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zandalaris are semi-reused night elves
and nightborne are definitely reused night elves
I think a lot of people would welcome taunka
Theyd require new models like nightborne tho
Well for Forest Trolls it looks like there is only one option, already allied with the horde that is
Revantusk tribe, It says they are allied with the horde, but never joined
Forest trolls from revantusk
the entire purpose of allied races is reusing the skeleton
In bfa data mining shows they say they support the horde
not a single allied race has a unique skeleton
exactly, reusing a skeleton doesn't mean it can't be reused again
ofc
don't assume rules from patterns that are based off of a very small number of allied races
but anything that requires a brand new skeleton
isnt going to be an allied race
that would just be a new race period
thats the biggest difference between the two
well, allied races are also unique in that their story is told at max level rather than low level
Or in previous expansions
I don't think that's a technique that has to exclusively apply to reused-skeleton races
I believe, for example, something like Naga would technically be an allied race still, despite the new skeleton that they'd need.
As the break-away faction would require max-level storytelling and be significantly relevant to end game. IMO.
i dont
naga would absolutely be a new race
introducing a race drastically different from the other races that require new animations and models and then locking that behind max level?
i cant possibly imagine them doing that
ah, I see your logic better now
they would make more money allowing people to straight-away make naga
whereas people don't care enough about nightborne (just night elves for the horde), but they are a nice addition
allied races are unlocked - which means they cant bear a big enough difference from other races
if they do
people would be upset
aand you would push people away
and you would lose money
the issue I see is that the animations and skeletons aren't the only things people care about
some just want to be a really cool race, and to many zandalari are that race. probably on the same level as naga. yet zandalari must be unlocked
I know they can't, but it would be nice if they did the intro quests to unlock all new races
Even full races
Blizzard’s been doing more ogre female art, so I’m holding out hope we’re getting ogres next expac.
well we are already going back to draenor for draenor orcs, so ogres seem like another likely candidate. there is a whole unexplored continent, after all
though, do ogres share a skeleton with an existing player race?
certainly the female ogre would have to be a new skeleton if not
They have an older model that is a native, although they share nothing with current players.
Unless female ogre will be based off of female dwarves or orcs perhaps.
If you look at the Draenor map
Skeleton-wise.
There’s an entire second continent, which was supposed to be ruled by ogres.
yes, that is that unexplored continent I was talking about
Vrykul do use the orc animations, so it isn't a stretch to use dwarf animations for a female ogre.
So ye. I’m 90% sure Ogres are incoming by next expac. Between the new art, and the seemingly random advanced ogre architecture on the Seething Shore.
Seems likely.
Lorewise though kul tiran druids make sense, they have dark druidism as a religion on their island. Dark druidism to the kul tirans is like warlocks for the orcs....
well, blizzard might pull another zandalari prelate
Dark druid for FIFTH druid spec when
i.e. the dark druid order ends before you get to unlock kultirans
Idk, they might, but the Alliance would riot.
Blizzard said Shaman would be Horde only.
Actually:
dark druidism is what caused those freaky willow creatures to appear in the first place
There's regular druids on kul tiras.
If they made Druid Horde only too, there’d be hell to pay.
Not just "dark" ones
as I said earlier, with such a small number of confirmed and potential allied races, it's silly to say stuff like "horde only" (unless blizzard said it)
@steel venture yup
horde does need better druid races IMO
Actual legitimate, shapeshifting Kul Tiran druid.
Horde needs a break from druids
blizzard might pull another zandalari prelate, the druid order of kultiras ends before story ends
But the druid forms for kul tirans could be the drust forms as well
Which would compete with zandalari
Aka ... the druid forms already exist.
Worgen druid forms could be modified to be more kul tiran.
So it's, pretty easy for blizz to make kul tiran druids
Parrot flight form pls
ah, good thinking
Zandalari prelates make me salty. Maybe they’ll paladin again, at a later expansion, after learning about the Light or someshit.
Are we still on this?
No
albatros flight form or krestrel flight form imo
We’re on kul tiran druids
sea gull form lmao
Zandalari paladins aren’t gonna go away. Blizz has dug themselves into the same corner as high elves
Nah they need a freak seagull hybrid boomkin form
idk, we haven’t gotten high elves yet. 😉
Oh truuuuue @steel venture
Blizzard did screw themselves, though. If they did make High Elves, the Alliance would have two freakin’ Belf style models.
Horde would riot.
how many "high elves" are actually left?
Way more than Void Elves.
Let’s not get into that topic full blown. But enough.
Void Elves are literally just high and blood elf scholars.
^^^
A tiny faction.
Blows my mind that they didn’t just do a Silver Covenant faction for High Elves to “join” the Alliance with.
Just give a blue eyed option for blood elves and a flesh skin color for void, bahm problem solved. They can even cross communicate already
datamined dialogue for battle for undercity implied the numbers of void elves was competitive with the number of undead
and there are a lot of forsaken
That was a meme line
There are already freakin’ High Elf models in game. Just give them unique hairstyles.
