alliance after 2nd war and built the greymane wall, Lord Darius Crowley got angery cuz it secluded his villages and war happened
Anduin has a several noble lineage woman to choose from rn 👀
miss Fordragon 👀
as far as I'm concerned, every fictional character is bi until they state otherwise lmao
Shaw is gay, no?
Flynn Fairwind is bisexual fr fr
Hes with Flynn
Yeah Flynn and Shaw are canonically together. Very based.
bro wanted miss Fordragon, ended up with mr Shaw instead
Or even a certain Lothar if we wanna be crazy
Anduin Lothar
Crack ship Taelia and Faerin
they dont even know each other 😭
Tess is also the last of the Greymane line.
Tess is the queen now 

the Worgen heritage questline kinda silly ngl
Worgen Tess literally killed Nathanos?!!?!??!
what u mean it would not have changed anything 🙄
Speaking of relationships. Can we develop Mayla and Baine more. Theyve been holding hands in the background for a decade
I barely remember the worgen heritage questline I did it like yrs ago
uhm... Tess wants to become Worgen so u like take her to Goldrinn
and bro takes her to the emeral dream version of Gilneas invasion
where she is Worgen and stuff
trying to save her brother iirc
dont remember much either tbh
Yup. She realizes she doesnt need the curse to lead her people.
Considering every NPC in Shadowlands is "dead", i'm saying Nathanos is probably waiting for Sylvannas in Revendreth.
no shot he didn't end up in the maw, clearly the jailer didn't have a use for him or else he would have been somewhere during SLs
Is he back in midnight?
Considering no NPC was datamined for him? Doubt it. And seeing as Sylvanas is returning, i'm guessing even if Sylvanas saved him? His soul was either released for redemption, or she asked him to do her job in the Maw while she comes to help us.
Hm weird cause Tyrande said something which would implicate that the Jailer did something to him
But still it would be funny plot to see him back haha 😆
nah i was talking about emerald dream version of Gilneas xd
Worst case: He used his soul as fuel and yeah, gone. Worst case, i don't really care xD He was raised from a Human bully, into an undead simp. Man died a simp, can't say he'd be of any use anyways
Probably implying that he was sent to the maw and not needed for anything else
Yeah
yeah why was tess not turned into a worgen
she should have embraced the “curse” to lead her people
accept that as part of your kingdom of who you guys are
her remaining human is the most boring and lame way to end it
It's an interesting idea to highlight the downsides of the worgen curse
unfortunately that's the only thing they did for their heritage
eh, that's sorta the whole point of the storyline tho, right? she feels like she has to turn to lead them and finds out that she in fact doesn't have to be their leader?
WoW's always been a story built on inversion, the cool inversion of the worgen is that this horrible uncontrollable curse designed to tear the Gilneans apart was what brought them together to save their people
from BfA onward we've gotten a lot of "inversions of the inversion" style writing which basically just brings things back to the typical fantasy trope
Genn's main poke is "Our curse is also our greatest strength" for a reason, but neither their heritage nor the Reclamation of Gilneas did anything to highlight that
I think we might see myth gear from nightmare prey tbh
Yes, it’s the new solo thing they are adding to the game but has been confirmed to apply to the same rows as delves and world events
prey seems awesome
i think adding myth track vault rewards once a week there would fit nicely, since it's literally something you have to do solo at the nightmare tier
maybe we will in midnight, no one knows forsure.
They said it'd be heroic vaults
im sorta glad they didn't introduce it with TWW cause then it would have just created false numbers for delve engagement
Blizzard is very hesitant to let you earn actual myth track loot solo
they said the reward structure isn't finished as it's the last thing they iron out
but like i said, i wouldn't be surprised at all to see myth come from nightmare prey as it's not something you'd be able to carry people through and you'd have to earn it on your own
it would be very nice, but that would also mean they need to make nightmare prey actually hard and not stupid easy
akshually the top sekret artifact appearance for Fury Warrior is not that bad
anyone knows whether the top sekret appearances are unlockable or nah? 🤔
just to clarify, youre saying nightmare mode disables grouping up?
