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proud karma
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misunderstandings aside

rich apex
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The irony, of course, is it sure seems like N'zoth cultists don't even need a false flag to start the war, they just need to be a bit patient

gilded drum
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I’m hoping the alliance actually has real fkn blood on their hands

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No “it’s not our fault, it’s the horde’s”

rich apex
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But because they will, once everyone finds out, that and N'zoth bursting out of the ground will be enough reason to settle a truce

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Each side is going to say they're fighting a defensive war against the other side's baseless aggression either way

proud karma
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Yeah
I like alliance lore that's alliance only, but blizz is literally, physically incapable of writing horde/alli conflict where the alliance is anything but
"Aha!! We must band together against these vile beasts!!" -human pally waves sword valiently-

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Like it'd fall apart if they didn't. They have nothing else to use for why the alliance exists, u know

worthy minnow
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ally lore thats ally what does that mean

proud karma
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Like I like dwarf lore and nelf lore and stuff

worthy minnow
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oh i see

proud karma
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Anything that isn't a story of the factions fighting

worthy minnow
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well the alliance was formed cuz of the Horde invading Azeroth

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so basically.. yea its only cuz Horde

proud karma
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Right!

worthy minnow
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as far as i know

proud karma
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They're trying nowadays to say "the horde isn't all evil beasts! :3" but ALSO still haven't given the alliance any other motivation updates besides..... fighting evil beasts. So we get the broken shore

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Just absurd romcom levels of miscommunication

rich apex
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I'm not sure where they're trying to say that, given every expansion since Cata 😛

proud karma
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-_-

worthy minnow
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i didnt read all the spoils but i saw something about Malf and that Saurfang is doing what Syl tells him which means she must be right cuz if she wasnt i supposed Saurfang wouldve stopped her

rich apex
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Like someone in another channel was griping about supposed Horde favoritism

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And the Horde look like assholes all the time

worthy minnow
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well most of the time

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broken shore , sylvanas trying to be immortal or etc , garrosh especially garrosh

rich apex
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The entirety of Warlords refutes the notion of honorable orcs

worthy minnow
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u mean?

rich apex
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(despite the actual fact that by the point where Garrosh changes the timeline, the orcs had already been corrupted even without the demon blood, but that's a little too much nuance for people)

worthy minnow
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were they

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cant recall

rich apex
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Yes

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They don't drink the blood until the war was almost over, in the original backstory

worthy minnow
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they drank it shortly after meeting cenarius right?

rich apex
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The Draenor backstory

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That was awhile later

worthy minnow
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oh u mean this one

rich apex
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When Grom drank it -again-

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He's not the brightest one

slate ingot
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Can we just have the one true blood god come back yet?

worthy minnow
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who?

slate ingot
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Hakkar

proud karma
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No we cannot

worthy minnow
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not this mind controlic bitchass snake

slate ingot
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I mean his heart is still somewhere so in theory he could be resurrected anytime or brought into a physical form

worthy minnow
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now will be a good time

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consider its zandalari exp

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i guess

proud karma
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No hakkar

slate ingot
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and Cataclysm left hakkar at such a cliff hanger with ZG

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we need hakkar imo

proud karma
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He can STAY DEAD

slate ingot
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he isnt dead

proud karma
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:P

worthy minnow
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;d

proud karma
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Stay......plot dead

slate ingot
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After the Soulflayer was defeated his cursed heart, the still burning kernel of Hakkar's power, was brought to Molthor in the hope the Zandalarian trolls would know how to destroy it nothing ever came of this. and he litterally teases people in ZG

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saying he will deal with you again later

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when is later

worthy minnow
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Soon

slate ingot
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nooo, I just dont want him to get the varimathras treatment and shoved into a random obligatory boss fight with no story leading up to how he got there

proud karma
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Mmm mmm blood trolls
I don't like this

rich apex
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It's almost like there's 3-4 raids yet to be announced given we're at the bare start of the Alpha cycle

proud karma
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Oho

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Sassy

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But tru

hollow dock
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What even is Hakkar? A loa right?

slate ingot
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A blood god

hollow dock
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So he's a true diety like Elune and such?

slate ingot
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hes the loa of blood

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Hakkar the Soulflayer, the Blood God[2] is a malevolent and destructive loa notably worshipped by the Gurubashi trolls, at one point even controlling the Gurubashi Empire's fallen capital of Zul'Gurub. He is known in the troll pantheon as the Loa of Blood.

hollow dock
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Alright so he is a Loa.

slate ingot
dense plover
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yeah

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weirdly weve seen nothing about him

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which is strange considering blood trolls

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so either he is a raid boss, and we dont know because we dont know many raid bosses, or they are saving him

slate ingot
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Hakkar was a major influence in troll lore for years

dense plover
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because i know they havent forgotten

hollow dock
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What if Hakkar has been overthrown?

slate ingot
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he hasn't

hollow dock
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Theorizing on why the blood trolls seem to not reference Hakkar.

slate ingot
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as his spirit form from cataclysm says I will deal with you later implying we meet him again his heart which is key to bringing him into the physical realm

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is still out there

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his story is still not done

dense plover
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yeah

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i wonder if it will be used after uldir

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like "we failed to raise our blood god, so we will bring hakkar into this world"

slate ingot
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I mean he was probably the spark that lead to the trolls becoming what they are

hollow dock
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Well yea. Him being overthrown or getting another shackling doesn't mean he's done.

slate ingot
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he wouldn't be overthrown lol

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that would be a retcon if it was

dense plover
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i mean

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he couldve been overthrown since cata

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thats not a retcon

slate ingot
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he disappears

dense plover
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thats lore we dont know

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yeah

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so we dont know what happens

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he mightve overthrown, they may be saving him for a patch, they might just skip him altogether

slate ingot
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Hakkar turns upon Jin'do, and utterly destroys him, leaving only the corpse of Jin'do the Broken. Hakkar then returns the adventurers to the mortal realm, promising to deal with them another time, before vanishing.

hollow dock
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Again Mana, that's not harming or hampering current lore. The BLOOD trolls seem to not mentIon the BLOOD GOD at all.

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Does that notseem odd to you?

dense plover
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^

slate ingot
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well if you replace the blood loa for another blood god and just omit him randomly

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as far as its known he is still in the shadowlands waiting to return into the physical realm

dense plover
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yeah

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we are questioning what is happening

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making guesses

hollow dock
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Theorizing

dense plover
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why is the blood god the bad god and not hakkar?

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is hakkar coming later?

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did the blood god consume him?

slate ingot
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Hakkar is a bad dude

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o.O

hollow dock
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Mana

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Are you on the same page as me and peach on what we're talking about?

