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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
I’m hoping the alliance actually has real fkn blood on their hands
No “it’s not our fault, it’s the horde’s”
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
Each side is going to say they're fighting a defensive war against the other side's baseless aggression either way
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-
Like it'd fall apart if they didn't. They have nothing else to use for why the alliance exists, u know
ally lore thats ally what does that mean
Like I like dwarf lore and nelf lore and stuff
oh i see
Anything that isn't a story of the factions fighting
well the alliance was formed cuz of the Horde invading Azeroth
so basically.. yea its only cuz Horde
Right!
as far as i know
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
Just absurd romcom levels of miscommunication
I'm not sure where they're trying to say that, given every expansion since Cata 😛
-_-
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
Like someone in another channel was griping about supposed Horde favoritism
And the Horde look like assholes all the time
well most of the time
broken shore , sylvanas trying to be immortal or etc , garrosh especially garrosh
The entirety of Warlords refutes the notion of honorable orcs
u mean?
(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)
Yes
They don't drink the blood until the war was almost over, in the original backstory
they drank it shortly after meeting cenarius right?
oh u mean this one
Can we just have the one true blood god come back yet?
who?
Hakkar
No we cannot
not this mind controlic bitchass snake
I mean his heart is still somewhere so in theory he could be resurrected anytime or brought into a physical form
No hakkar
He can STAY DEAD
he isnt dead
:P
;d
Stay......plot dead
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
saying he will deal with you again later
when is later
Soon
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
Mmm mmm blood trolls
I don't like this
It's almost like there's 3-4 raids yet to be announced given we're at the bare start of the Alpha cycle
What even is Hakkar? A loa right?
A blood god
So he's a true diety like Elune and such?
hes the loa of blood
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.
Alright so he is a Loa.
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Hakkar_the_Soulflayer as the more open information
yeah
weirdly weve seen nothing about him
which is strange considering blood trolls
so either he is a raid boss, and we dont know because we dont know many raid bosses, or they are saving him
Hakkar was a major influence in troll lore for years
because i know they havent forgotten
What if Hakkar has been overthrown?
he hasn't
Theorizing on why the blood trolls seem to not reference Hakkar.
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
is still out there
his story is still not done
yeah
i wonder if it will be used after uldir
like "we failed to raise our blood god, so we will bring hakkar into this world"
I mean he was probably the spark that lead to the trolls becoming what they are
Well yea. Him being overthrown or getting another shackling doesn't mean he's done.
he disappears
thats lore we dont know
yeah
so we dont know what happens
he mightve overthrown, they may be saving him for a patch, they might just skip him altogether
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.
Again Mana, that's not harming or hampering current lore. The BLOOD trolls seem to not mentIon the BLOOD GOD at all.
Does that notseem odd to you?
^
well if you replace the blood loa for another blood god and just omit him randomly
as far as its known he is still in the shadowlands waiting to return into the physical realm
Theorizing
why is the blood god the bad god and not hakkar?
is hakkar coming later?
did the blood god consume him?
Mana
Are you on the same page as me and peach on what we're talking about?
Which is, there's a lack of Hakkar and a seemingly new entity replacing him in BFA.
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.
Which is why I put forward the idea, what if Hakkar has been overthrown or shackled again?
Well G'hun is only worshipped by the blood trolls who have been living on Nazmir
they arent the same as far as I can tell as the ones who interacted with Hakkar
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.
i wonder if they are going to tie hakkar into the old god stuff
he has connections to it already
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?
Ah.
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?
this is now my working theory ^
That could certainly work.
I mean from what has been understood G'huun not needing technology is what lead the blood trolls
to regress to where they are
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
this keeps the blood trolls relevant after the first raid
and allows them to continue to use nazmir like they continued to use suramar
Taking a page out of the Nightborne
they are the more primitive if not most primitive out of the trolls , and Hakkar was being subdued by Jindo a gurubashi troll
so if hakkar does return
so do probably the gurubashi in some extent or the atal'ai
i mean
hakkar might not have been part of the blood trolls original worshipping
but
with ghuun gone, and the old gods on the rise, why would he not show up to offer them something for their blood?
they will see him as a powerful loa, and accept ofc
Well the way Hakkar showed up wasn't just hey gimme blood
originally
but hes been in the shadowlands
and he doesnt need to ask for blood
they are ready to give it
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
thats basically how he showed up his origin itself is unknown
thats not what im saying
im saying, he has ties to old gods
we are getting old gods
after ghuun, how do you keep blood trolls relevant?
the answer is hakkar
he has ties to blood and old gods
its an easy connection
I mean Zul would also keep them relevant
One possible answer is Hakkar.
