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heavy cairn
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I don't think duplicating rigs makes an allied race invalid

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zandalaris are semi-reused night elves

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and nightborne are definitely reused night elves

tulip sun
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I think a lot of people would welcome taunka

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Theyd require new models like nightborne tho

sharp bluff
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Well for Forest Trolls it looks like there is only one option, already allied with the horde that is

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Revantusk tribe, It says they are allied with the horde, but never joined

tulip sun
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Forest trolls from revantusk

dense plover
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the entire purpose of allied races is reusing the skeleton

tulip sun
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In bfa data mining shows they say they support the horde

dense plover
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not a single allied race has a unique skeleton

heavy cairn
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exactly, reusing a skeleton doesn't mean it can't be reused again

dense plover
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ofc

heavy cairn
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don't assume rules from patterns that are based off of a very small number of allied races

dense plover
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but anything that requires a brand new skeleton

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isnt going to be an allied race

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that would just be a new race period

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thats the biggest difference between the two

heavy cairn
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well, allied races are also unique in that their story is told at max level rather than low level

tulip sun
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Or in previous expansions

heavy cairn
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I don't think that's a technique that has to exclusively apply to reused-skeleton races

steel venture
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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.

dense plover
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i dont

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naga would absolutely be a new race

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introducing a race drastically different from the other races that require new animations and models and then locking that behind max level?

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i cant possibly imagine them doing that

heavy cairn
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ah, I see your logic better now

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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

dense plover
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allied races are unlocked - which means they cant bear a big enough difference from other races

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if they do

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people would be upset

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aand you would push people away

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and you would lose money

heavy cairn
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the issue I see is that the animations and skeletons aren't the only things people care about

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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

tulip sun
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I know they can't, but it would be nice if they did the intro quests to unlock all new races

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Even full races

terse patrol
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Blizzard’s been doing more ogre female art, so I’m holding out hope we’re getting ogres next expac.

heavy cairn
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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

terse patrol
heavy cairn
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though, do ogres share a skeleton with an existing player race?

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certainly the female ogre would have to be a new skeleton if not

steel venture
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They have an older model that is a native, although they share nothing with current players.

terse patrol
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^

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Also.

steel venture
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Unless female ogre will be based off of female dwarves or orcs perhaps.

terse patrol
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If you look at the Draenor map

steel venture
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Skeleton-wise.

terse patrol
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There’s an entire second continent, which was supposed to be ruled by ogres.

heavy cairn
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yes, that is that unexplored continent I was talking about

steel venture
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Vrykul do use the orc animations, so it isn't a stretch to use dwarf animations for a female ogre.

terse patrol
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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.

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Seems likely.

plain vigil
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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....

heavy cairn
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well, blizzard might pull another zandalari prelate

terse patrol
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Dark druid for FIFTH druid spec when

heavy cairn
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i.e. the dark druid order ends before you get to unlock kultirans

terse patrol
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Idk, they might, but the Alliance would riot.

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Blizzard said Shaman would be Horde only.

steel venture
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Actually:

strange falcon
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dark druidism is what caused those freaky willow creatures to appear in the first place

steel venture
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There's regular druids on kul tiras.

terse patrol
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If they made Druid Horde only too, there’d be hell to pay.

steel venture
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Not just "dark" ones

heavy cairn
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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)

plain vigil
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@steel venture yup

heavy cairn
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horde does need better druid races IMO

steel venture
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Actual legitimate, shapeshifting Kul Tiran druid.

heavy cairn
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oh, interesting

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though again

plain vigil
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Horde needs a break from druids

heavy cairn
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blizzard might pull another zandalari prelate, the druid order of kultiras ends before story ends

steel venture
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TBH Maybe not.

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Kul Tirans are the descendants of Gilneans.

uncut vault
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It they were going to that questline was their time

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We cleanse and save their grove

plain vigil
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But the druid forms for kul tirans could be the drust forms as well

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Which would compete with zandalari

steel venture
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Aka ... the druid forms already exist.
Worgen druid forms could be modified to be more kul tiran.