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Which is, there's a lack of Hakkar and a seemingly new entity replacing him in BFA.

slate ingot
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Well G'huun was created accidently

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he isn't a natural god

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more artifical

dense plover
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yeah

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but why are the blood trolls worshipping him

hollow dock
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So now, why isn't Hakkar involved at all? The Loa being in the shadowlands haven't shown inability to interact with the actual world. That is what me and peach are theorizing on.

dense plover
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and with all this blood

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where is hakkar?

hollow dock
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Which is why I put forward the idea, what if Hakkar has been overthrown or shackled again?

slate ingot
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Well G'hun is only worshipped by the blood trolls who have been living on Nazmir

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they arent the same as far as I can tell as the ones who interacted with Hakkar

hollow dock
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That wouldn't matter all that much to the Loa. As we've seen instances of the Loa knowing what the trolls are doing regardless of interactions between them. Much like the Greek Gods as I come to think of it.

dense plover
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i wonder if they are going to tie hakkar into the old god stuff

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he has connections to it already

hollow dock
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and trolls creating their own artificial loa? that's gotta get some heads turning over. If Hakkar was able to act, wouldn't he have stopped it?

slate ingot
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the trolls didnt make G'huun

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it was a titan creation to combat the old gods

hollow dock
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Ah.

dense plover
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so when we get old god stuff, wouldnt it make sense for the blood trolls, after losing their god, to go back to the old one, the one who already favors the dark powers that want to destroy the mortals who destroyed ghuun?

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this is now my working theory ^

hollow dock
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That could certainly work.

slate ingot
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I mean from what has been understood G'huun not needing technology is what lead the blood trolls

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to regress to where they are

dense plover
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we kill ghuun, old god stuff happens, blood trolls are pissed, hakkar calls out to them and offers them power for blood, they accept since it means power and they have to change almost nothing, and everything they are doing for hakkar also helps nzoth because thats the kind of shit hakkar was tied up in during cata

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this keeps the blood trolls relevant after the first raid

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and allows them to continue to use nazmir like they continued to use suramar

hollow dock
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Taking a page out of the Nightborne

dense plover
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exactly

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it seems really obvious once it entered my mind

slate ingot
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they are the more primitive if not most primitive out of the trolls , and Hakkar was being subdued by Jindo a gurubashi troll

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so if hakkar does return

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so do probably the gurubashi in some extent or the atal'ai

dense plover
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i mean

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hakkar might not have been part of the blood trolls original worshipping

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but

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with ghuun gone, and the old gods on the rise, why would he not show up to offer them something for their blood?

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they will see him as a powerful loa, and accept ofc

slate ingot
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Well the way Hakkar showed up wasn't just hey gimme blood

dense plover
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originally

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but hes been in the shadowlands

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and he doesnt need to ask for blood

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they are ready to give it

slate ingot
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Hakkar the Soulflayer, a vile, bloodthirsty spirit, heard the trolls' call and decided to aid them. Hakkar gave his secrets of blood to the Gurubashi and helped them extend their civilization across most of Stranglethorn Vale and certain islands of the South Seas. Though he brought them great power, Hakkar wanted more and more for his efforts.[4] He filled his adherents with murderous rage and reveled in their dark emotions. The carnage that invariably followed Hakkar suited him perfectly, for having consumed blood, he had developed a taste for it. Worse, he became more powerful as he consumed the blood shed in his name, and his tie to the world that was feeding him grew stronger

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thats basically how he showed up his origin itself is unknown

dense plover
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thats not what im saying

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im saying, he has ties to old gods

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we are getting old gods

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after ghuun, how do you keep blood trolls relevant?

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the answer is hakkar

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he has ties to blood and old gods

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its an easy connection

slate ingot
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I mean Zul would also keep them relevant

hollow dock
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One possible answer is Hakkar.

dense plover
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Zul doesnt like the blood trolls either

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both factions of zandalari consider the blood trolls to be beneath them

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Zul's faction moreso

slate ingot
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and Hakkar doesn't have old god connections

dense plover
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yes he does

hollow dock
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He does indeedy. It's theory atm

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but the connections exist.

dense plover
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firstly, he is a loa

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meaning he is tied to the emerald dream

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as are all loa

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secondly, cata

slate ingot
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he's a loa with no record of how he came to be or where he came from

hollow dock
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Either his blood weakend the green dragons Eranikus and the other guardians in Sunken Temple to get corrupted by the nightmare

slate ingot
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and how does ZG cata connect to old gods?

hollow dock
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or has embeded them into the nightmare through the blood itself

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Connection to the Emerald Nightmare

It was implied by Itharius that Eranikus falling to the Emerald Nightmare was caused by Hakkar.[28] Malfurion Stormrage claimed that the Old Gods were behind the Nightmare.[29] Eranikus himself did not clearly comment on this issue.[30] This means that Hakkar may have been in league with the Old Gods in some form, or that Hakkar merely weakened Eranikus enough for the Nightmare to take hold. Hakkar could have also learned how to manipulate the Nighmare by himself.

It was also stated by Itharius that the Atal'ai at the Temple of Atal'Hakkar were using Hakkar's blood to make green dragons fall to the Emerald Nightmare, so that Hakkar could feed off the evil produced by this.[31] This may mean that he just corrupts the dragons, and is not related to the Nightmare itself.

The Wailing Caverns, a location corrupted by the Nightmare, are similarly snake-themed, implying a possible connection, though it is never mentioned.

In the hakkar page

slate ingot
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Hakkar's blood is very potent. A small amount of his blood obtained by Jammal'an the Prophet was injected into green dragons to use their bodies to produce the massive quantities of blood necessary to summon Hakkar into the world.[7] Farmed like livestock, the evil that grew within them was then harvested.[8] Hakkar's blood had devastating effects on the dragons. These former jailors of the Atal'ai were corrupted by its presence in their bodies and became creatures of Nightmare.[9] Even Eranikus, one of the greatest green dragons, infused with the largest quantities of blood, became twisted beyond imagination.

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I mean it isn't hakkar more so his blood

dense plover
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read the thing above that

hollow dock
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and where do you get Hakkar blood manaless

dense plover
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the first one

slate ingot
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and Jammal'an was responsible for Eranikus

hollow dock
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From hakkar :v

dense plover
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he has connections possibly to the old gods

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it doesnt need to be strong

hollow dock
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they're possible connections

slate ingot
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I mean to be fair its probable

hollow dock
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we're not saying theyre concrete

dense plover
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being in the shadowlands for years, that can be enough

hollow dock
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just saying its possible

slate ingot
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considering According to Brann Bronzebeard, the origins of Hakkar remain unknown, and there are no mentions of him in any Titan records.[

hollow dock
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Yes we've been reading the same page Mana

dense plover
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the point im focusing on here

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is the disappearance after cata

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that gives them 3 ingame years to work with

slate ingot
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Well he disappears to the shadow lands presumably with a grudge still out for the mortals

dense plover
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so they can have a whole questline backstory thing related to this

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yeah

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but what does he do there

slate ingot
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gain more power

dense plover
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maybe

slate ingot
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or listen for calls

dense plover
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thast what quests are for

slate ingot
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like he did with the gurubashi

dense plover
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thats what im saying they could follow the story with

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"ah youve bested our blood god, we are nothing, go on and fight your war meanwhile, hakkar has told us of the power he offers, of the power that nzoth offers, and we will use it to destroy you and conquer azeroth"

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this is the kind of thing i imagine blizzard pulling

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if they dont pull something like this, ill be a bit disappointed since it is a great way to further develop an unknown faction of trolls, and it keeps a zone relevant, so you dont need to make a new one

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also, i want to finish hakkar's story

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this would be the best expansion to do that in

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especially since being in nazmir would probably help to break up whatever stuff they are going to do with the naga

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though i do wonder how that would work for the alliance

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maybe we deal with hakkar while they deal with quilboar? idk

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And I could absolutely be wrong ofc, but I hope I’m not, because there probably won’t be a better time to finish Hakkar’s story while staying somewhat relevant to the main plot

hollow dock
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inb4 Hakkar becomes the new Helya

dense plover
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I hope not

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They have the opportunity to put the entire story of it in the game

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And now they have Golden

rich apex
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implying Hakkar wasn't the Helya of vanilla/Cata

dense plover
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I mean he was the main bad guy for a full raid tier

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One of the most loved raids if I remember correctly

dense plover
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Hey guys

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I’m gonna post my theory on reddit

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Is this good?