Zul doesnt like the blood trolls either
both factions of zandalari consider the blood trolls to be beneath them
Zul's faction moreso
and Hakkar doesn't have old god connections
yes he does
firstly, he is a loa
meaning he is tied to the emerald dream
as are all loa
secondly, cata
he's a loa with no record of how he came to be or where he came from
Either his blood weakend the green dragons Eranikus and the other guardians in Sunken Temple to get corrupted by the nightmare
and how does ZG cata connect to old gods?
or has embeded them into the nightmare through the blood itself
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
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.
I mean it isn't hakkar more so his blood
read the thing above that
and where do you get Hakkar blood manaless
the first one
and Jammal'an was responsible for Eranikus
From hakkar :v
they're possible connections
I mean to be fair its probable
we're not saying theyre concrete
being in the shadowlands for years, that can be enough
just saying its possible
considering According to Brann Bronzebeard, the origins of Hakkar remain unknown, and there are no mentions of him in any Titan records.[
Yes we've been reading the same page Mana
the point im focusing on here
is the disappearance after cata
that gives them 3 ingame years to work with
Well he disappears to the shadow lands presumably with a grudge still out for the mortals
so they can have a whole questline backstory thing related to this
yeah
but what does he do there
gain more power
maybe
or listen for calls
thast what quests are for
like he did with the gurubashi
thats what im saying they could follow the story with
"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"
this is the kind of thing i imagine blizzard pulling
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
also, i want to finish hakkar's story
this would be the best expansion to do that in
especially since being in nazmir would probably help to break up whatever stuff they are going to do with the naga
though i do wonder how that would work for the alliance
maybe we deal with hakkar while they deal with quilboar? idk
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
inb4 Hakkar becomes the new Helya
I hope not
They have the opportunity to put the entire story of it in the game
And now they have Golden
implying Hakkar wasn't the Helya of vanilla/Cata
I mean he was the main bad guy for a full raid tier
One of the most loved raids if I remember correctly
Hey guys
I’m gonna post my theory on reddit
Is this good?
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.
Doesnt matter how good it is, someone on reddit will shit on it. But I think its well put together
btw how do ppl get access to alpha
is it only by participating on settings in battle net
or they gave vanilla players access?
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
or by being a streamer with a decent sized audience
Argonia in this first wave only people who made ´´content´´ get invite, youtubers and streamers
but some random ppl report they get invite for old accounts
Age of the account doesn't matter to much.
my only hope is again in wowhead giveaways
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.
During the beta its more open and based on on specs at that point
Just gotta wait and see
Anyone else watch the stormwind extraction?
Nah. I hold my experience for the finished product
are there any loot tables posted for freehold?
Was wanting to see what kind of loot dropped from council o captains
None that are concrete. Gotta wait for the live release for that stuff.
Gotcha. I heard you could loot a duster coat from the council and wanted to verify
I'm sure Wowhead will have it when it's up
zul burning stormwind is fantastic
i dont think its zul, i thought it was the horde
Rohkan started the fire
hmmm
maybe they think the horde did it then
interesting
man
still no tortollan VO
i want to know what they sound like in wow
it is, zul and the horde work together.
thats just nonsense
zul is the bad guy
he is the bad guy at thunder isle
and he is the bad guy in zandalar
my guess is that he is in stormwind to kidnap telanji
He isnt, he seems to be with them.
Horde went in to find saurfang and find the ship to orgrimmar that was intercepted
the ship was Talanji and Zul
Horde is looking for ships to rebuild their fleet with after Lordaeron, Zandalar has them
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.
why is Zul with Telanji when he wants to remove her father
that doesnt make sense
i think a piece is missing here
This happens before everything else, before Zul invades Zuldazar
He isnt actively rebelling against Rastakhan at this point
At this point he's still just 'the Prophet' and a Councilor to the King
huh
so that occurs in game
thats actually really cool
i figured he just started out bad
because thats what blizz normally does
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.
even in BfA he isnt bad, he and rastakhan have different but similar visions from the loa
He is bad (later) in BFA, he works with the Old Gods/Azshara and invades Zuldazar
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
Zul is definitely bad
atal dazar is zul
we go there for some reason related to the story
and zul
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
CouldI get a link? honestly didnt see that
And yeah the reason for him defiling Atal'Dazar is that he wants to rez the first troll emperor, Dazar.