well i saw an interview saying you can group up lol
hmmmm
but i didnt hear anything about one mode disabling it
also
you can apparently even help someone doing it
i assume it would look like radiant echoes
u dont have to be in the phase to target someone doing it
s ou can heal them or buff them
they specifically said you cannot help someone in nightmare but the lower ones you can
you also cannot target people and heal them in radiant echoes if you aren't in the echo too
it was in s1
nobody knows 😔
i gave some dragon doing it my aug buffs while they were in it
i was watching my buddy run around and he was untargetable
Wait, so prey can be done in groups?
lower difficulty allegedly
Hmm don't know if i like that
It feels like it's meant to be a little bit of a solo challenge
its a hard balance so u dont then "force" higher end players into doing it
i think its certainly something that can be unlocked eventually
like they did add some mythic crests to tier 11 delves
but its obviously slower for u
Maybe im stupid, but, i honestly don't get the big deal about getting the highest ilvl if someone is solo player
I'm at 690,i took a 2 month break, and things are easy. I don't feel like as solo i need 700
This incoming stat squish is gonna mess with me for a while
then heroic upgrades to... 2/6? mythic right
No i just mean, what good are they unless you join in for keys or mythic
not sure what you mean
oh i see
well, gear progression is a core part of the game
and everyone likes to progress their gear over time
even if ure a world quest only player
Yeah but for world content, why is heroic/ mythic gear felt like it's needed, i guess
its not but
i do think its fine at the level it is at
like solo play u can still upgrade your set pieces to 2/6 mythic
u can still craft some mythic pieces at 5/6
so u got good gear progression
I'm really happy i can use the catalyst to get appearances but that's my only thing i chase after
have u heard? 

myth tier will only come from myth items
upgrading no longer gets u that higher difficulty appearance 😮💨
Oh
Ive been turning champion gear into the normal heroic appearance
Err just normal raid**
but if u loot heroic i think u will get all the previous versions
as long as its the full set
Good
but u cant upgrade to get mythic
is this a thing on retail?
but if u can stomach keys ure gonna need to run 10s for some myth pieces
I'm going to tell you a secret, I've only ever run one key
im hopeful there will be enough negative feedback that they revert that change to mog break points.
its such a weird drawback to add
it really is
like players have been asking to unlock all previous if u unlock a higher difficulty one
but then
like just why
with the skip, i finished waking shores at level 16
so it looks like they may have decreased xp from quests somewhat
also tho, maybe with how simple all the classes are being "dumbed down" maybe all classes will be easier to play so...... /shrug
i hope that new player experience is better 🤔
classes really arent being dumbed down
you just dont need to press 3 buttons before pressing your actual abilities
it feels really good
my little brother lost interest and found it confusing last time i got him to play lol
just dont need it to be as dumbed down as some ff14 classes (rip summoner)
they said there will be less syncing up procs
Warrior is now 2 buttons, lets goooooo
like live? 
if u got 2 fillers, im only gonna count that as 1
yes, because arcane mage on live has one of the worst rotations ive ever seen, and nothing should work like that
so, you just have to learn the rotation and not the mental calculus that is sub rogue
2 crappy fillers u spam and one single spender 
i cannot get into playing rogue, maybe im actually bad at a class.
this shield kinda kraaaazy
why do they seem to lack aoe
mr Neltharion?!!!?!?
depends on the spec
oh i KNOW i'm bad at rogue lol
outlaw is all about cleaving at like 8 targets
sub is uncapped aoe with burst windows
idk how ass works lol
didn't stop me from playing it, i tried sub for a few weeks just because i hate myself but outlaw was pretty fun
maybe ill try that sometime, otherwise she's getting gone
wft uncap Warrior 😡
but i think rogue is just not very intuitive
and has too much rng
stealth gameplay also sucks in pve
too much rng and a bad tank can screw you hard
i play feral and im used to the points and all but rogue just sucks for me
like sometimes u want to be chaining, but youre punished needing to re stealth
i think theyre removing stealth gameplay from outlaw though
oh! that might be nice, perhaps ill keep her and see how it plays in Mid
yes
idk if anyone specified how you get the amani troll appearances for darkespear
but this is how
It has been shown, but yeah.
So pretty much the zone storyline
Expected. Hmmmm.