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In battle for Azeroth the horde will be going to Nazmir, a zone dominated by a faction of trolls known as blood trolls who worship a corrupted titan construct - Ghuun, the blood god. At no point is Hallam brought up, which raises the question, Where is Hakkar?

My working theory is as follows: after the defeat of Ghuun in Uldir (the first raid), the blood trolls will be powerless - having lost their source of power, they will call out to the loa, and who would answer but Hakkar. Not only does Hakkar crave blood in return for power, but he has possible ties to the old gods, who we will almost certainly see as a main part of the story in BfA. This means Blizzard can bring Hakkar in as an important story character, tying his story to the current expansion, the old gods, and keeping Nazmir and the blood trolls relevant similar to what they did with the nightborne.
If Hakkar is brought back, I imagine him being a side raid or a dungeon, similar to Helya in Maw of Souls and Trial of Valor.

hollow dock
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Doesnt matter how good it is, someone on reddit will shit on it. But I think its well put together

tulip torrent
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btw how do ppl get access to alpha

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is it only by participating on settings in battle net

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or they gave vanilla players access?

hollow dock
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It's any number of reasons that are unknown to us. But apparently you can increase your chances by being very active during the PTR and other beta's you're apart of

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or by being a streamer with a decent sized audience

spark fossil
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Argonia in this first wave only people who made ´´content´´ get invite, youtubers and streamers

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but some random ppl report they get invite for old accounts

hollow dock
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Age of the account doesn't matter to much.

tulip torrent
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my only hope is again in wowhead giveaways

hollow dock
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You could just participate during PTR actively by making forum posts, screenshot reports you send in and such. That's how @uncut vault gets in or so he says.

rich apex
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I got into Legion beta despite never doing PTR feedback 😛

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But it was a late invite

hollow dock
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During the beta its more open and based on on specs at that point

rich apex
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Just gotta wait and see

tulip sun
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Anyone else watch the stormwind extraction?

hollow dock
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Nah. I hold my experience for the finished product

tulip sun
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Well, I just covered it

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Love***

placid anvil
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are there any loot tables posted for freehold?

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Was wanting to see what kind of loot dropped from council o captains

hollow dock
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None that are concrete. Gotta wait for the live release for that stuff.

placid anvil
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Gotcha. I heard you could loot a duster coat from the council and wanted to verify

rich apex
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I'm sure Wowhead will have it when it's up

uncut vault
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zul burning stormwind is fantastic

dense plover
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i dont think its zul, i thought it was the horde

tulip sun
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Rohkan started the fire

dense plover
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yeah

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thats what i thought

dense plover
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hmmm

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maybe they think the horde did it then

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interesting

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man

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still no tortollan VO

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i want to know what they sound like in wow

uncut vault
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it is, zul and the horde work together.

dense plover
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thats just nonsense

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zul is the bad guy

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he is the bad guy at thunder isle

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and he is the bad guy in zandalar

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my guess is that he is in stormwind to kidnap telanji

uncut vault
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He isnt, he seems to be with them.

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Horde went in to find saurfang and find the ship to orgrimmar that was intercepted

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the ship was Talanji and Zul

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Horde is looking for ships to rebuild their fleet with after Lordaeron, Zandalar has them

jade basalt
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Yes Zul actually saves their asses because without his 'fiery distraction' Jaina would have ended them all, but instead she had to go put out the fire.

dense plover
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why is Zul with Telanji when he wants to remove her father

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that doesnt make sense

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i think a piece is missing here

jade basalt
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This happens before everything else, before Zul invades Zuldazar

uncut vault
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He isnt actively rebelling against Rastakhan at this point

jade basalt
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At this point he's still just 'the Prophet' and a Councilor to the King

dense plover
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huh

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so that occurs in game

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thats actually really cool

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i figured he just started out bad

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because thats what blizz normally does

jade basalt
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Yeah the Stockades scenario (this) leads to you escaping on Talanji's ship to Zandalar, so in my opinion this is what unlocks at launch, similar to Dalaran moving to Broken Isles in Legion.

Meanwhile the Battle for Lordaeron will be the Broken Shore equivalent they said, so likely unlocking at pre-patch.

uncut vault
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even in BfA he isnt bad, he and rastakhan have different but similar visions from the loa

jade basalt
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He is bad (later) in BFA, he works with the Old Gods/Azshara and invades Zuldazar

uncut vault
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Does he? Only broadcast text Ive seen on him is the stuff with yazma, people invading zuldazar are blood trolls under Ghuun, who zul has no relation to

dense plover
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Zul is definitely bad

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atal dazar is zul

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we go there for some reason related to the story

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and zul

jade basalt
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No no, he invades Zuldazar with his army, awakens Mythrax (a C'Thrax), whom he sends to break the 3rd seal and release My'thix (another C'Thrax), defiles Ataldazar, kills Rezan, and works with Azshara. @uncut vault

hollow dock
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it is a Place Holder

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just saying

uncut vault
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CouldI get a link? honestly didnt see that

jade basalt
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And yeah the reason for him defiling Atal'Dazar is that he wants to rez the first troll emperor, Dazar.

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All in the broadcast text article, and the quests / videos @uncut vault

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Ah and Yazma, his right hand, kills another loa, Shadra, the spider, well more like consumes it

dense plover
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so turns out the new ui actually has 4 more action bar slots than the old one

uncut vault
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Huh. Weird that I didnt see that. But either way, at the beginning hes still an ally to Rastakhan

jade basalt
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Yup

uncut vault
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Also looking for Zul stuff, apparently the amani are also involved

jade basalt
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(Nearly) all the Troll tribes are there

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For a meeting

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And they all spit on you / the Horde

dense plover
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this is going to be a very interesting story

jade basalt
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The Drakkari are missing, as I recall.

For some reason the Farakki are mad at the Horde too.

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The Amani are pissed that the Horde killed their leader and also allied with blood elves. Zandalari too, for the same reason.

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There's actually a lot of Zandalari dissing on you. It seems at first everyone is against any kind of alliance, just your presence is an insult. I imagine by the time you save everyone's asses in all the 3 regions they'll change their minds.

tropic trail
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ilevel 190 in bfa

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14k hp

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Will that affect the raid alone?