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So it's, pretty easy for blizz to make kul tiran druids

uncut vault
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Parrot flight form pls

heavy cairn
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ah, good thinking

terse patrol
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Zandalari prelates make me salty. Maybe they’ll paladin again, at a later expansion, after learning about the Light or someshit.

hollow dock
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Are we still on this?

plain vigil
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No

steel venture
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albatros flight form or krestrel flight form imo

plain vigil
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We’re on kul tiran druids

terse patrol
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sea gull form lmao

uncut vault
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Zandalari paladins aren’t gonna go away. Blizz has dug themselves into the same corner as high elves

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Nah they need a freak seagull hybrid boomkin form

terse patrol
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idk, we haven’t gotten high elves yet. 😉

plain vigil
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Oh truuuuue @steel venture

terse patrol
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Blizzard did screw themselves, though. If they did make High Elves, the Alliance would have two freakin’ Belf style models.

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Horde would riot.

heavy cairn
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how many "high elves" are actually left?

terse patrol
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Way more than Void Elves.

uncut vault
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Let’s not get into that topic full blown. But enough.

terse patrol
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Void Elves are literally just high and blood elf scholars.

plain vigil
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^^^

terse patrol
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A tiny faction.

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Blows my mind that they didn’t just do a Silver Covenant faction for High Elves to “join” the Alliance with.

plain vigil
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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

heavy cairn
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datamined dialogue for battle for undercity implied the numbers of void elves was competitive with the number of undead

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and there are a lot of forsaken

uncut vault
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That was a meme line

terse patrol
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There are already freakin’ High Elf models in game. Just give them unique hairstyles.

uncut vault
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Got changed a build or two ago

heavy cairn
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oh, ok

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was unaware

sharp bluff
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Quick question, on the topic of cross talk, when did Demon Hunters lose Demonic as a language

heavy cairn
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wait, what?

uncut vault
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They still have it afaik

terse patrol
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They should still have it with metamorphosis

sharp bluff
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mine does not

heavy cairn
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I'm checking right now

sharp bluff
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ahh only Metamorphosis

terse patrol
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Yes

heavy cairn
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when was that changed, and why?

terse patrol
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Blizzard reasoning.

heavy cairn
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IIRC when 7.3.5 first came out I could still talk in demonic without meta

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in fact, I can still talk in demonic

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and I'm not in meta

sharp bluff
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i noticed doing the Twisting Nether challenge with my DH, I could not understand a Nelf

plain vigil
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@sharp bluff if you have a language addon it doesn’t support cross language so you gotta disable it.

sharp bluff
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I do not

plain vigil
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Rip u then

sharp bluff
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But i remember DH Nelf and Belf being able to talk to each other beforre

heavy cairn
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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)

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but I can't really test

steel venture
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Scenarios and BGs would have it disabled

sharp bluff
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ahh that would maybe do it, Twisting Nether may be a scenario inside the DH class hall

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still don't see it on my language list under skills though oddly

meager warren
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we're always gonna be on "this" @hollow dock

tropic trail
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so what's the happenings spoiler gang? any exciting new news to share with the world?

tulip sun
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Nupe

strange falcon
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i think there hasnt been a new alpha build yet

meager warren
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look at #latest-news-old for that.
we haven't seen anything of substance in there as of today

uncut vault
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biggest recent thing is the mission table stuff afaik

misty blaze
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how about a super saiyan race while were at it ohw ait thats the light forged draenei <.<

meager warren
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Super-saiyans are OP to a level that no race or person on Azeroth can reach.
Except maybe the titans

rich apex
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Lightforged are space marines

hollow dock
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GIT

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DIS

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WEEB

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SHIT

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OUTTA HERE

meager warren
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says the weeb

hollow dock
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ur a weeb

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and you have no proof I'm a weeb

meager warren
hollow dock
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this picture is a rendition of Tyrande Whisperwind thank you very much. In which that is her name.