I really want them to join the Horde to explain the customization 😂 😂
bruuuuuh whyd u do that 😭
"from PvP" lemme guess
kill 1000 people with artifact weapon
cuz PvP appearances are actually honor level based
so i guess i am gonna be missing that one tint cuz "hIsToRiCaL cOnTeXt"
cool
just get the 1000 kils when you're not in remix?
I don't think the pvp ones work now
you just mog the apperance no? just like the dungeon ones?
You can't earn them
u need to kill 1000 people with the artifakt weapon
The pvp artifact ones are locked
no?
Some of them are
okay i am really confused about what they mean "PvP" artifact
cuz the pvp ones clearly arent
the sekret appearance that requires u to murder 1000 people is then
like i literally unlocked my first pvp appearance by getting to level 10 honor 😭
omw to Valhalla
only the MT one is
and the kill 1000 people tint is i guess
and any of the tints behind the MT ones if you don't have the 1st MT one
if u unlocked MT during legion u can unlock the rest anytime, no?
yes
on that charakter at least
those are the pvp ones, no?
started playing during Dragonflight
PvP do be unlockable
🤔 guess i was looking at the mt ones
But this is the beta channel 8p
yes, any of them besides the MT is unlockable
i really hope the 1000 kills one is somehow obtainable, if not THAT ONE missing tint is so gonna piss me off
its 100% gonna be the color I like the most
IF you own the MT tint one skin you can still unlock the other tints locked behind it, however you CANNOT unlock MT tint 1 anymore
i mean they could have just made all the artifakt appearances available, just saying
ahead of the curve mount 
you werent exclusive enough 😔
agreed but no use beating a dead horse
just pisses me off that i will have part of the appearances locked, cuz muh prestige
but whatever
yes yes, we know. many of us feel the same way
if anything having ONE SINGLE TINT of the sekret appearance locked would piss me off even more than not having MT
honestly
it would be quite hilarious if they locked pvp tints away with Lemix
need this set for the cape only ong
YOOOOOOO
GNOMISH ARTIFAKT WEAPON??!?!
thats old - why is this in beta-ptr-spoilers?
secret artifact appearances are from legion
which was almost 10 years ago
yeah but the way you get it hasn't changed so there really isn't a reason it couldn't be talked about in retail
is that a bow or a glaive? lol
Looks like a stupid LEGO Weapon.
its existed since nearly a decade ago
its a secret skin for the legion gun artifact
so they could have a bow option
because i believe at the time they had stricter transmog restrictions
It's nerf, or nuthin 😎
the helm and the cape are fire for DH
I actually like the Sargerei and Headless horseman set mixed together. Feels like the two sets were made for mix/matching.
Hello @dense plover , bothering you again for the redmoon, sorry.. 🙏🏽
Call me a nitpicker but because the horseman armour is more of a blue steel than the fel green steel I’d not wear them together
Like they don’t match in my eyes
Also the fel armour has purple cloth, while horseman has red
This is why I long for them to add some kind of colour customisation to armour, there’s so many sets that are just a smidge off of working well together
Because colours clash
Oh shoot ok
I’ll check today
Do you know where on the talent tree that is?
Sure, guardian druid talent tree, on the right, double node!
No worries aha!
Are they really making the player massacre the Amani at the end of Eversong?
in a misunderstaing maybe
The Amani are entering eversong to take Dawnwood they need
the Amani are trying to avoid combat but you know elves and trees
its a red beam with a moon and a dark cloud
what were you specifically asking about?
oooh thanks you, would you have a screen?
Yes thanks!
yes yes yes!
cant do any better
It's perfect! :)
its essentially moonfire but red
Well, at least the name clearly showed what it was... thanks! I wanted to be sure. 😁
Thanks you again, it's useful for me to check any new FX. :)
ok this is cool
the darkway delve is suramar
in the tunnels
helps to show the twilight's blade isnt just in eversong
Whoah, look like nightmare druid 😮
it has a map
looks familiar - i think this mightve been used somewhere before?