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draenor raids, pandaria, etc

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🤔

hollow dock
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Yes it affects all the former raids

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No one knows if those raids are soloable anymore

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The Drakkari, according to the Cata cinematic, have been all but wiped out. As they sided with the Scourge and ate their gods.

jade basalt
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No, they returned with a new King in MoP, whom we killed

hollow dock
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yea.

pallid coral
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Some notes for those in the BfA Beta right now (not sure @Staff knows of some of these)
A) If you use a hearthstone right when you create a new toon, it will port you to either Stormwind or Orgrammar
B) You can get back to the new zones by completing the new scenarios (just talk to the quest board in either city to start the questline)
C) If you want to unlock Legion, the Assault on the Broken Shore scenario is currently bugged for both Alliance and Horde toons. Alliance NPC get stuck after the Krosus fight; and before the final stage; and soft-lock the scenario.
D) When attempting the Horde BfA Scenario, at stage 5 you can soft-lock the scenario by skipping releasing the prisoner and going straight to the exit.

hollow dock
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What are ya sayin no to? I'm sayin they are all but removed.

subtle flower
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That first one is a pretty interesting change.

jade basalt
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I'm saying no to this

The Drakkari, according to the Cata cinematic, have been all but wiped out. As they sided with the Scourge and ate their gods.

Because they still existed in MoP, returning with a new King

hollow dock
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Right. They havent nearly died out?

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Cuz that's what that says

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Unless you don't know what 'have all but x' means.

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In which, sorry for the confusion.

jade basalt
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They weren't at that time all but wiped out if they still represented a significant force just after

hollow dock
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That's...what the cinematic said if memory serves. Hence why the Drakkari didn't join the call of the zandalari

jade basalt
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The cinematic that happens 2 years before MoP.

hollow dock
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Yea and somehow after 5-6 world ending events our armies are still heavily poppulated to wage open war

jade basalt
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Wait I don't think the cinematic even says what you said. Closest thing would be that 'Zuldrak has fallen'.

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Exactly.

hollow dock
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Yes. The people there are of the drakkari.

jade basalt
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My point is that 'Zuldrak has fallen' is not the same as 'the Drakkari are all but wiped out' specially since they returned en force in MoP with a new King, so that's wrong. And we're going to stop this little dance as you like to start them because there is no more arguing to be had.

hollow dock
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As noted with Eversong and the regions of the High elves at the time of their extermination, the Scourge left very little there. Having Zul'drak described to us as fallen, and gone, with no Drakkari there at the meeting

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I simply explain how I see it but hey my views are always wrong so w/e.

jade basalt
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Yes they are always wrong. There were Drakkari at the meeting.

hollow dock
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The remaining Drakkari have bolstered the Zandalari forces invading the northern shores of Pandaria, along with the Gurubashi, Amani and Farraki tribes. As mark of their fall against the Scourge, a part of their strength are undead.[9] They take part to the fight during the fight of Horridon and the defence of the Council of Elders.

That's all I'll say then.

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all I said is they were nearly wiped out. But hey. Anything for me to be wrong eh?

jade basalt
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You realize this doesn't help your case right, on the contrary ? Nobody said the Drakkari didn't fall. You said however they were all but wiped out, which is mostly false as you proved yourself, since they returned en force with a new King to the point that they could, I quote, 'bolster the Zandalari forces invading Pandaria', which means it's not just 3 guys.

rich apex
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That's because Liadrin sold her what she wanted to hear

hollow dock
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I never said it was 3 guys

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I just said

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they were nearly wiped out

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That's it

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saying 'they were all but x' means nearly, almost, etc. It doesn't mean they were wiped out completely.

rich apex
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Tho that -is- a good description of the Horde

floral gyro
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this is a dumb argument lol

rich apex
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And, of course, the Alliance doesn't have to worry about any flaws

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Every lore arguement is a dumb arguement

floral gyro
#

^

hollow dock
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Quiet picked a fight with me over a statement that I still think he is just misreading

floral gyro
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he picked a fight sure but you're not letting it drop

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clearly neither of you two will give in so both of you just stop talking

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its really not that big of a deal

hollow dock
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I greatly dislike being called wrong when it's a falsity. :v

floral gyro
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i can understand that, but you gotta learn when to just let things go

hollow dock
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Nah I'm petty as fuck.

floral gyro
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then honestly take it to PM's

jade basalt
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Or don't be wrong.

floral gyro
#

alright now you're just trying to pick a fight lmao

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Anyone else see that Survival hunters now have a cool crossbow attack?

hollow dock
#

I didn't think it was really needed but yea. its kinda cool I guess.

floral gyro
#

🤷 it'll probably be changed or removed

rich apex
#

Surv hunters are witchers

floral gyro
#

.......holy shit

rich apex
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Inorite

floral gyro
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surv duel wield spec when?

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blizz pls

rich apex
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Imma rolling a Kul'tiran one if they end up playable

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Since half of Kul'tiras is witches and shit apparently

floral gyro
#

Jerald of Kul'tiras lol

hollow dock
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2 2-h swords only.

floral gyro
#

eh theres some simple enough looking 2h swords

hollow dock
#

Just 2 claymores does well enough.

rich apex
#

You can transmog polearms into 2Hers

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So totally can go full witcher

floral gyro
#

hopefully frost goes back to 2 handed

rich apex
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With a white pet wolf

copper tapir
#

Wonder if those scrolls will make Inscription worth going again.

hollow dock
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I dont think it ever will Tar. They've kept the design of needing 1 handers.

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Not that a lot of people did 2h frost by the end of WoD.

floral gyro
#

but my arthas class fantasy

copper tapir
#

I can't wait to have more options than just fist weapons on my monk.

floral gyro
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what weapons can monks use?

copper tapir
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1h swords, 1h maces, 1h axes and fist weapons for WW

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I'd love 2h options again, but fists of fury prevents that.

hollow dock
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Well. Staffs as well.

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and polearms

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but no one runs those cuz they were just to slow in attack speed

dense plover
#

uh

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an update was just pushed to the ptr

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there might be a new beta build as well apparently

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no nvm, just ptr

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new version is 26010

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so there are changes apparently

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wonder what and why

hollow dock
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might be background stuff.

dense plover
#

yeah, it just seems a bit weird

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i wonder if they are working on the rest of the silithus stuff

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there havent been any new quests there right?

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even though there will be right?

rich apex
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Right

copper tapir
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Battleground?

rich apex
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And that

hollow dock
#

For some reason Silithus on the PTR has been reverted to normal

copper tapir
#

Probably comes with story.

zinc sandal
#

I wish hairstyle and horns were not tied together for male Draenei.

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Why are they anyway, and not for female?

hollow dock
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because sex appeal

zinc sandal
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Ugh.

proud karma
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just to save space

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like how earrings change noses for goblins

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or makeup changes tusks for trolls

zinc sandal
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Then why is it not the case for females?

subtle flower
#

I was looking forward to Devotion Aura. ._.

jovial coral
#

Any worgen models out there

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I always felt like the female worgen should be larger than the males

hollow dock
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no the new models are not here in the alpha, you'll have to wait until after BFAs launch for them

proud karma
#

@zinc sandal if i had to guess, because they don't have beards. men do so something had to be combinedXD

strong python
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did they confirm the new models?

hollow dock
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they confirmed them a long time ago, during WoD when the old models were being revamped. Worgen and Goblins would get them at a later date and durign Legion we were told they were working on a full redo of the Worgen and just tweaking the goblin models.

strong python
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neat!

floral gyro
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Hopefully Worgen end up looking more like Greymane

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Standing up straight would be nice honestly, as much of a meme that is

hollow dock
#

I just want them to look more like their alpha models tbh.