Got changed a build or two ago
Quick question, on the topic of cross talk, when did Demon Hunters lose Demonic as a language
wait, what?
They still have it afaik
They should still have it with metamorphosis
mine does not
I'm checking right now
ahh only Metamorphosis
Yes
when was that changed, and why?
Blizzard reasoning.
IIRC when 7.3.5 first came out I could still talk in demonic without meta
in fact, I can still talk in demonic
and I'm not in meta
i noticed doing the Twisting Nether challenge with my DH, I could not understand a Nelf
@sharp bluff if you have a language addon it doesn’t support cross language so you gotta disable it.
I do not
Rip u then
But i remember DH Nelf and Belf being able to talk to each other beforre
they should be able to still (blizzard doesn't really seem to mind cross-faction anymore, they do it with pandaren and void/blood elves at least)
but I can't really test
Scenarios and BGs would have it disabled
ahh that would maybe do it, Twisting Nether may be a scenario inside the DH class hall
still don't see it on my language list under skills though oddly
we're always gonna be on "this" @hollow dock
so what's the happenings spoiler gang? any exciting new news to share with the world?
Nupe
i think there hasnt been a new alpha build yet
look at #latest-news-old for that.
we haven't seen anything of substance in there as of today
biggest recent thing is the mission table stuff afaik
how about a super saiyan race while were at it ohw ait thats the light forged draenei <.<
Super-saiyans are OP to a level that no race or person on Azeroth can reach.
Except maybe the titans
Lightforged are space marines
says the weeb
- you call that artifact "Knaifu"
- http://prntscr.com/imi0zf
this picture is a rendition of Tyrande Whisperwind thank you very much. In which that is her name.
why do you still have the horrible hat placement anyways
Knaifu is not weeb????
it's an amalgamation of "Knife" and "Waifu" which is weeb
lies and slander
lol
why do u call the artifact "Knaifu" if ur not weeb
knaifu is my waifu
that's kinda redundant
because that's the universal nickname that the community has given Xala'tath and you instantly know what it refers to.
Terminator weeb: Ackchually
I am no human
I am secretly three corgis in a trench coat masquerading as an Apache Helicopters AI that escaped from Area 51 on the internet.
have you guys seen the new undead upright animations
the female one is nice
if we can use chinese undead models we are basically playing with a skinny human
i've "seen" nothing but conspiracy theories and conjectures regarding any race but orc and Zandalari Troll having upright models
Someone pointed out to me that there are also new Forsaken aka Undead walking animations to suit their apparently new upright appearance! Here we have a your...
I don't know if it's true tho
It is
wat
wat
they will certainly be optional, if implented
^
the male undead looks kinda weird or its just me?
He keeps some hunch
probably still a WIP
No clearly its not
well, its still on alpha
those animations are not for the undead
they are the upright orc animation
applied to the undead skeleton
currently the only time it is actually used for undead is for the undead guards in zandalar when they are standing still
it is not used during movement for them
or even for player undead
it could get removed in a different patch tho.
but once it hits alpha, it's going to live where it'll remain until the devs change their mind
It never gets changed or removed)
A lot of stuff that hit alpha in the past got removed/ changed with future expacs.
vris blaming things on the horde omegalul
Stuff that i can think of that fits that description...
- Warlocks being OP in MoP
*Cape in Timeless Isles that got you across the bridge
*Mount rewards from final raids
*Silithus: Wound in the World
*Cataclysm
*Zandalar and Kul'tiras being removed from the game around Vanilla
oh and let's not forget WoD
...KT and Zandalar in vanilla?
smh
Its just propaganda from the failing horde.
http://prntscr.com/imj1ic
what's this then
Fake news.
orly
Do map changes really count as cut content?
yes
I don't think that's even a real map
Yuge fake news
shhhhhh
Believe me
it's definitely real
I've literally never seen the Maelstrom referred to as the Rift
the broken isles are in the wrong spot on that map, they've actually been seen on official maps before legion
ok well, i'm sure there's a different map that has them all in the right place
"Although Brann Bronzebeard could not go too far down into the Rift because of the pressure, he said that "Perhaps the Well of Eternity still exists, in some form, in Azeroth’s heart, for arcane currents emanate from the Rift."[3]"
Eheheheh
And they say Blizz is making shit up as they go along
Bliz has been making shit up from day 1
is that from the rpg tho?
although they declared the RPG non-cannon, they pull a lot from it
And they will continue to, they need to.