yup
clever
Oh yes
I remember the demon area xD
layout is different for this story at least
sides are closed off
its unfortunately not designed super well
pretty much a given eventually
to balance out void elf DHs
Nice
I've been going on about velf and nborne dh for yrs and people would argue that it wouldn't make sense
unfortunate that the delve is a messy not fun delve
hopefully will see improvements
concept is solid
ah yes, the historically peaceful amani trolls 
dont know if anyone has shown off valeera's kit
wtf watcher
im trying to show abilities
this is healer
differences for damage dealer are below

realized i should show a full page overview so you can see which were removed
dps
healer
tank stuff starts here
definitely find her to be more interesting than brann mechanically
They knew they wouldn't get permission so didn't ask lol
sometimes its easier to ask for forgiveness
curios i have found so far - first two are combat, 3rd is utility
utility curio has a neat visual
Except we apparently kill a bunch first before we realize why they want the wood
But kill first ask later is kinda on brand for elves and trees.
its on brand for practically every race in the setting, including the trolls
hence the quip about the "historically peaceful trolls"
I get that but my impression of the story is they are trying to avoid a fight this time
but Elves mistake it as an invasion
Awesome!
too bad the actual delve is kinda terrible
writing up my thoughts as i play through the last one of the 3 they want tested (parhelion plaza)
so far darkway is the worst of the 3 - feels the least finished
Ah shoo.. x_x
Also, do you know the names of the haranir quest gear, if it's already in the alpha?
For delves, I generallly find them very hit or miss..
Just wanted to give my delve feedback on the 3 delves mentioned in the alpha test dev notes. 1. Darkway This one needs a lot of work. The objectives aren’t labeled, the mechanics are dull and the delve itself is messy. I really like the concept of this because it shows the Twilight’s Blade are active elsewhere in the world and not just nea...
there we go
no way to really check
we only have one zone
only item relevant to the haranar stuff
delve chest drop - ilvls are bugged
Understood, thanks you! :)
Thanks!
Do we have a Fungal Folley replacement as in giant open room delve
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/eversong-questline-finale-is-bad/2178961 made one for the eversong quest issue
Near the end of questing in Eversong, we learn that Zuljan had the amani trolls come into the zone in order to get Lightwood to fight against the Twilight’s Blade - we do this by exploring an old amani temple with Arator. We then are expected to immediately ignore everything we just saw to help Turalyon and Lorthemar attack the amani to ‘put...
we dont have access to most of the delves yet
but probably? the outdoor delves seem to fill this niche kinda
parhelion plaza is essentially two concentric rings with a boss platform in the center
all you need to do is repair some barricades and kills some guys in the story variant i got
Thanks!
"We’ve seen a great deal of feedback from players about how they hope to continue upgrading the look of class set items, which has been possible since patch 10.1 by upgrading items to the point that their required crest type changed. In Midnight, there will only be one crest type per item track, and we agree that this is functionality worth keeping in the game, so we’re changing how it works.
In Midnight, we’re maintaining that functionality with a clearer trigger: reach the highest level of power within a tier, and you unlock the next tier’s appearance.
Class set and raid weapon appearances will now change after the item has been fully upgraded to 6/6 on its upgrade track."
and there was peace among the transmog community
what does " there will be only one crest type per item track " means ? 🤔
no more over lap on crests
so no more 4 of one then 4 of another it's just all one type
the upgrade tracks that is, so no more needing say runed for the first half then gilded to finish it. it will be all gilded or all runed
Oh wait I'm confused, yeah that means hero item will be able to be fully upgraded from hero raid
no more weird stuff were you required half mythic to max them
sounds like it
but it makes crests weird for m+
do gilded only start dropping at +10 then?
do you still get some pity gilded from hero and delves for crafting?
yeah how does that work for delves?
delve gear doesnt go above champion except the weekly pieces
and gilded crests from +11s would essentially be worthless
You can still craft
Great change glad they listened
im not shocked they back tracked it honestly
I’m not either
Do we know if it’ll be retroactive?
I mean like are we gonna get appearances below mythic if we already have them before midnight
I hope they streamline the crests and actually name the crests explorer, veteran, champion etc
the tier set stuff is retroactive
Instead of runed, weathered, you know
why dmg numbers are so low at alpha?
they will lower all numbers with midnight?
I honestly think that's just a huge +++
I feel the game is getting abit too high in numbers, if i wanted OP Numbers, i'd play Diablo and crit trillions 
It gives a feeling on normality with low numbers.