All in the broadcast text article, and the quests / videos @uncut vault
Ah and Yazma, his right hand, kills another loa, Shadra, the spider, well more like consumes it
so turns out the new ui actually has 4 more action bar slots than the old one
Huh. Weird that I didnt see that. But either way, at the beginning hes still an ally to Rastakhan
Yup
Also looking for Zul stuff, apparently the amani are also involved
(Nearly) all the Troll tribes are there
For a meeting
And they all spit on you / the Horde
this is going to be a very interesting story
The Drakkari are missing, as I recall.
For some reason the Farakki are mad at the Horde too.
The Amani are pissed that the Horde killed their leader and also allied with blood elves. Zandalari too, for the same reason.
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.
ilevel 190 in bfa
14k hp
Will that affect the raid alone?
draenor raids, pandaria, etc
🤔
Yes it affects all the former raids
No one knows if those raids are soloable anymore
The Drakkari, according to the Cata cinematic, have been all but wiped out. As they sided with the Scourge and ate their gods.
No, they returned with a new King in MoP, whom we killed
yea.
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.
What are ya sayin no to? I'm sayin they are all but removed.
That first one is a pretty interesting change.
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
Right. They havent nearly died out?
Cuz that's what that says
Unless you don't know what 'have all but x' means.
In which, sorry for the confusion.
They weren't at that time all but wiped out if they still represented a significant force just after
That's...what the cinematic said if memory serves. Hence why the Drakkari didn't join the call of the zandalari
The cinematic that happens 2 years before MoP.
Yea and somehow after 5-6 world ending events our armies are still heavily poppulated to wage open war
Wait I don't think the cinematic even says what you said. Closest thing would be that 'Zuldrak has fallen'.
Exactly.
Yes. The people there are of the drakkari.
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.
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
I simply explain how I see it but hey my views are always wrong so w/e.
Yes they are always wrong. There were Drakkari at the meeting.
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.
all I said is they were nearly wiped out. But hey. Anything for me to be wrong eh?
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.
Thalysra's statements about the Alliance and how cool the Horde is.. turn out to be the exact opposite of what was said to the Pandaren. http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/7/78855/2179439-Pandaren_Choose_Your_Destiny.png
That's because Liadrin sold her what she wanted to hear
I never said it was 3 guys
I just said
they were nearly wiped out
That's it
saying 'they were all but x' means nearly, almost, etc. It doesn't mean they were wiped out completely.
Tho that -is- a good description of the Horde
this is a dumb argument lol
And, of course, the Alliance doesn't have to worry about any flaws
Every lore arguement is a dumb arguement
^
Quiet picked a fight with me over a statement that I still think he is just misreading
he picked a fight sure but you're not letting it drop
clearly neither of you two will give in so both of you just stop talking
its really not that big of a deal
I greatly dislike being called wrong when it's a falsity. :v
i can understand that, but you gotta learn when to just let things go
Nah I'm petty as fuck.
then honestly take it to PM's
Or don't be wrong.
alright now you're just trying to pick a fight lmao
Anyone else see that Survival hunters now have a cool crossbow attack?
I didn't think it was really needed but yea. its kinda cool I guess.
🤷 it'll probably be changed or removed
Surv hunters are witchers
.......holy shit
Inorite
Imma rolling a Kul'tiran one if they end up playable
Since half of Kul'tiras is witches and shit apparently
Jerald of Kul'tiras lol
2 2-h swords only.
eh theres some simple enough looking 2h swords
Just 2 claymores does well enough.
hopefully frost goes back to 2 handed
With a white pet wolf
Wonder if those scrolls will make Inscription worth going again.
I dont think it ever will Tar. They've kept the design of needing 1 handers.
Not that a lot of people did 2h frost by the end of WoD.
but my arthas class fantasy
I can't wait to have more options than just fist weapons on my monk.
what weapons can monks use?
1h swords, 1h maces, 1h axes and fist weapons for WW
I'd love 2h options again, but fists of fury prevents that.