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Hump or no hump

floral gyro
#

What did the alpha models look like?

jade basalt
#

Great

proud karma
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god i forget how BAD they are until i look at one again

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my friend once said it looks like a bad fursuit

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and

hollow dock
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with a little bit of brushwork, some added tweaks here and there, the alpha models would have been perfectly fine to the mutts we get now.

floral gyro
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eugh wow

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that looks much better

jade basalt
floral gyro
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honestly I'd like if they went a bit...MORE wolf-ish

hollow dock
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See that'd be perfectly fine.

floral gyro
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as of right now they're still kinda vaguely humanoid

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go full werewolf

hollow dock
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maybe not the weeb hairstyle

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Fix their animations, give em some more makeup and donezo. I do have to admit, it doesn't fit the rest of the art style for the rest of the races which is probably why it got scrapped, but still.

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I just hold some minor hope they decide to go that route.

floral gyro
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as I said I'd love a bit more of a feral look

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Greymane's new model is a pretty good example

hollow dock
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Yea. That'd be nice. Make it more wolf-man or Witcher esc wolfies.

olive mirage
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i know where he got that model edit ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

hollow dock
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Anyone does with a quick reverse search

jovial coral
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I feel like it's a bit too domesticated When it should be something a bit more feral but I do like it

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The male and female models should look relatively the same in body shape

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The female should be kinda larger like many other kinds of wildlife

zinc sandal
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Damn. That looks nice.

jovial coral
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Can worgen get pregnant?

meager warren
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I wouldn't want to see that, @jovial coral because female wolves are smaller than male wolves irl

uncut vault
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Yes they can

zinc sandal
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Why would they not be able to?

meager warren
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they can in hentai but can they in warcraft?

jade basalt
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Yes. But their curse does not transfer to the child.

jovial coral
#

Interesting

subtle flower
floral gyro
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Looks like Saurfang doesn't get out

dense plover
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he chooses to stay

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hes going to stay relevant

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its very different from standard blizzard writing

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you can already see Christie Golden's handiwork

meager warren
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at least now he can keep from making another Garrosh

subtle flower
floral gyro
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Yeah, I just hope he doesn't die here 😦

uncut vault
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he wont

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he's likely going to be the resolution to the faction conflict

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anduin's plan for a post-Sylvanas Horde

meager warren
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Hoping we find Saurfang playing cards with Genn; The End of the War

proud karma
#

With velen
Tru peace

dusky ginkgo
#

MyMindWontQuiet - Aujourd'hui à 04:25
Great
Before (top, alpha) / After (bottom, live) https://m.imgur.com/fF8Vf?r

The alpha look wolfy enough, it would be cool with today quality, but I think it would look even better if the muzzle was a bit longer

rich apex
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Old model doesn't have goofy Disney eyes, at least

dusky ginkgo
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Hmm, problem is the eyes, the perma-growl is a bit weird but mostly the forehead is waaaay too marked

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It's almost as marked as on a chihuahua. (I did look at husky first. Their forehead is more marked than a wolf, but not as much as the worgen model)

long wyvern
#

I like this one as well, the left is the Alpha model I think. But the suggested one is alot better then the current model as well.

pale badger
#

Suggested is nice

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Left one has weird short mustle (?)

jovial coral
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The right one makes the left look like a pit bull or something

rich wedge
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Pretty sure my worgen doesn't look anything like the left one, she has a mane, not the buzz cut pictured

dense plover
#

holy shit

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ghuun is or was an old god

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like he was an old god

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then he was experimented on

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and either isnt now

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or is much weaker than he was

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still very strong though

jade basalt
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He is straight up called an Old God throughout alpha

dense plover
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yeah

jade basalt
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Which is a bit odd as, at Blizzcon, they never even mentioned that. Just that he was "a blood god", born from the titans' experiments on the Old Gods.

dense plover
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well

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theres a cutscene in nazmir

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not implemented yet

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but ghuun was an old god at the time of titan experimentation

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my guess is ghuun isnt an old god anymore

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i mean, ghuun is tiny

jade basalt
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No no they are calling him Old God now, the trolls, the goblins, etc.

dense plover
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the only part ive seen of him actually being called an old god is with the ctuscene text, and its implied in the past tense

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again, he is too small to be a full on old god now

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old gods are continent sized

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theres some voice lines from npcs and stuff

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but im not sure that confirms that ghuun is a full blown old god

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it just doesnt match up in the sense of the other 3 old gods

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he doesnt match the scale

jade basalt
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It's not just in one cutscene, no.

  • "PH Scene - Titan Keeper Hezrel reveals G'huun being an old god, being experimented upon"
  • Talanji - "The blood trolls be relentless and unending thanks to the power of an old god."
  • The battle with the goblins "We're gonna blow your old god up, goblin style! "
  • Same "Huh, never blew up an old god before. Shoulda brought more explosives! "
dense plover
#

yeah

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3 of those are VO, so not neccesarily canon

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and the first one says being

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its talking about ghuun as an old god being experimented on by the titans

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in the past

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like the VO are what the npcs think

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not neccesarily what is true

jade basalt
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They are dialogue lines. My point is that G'Huun is called an old god many times in alpha, in both past and present tense.

dense plover
#

ghuun physically doesnt make sense as a full blown old god. look at ghuun

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ghuun has no tentacles

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no many mouths

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no several pairs of eyes

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and is not continent sized

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clearly the titans experiments did something to change it

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it may still be an old god

jade basalt
#

Having many mouths or eyes or whatever aren't necessary characteristics of an old god though

dense plover
#

but its very different

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size is def a characteristic though

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and it doesnt meet that considering its apparent appearance in some of the cutscenes

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so either the blood god thing is just an avatar

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or

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the experimentation changed its physical form immensely

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which is what i imagine the actual reasoning is

jade basalt
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Or he's a smaller old god or got smaller because of the titans yeah. I don't think there's much interest in debating this in the current state of the game, point is he is called an old god many times so far

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They better explain it because it'd be odd to make a whole series of book called Chronicles just to introduce a new old god out of nowhere 2 years later

terse patrol
#

I personally think G’Huun is pregnant with Hakkar’s reincarnation. @dense plover

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Something is inside of it.

dense plover
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Blood is inside

jade basalt
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Or eggs. There are many eggs in the raid, and blood worm thingies hatching from them.

dense plover
#

That’s possible

jade basalt
terse patrol
#

Hakkar returns with the blood moon, and theres a blood moon happening

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Plus, King Rastakhan’s armor depicts Hakkar

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Pretty sure Zul will try sacrificing Princess Talanji

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And we all know Zul serves Hakkar.

jade basalt
#

I don't think we know that Rastakhan's outfit depicts Hakkar, or that Zul serves Hakkar. He is in league with Azshara actually, and releases Old God servants.

terse patrol
#

Aaaaand Hakkar has relations to the Old Gods, if you’ve paid attention to the lore.

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Zul helps Azshara because she serves the Old Gods as well.

jade basalt
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Well that was unnecessarily rude.