Oh it's totally non canon
the brann bronzebeard fact
Theyre doing what disney does with the star wars EU. Just make stuff they like canon from a convoluted source
and the funny thing about Disney's Star Wars is that, it's a lot better now than it was in George Lucas's hands
unfortunately, Star Wars the Clone Wars ended ;-;
You know Lucas helped make Clone Wars right
yes.
but it wasn't all his work
Juuust saying
👌
Vris wants a wall between them self and the horde
what else is new
In bfa, Anduin will fall in love with Sylvanas. I can't guarantee that, but I hope they will
Just imagine the possibilities
It would become a great story
Between a rotting corpse and an underage child
A better love story than twilight
underage child?
rotting corpse?
oh, hun
i dont believe its possible
there must be always a conflict between the two fractions
otherwise the game will be over
like some romantic movie with happy? end
and they said that they have enough ideas for like 10 exp more
that hasn't stopped them from making Romeo and juliet references
i dont remember them fighting on the battle field
i dont say that there wont be love, just maybe you got the 2 ppl involved wrong
well, no.
But the Montagues and Capulets loved to kill each other
btw what was in the cube guarded by kirin tor
i dont remember
i saw it in the movie concept
cube?
wat
@Exosdar#7054 anduin is 18
@meager warren I certainly wouldnt say that considering its canon mow that the force can be used to time travel.
Movie is not canon.
It's in it's own Universe.
Anything in the movie does not reflect lore in relation of the video games.
it does but doesn't is what blizz said. It's like WoD, the events of WoD dont change our timeline but still have happened in universe.
Nope. Movie is completely separate.
As in, it has not and never will have any effect on our universe. WoD can effect our universe.
I think you misunderstood me as we just said the same thing
We making the Iron Horde didn't stop the horde from invading our azeroth
You said "It's like WoD"
Yes because all the things we did to change THAT TIMELINE didn't affect ours.
WoD can effect our universe. The movie universe cannot.
Except that AU Draenors horde didn't stop our horde from invading Azeroth. The events are similar, and yes if we head to AU Draenor it can affect us, but that doesn't change that the movie universe is one of the millions of timelines within the Warcraft universe.
If somehow the main line linked to it, it could affect us like any other timeline.
When I say its like WoD, I mean that AU Draenor and its timeline are seperate to our own, but still happen in universe.
Yes, so not exactly "like WoD".
Like means it's similar in some way shape or form, my use of the word like is perfectly acceptable.
I think he is trying to say that things from the WoD universe can affect our universe
like for some reason Grom end up being the new warchief
(on our universe)
Grom was never warchief in our timeline.
Only in AU and it didn't affect us at all until garrosh made it affect us.
yeah the movie and WoD are... not the same at all
man, they added a lot of cool weapon models in the build where they added zuldazar
look at this thing
also, look at this helmet
hook hand
kul tiras glaive
zandalari glaive
they look nice. Good to know those models are getting used.
theyre making lots of new ones too
@hollow dock wat
I need that sneeple staff
I am talking to Arson peach.
what does that have to do with them discontinuing The Clone Wars
Its your claim that the canon is better now than it was before.
are we talking about starwars?
Vader did nothing wrong.
i said it's better in Disney's hands instead of George Lucas's.
Because George couldn't write a character worth shit.
Or at least, not a developed character
Yet everyone praised him for Luke 🤔
Id say its more correct to say he doesn't know how to direct. But his writing is spot on.
You either die a hero of creating a cornerstone of pop culture or live long enough to have your subsequent works nitpicked to death
or, you either die a victim of the internet or you live long enough to realize ur a victim of the internet
The Internet (and anime) was a mistake
Sargeras was right.
https://twitter.com/handclaw/status/970419162911858688 just thought some might be interested in this 😅
them orc thighs
Thicc
How do you have those but neither of the major sites do xD
We dont need more copycat character blizzards
Because places like WoWhead dont tell everyone the post is updated with new stuff they find. They make their post and just update it over timem
#ThiccMag'har
How many versions of Grommash can be fit into the name space for WoW?
and which one is Grom's haircut?
Second to the first orc
first on the left or first on the right?
And first on the bottom or top?
And second sideways or up/ downwards?
From the top left orc.
You read Left to right like all normal people dont you arson?
Ok.
u mean the hideous mo-hawk or hideous man-bun?
Yes, i do. but some others don't so
When speaking of just us two, I think I dont need to specify it.
i'm not trolling btw
ty
wait a min, if Khamnin blocked me, how can i emote on their posts :thonking:
bamboozled again, me
some of yall need to take your O reactions off so I can spell ook
hopefully we see pandaren again in Zandalar.
And Saurok.
And mogu.
and the silithid-like creatures we saw in that one place
We see mogu
It just surprised me to see obvious horde aligned hozen, especially in the korkron
ooh, ooh, and jinyu
I mean, most hozen are still neutral/unfriendly to most, but the guys in jade forest should still be Horde
Hozen got this bitch on lockdown!
also yes i wll forever remind people that hozen CAN use actual swears
"Hozen got this ookin' dookin'"
Hozen ookin' got dis dookin' down.
"me gonna ook you in the dooker" -famous hozen
lul
The elite Kor'kron Dooker
New boss in the new Siege of Orgrimmar: King Kor'kron. A giant hozen. that's it. its just a giant hozen. have fun.
kek
Guys
You think that photo is real right? I am curious. Currently trying to find proof somewhere that it is real
If it's in the files, Wowhead will have a post in a day or two
When it's in the database, Wowhead will have a post
why wouldn't it?
it's a hozen
Hmk
Hozen have been horde since MoP why would it be fake?