uncut vault
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why do you still have the horrible hat placement anyways

sudden oak
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Knaifu is not weeb????

meager warren
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it's an amalgamation of "Knife" and "Waifu" which is weeb

sudden oak
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lies and slander

meager warren
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lol

hollow dock
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Because

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it annoys people

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and i like the hat and love hatbot

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praise be hatbot

meager warren
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why do u call the artifact "Knaifu" if ur not weeb

compact merlin
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knaifu is my waifu

meager warren
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that's kinda redundant

hollow dock
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because that's the universal nickname that the community has given Xala'tath and you instantly know what it refers to.

meager warren
compact merlin
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whats wrong in being a spriest weeb

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we are all humans

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mostly

meager warren
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Terminator weeb: Ackchually

hollow dock
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I am no human

compact merlin
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shh not now

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we have to wait until they start to kill each other

hollow dock
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I am secretly three corgis in a trench coat masquerading as an Apache Helicopters AI that escaped from Area 51 on the internet.

meager warren
compact merlin
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have you guys seen the new undead upright animations

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the female one is nice

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if we can use chinese undead models we are basically playing with a skinny human

meager warren
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i've "seen" nothing but conspiracy theories and conjectures regarding any race but orc and Zandalari Troll having upright models

strong python
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I don't know if it's true tho

zinc sandal
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It is

meager warren
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wat

compact merlin
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wat

strong python
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wat

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I wonder if those are mandatory or optional

uncut vault
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they will certainly be optional, if implented

zinc sandal
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^

sudden oak
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the male undead looks kinda weird or its just me?

zinc sandal
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He keeps some hunch

compact merlin
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probably still a WIP

hollow dock
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No clearly its not

compact merlin
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well, its still on alpha

dense plover
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those animations are not for the undead

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they are the upright orc animation

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applied to the undead skeleton

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currently the only time it is actually used for undead is for the undead guards in zandalar when they are standing still

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it is not used during movement for them

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or even for player undead

rich apex
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WIP? In alpha?

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What a crazy notion

hollow dock
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^

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If it hits alpha it'll never change or get removed

meager warren
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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

hollow dock
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It never gets changed or removed)

meager warren
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A lot of stuff that hit alpha in the past got removed/ changed with future expacs.

hollow dock
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Never happened.

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Fake news.

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Horde propaganda

strange falcon
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vris blaming things on the horde omegalul

meager warren
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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
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oh and let's not forget WoD

rich apex
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...KT and Zandalar in vanilla?

hollow dock
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Nothing ever gets removed

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Ever

meager warren
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smh

hollow dock
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Its just propaganda from the failing horde.

meager warren
hollow dock
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Fake news.

meager warren
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orly

rich apex
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Do map changes really count as cut content?

meager warren
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yes

tropic trail
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I don't think that's even a real map

hollow dock
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Yuge fake news

meager warren
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shhhhhh

hollow dock
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Believe me

meager warren
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it's definitely real

rich apex
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I've literally never seen the Maelstrom referred to as the Rift

meager warren
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why are u impersonating Trump, Vris

rich apex
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Okay, that's fair

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Comment retracted 😛

tropic trail
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the broken isles are in the wrong spot on that map, they've actually been seen on official maps before legion

meager warren
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ok well, i'm sure there's a different map that has them all in the right place

rich apex
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"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]"

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Eheheheh

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And they say Blizz is making shit up as they go along

meager warren
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Bliz has been making shit up from day 1

tropic trail
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is that from the rpg tho?