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  1. The only possible link between Hakkar and the Old Gods is a vague, not even confirmed, indirect one, in that his blood was used to poison & weaken green dragons enough so that they could succumb to the Nightmare.
  2. Still no link between Zul and Hakkar, or Azshara and Hakkar.
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If you've paid attention to the lore, that is.

dense plover
#

It’s possible they could make a link, but at this moment, MyMindWontQuiet is 100% correct

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And damn

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I didn’t know Ghuun was that big

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Still not big enough to be a full sized old god though

#

So I imagine they will explain more about that, probably in the cutscene

#

Can I say how excited I am that the story is so well written this early into the expac?

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We don’t even have the cutscenes and the story is far more coherent and sensible than any other since maybe wrath

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And even wrath had some problems

jade basalt
#

It is. My only gripe though is that they made all the villains related to the Old Gods, because apparently someone can't be a bad guy unless they are manipulated by / serving the Old Gods, continuing an old tradition. Lady Ashvane who invades Boralus ? Affiliated with the Old Gods. Zul ? Affiliated with the Old Gods. The Stormsong ? Affiliated with the Old Gods. Just let one of the four Houses of Kul Tiras do its own thing and try to overthrow the government on its own rather than involving the Old Gods. Just let Zul believe Rastakhan to be a crappy King and wanting to replace him on his own rather than involving the Old Gods. It just makes the villains' goals way less genuine and original if everything is Old Gods related in a way or another.

uncut vault
#

Zul doesn’t serve hakkar, no idea where you got that idea

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His Zandalari oppose hakkar in vanilla

dense plover
#

Uh

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Zul gurub

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Also affiliation doesn’t mean corrupted

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If you are evil, the old gods are your best buds

hollow dock
#

To be fair Quiet, Legion has done nothing but hint the old gods are coming. What better way for them to sew chaos into the main powers than give an edge to their adversaries?

jade basalt
#

Definitely, I'm not saying it doesn't make sense, on the contrary, just an originality issue. "Original villains" in Warcraft are rare, they're nearly all either corrupted or in league with literal Satan or C'Thulhu.

strange falcon
#

that moment when you make the great mistake of going on the forums,and the first post is "allied races are a scam" because some people are moderately stupid and dont understand that the preorder gets you the entire expac and not just the races...

cinder knoll
#

I would say they rather dont understand that you need to work for rewards in MMO RPG games

tulip torrent
#

maybe they are though to think that this is a dlc

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containing only allied races and not the whole new exp

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thanks to other games made from other companies

hollow dock
#

Theyre extra stupid for thinking blizz does that to Warcraft.

quartz gull
#

true

polar mango
#

Yum yum yum

hollow dock
#

that seems to powerful tbh.

polar mango
#

Granted, things change but some of it looks yummy.

#

Varies up the rotation from keeping up mastery combo.

hollow dock
#

either its going to get removed or baked in because. Just. what can contest that?

strange falcon
#

it looks like a jacked up version of the tierset from legion

polar mango
#

Leg sweep is also baseline for all specs now. XD

hollow dock
#

took em long enough

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ever since the RoP nerf there has never been a reason to not take Leg Sweep

dense plover
#

apparently the aoe chi move also generates chi i think

hollow dock
#

Chi Burst?

dense plover
#

yeah

hollow dock
#

that'd be nice.

meager warren
#

Bug things in Zandalar look gross but also epic

jovial coral
#

Hakuna Matata

copper tapir
#

Ooh. Profession skill squish. Wonder how that'll affect old xmog patterns.

hollow dock
#

the materials or is the skill cap actually gettingsquished?

copper tapir
#

Skill cap is getting squished to 200. Doesn't give a lot of wiggle room to level alongside your character. Interested to see how that goes.

pale badger
#

So everyone gets skill to 100 or 1 at the start of expansion?

olive mirage
#

800 is now 100

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i assume

uncut vault
#

They’re not all being squished

#

It’s 100 per xpac now

#

So you level each xpacs stuff individually

hollow dock
#

So it's getting down to what. 700 and back to 800 with BFA?

uncut vault
#

Well, no, now each xpac has an individual skill bar, so no matter the number of xpacs, the skills will only go to 100 or 150, depending on where they cap it

hollow dock
#

So like. Wrath had 375, is that now 350? I'm confused.

rich apex
#

You know the Panda speciaist cooking skils?

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It's that

#

But by expansion

#

Presumably if you're maxxed out now, you'll have maxxed everything once it hits

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If you're not, I dunno, I guess they'll do math stuff to figure it out

strong python
#

Sounds better

rich apex
#

It really is needed

#

Given all the boosts

#

My DH still can't use the LWing mount because you need 800

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But all my patterns are green

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And I don't want to pay up the wazoo to get enough mats to pay for, and then craft, the epic items just to level skill

hollow dock
#

DMF

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for 7 days. Garunteed skill ups :v

strong python
#

Yeah, I know the feel

rich apex
#

Truuue

jovial coral
#

You would hope they require less material to make but that sounds a bit tedious

#

First Aid shouldn't be too hard

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Some azerite infused bandages

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What would be neat for first aid but also kinda trolly is some concoction that will remove other players useless afflictions like noggenfogger elixer etc

hollow dock
#

people still use first aid?

jovial coral
#

No but figure they should make it easier to use while leveling just because

zinc sandal
#

I make bandages and they sell pretty well 😮

hollow dock
#

Im actually amazed.

meager warren
#

Anyone have an estimate on when BfA collector's edition will be out?

jade basalt
#

They said 'soon'

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But one might want to check the previous years ' dates for an estimate

meager warren
#

ty

tropic trail
#

anyone seen the new models possibly for drustking/zul .. they look cool

meager warren
#

hot

zinc sandal
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O_o

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I want that.

#

Who's his stylist? I'll pay double.

meager warren
#

Transmog system of Warcraft, probs

rich apex
#

Drust Allied Race WHEN

hollow dock
#

Theyre already anallied race

rich apex
#

wat

meager warren
#

Vris is trolling

worthy minnow
#

how many allly races there will be

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lol 😄

rich apex
#

Nobody knows

#

But of all the ones who have reason to join the Horde

worthy minnow
#

i thought only 4 per each

rich apex
#

It's the ones who were literally wiped out by humans

#

And magicked themselves new bodies or some shit

#

3 per each so far

#

4th hasn't been confirmed

#

(yes, I know Ion mentioned orcs in the livestream)

worthy minnow
#

oh ye 3

#

didnt know why i said 4

meager warren
#

Mag'har Orcs? For the Horde!

rich apex
#

So you'd think

#

But apparently there's a new map of Gogrond

meager warren
#

dank

rich apex
#

I will still be shocked if they actually bring us bakc to WoD

zinc sandal
#

What 3?

meager warren
#

i think that'd be decent. hopefully this time, they do WoD the right way

worthy minnow
#

depends if they have time to make it cool

rich apex
#

Of course, if we're recruting the Laughing Skulls, then that sidesteps the Grom/Durotan question

worthy minnow
#

they sacrificed it for legion

rich apex
#

I guess

#

I mean, we're still telling the Draenor orcs 'yeah, you should totally get back to murdering the draenei and their allies, just on OUR world'

worthy minnow
#

green jesus hasnt been noticed yet too 😄

rich apex
#

So

meager warren
#

Chromie could bring us back to before Garrosh invaded and make sure Grom knows Garrosh is evil

rich apex
#

Seems legit

#

Turns out the act 2 plot twist isn't N'zoth

#

It's Chromie

meager warren
#

lol

rich apex
#

We're going back to Draenor baby

worthy minnow
#

lel evil girl huh

meager warren
#

Wait, Chromie is evil??

rich apex
worthy minnow
#

no but she can become 😄

rich apex
#

'i'm just gonna send these dumbasses back in time again and again until they get their shit together and stop killing each other;

meager warren
#

Stop. That doesn't make her evil

rich apex
#

(Chromie deserves that unique model in WoW)

#

Of course not

#

We're the ones ruthlessly butcerhing each other over past greivances

uncut vault
#

Chromie deserves that model and her unique drake model in WoW

meager warren
#

on second thought, she should send us back to the first war and make sure the Horde/ Alliance don't end up fighting

worthy minnow
#

dude that face says: They think im cute but im evil af

meager warren
#

no, it says "They think i'm kidding when i say i'll do this. If only they knew what i had in store..."