#Notallhozen
Hozen have been Horde but haven't actually done anything, to be fair
Sure not all members of the other races are horde either, including orcs
They have shown up before as troops
the photo itself looks real.
but until Bliz shows Kor'kron hozen in alpha, we can't be sure that it's real
It apparently is from alpha
Yeah it is
i didn't know Wowhead staff took time off on sundays but not every other day of the week
I would like to see Hozen and Jinyu updated model as alllied races, they don't have the Ogre and Vrykul they are too big excuse
Ok, you guys saying that makes me feel good
The excuse of Ogre and Vrykul is that their models dont fit the player animations.
not that theyre to big
If it ends up being fake though....might just for. Cause seeing npc races like this is great
They dont fit in some doors
*Solution: Make new racial animations
Solution* Don't make them allied races and instead give them full racial privileges because allied races aren't meant for such complex stuff like a rework for all their models to make player armor fit them
Imo stop doing races, its easier to introduce them this way
Heck some years ago before we got goblins and worgen I was asking fir mercenary races
i think the only reason they're called "Allied" races is because they're allied in some way, or they're going to be allied in some way, with existing player races
I mean, the hozen pic is weird, cause its the only one so far not wearing the kor'kron armor
Are hozen even capable of wearing player armor?
that looks as close to Kor'kron armor as Hozen are probably comfortable wearing
Where was that original Screen cap showing off the Pandaren Kor'kron and junk
nightborne
that looks more nelf than shelf
Shelf hairdo
As much as I would love to see an actual defection story and game mechanic
It probably ain't happening
After all, why would anyone want to leave the perfect Alliance?
It's definitely a shelf
Neither the Alliance nor the Horde is perfect
if you mean perfectly flat tho, ur right.
i mean, shelf is basically just an updated nelf model.
with different colored skin
oh
hozen cant actually uh
wear kor'kron armor
thats why its different
the hozen kor'kron is wearing what is closest TOO a korkron set
but its just a geoset
from MoP
see? its the red version of the hozen warriors
both hozen and jinyu literally can only use player weapons
not armor

ok thats cute af
Exterminate 
cute vs anti-furry.... ugh, which side do i go to
Make the right choice.

All weebs will be cleansed in the coming fire of the Sneeple crusade.
So there will be a Bruto mount.
I can safely assume now that every other expac will be rewarding us a three person mount as the pattern continues
I am ok with this.
Lol that animation looks like it could be used for something lewd
Template for putting down groups such as: -furries -bronies -rednecks -weeaboos -and many more Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdstMCqTJw8
once a weeb, forever a weeb :(
all i can do now is tempt Vris to reveal the weebism inside and join us
I kill Weebs in For Honor lol
I slaughter weebs in HOTS
I'm happy that hozen have been spotted in the kor'kron, but I don't think that implies they will be playable. I don't know if this was discussed earlier, but I couldn't see it when I scrolled up: hozen only like like 20 years, meaning some new soldiers will be ready to go (to be playable), but in a few expansions they will be too old, which is what makes it hard for me to believe they will be playable.
of course, retcons could happen, but I like speculating off of info we have
More or less.
Alright, so 5 expansions rather than "a few"
So a boxes if they only live 20 years could survive 10 expacs in lore
Hozen
Why would it be 5 years?
Assuming they dont get themselves killed.
they could survive that long, but would they be in the same fighting shape as they would be at, say, 10? no, they would be deteriorating
Uh
I imagine it like Goblins in DnD. They just live short lifespans because of how little they care for self preservation.
You are basing your reasoning on a single scroll that literally only says they don’t live very long
It doesn’t say when they reach physical maturity
So we just never see any hozen live past tjat threshold om average. Exception is the Monkey King.
Also, whose to say hozen can’t end up like the monkey king
He’s been around over 10k years
Like I said with my D&D goblin example.
👍
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Quest:Hozen_in_the_Mist
well "their leaders are all 14 or 15", so I suppose 5 years isn't "too old" after 10
Again, that doesn’t change what we said
so fine, they could survive 7 or so expansions, and we've only had 6 expansions so far
Also, there’s plenty of other reasons hozen won’t happen
age is the least useful choice
How about they don’t have anywhere near enough animations, their skeleton doesn’t allow them to use most weapons or ride mounts, and they have almost no customization ingame currently
well, ignoring the fact that blizzard isn't going to make a new skeleton for an allied race, some of those things haven't stopped them before
look at nightborne
the playable ones are totally different from the NPCs
but I agree that in this case there are too many things. elves are easier
Kinda because Nighrborne original models didnt have player models.