Well. Staffs as well.
and polearms
but no one runs those cuz they were just to slow in attack speed
uh
an update was just pushed to the ptr
there might be a new beta build as well apparently
no nvm, just ptr
new version is 26010
so there are changes apparently
wonder what and why
might be background stuff.
yeah, it just seems a bit weird
i wonder if they are working on the rest of the silithus stuff
there havent been any new quests there right?
even though there will be right?
Right
Battleground?
And that
For some reason Silithus on the PTR has been reverted to normal
Probably comes with story.
I wish hairstyle and horns were not tied together for male Draenei.
Why are they anyway, and not for female?
because sex appeal
Ugh.
just to save space
like how earrings change noses for goblins
or makeup changes tusks for trolls
Then why is it not the case for females?
I was looking forward to Devotion Aura. ._.
Any worgen models out there
I always felt like the female worgen should be larger than the males
no the new models are not here in the alpha, you'll have to wait until after BFAs launch for them
@zinc sandal if i had to guess, because they don't have beards. men do so something had to be combinedXD
did they confirm the new models?
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.
neat!
Hopefully Worgen end up looking more like Greymane
Standing up straight would be nice honestly, as much of a meme that is
What did the alpha models look like?
god i forget how BAD they are until i look at one again
my friend once said it looks like a bad fursuit
and
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.
Someone actually made a model edit of how good the alpha model could have looked like today. @hollow dock https://m.imgur.com/vFbWZez?r
honestly I'd like if they went a bit...MORE wolf-ish
See that'd be perfectly fine.
maybe not the weeb hairstyle
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.
I just hold some minor hope they decide to go that route.
as I said I'd love a bit more of a feral look
Greymane's new model is a pretty good example
Yea. That'd be nice. Make it more wolf-man or Witcher esc wolfies.
i know where he got that model edit ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Anyone does with a quick reverse search
I feel like it's a bit too domesticated When it should be something a bit more feral but I do like it
The male and female models should look relatively the same in body shape
The female should be kinda larger like many other kinds of wildlife
Damn. That looks nice.
Can worgen get pregnant?
I wouldn't want to see that, @jovial coral because female wolves are smaller than male wolves irl
Yes they can
Why would they not be able to?
they can in hentai but can they in warcraft?
Yes. But their curse does not transfer to the child.
Interesting
http://bfa.wowhead.com/item=153597/deployable-attire-rearranger#created-by-spell Well, nothing so far mentioning that it can only be used by engineers...
Looks like Saurfang doesn't get out
he chooses to stay
hes going to stay relevant
its very different from standard blizzard writing
you can already see Christie Golden's handiwork
at least now he can keep from making another Garrosh
Yeah, I just hope he doesn't die here 😦
he wont
he's likely going to be the resolution to the faction conflict
anduin's plan for a post-Sylvanas Horde
Hoping we find Saurfang playing cards with Genn; The End of the War
With velen
Tru peace
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
https://www.kimballstock.com/pix/WOV/09/WOV_09_DB0041_01_P.JPG
They have long head
Old model doesn't have goofy Disney eyes, at least
Hmm, problem is the eyes, the perma-growl is a bit weird but mostly the forehead is waaaay too marked
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)
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.
The right one makes the left look like a pit bull or something
Pretty sure my worgen doesn't look anything like the left one, she has a mane, not the buzz cut pictured
holy shit
ghuun is or was an old god
like he was an old god
then he was experimented on
and either isnt now
or is much weaker than he was
still very strong though
He is straight up called an Old God throughout alpha
yeah
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.
well
theres a cutscene in nazmir
not implemented yet
but ghuun was an old god at the time of titan experimentation
my guess is ghuun isnt an old god anymore
i mean, ghuun is tiny
No no they are calling him Old God now, the trolls, the goblins, etc.
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
again, he is too small to be a full on old god now
old gods are continent sized
theres some voice lines from npcs and stuff
but im not sure that confirms that ghuun is a full blown old god
it just doesnt match up in the sense of the other 3 old gods
he doesnt match the scale
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! "
yeah
3 of those are VO, so not neccesarily canon
and the first one says being
its talking about ghuun as an old god being experimented on by the titans
in the past
like the VO are what the npcs think
not neccesarily what is true
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.
ghuun physically doesnt make sense as a full blown old god. look at ghuun
ghuun has no tentacles
no many mouths
no several pairs of eyes
and is not continent sized
clearly the titans experiments did something to change it
it may still be an old god
Having many mouths or eyes or whatever aren't necessary characteristics of an old god though
but its very different
size is def a characteristic though
and it doesnt meet that considering its apparent appearance in some of the cutscenes
so either the blood god thing is just an avatar
or
the experimentation changed its physical form immensely
which is what i imagine the actual reasoning is
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
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
I personally think G’Huun is pregnant with Hakkar’s reincarnation. @dense plover
Something is inside of it.