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although they declared the RPG non-cannon, they pull a lot from it

zinc sandal
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And they will continue to, they need to.

rich apex
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Oh it's totally non canon

tropic trail
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the brann bronzebeard fact

rich apex
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That was mostly a joke

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But it's a highly amusing and probably unintended connection

hollow dock
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Theyre doing what disney does with the star wars EU. Just make stuff they like canon from a convoluted source

meager warren
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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

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unfortunately, Star Wars the Clone Wars ended ;-;

rich apex
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You know Lucas helped make Clone Wars right

meager warren
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yes.
but it wasn't all his work

rich apex
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Juuust saying

meager warren
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👌

sharp bluff
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Vris wants a wall between them self and the horde

meager warren
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what else is new

ruby prawn
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In bfa, Anduin will fall in love with Sylvanas. I can't guarantee that, but I hope they will

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Just imagine the possibilities

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It would become a great story

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Between a rotting corpse and an underage child

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A better love story than twilight

meager warren
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underage child?
rotting corpse?
oh, hun

tulip torrent
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i dont believe its possible

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there must be always a conflict between the two fractions

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otherwise the game will be over

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like some romantic movie with happy? end

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and they said that they have enough ideas for like 10 exp more

meager warren
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that hasn't stopped them from making Romeo and juliet references

tulip torrent
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i dont remember them fighting on the battle field

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i dont say that there wont be love, just maybe you got the 2 ppl involved wrong

meager warren
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well, no.
But the Montagues and Capulets loved to kill each other

tulip torrent
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btw what was in the cube guarded by kirin tor

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i dont remember

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i saw it in the movie concept

meager warren
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cube?
wat

tulip torrent
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i think we saw it in mists of pandaria

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whispering to someone

terse patrol
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@Exosdar#7054 anduin is 18

jade basalt
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It's Alodi. @tulip torrent

hollow dock
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@meager warren I certainly wouldnt say that considering its canon mow that the force can be used to time travel.

humble sun
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Movie is not canon.

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It's in it's own Universe.

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Anything in the movie does not reflect lore in relation of the video games.

hollow dock
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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.

jade basalt
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Nope. Movie is completely separate.

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As in, it has not and never will have any effect on our universe. WoD can effect our universe.

hollow dock
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I think you misunderstood me as we just said the same thing

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We making the Iron Horde didn't stop the horde from invading our azeroth

jade basalt
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You said "It's like WoD"

hollow dock
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Yes because all the things we did to change THAT TIMELINE didn't affect ours.

jade basalt
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WoD can effect our universe. The movie universe cannot.

hollow dock
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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.

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If somehow the main line linked to it, it could affect us like any other timeline.

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When I say its like WoD, I mean that AU Draenor and its timeline are seperate to our own, but still happen in universe.

jade basalt
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Yes, so not exactly "like WoD".

hollow dock
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Like means it's similar in some way shape or form, my use of the word like is perfectly acceptable.

compact merlin
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I think he is trying to say that things from the WoD universe can affect our universe

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like for some reason Grom end up being the new warchief

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(on our universe)

hollow dock
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Grom was never warchief in our timeline.

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Only in AU and it didn't affect us at all until garrosh made it affect us.

true matrix
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yeah the movie and WoD are... not the same at all

dense plover
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man, they added a lot of cool weapon models in the build where they added zuldazar

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look at this thing

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also, look at this helmet

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hook hand

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kul tiras glaive

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zandalari glaive

hollow dock
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they look nice. Good to know those models are getting used.

dense plover
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theyre making lots of new ones too

meager warren
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@hollow dock wat

zinc sandal
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I need that sneeple staff

hollow dock
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yea

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latest season of Rebels they timetravel through the Force to save Ahsoka.

dense plover
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what are you talking about vris?

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are you okay?

hollow dock
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I am talking to Arson peach.

meager warren
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what does that have to do with them discontinuing The Clone Wars

hollow dock
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Its your claim that the canon is better now than it was before.

tropic trail
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are we talking about starwars?

zinc sandal
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Vader did nothing wrong.

meager warren
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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

hollow dock
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Yet everyone praised him for Luke 🤔

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Id say its more correct to say he doesn't know how to direct. But his writing is spot on.

rich apex
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You either die a hero of creating a cornerstone of pop culture or live long enough to have your subsequent works nitpicked to death

meager warren
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or, you either die a victim of the internet or you live long enough to realize ur a victim of the internet

rich apex
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The Internet (and anime) was a mistake

hollow dock
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Life was a mistake