#

sassy chromie

worthy minnow
#

if she send us in war1 then we wont be there to tell her to return us

#

etc

#

shit will be huge

meager warren
#

well good. we can start everything over again and this time, do it right

worthy minnow
#

but but..

#

its pointless 😄

meager warren
#

not if the Alliance and Horde are infinitesimally stronger for it

worthy minnow
#

how?

meager warren
dense plover
#

new beta

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also holy shit

#

gorgrond as it was intended

meager warren
#

sup, peach

rich apex
#

Nothing says peace like dumping your armies everywhere

dense plover
#

they made changes to gorgrond for the draenor orc recruitment (probably)

uncut vault
#

Map is most likely PH for whatever threat we're facing with draenor orcs

rich apex
#

Apparently

dense plover
#

and it looks like what gorgrond was going to look like

#

i dont think it is a placeholder

rich apex
#

I',m still shocked we might actually be going back to Draenor

dense plover
#

its clearly finished

uncut vault
#

it isnt finished at all, lol

dense plover
#

and its different than the map from the alpha

uncut vault
#

look at the edgeso f the map

meager warren
#

well, no but..
nothing says peace like forcing people who wouldn't otherwise join into a faction, into that faction

uncut vault
#

has all the old alpha assets

dense plover
#

the edges are something you wont see

stiff vector
#

its mostly the same actually

uncut vault
#

look at blackrock foundry

stiff vector
#

just assets that have been updated since have changed

dense plover
#

and why would they use the old map vs the new map if it didnt matter?

stiff vector
#

who knows

#

i'm super excited that they did though

uncut vault
#

again, probably PH.

dense plover
#

but they could use new gorgrond

#

why use the treeless gorgrond?

stiff vector
#

it would probably have been easier to copy over new gorgrond

dense plover
#

^

stiff vector
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someone decided to not do it the easy way

dense plover
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it means they want there to have been change

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its possible theyve cut down the jungle

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or that the earth side of gorgrond won

stiff vector
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well alpha gorgrond was never really canon

uncut vault
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guess the orcs terraformed all of gorgrond in a year

meager warren
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i want to see Draenor before the Evergrowth invaded. And Draenor before the Titans fought/ died. And Draenor before humanoids started fucking up the place with fel-magic/ otherwise

stiff vector
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so i'm curious to see how it'll be used if at all

dense plover
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zul also has a model

uncut vault
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and somehow fully healed the spot where their harbor was

meager warren
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Zul: 10x hotter than Warlock weapon

uncut vault
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Plus, the only realistic threat thats left for us to help them with is the botani, and that map has basically none.

dense plover
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survival got a talent named Born to be Wild

zinc sandal
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What it do?

stiff vector
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the only apparently change to the map is that it uses the new harbor model

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which is probably incidental

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seeing its had the same filename since early alpha and now the changes just propogated

dense plover
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holy shit

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the arms talent

uncut vault
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looks like identical harbors, but with water missing from the new map

dense plover
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Weapon Specialist is so cool

uncut vault
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Oh, color changes, now I see

stiff vector
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its more than that, alpha harbor was just a blockout basically

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finished one is more detailed and has different textures

dense plover
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vulture mounts

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more work on communities

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they added more of the path to the ruin in south voldun

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further confirming my theory that pre sundering, it was part of that big highway from wyrmrest

meager warren
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you're telling me i get to farm for parrot AND vulture mounts?
i'm in love

zinc sandal
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CAWW!!

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Make Arakkoa playable so we can have birds riding birds.

dense plover
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tons of changes to kul tiras

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which makes sense considering it is less finished than zandalar

uncut vault
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they added a big patch of islands on the north part of stormsong

meager warren
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coot

dense plover
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yeah

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tons of work on boralus too

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and the zone around it

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work on drustvar

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tiragarde sound

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thats the zone

uncut vault
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boralus looks like it lost some assets

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weird

dense plover
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and both zandalar and voldun have changes, but not many i can see, mostly because of all of the trees in zuldazar

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that and its still very unfinished

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half the mountains are still just carved stone, no trees, and completely unused space

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it wont stay that way

jade basalt
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@dense plover You in the alpha too ?

dense plover
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no

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i wish

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just looking at maps using marlamin's tool

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and comparing between versions as best i can

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i think i would cry irl if i got into alpha. it would mean my feedback matters

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also

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ive been wanting zandalar since i learned about it

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its compiled of two things i love - aztec architecture, and dinosaurs

zinc sandal
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And Zandalari trolls

stiff vector
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also dinosaurs

meager warren
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i love those things too. Except, i also love jungles. Which Zandalar also has

stiff vector
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and some more dinosaurs too

zinc sandal
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Trolls, dinosaurs, and aztec architecture

meager warren
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and jungles

dense plover
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i mean

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jungles are by default included with aztec stuff

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aztec stuff in a regular forest would be weird

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part of the flair, is the gold counteracted by the bright green combined with the exotic sounds and the vegetation everywhere

meager warren
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but not all jungles are aztec.
so, aztec stuff /= jungle stuff

uncut vault
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I mean, center of aztec culture was on a lake so :p

steel venture
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aztecs also lived in yknow
more enviorments than just jungle

meager warren
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^

dense plover
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holy shit

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blood dmg nerfed by half in some places

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thats insane

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its also probably a good thing. Blood DK is still broken

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looks like a decent amount of work has been done on the loraderon scenario based on changes to voice lines, removal of some placeholders and more changes to the map

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wonder how close it is to testing

uncut vault
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Im still wondering what those massive grey things on the sides of the battlefield are

zinc sandal
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Wtf is a Tomb Stalker?

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Sounds awesome

meager warren
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sounds like it could be a mummy or something

dense plover
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is dazar the guy zul is trying to rez in ataldazar?

zinc sandal
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It is, but is it a dino? That's what I'm wondering.

dense plover
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b/c i think he has a model

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its not labelled as anyone specific

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but its clearly undead from the eyes and nose

uncut vault
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thats one cool looking troll

dense plover
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and its extremely detailed, which means its no ordinary enemy

zinc sandal
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All these new models are giving me life

dense plover
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im hoping theres new VO in this alpha

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i want to know what the tortollan sound like

meager warren
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try not to get sick of them a month into playing the expac

uncut vault
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that guard model

zinc sandal
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Reminds me of The Mountain, from Game of Thrones

true matrix
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that's a hell of a misspelling, vris

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reinhardt

zinc sandal
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XD

hollow dock
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I dont know what you'retalkin about

dense plover
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i was right

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it IS dazar

meager warren
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coot

dense plover
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oh shit

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the model is in?