Hozen are actual monkeys though.
the animations would be a mess
They are essentially quadrupeds - there is no race that has anything similar
It’s why all the hozen use either melee or staff melee attacks
They have built in animations made for their skeletons
I doubt blizzard would be able to get them to the same "quality" as other races, even though many have clipping issues anyway
I think walking on four legs would cause even more
Nightborne still have tons of issues
^
I would rather they fix those
Its pretty clear that the four we have were rushed.
yes, it is clear. only 3 skin colors for nightborne, and (mostly) a bunch of shades of white hair?
Theyre getting fixed in BFA tho.
3 skin colors for highmountain is ridiculously few too
Yeah a lot of the customization options are back on the alpha
zandalaris are getting a lot more options IIRC
same with draenor orcs, dark irons
They were clearly meant for BfA and released early to fill the gap
^
ah, so blizzard did it to make money on appearance changes later on... /s
not skin color, and that's one of the main things that's lacking atm
Only if you really care about skin color that much I guess. 🤷
Could just be patient and wait for BFA like I am.
I don't care about skin color too much but it could influence what transmogs I want to use
I'd rather pick one that gives me more options
I just want Zandalari to be playable already T_T
The secret I have for transmog is that colors dont have to match to look good.
wait, you can change skin color in the barber shop for allieds?
nightborne, lightforged, void elves and highmountian all have that option yep
They clearly left it in because they knew they weren’t finished
I think you can for the regular tauren too, can't you?
Im fairly certain for pandaren as well
so races that can skintone change:
all current allied races
pandaren
tauren
worgen
Basically any race introduced post-BC can lol
^
goblins as well?
no. goblins can't.
Never played one
So itd be just all the furry races
furry races and unfinished races. got it
Confirmed: void elves and lightforged are furries
and nightborne
They do technically have fur on their legs
space goat 2.0, light-mode
Though blizzard keeps ommiting it.
...actually trolls also have fur that keeps getting omitted too
I wish the draeni models looked more like some of the concept art
jungle trolls are supposed to be covered in fur.
Same Benj
Which is odd because Zuljin in HOTS doesnt have a lick of fur. Its all skin.
Lore changed?
They probably decided against it at some point
Theres been no notable change saying otherwise.
Also, have you looked at lightforged? They fulfill that visual pretty well
that his hair and "hackles" stood on end in one scene
They have the floaty mark
distinctly stating that the hair and fur are separate
And yea benj, I do wish the Draenei looked more like Tieflings
They have the fancy armor
Hackles can also be like a mane btw
Which trolls do have
I mean, what i want is more the full cloak that splits around the tail as opposed to curving in mid air
And that tail
They have that hair down their neck
And not the weird, ridged thing we get
Yea more like tieflings.
if you've ever seen a cat or dog freak out, the entire line down their back stands on end
Properly proportioned ones that don't look like Blueberry Rich Piana
its the line of fur that makes up the cape of fur around the neck and shoulders, then continues to make a straight line down the back in animals.
Yea. More like tieflings.
Except it exists in horses
Though I do see the lawsuit. Cuz ya know. Neverwinter is still a thing.
So a hackle can also mean a mane
Who are we suing now?
tbh though
trolls do have fur.
like, this is 100% canon and hasn't been retconned.
My guess is the way it was used was meant to be similar to the hairs on your neck standing on end
the model doesn't represent it properly.
Blizzard for copying Tieflings had they used the concept art more faithfully
velen's supposed to have alablaster skin and yet he's dark violet in game.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
There is also this
raise one's hackles,to arouse one's anger: Such officiousness always raises my hackles.
Oh shit, tieflings look just like Draenei
Ye.
Smh.
Their concept art is literally slightly altered tieflings
Basically yeah
Tieflings definitely came first though lol
the fur mention is here.
And I prefer the Draenei look to be honest, but thats cause I like Paladin stuff
Tieflings are also proportionate instead of walking fridges. Me likey.
and it has never not been canon. vol'jin's novel makes direct reference to fur
And I like their russian accents
100%. Hence why I can see why they look so radically different in game to concept art
Also there is no distinct ethnicity for their accents. The voice actors admit to using everything from russian to Arabic to anything inbetween.
Draenei?
Yup
Never heard a Draenei sound like a Middle Eastern
They sound Russian
Yeh
Its their accent in general. Its a bit of all those accents but together.
It’s supposed to sound foreign
Which it does
They are aliens
They should sound foreign
Mhm. Their accent is also reflected in their language.
As in, you can see where the accent comes from.
The Draenic definitely borrows from both Jordanian and Slavic though, even their language uses words very similar to old Slavic
Was one of the first things I noticed when they came out, and why I liked them so much
That's cool. Good job, Blizzard.
You kinda stole somebody else's concept but at least you made it yours.
Oh dude
Blizzard has been a kleptomaniac for decades
Technically their only somewhat original franchise is Diablo
XD
Warcraft was initially supposed to be a Warhammer Fantasy game, but Mythic/Games Workshops pulled the license last minute because Blizz decided to take too many liberties with the lore
So Blizz had a game that was 97% complete and no license to use any of it
So, they changed just enough to avoid copyright lawsuits
Starcraft is almost a direct ripoff of Warhammer 40k. Protoss = Elves, Teran = Space Marines, Zurg = Tyrannids
Listen, the fact that they've been more successful than the games they stole from tells you something.