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start over from scratch, pack it all up

rich apex
zinc sandal
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Sargeras was right.

ivory monolith
uncut vault
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them orc thighs

tropic trail
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Thicc

hollow dock
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oh god

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dear god why

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there's Grom's hair cut

tulip sun
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How do you have those but neither of the major sites do xD

hollow dock
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We dont need more copycat character blizzards

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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

meager warren
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#ThiccMag'har

hollow dock
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How many versions of Grommash can be fit into the name space for WoW?

meager warren
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and which one is Grom's haircut?

hollow dock
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Second to the first orc

meager warren
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first on the left or first on the right?
And first on the bottom or top?
And second sideways or up/ downwards?

hollow dock
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From the top left orc.

tulip sun
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Wowhead still don't get em

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Got

hollow dock
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You read Left to right like all normal people dont you arson?

meager warren
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Ok.
u mean the hideous mo-hawk or hideous man-bun?
Yes, i do. but some others don't so

hollow dock
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When speaking of just us two, I think I dont need to specify it.

meager warren
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i'm not trolling btw

meager warren
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ty

tulip sun
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I love this xD

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The monkey king also has his own area in Zuldazar? Hmmm

meager warren
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wait a min, if Khamnin blocked me, how can i emote on their posts :thonking:

tulip sun
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I didn't block you, lol. Just said thay

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That

meager warren
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bamboozled again, me

tulip sun
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This is exciting though

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I wonder if any other races will appear

uncut vault
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some of yall need to take your O reactions off so I can spell ook

meager warren
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hopefully we see pandaren again in Zandalar.
And Saurok.
And mogu.
and the silithid-like creatures we saw in that one place

uncut vault
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We see mogu

meager warren
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spells ook

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ez

tulip sun
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It just surprised me to see obvious horde aligned hozen, especially in the korkron

meager warren
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ooh, ooh, and jinyu

uncut vault
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I mean, most hozen are still neutral/unfriendly to most, but the guys in jade forest should still be Horde

tulip sun
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Ya, they never like, officially joined though? -shrug-

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Makes me hopeful

steel venture
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Hozen got this bitch on lockdown!

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also yes i wll forever remind people that hozen CAN use actual swears

meager warren
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"Hozen got this ookin' dookin'"

hollow dock
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Hozen ookin' got dis dookin' down.

strange falcon
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"me gonna ook you in the dooker" -famous hozen

meager warren
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lul

rich apex
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The elite Kor'kron Dooker

hollow dock
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New boss in the new Siege of Orgrimmar: King Kor'kron. A giant hozen. that's it. its just a giant hozen. have fun.

meager warren
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kek

tulip sun
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Guys

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You think that photo is real right? I am curious. Currently trying to find proof somewhere that it is real

rich apex
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If it's in the files, Wowhead will have a post in a day or two

tulip sun
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Hmm. I checked and it is not in the database yet

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They'd be humanoid, right?

rich apex
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When it's in the database, Wowhead will have a post

tulip sun
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Ok.

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But do you think it looks real?

meager warren
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why wouldn't it?
it's a hozen

tulip sun
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Hmk

vague igloo
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Hozen have been horde since MoP why would it be fake?

meager warren
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#Notallhozen

rich apex
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Hozen have been Horde but haven't actually done anything, to be fair

vague igloo
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Sure not all members of the other races are horde either, including orcs

tulip sun
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I am just worried

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Does the photo itself look real

vague igloo
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They have shown up before as troops

meager warren
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the photo itself looks real.
but until Bliz shows Kor'kron hozen in alpha, we can't be sure that it's real

tulip sun
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It apparently is from alpha

rich apex
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Wowhead will probably have a post

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Eventually

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When it's not a Sunday night

vague igloo
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Yeah it is

meager warren
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i didn't know Wowhead staff took time off on sundays but not every other day of the week

vague igloo
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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

tulip sun
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Ok, you guys saying that makes me feel good

hollow dock
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The excuse of Ogre and Vrykul is that their models dont fit the player animations.