Blood is inside
Or eggs. There are many eggs in the raid, and blood worm thingies hatching from them.
That’s possible
You can see some on his back too https://i.imgur.com/deMnXRR.png
Hakkar returns with the blood moon, and theres a blood moon happening
Plus, King Rastakhan’s armor depicts Hakkar
Pretty sure Zul will try sacrificing Princess Talanji
And we all know Zul serves Hakkar.
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.
Aaaaand Hakkar has relations to the Old Gods, if you’ve paid attention to the lore.
Zul helps Azshara because she serves the Old Gods as well.
Well that was unnecessarily rude.
- 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.
- Still no link between Zul and Hakkar, or Azshara and Hakkar.
If you've paid attention to the lore, that is.
It’s possible they could make a link, but at this moment, MyMindWontQuiet is 100% correct
And damn
I didn’t know Ghuun was that big
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?
We don’t even have the cutscenes and the story is far more coherent and sensible than any other since maybe wrath
And even wrath had some problems
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.
Zul doesn’t serve hakkar, no idea where you got that idea
His Zandalari oppose hakkar in vanilla
Uh
Zul gurub
Also affiliation doesn’t mean corrupted
If you are evil, the old gods are your best buds
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?
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.
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...
I would say they rather dont understand that you need to work for rewards in MMO RPG games
maybe they are though to think that this is a dlc
containing only allied races and not the whole new exp
thanks to other games made from other companies
Theyre extra stupid for thinking blizz does that to Warcraft.
true
that seems to powerful tbh.
Granted, things change but some of it looks yummy.
Varies up the rotation from keeping up mastery combo.
either its going to get removed or baked in because. Just. what can contest that?
it looks like a jacked up version of the tierset from legion
Leg sweep is also baseline for all specs now. XD
took em long enough
ever since the RoP nerf there has never been a reason to not take Leg Sweep
apparently the aoe chi move also generates chi i think
Chi Burst?
yeah
that'd be nice.
Bug things in Zandalar look gross but also epic
Hakuna Matata
Ooh. Profession skill squish. Wonder how that'll affect old xmog patterns.
the materials or is the skill cap actually gettingsquished?
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.
So everyone gets skill to 100 or 1 at the start of expansion?
They’re not all being squished
It’s 100 per xpac now
So you level each xpacs stuff individually
So it's getting down to what. 700 and back to 800 with BFA?
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
So like. Wrath had 375, is that now 350? I'm confused.
You know the Panda speciaist cooking skils?
It's that
But by expansion
Presumably if you're maxxed out now, you'll have maxxed everything once it hits
If you're not, I dunno, I guess they'll do math stuff to figure it out
Sounds better
It really is needed
Given all the boosts
My DH still can't use the LWing mount because you need 800
But all my patterns are green
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
Yeah, I know the feel
Truuue
You would hope they require less material to make but that sounds a bit tedious
First Aid shouldn't be too hard
Some azerite infused bandages
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
people still use first aid?
No but figure they should make it easier to use while leveling just because
I make bandages and they sell pretty well 😮
Im actually amazed.
Anyone have an estimate on when BfA collector's edition will be out?
They said 'soon'
But one might want to check the previous years ' dates for an estimate
ty
hot
Transmog system of Warcraft, probs
Theyre already anallied race
wat
Vris is trolling
i thought only 4 per each
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)
Mag'har Orcs? For the Horde!
dank
I will still be shocked if they actually bring us bakc to WoD
What 3?
i think that'd be decent. hopefully this time, they do WoD the right way
depends if they have time to make it cool
Of course, if we're recruting the Laughing Skulls, then that sidesteps the Grom/Durotan question
they sacrificed it for legion
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'
green jesus hasnt been noticed yet too 😄
So
Chromie could bring us back to before Garrosh invaded and make sure Grom knows Garrosh is evil
lol
We're going back to Draenor baby
lel evil girl huh
Wait, Chromie is evil??