Oh no doubt, Blizzard has done 10x better than just about any Warhammer game in existence
i dunno, there have been some amazing warhammer games
Not denying that by any means. They have a fantastic marketing staff, and they've been highly proficient at taking concepts from one game and improving on it
Diablo is half based on demons from pagan and biblical lore though
Voidox, I agree but none of them have had 1/10th the success of WoW
Nothing wrong with taking something and using it to your advantage though
Peach, nothing in Diablo is based on anything in the Bible lol
well, tbf, wow was an anomaly of a game, there's never been a game like it :o
demons and hell is about where that ends lol
They've tried, Voidox, but failed
There's been a million games like WoW lol most MMOs have tried to copy WoW in one way or another and failed miserably
coughWildstarcough
ya thats what i meant
Oh Wildstar
tried, but failed
Good potential, weird execution
bad launch
I miss City of Heroes >_<
ruins many a MMO
The only game to compete with WoW for 8 years running
Wildstar is the "I'm pissed at Blizz for firing me" game
As Benju said: great concept, poor execution
I was interested in Wildstar until I saw it... and then I tried playing it and it was okay, but... Yeha, not worth dedicating to
It's a game I get on for like an hour and then go "oh yeah, that's why I stopped playing this"
I really, really liked Wildstar. I stopped playing because the RP community became very toxic.
Furries took over and ruined everything. Not even kidding.
Oh I know
i liked wildstar as well, but not at launch
Eh. Ive found Neverwinter to be meh.
I like the layout of it, and I like that it transfers to ps4 well
But their content updates suck and often end up being even grindier than the last, and it's so p2w
And they never add new races or classes
And since their class system is so restrictive it makes it meh
Dark souls. That is all on class restrictions
TERA has an amazing combat system.
Yiss
if someone brings up BDO as a good MMO, we gonna fite
I've only been playing it for about 2 weeks
Shame its locked behind the loli wall
But I LOVE my Slayer
BDO is a great MMO if you can do the grind and like PVP.
REEEEE
BDO was fun for about 5 hours until you realize there's no end game, no dungeons, and all you do is grind grind grind grind grind
G R I N D
Yea its all about PVP.
ppl grind to be able to grind more so that they can grind
BDO is just a PVPers dream.
Which is sad, cause I was genuinely interested in the story lol
pretty much
Conclusion: a game that can rival WoW has yet to come out.
Well, one did rival WoW for a while
For a while. What happened then?
Rift
City of Heroes, may it rest in peace, rivaled WoW for years as a steady, sub-based game
But then NCSoft just closed it
Ew Rift
no game can ever come out now to rival WOW, that time has passed
Gave no reason, gave no rhyme, just said "we're done"
fck ncsoft
^
Despite having something like 9million active subscribers
Who also raised over $750,000 to try and buy the rights to the game to keep it around
It's been a little over 7 years since that game shut down adn I'm still salty as fuck about it
Sounds like somebody pissed off the boss
People think there was a sex-scandal or something going on and they had to
Similar to the close of Marvel Heroes ONline
That's nuts
-_-
Nothing confirmed though. The shitty thing is NCSoft WILL NOT sell the rights to the game or release the source code for private servers
And they tried to bring out two NPCs from CoH to a game/moba they made called MxM
Not sure if it was supposed to be a tribute or not, but the entire CoH-refugee community was pissed off
I think there is a game that could rival WoW as an MMO.
Don't say Rift.
Warframe.
Ugh Rift. Another game with high potential and awful execution
Warframe? The most p2w game in existence?
Didn't Warframe shut down long ago?
Nope, it's still going
Its hardly pay to win m8
warhammer online ;____;
Is it? Where?
It was in "active beta" for like 5 years thoguh
Age of Reckoning was good, but it suffered to lack of content
Xbox, PC, Ps4
warframe is going strong
Where can I get Warframe? Gimme
steam
PSN
its up there on current players
Ew Steam no
I hate Steam
@leaden garden ya, warhammer was let down due to content and being rushed
though i did used to play Return of Reckoning
Let's not advertise private servers here
well, official game is long dead
doesn't make it any more legal
They are
if the game is currently running/live, then no question
dunno bout dead games
@leaden garden ya, the GM's have shown to be assholes
they generally are. most games have a license that does not allow you to modify the client in any way
dead or not, you are still using that client under the license (thus breaking it) or you get it from the server provider, in which case they broke the license
You personally wont be prosecuted but the server itself is illegal. Like pirate radio stations.
Gotcha
when it will be? close beta
unknown
alpha is still in relatively early stages, I think
Sometime in the next few months, I'd imagine
A lot of Alpha content is still in the works though
Could be tomorrow, could be august.
still no islands, still no warfronts, still no voldune or stormsong valley, still no zandalari or dark irons, etc.