I prefer when squishes come at lore appropriate points like post legion
Also big numbers only feel satisfying if there’s small numbers to contrast
In an ideal world the squish waited for post TLT but odds are we're getting a mega squish then
Like if heroic throw is doing 10k damage, but is functionally a poke with a needle
14.0 I'd bet brings a level squish
They even improved it
Since now it applies also to weapons
i have a question about housing, how do neighboors work?, can i be in one with friends but if we're less than 55 invite random people to fill it?
i dont want it to feel empty
Neighborhoods are generated as they fill up. So at launch if there is one neighborhood, once it’s 80% full, a new neighborhood will be added
There will probably be more than one at launch
Also neighborhoods are random people by default
but i thought that i could create and manage one and fill it with guildies or friends
Guilds can have their own neighborhood
youll be able to have a private neighborhood for friends as well, but youll need a minimum number of people to sign up before you can open it, and you cant fill it with randoms - i believe private neighborhoods have fewer houses
After seeing a video for it, I'm sad about a lot of class changes they're making
I feel it's been made too simple
its not
It looks that way though
Fire mage appears to get 4-6 spells now
ah yes instead of 9 spells but 3 of them are spells you use before using a different spell
theyre just taking the effects and moving them into combined uses
You really don't have to be so passive aggressive sounding
im not
im telling you thats what theyre doing
tho a few specs are currently a bit over simplified
for alpha 1 they nailed it generally
this is the best alpha balancing ive seen
But you do, often.
I'm giving my opinions on what I've been able to see. I might still feel that way when it goes live
I don't want what happened with ff14
theyll fix the rest
this is nothing like ff14
ff14's problem is not that its simple
some classes in 14 have more buttons than some in wow
They literally killed summoner by being ultra simple
the problem in 14 is that classes all have the same cooldowns, and basic rotation concept
theres always a 90 sec or 120 sec cooldown, there is always a 4-6 button rotation that has a correct order
thats ff14
You are right in that once i can play it, i might feel ok with it
But looking at it without being able to play it yet, it feels really dumbed down
we will see significant class iteration over the next 5-6 weeks
I really don't want hunter having multishot taken though. I use that for grabbing mobs
multishot isnt gone though?
its just replaced for beast mastery with a different aoe
Oh, then i guess i misunderstood what Kelani said then
yeah a lot of the videos ive seen from hunter people legit dont get the changes
for example all the people doom and glooming over survival dont understand that it isnt a haste spec anymore
its crit/mastery now b/c kill command is just on the GCD instead of having a cooldown
and its all about bombs and stuff
its very fun
The bombs im less excited about, but the dual wield sounds great
this is a constant thing i have seen with videos about the class changes from people who are seeing "X has changed" but dont bother to actually read the WHY and WHAT that details the specifics
I mean Blizzard does love its passive cleave melees
I can get people upset and losing a dedicated AoE button but in general Blizzard seems to find balancing those hell.
i mean its still a dedicated button
it just has a cooldown but works differently
Arcane mage looks more fun and im happy frost gets its elemental back
which one? All its skills seem to be intended for single target rotations too
in that way it's very much like specs like Havoc, Assassination, Sub, etc
I think havoc is incredibly fun to play, so I'm not saying it's immediately bad design
But I get why people are worried.
well half the class tree is missing right now
so i think demon hunters need to calm down
that's a tangent. I was comparing Havoc on live to what they're doing with Survival on Alpha. 😛
It is! But it's rotation is basically the same.
Some people do.
those people shouldnt design games
ff14 has separate aoe and st rotations but the only difference is the button - the mechanics are essentially identical
new survival has an ability that does a cone but can be aimed by rotating the player (boomstick) and i think that is a far more interesting implementation of aoe vs st
its in how you use the ability
vs having separate abilities
my mmo doesnt need a 14 button combat rotation
and i sure as shit dont want any class to have whatever abomination arcane mage currently has
my friend showed me a pic and i wanted to die
what the hell is this?
and this sucks too
i shouldnt need a wiki to play a spec
My mmo doesn’t need 2 different 14 button rotations for ST or AoE
also that
This
6-8 buttons is honestly plenty with 1-3 situational but strong abilities mixed in
again, a few specs right now on alpha missed the mark
but overall this is the best the game has felt in a long time imo
Arcane is another one that really doesn't change what it does in AoE or Single Target
it's AoE is all incidental cleave.