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shop mount right?

uncut vault
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Yeah

dense plover
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probably next week

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chinese new year is friday

strong python
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good looking doggo

dense plover
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expensive doggo

meager warren
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expensive
Not if ur a zandalari troll

dense plover
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?

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its cheaper than the lightforged mech

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technically that mount is 100s of dollars if you use wowtokesn to get gold

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i wouldnt, but hypothetically

jade basalt
meager warren
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iwanit

zinc sandal
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^

dense plover
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well youll be able to get it

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its like the highmountain moose fast mount item

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or the fast lizard from pandaria

uncut vault
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No it isnt?

zinc sandal
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So it's some sort of toy?

uncut vault
zinc sandal
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Oh okay

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Phew

meager warren
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@uncut vault that doesn't say how to get it so how do you know it's not like that?

uncut vault
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cause the stuff he's describing arent mounts

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the Tomb stalker is a mount

meager warren
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o

zinc sandal
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Strange coloration for a Void creature

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They tend to make them purple/dark blue

uncut vault
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Dont think thats void

meager warren
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looks like void

zinc sandal
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It says Void Wrath

uncut vault
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Labeled wicker

zinc sandal
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"Void Wrath Low Wicker"

uncut vault
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Yeah, it uses the same skeleton as the normal ones

meager warren
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which kinda implies it's void

uncut vault
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I mean, its the same way water elementals and voidwalkers share skeletons, probably similar in what they are, but different uses and canon magic. I dont think wicker magic is void

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unless theres some big reveal behind the hag witches

meager warren
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Well, that model and texture above looks a lot like void. It could be different tho

jade basalt
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Wicker magic is "druidic death magic" as they explained at Blizzcon.

zinc sandal
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It is labeled as a Void creature, but who knows. There are plenty of recycled skeletons out there for different types of mobs.

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They explained that?

dense plover
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@uncut vault that mount isnt the tomb stalker

uncut vault
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tell wowhead that

dense plover
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i dont think thats right

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no way the collector mount is an actual mount other people can get

zinc sandal
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Well, this one’s dead

dense plover
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theyve never done that

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people would be very upset

meager warren
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people would be upset regardless

zinc sandal
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I’m not upset shrug If anything I want both.

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(I bought deluxe)

meager warren
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"Oh, another raptor mount! Wtf, Blizzard! Have you any imagination?"

dense plover
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i mean

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it is different

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it has bandages

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different skin and bone texture

zinc sandal
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The colors are different, too

dense plover
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but its the same model

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and for people who paid for the deluxe edition, usually for an exclusive mount

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that feels a bit shit

meager warren
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yes.
it's the same model.
but look at the WoD collector's edition mount and the Arrakkoa Outcasts mount

dense plover
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yeah people got pissed at that too

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meanwhile, legion didnt have that

meager warren
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they'd have been pissed regardless

dense plover
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im hoping its just a mixup with wowhead

meager warren
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Blizz apparently can't do anything right

dense plover
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and its the zany zombie raptor

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especially because the zany zombie uses the icon from the raptor collector mount

zinc sandal
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Inb4 it’s both lmao

dense plover
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i doubt that

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could always be the mythic mount from the raid

meager warren
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that'd be worse

zinc sandal
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Me too, but we’ve doubted a lot of things so far and quite a few have come true

uncut vault
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probably is both, or the zany zombie hasnt been put in yet, cause the other items like that never have saddles

zinc sandal
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All in all, I bought deluxe and don’t care. Great if people can get Mr. Deadino

meager warren
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Mr. Deadino?

uncut vault
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Im just happy to get to use it alliance side, assuming its connected to a raid

zinc sandal
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Dead dino

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Deadino

meager warren
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o

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missing another d in there

zinc sandal
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Goddamnit Arso I believed in you

meager warren
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sorry, i'm dense af ;-;

zinc sandal
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pets

meager warren
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scratches

jade basalt
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mrpeach774 - Today at 04:35 i dont think thats right no way the collector mount is an actual mount other people can get theyve never done that people would be very upset

WoD CE's dread raven mount was reskinned into a fel raven for patch 6.2.

subtle flower
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Still bangs head into wall no bangs head into table alliance bangs head into desk warfront bangs head into floor plate bangs head into ceiling

steel venture
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the kor'kron war wolf was also the basis for literally every WoD wolf model

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and that was ""exclusive"" too
also.
grove warden
meet moose mounts.

jade basalt
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Though these aren't collector edition mounts

meager warren
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bangs head into ceiling
Either your ceiling is short af or you're tall af

hollow dock
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I think the only mount I haven't seen reskinned is the Quilen.

meager warren
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i bet that'll be reskinned.
or at least re-modeled AND reskinned into a better mount

hollow dock
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It's been over four years now.

zinc sandal
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For that to happen, we’d have to have some Panda/Mogu/Titan content

meager warren
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nah

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just need to figure out how to add it into Zandalar

steel venture
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@hollow dock

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the new store mount

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the urzul

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both qulien skeletons.

hollow dock
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oh nvmthen

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Yea every mount gets a reskin and I can say that with 100% certainty now

steel venture
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whenever you've got that neck straight up but it can fly, it's the quilen mount skeleton

dense plover
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skeleton vs reskin

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a reskin is the same mount with slight changes and a color shift

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a new model that uses the same skeleton is to be expected

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they arent going to make new skeletons for everything

hollow dock
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reskin, repurpose, same difference :v

dense plover
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i mean

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they are significantly different

hollow dock
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There are no unique mount skeletons

dense plover
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those big wooden creatures in drustvar use the gronn skeleton

hollow dock
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how about that

dense plover
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but they are a unique model

steel venture
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this is why i dont like saying 'reskin'

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there is a difference between remodel and retexture.

dense plover
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reskin implies the surface

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not the skeleton

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reskins are recolors

hollow dock
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As I always saw it

meager warren
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I think the Lightforged Warframe is a unique model.
So that'd be false as well, @hollow dock

dense plover
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^

hollow dock
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Modelyea

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but not skeleton

meager warren
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model, skeleton, same thing

dense plover
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nothing has a unique skeleton

steel venture
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lightforged warframe is a retooling of the sky golem / fel reaver

hollow dock
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Not true. The shredders share the same skeleton

meager warren
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it's not a shredder tho

hollow dock
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Same skeleton

meager warren
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the only thing they have in common is they're both mechs.

hollow dock
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The skeleton for both mounts is the same

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just different skins

meager warren
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smh

steel venture
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its ... literally the felsteel annihilator

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with a few more idle animations

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and light, instead of fel.

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which the felsteel annihilator was based off of the sky golem

hollow dock
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For the longest time Invincible used to be a true unique horse in the game. as no other horses shared its frame untilI I think Legion.

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When the paladin mounts used it

steel venture
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celestial steed, hearthsteed, tyreal's charger, cindermane charger

zinc sandal
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How about owlcat?

hollow dock
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I stand corrected.

meager warren