I guess not all of those are required to be in, but I'd expect at least all of the zones would be in before beta (I've only participated in legion beta, so idk, but all the zones were there)
Betas are generally stress testors.
yes, which is why I was thinking more features would need to be there
I was apart of WoDs first beta wave, most of it was in working order except garrisons.
I was part of legion's first beta wave, tbh I don't remember too much of what was working and what wasn't, but it seemed pretty much finished (minus cinematics and music)
but I was unable to level to 110 without using a premade character, despite doing every story I got to 108 IIRC
Sounds about right.
I think parts of the class campaigns were not fully balanced
I remember I was trying out a druid and there was this one part that really sucked (hard-hitting boss mob, interruptable spell that hurt despite no quick interrupt on boomy)
All I know is I'm gonna be maining a warrior this xpac, and for the first time in this game, may not be even touching my paladin
I got in mid beta and I remember when they opened highmountain
They changed half the story for that zone
Yup
interesting. I thought i remembered doing highmountain in the first beta wave
It required more lore knowledge
And so they made that comic
And then made it so you showed up after dargrul already had the hammer
Before you showed up right when he got t
And went there to recruit the highmountain to help fight the legion
And then he destroyed that village that he doesn’t destroy until later now
And you landed out at the sylvan falls instead of in the town
I really liked that version
I don’t dislike what we have
But I thought that version was different from the traditional questing experience
You were there while it was unfolding instead of cleaning up after
Prolly why it got changed.
Yep
You know Blizz, can't have too much fuin
And again it required more lore knowledge
They didn’t have the highmountain back to the war of the ancients scenario
I get we meme that blizz hates fun, but they have made questing fun again.
And ebonhorn didn’t sxist
So they rewrote the story to explain the backstory of huln, and introduce ebonhorn
Eh... depends on what you like. If you enjoy leveling, then yeah I'm sure you're right, Vris
I enjoy leveling, raiding, basically anything but pvp
I thought Ebonhorn was cool
Again
Yeah I hate leveling. With a passionl ol
I’m not saying I dislike the changes
lol*
I love highmountain
I hear ya, Peach
It’s one of my favorite zones
I didnt like ebonhorn becausr it just lile. Further invalidated everything we had to do to get Wrathion.
But I really liked how different the story was before
Even if it was much more linear and required more background knowledge
Honestly it’s why I’m excited for zandalar
They seem to be explaining necessary lore as you go
I don't really find questing fun anymore--at least mobs before and after draenor have reasonable story, but I honestly preferred repeating dungeons to repeating quests because less walking for same/more XP
I hate dungeon grinding
I wish they would've left the xp/heirloom shit alone
You know it took me 3 days 17 hours played to get my lightforged to 110, but I only ran 2 dungeons
People that enjoy leveling can quest
If I were aiming solely for getting to max and didnt care abiyt stiry, Id say the same thing.
People that hate it can dungeon and speed to level cap
Because then the people who like leveling are getting shat on
Not really
Liking questing shouldn’t mean leveling slower
How fast I level doesn't effect you
They need to buff both
if dungeons were actually the same speed, I'd be fine
At least in the 60-80 range
Its called fairness Benj
Quests and dungeons for xp
But it does, always has. Dungeons were always more rewarding, they're supposed ot be
No they arent
They acrually werent for the longest time
Its only very recently that that was true benj.
dungeons are just for gear. not extra XP. I see their reasoning, but it would be nice to allow it to be equal in value rather than less
They are. The quests gave more xp than the average story quest, the rewards were better and would last you several levels as opposed to just getting a new green every five seconds
I didn't note northrend 60-80 quests being too slow, seemed about the same speed as cata 80-90
Again
I am fine with people wanting to level by doing dungeons, but I shouldn’t have to quest and level slowest as a result
Currently that isn’t the case
All virtually new things.
But right now 60-80 is slow
Because it is more spread out quest wise
And the xp amounts aren’t good
New as in BC? Cause I leveled insanely fast through dungeons alone in BC and Wrath
60-80 is slower than 80-90 because there are 20 levels instead of 10, that's the only thing I could notice
BC gave you quests by shitting like 10 on you at a time
again though I only did northrend and cata so far. I don't think I want to try BC and mop with this new system
They need to change it so you earn a level as quickly as you do post 80
I sure didnt. It took forever just to clear 1 dungeon and always had questing be faster.
Because right now 1 level in the 60-80 range takes longer than a level in the 80-110 range
Until heirlooms.
I always found it easier and faster. Especially in Wrath once Heirlooms came out
It’s a result of the time to move between objectives and their turn ins
Then dungeon spammimg was much faster and so you got more for yoyr time.