no but she can become 😄
'i'm just gonna send these dumbasses back in time again and again until they get their shit together and stop killing each other;
Stop. That doesn't make her evil
(Chromie deserves that unique model in WoW)
Of course not
We're the ones ruthlessly butcerhing each other over past greivances
Chromie deserves that model and her unique drake model in WoW
on second thought, she should send us back to the first war and make sure the Horde/ Alliance don't end up fighting
dude that face says: They think im cute but im evil af
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
if she send us in war1 then we wont be there to tell her to return us
etc
shit will be huge
well good. we can start everything over again and this time, do it right
not if the Alliance and Horde are infinitesimally stronger for it
how?
https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/7k7pb8/playing_as_alliance_in_bfa_be_like/drgmo5b/?context=3
this is how
and this as well, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_diplomacy
In international politics, defence diplomacy refers to the pursuit of foreign policy objectives through the peaceful employment of defence resources and capabilities.
sup, peach
Nothing says peace like dumping your armies everywhere
they made changes to gorgrond for the draenor orc recruitment (probably)
Map is most likely PH for whatever threat we're facing with draenor orcs
Apparently
and it looks like what gorgrond was going to look like
i dont think it is a placeholder
I',m still shocked we might actually be going back to Draenor
its clearly finished
it isnt finished at all, lol
and its different than the map from the alpha
look at the edgeso f the map
well, no but..
nothing says peace like forcing people who wouldn't otherwise join into a faction, into that faction
has all the old alpha assets
the edges are something you wont see
its mostly the same actually
look at blackrock foundry
just assets that have been updated since have changed
and why would they use the old map vs the new map if it didnt matter?
again, probably PH.
it would probably have been easier to copy over new gorgrond
^
someone decided to not do it the easy way
it means they want there to have been change
its possible theyve cut down the jungle
or that the earth side of gorgrond won
well alpha gorgrond was never really canon
guess the orcs terraformed all of gorgrond in a year
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
so i'm curious to see how it'll be used if at all
and somehow fully healed the spot where their harbor was
Zul: 10x hotter than Warlock weapon
Plus, the only realistic threat thats left for us to help them with is the botani, and that map has basically none.
survival got a talent named Born to be Wild
What it do?
the only apparently change to the map is that it uses the new harbor model
which is probably incidental
seeing its had the same filename since early alpha and now the changes just propogated
looks like identical harbors, but with water missing from the new map
Weapon Specialist is so cool
Oh, color changes, now I see
its more than that, alpha harbor was just a blockout basically
finished one is more detailed and has different textures
vulture mounts
more work on communities
they added more of the path to the ruin in south voldun
further confirming my theory that pre sundering, it was part of that big highway from wyrmrest
you're telling me i get to farm for parrot AND vulture mounts?
i'm in love
tons of changes to kul tiras
which makes sense considering it is less finished than zandalar
they added a big patch of islands on the north part of stormsong
coot
yeah
tons of work on boralus too
and the zone around it
work on drustvar
tiragarde sound
thats the zone
and both zandalar and voldun have changes, but not many i can see, mostly because of all of the trees in zuldazar
that and its still very unfinished
half the mountains are still just carved stone, no trees, and completely unused space
it wont stay that way
@dense plover You in the alpha too ?
no
i wish
just looking at maps using marlamin's tool
and comparing between versions as best i can
i think i would cry irl if i got into alpha. it would mean my feedback matters
also
ive been wanting zandalar since i learned about it
its compiled of two things i love - aztec architecture, and dinosaurs
And Zandalari trolls
also dinosaurs
i love those things too. Except, i also love jungles. Which Zandalar also has
and some more dinosaurs too
Trolls, dinosaurs, and aztec architecture
and jungles
i mean
jungles are by default included with aztec stuff
aztec stuff in a regular forest would be weird
part of the flair, is the gold counteracted by the bright green combined with the exotic sounds and the vegetation everywhere
but not all jungles are aztec.
so, aztec stuff /= jungle stuff
I mean, center of aztec culture was on a lake so :p
aztecs also lived in yknow
more enviorments than just jungle
^
holy shit
blood dmg nerfed by half in some places
thats insane
its also probably a good thing. Blood DK is still broken
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
wonder how close it is to testing
Im still wondering what those massive grey things on the sides of the battlefield are
sounds like it could be a mummy or something
is dazar the guy zul is trying to rez in ataldazar?