yeah but the rotation itself is stupid
I might be getting old but like I like being able to play a bunch of different classes/specs and not have to go read fourms/guides and what not to be effective
Personnaly i love the mage arcane visual, i know how to play it, but it would serisouly take so much energy to play this in M+ / Raid xD
i bet a chunk of the people complaining are the same people that make written and video guides about classes and thats where a chunk of their income comes from
This isn’t new haha, it’s just a rebranded version of Fury of the Eagle
yes
but it works a bit differently from my testing
range and width of the hit mainly
feels good imo
I more mean, you’re saying that survival didnt actually lose their AoE rotation differences because of it, but they did
Butchery is gone and replaced by passive uncontrollable cleave
yes but butchery was also important because of how survival worked in general with it being a haste stacking class
survival works very different now
totally different stat priority
That was not what butchery was for lol, it was for bomb CDR and bleeds
yeah but you dont need it for bomb cdr now
Which are still core to the new spec, even moreso
that comes from other abilities
and bleeds come from bombs now if thats what you want to focus on
with SOME from pet but less than half
honestly you dont necessarily want to do bleeds as survival now
I think you’re missing the issue people are having, everything requiring input and knowledge of managing cooldowns is being removed and made entirely passive with no input
Yes it’s all still “there”, but that’s significantly less engaging
uh - i hard disagree
for example, the main CDR you focus on now is the two sets of bombs
The core of the kit with tip of the spear has been removed and replaced with… nothing
you want to pay attention to when its up and not so that you can use the correct abilities to reduce the cooldown of WFB
There is nothing to manage other than pressing bombs on cooldown and using basic KC/raptor strike rotation with no cooldown management
This is already part of the kit
so you shouldnt pay attention to having 0 WFB then using boomstick to reduce the cooldown or using the new bomb to do that?
This isn’t a new novel thing for Midnight
oy
it doesnt have to be NEW
but it plays different
and the execution IS different
i truly think people dont understand the significance of the change to Kill Command and the addition of takedown is
You might just be describing it poorly then because it still just sounds like the existing spec but with less interesting things to manage lol
its all about what abilities to use when in order to reduce the cooldown of WFB or to give it charges
and then theres some syncing with takedown and redone sentinel
which btw, sentinel is now super valid for survival
Takedown is just CA with a shorter duration and passive auto attack CDR
and it feels great
Which again, is just the same CDR gameplay as the current kit but less engaging
Respectfully, this sounds like the thoughts of someone who doesn’t particularly play Survival on live in any real capacity
not currently - i did previously
but i went through the class with someone who does
and they seemed to actually like the changes once they got to try it
they were very upset about the changes before i showed them alpha
¯_(ツ)_/¯
i main brewmaster - the only thing im upset about is that exploding keg's damage is really bad right now
but thats an easy fix
yeah some stuff has definitely not been very intuitive.
channeled spells for example tend to not want you to either fully channel or constantly chain/clip
I just miss wildfire infusion
i think arcane mage stops their missiles cause its less dps to channel fully
which i personally dont like
then dev at a point constantly canceled it to generate reaources
what your thoughts on balance druid eclipse rework?
imo i HATE it so much ngl..druid(especially guardian and balance) was easy and fun to play tbh
they said they wanna make the game easier to play, and now they ADDED 1 MORE BUTTON TO ROTATION ⁉️
fuck me, i didnt main balance, but it was fuckin' cool
its a button that gives you control over eclipse
people who main druid really want this
what if they add a talent that could add that button, but not as the first talent on balance tree like now?
and if you want to use the old way, you could
IM A GENIUS
cant balance around that
bAlAnCe i saw what u did there
have they confirmed already that UI addons won't be banned at midnight?
The only addon that are " banned " ( IE not banned but will be severely limited in how they can work ) are those that can read to deep into spells and combat stuff / parsing logs
They can't " ban " specific addons, but they can prevent them to work how they used to, render them useless
but Expect several UI addon to be broken or not working on live at launch if their creators weren't allowed into beta or Alpha
creators need to test at beta or alpha, that you meant by that?
yeah they need that
don't be too excited, it's her CGI cutscene model
her normal one still is just a belf with a few custom armour pieces on 😭
I mean, compared to other games it would run in real time