What needs to be the case is that every level, no matter where, should take the same amount of time in minutes
Then xp differences and then as cata and mop hit, dungeons reigned supreme
heirlooms+monk enlightenment = 2 levels per dungeon at around 60
They need to balance the xp and level curve based on time invested
And you were an idiot for not doing it.
it's funny that they don't like dungeon spamming but just leave treasure spamming lol (I don't mind the changes to dungeon spamming as much as some, but I found it funny that treasure spamming is so effective still)
I always dungeon spammed until current content
I love heirlooms. They make the leveling process less shitty for me
It only became ridiculously fast in mists
^
I dungeon spammed most of the way before 7.3.5, but sometimes not between 60-80 because I hated outland and most northrend dungeons
A relatively recent thing.
though I found that azjol-nerub was ridiculously fast between 70-80 so I did that
ofc queue times are too long now to test how azjol-nerub is today...
I alwyas level as a tank so insta-queue lol
So you just never roll a ranged damage dealer?
I levelled all 12 classes so that wasn't always an option for me
Xuz sittin there just smacking the boss is fun :p
I also have a Survival Hunter but he was my free 110 boost
Boring for me, I prefer being in the thick of things
Always have
There is no thick of it tho. Melee has been the easiest spot in raiding all expac.
This xpac, sure but it hasn't always been
Either way, it's still the look/activity I I prefer
melee easiest in coven of shivarra heroic...?
WoD it was like that for most fights. Just sat around hitting your buttons.
my latest class is a shaman (actually my 12th one, the only one I had to partially level in the new system), I didn't bother healing because I levelled priest as holy and it was boring as heck
so yea I had to have queue times
Again though, I also prefer melee weapons to ranged weapons/spells. More my forte, and I train in them IRL
I left melee because you hardly do anything. Picked up arcane mage.
More fun and interactive. More thinking and stuff.
Ok now you're trolling lol
Not talking just rotations
I dislike most melees but found havoc DH pretty fun. people meme about it just being chaos strike but to me it's more than that
Situational awareness, proper placement of yourself, getting the rune placements right, etc etc
Thats the stuff I love. Having to care about where youre standing.
Melee has to do that too lol
melees have to too
Garothi, Immonar, Kin
It really doesnt and hasnt for the majority.
Aggy
but not as carefully as ranged, I must admit
Hence why I just got bored with it
look at antoran high command
ranged have to be spread and far
or else everyone gets cleaved
Nythendra, Ilgynoth, Ursoc, Dragons
I played melee in Ilgy
Nost I ever had to do was move slightly to the left
B o r i n g
That's pretty much ranged all the time for every expansion up till now lol
Nythendra too. And ursoc. And the dragons.
I couldn't really have fun with most ranged (I haven't actually tried shadow at max level tho)
- warlock specs were all too reliant on RNG for me
- marksman hunter seems forced (BM is "easy" and also weaker) and honestly it's pretty boring
- elemental shaman is a pain with movement and fast-death enemies
but I like all 3 mage specs, mainly frost (since it is more consistent and less reliant on CDs than fire and arcane)
For nythendra I had to keep myself in range of healers, boss and fast blink in and out of puddle dropping
Mslee you hardly have to worry
If all you ever did was sidestep slightly to the left then you must've gotten your raid killed on Nyth and dropped shit all over the raid
Ursoc you have to get out of melee range on him every other chagre
Not really. We tanked nyth right next to the puddle dropping
charge*
Out of melee range. Whereas with ranged classes you don't have to move at all
Not really. I just sat, in melee rsnge behind him
Nevee got hit more than intended
For ranged, Id always help soak the roars with the melee and hsve to get back out. More decision making and fun for me.
I rolled DK until about Guldan. Swapped to arcane. Never went back.
I was fine tanking through nighthold but I couldn't make it to some guild raids so couldn't really be a tank anymore
I keep my dk geared through m+ for a tank sub, but thats about iy
I sucked at tanking M+ for some reason
back in 7.2 I thought there was no hope for any of my alts this late in the expansion, and for some reason I was biased against melee, so I took a break during 7.2, but then I came back a few weeks before antorus (I actually went to FF14 during my break and discovered that its endgame wasn't as fun as WoW's, then had a realization that I didn't want to miss out on the historical moment that would be the end of the legion--i.e. I wanted AOTC for argus) and decided to try my melee and continued raiding. maybe I'm biased towards havoc DH vs other melees because of that. but IDK
(turns out it's actually pretty easy to gear up these days, so my mage is decently geared now)
Turns out that blizz puts in catch up mechanics
legion was the first expansion that I really played for-real so I didn't really realize that that happened during the expansion (the prepatch legion invasions were how I geared up before legion came out, but I couldn't really find a better way other than raiding which I wasn't ready for then)
Who woulda thunk
before the prepatch I didn't really grasp the concept of endgame lol ¯_(ツ)_/¯
though to be fair 6.2 and 7.0 added a lot more stuff that I would be interested in than previous expansions (timewalking, mythic dungeons, weekly events, etc.)
but I was a sucky player before so who knows
Really? I guess that's fair. Raids weren't appealing to all for a while.