It is, but is it a dino? That's what I'm wondering.
b/c i think he has a model
its not labelled as anyone specific
but its clearly undead from the eyes and nose
thats one cool looking troll
and its extremely detailed, which means its no ordinary enemy
All these new models are giving me life
try not to get sick of them a month into playing the expac
Reminds me of The Mountain, from Game of Thrones
XD
I dont know what you'retalkin about
coot
Yeah
good looking doggo
expensive doggo
expensive
Not if ur a zandalari troll
?
its cheaper than the lightforged mech
technically that mount is 100s of dollars if you use wowtokesn to get gold
i wouldnt, but hypothetically
Tomb Stalker mount http://wow.zamimg.com/uploads/screenshots/normal/702648.jpg
It's an undead version of the CE mount
iwanit
^
well youll be able to get it
its like the highmountain moose fast mount item
or the fast lizard from pandaria
No it isnt?
So it's some sort of toy?
@uncut vault that doesn't say how to get it so how do you know it's not like that?
o
Dont think thats void
looks like void
It says Void Wrath
Labeled wicker
"Void Wrath Low Wicker"
Yeah, it uses the same skeleton as the normal ones
which kinda implies it's void
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
unless theres some big reveal behind the hag witches
Well, that model and texture above looks a lot like void. It could be different tho
Wicker magic is "druidic death magic" as they explained at Blizzcon.
It is labeled as a Void creature, but who knows. There are plenty of recycled skeletons out there for different types of mobs.
They explained that?
@uncut vault that mount isnt the tomb stalker
i dont think thats right
no way the collector mount is an actual mount other people can get
Well, this one’s dead
people would be upset regardless
"Oh, another raptor mount! Wtf, Blizzard! Have you any imagination?"
The colors are different, too
but its the same model
and for people who paid for the deluxe edition, usually for an exclusive mount
that feels a bit shit
yes.
it's the same model.
but look at the WoD collector's edition mount and the Arrakkoa Outcasts mount
they'd have been pissed regardless
im hoping its just a mixup with wowhead
Blizz apparently can't do anything right
and its the zany zombie raptor
especially because the zany zombie uses the icon from the raptor collector mount
Inb4 it’s both lmao
that'd be worse
Me too, but we’ve doubted a lot of things so far and quite a few have come true
probably is both, or the zany zombie hasnt been put in yet, cause the other items like that never have saddles
All in all, I bought deluxe and don’t care. Great if people can get Mr. Deadino
Mr. Deadino?
Im just happy to get to use it alliance side, assuming its connected to a raid
Goddamnit Arso I believed in you
sorry, i'm dense af ;-;
pets
scratches
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.
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
the kor'kron war wolf was also the basis for literally every WoD wolf model
and that was ""exclusive"" too
also.
grove warden
meet moose mounts.
Though these aren't collector edition mounts
bangs head into ceiling
Either your ceiling is short af or you're tall af
I think the only mount I haven't seen reskinned is the Quilen.
i bet that'll be reskinned.
or at least re-modeled AND reskinned into a better mount
It's been over four years now.
For that to happen, we’d have to have some Panda/Mogu/Titan content
whenever you've got that neck straight up but it can fly, it's the quilen mount skeleton
skeleton vs reskin
a reskin is the same mount with slight changes and a color shift
a new model that uses the same skeleton is to be expected
they arent going to make new skeletons for everything
reskin, repurpose, same difference :v
There are no unique mount skeletons
those big wooden creatures in drustvar use the gronn skeleton
how about that
but they are a unique model
this is why i dont like saying 'reskin'
there is a difference between remodel and retexture.
As I always saw it
I think the Lightforged Warframe is a unique model.
So that'd be false as well, @hollow dock
^
model, skeleton, same thing
nothing has a unique skeleton
lightforged warframe is a retooling of the sky golem / fel reaver
Not true. The shredders share the same skeleton
it's not a shredder tho
Same skeleton
the only thing they have in common is they're both mechs.
smh
its ... literally the felsteel annihilator
with a few more idle animations
and light, instead of fel.
which the felsteel annihilator was based off of the sky golem
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.
When the paladin mounts used it
celestial steed, hearthsteed, tyreal's charger, cindermane charger
How about owlcat?
I stand corrected.
http://prntscr.com/ico0xt http://prntscr.com/ico10j i don't see it, dude