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not that theyre to big

tulip sun
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If it ends up being fake though....might just for. Cause seeing npc races like this is great

vague igloo
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They dont fit in some doors

meager warren
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*Solution: Make new racial animations

hollow dock
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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

vague igloo
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Imo stop doing races, its easier to introduce them this way

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Heck some years ago before we got goblins and worgen I was asking fir mercenary races

hollow dock
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It really isn't

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and if you think it is

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you missed hte point of Allied races

meager warren
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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

uncut vault
#

I mean, the hozen pic is weird, cause its the only one so far not wearing the kor'kron armor

hollow dock
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Are hozen even capable of wearing player armor?

meager warren
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that looks as close to Kor'kron armor as Hozen are probably comfortable wearing

hollow dock
#

Where was that original Screen cap showing off the Pandaren Kor'kron and junk

meager warren
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why is there a night elf in that image

uncut vault
#

nightborne

meager warren
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that looks more nelf than shelf

rich apex
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Shelf hairdo

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As much as I would love to see an actual defection story and game mechanic

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It probably ain't happening

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After all, why would anyone want to leave the perfect Alliance?

uncut vault
#

I mean, its pretty distinct, for elves

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has earrings, upturnt ears, white bun

rich apex
#

It's definitely a shelf

meager warren
#

Neither the Alliance nor the Horde is perfect

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if you mean perfectly flat tho, ur right.

meager warren
#

i mean, shelf is basically just an updated nelf model.
with different colored skin

steel venture
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still more distinct than high elves are when compared to belves

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

tulip sun
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The armor being different mmay mean its fake 😦

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I don't know if it is real or not xD

steel venture
#

oh

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hozen cant actually uh

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wear kor'kron armor

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thats why its different

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the hozen kor'kron is wearing what is closest TOO a korkron set

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but its just a geoset

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from MoP

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see? its the red version of the hozen warriors

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both hozen and jinyu literally can only use player weapons

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not armor

tulip sun
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That makes me feel good

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so it is real, but is forced to use something different

steel venture
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Mhm.

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There's no way to use korkron stuff on 'em outside of just the weapon

vast roost
sudden oak
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ok thats cute af

vast roost
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Exterminate HYPERL

mint arch
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cute vs anti-furry.... ugh, which side do i go to

vast roost
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Make the right choice.

mint arch
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alright

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A N I M E

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/runs to the weeb side

vast roost
hollow dock
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All weebs will be cleansed in the coming fire of the Sneeple crusade.

hollow dock
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So there will be a Bruto mount.

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I can safely assume now that every other expac will be rewarding us a three person mount as the pattern continues

vast roost
#

I am ok with this.

north wraith
#

Lol that animation looks like it could be used for something lewd

mint arch
vast roost
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Stop it

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Get some help

hollow dock
mint arch
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once a weeb, forever a weeb :(

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all i can do now is tempt Vris to reveal the weebism inside and join us

leaden garden
#

I kill Weebs in For Honor lol

hollow dock
#

I slaughter weebs in HOTS

willow frost
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li li Stormstout is the most focus-requiring healer in the game

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obviously

heavy cairn
#

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.

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of course, retcons could happen, but I like speculating off of info we have

dense plover
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Uh

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Firstly an expansion only lasts an ingame year

hollow dock
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More or less.

heavy cairn
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Alright, so 5 expansions rather than "a few"

dense plover
#

So a boxes if they only live 20 years could survive 10 expacs in lore

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Hozen

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Why would it be 5 years?

hollow dock
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Assuming they dont get themselves killed.

heavy cairn
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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

dense plover
#

Uh

hollow dock
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I imagine it like Goblins in DnD. They just live short lifespans because of how little they care for self preservation.

dense plover
#

You are basing your reasoning on a single scroll that literally only says they don’t live very long

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It doesn’t say when they reach physical maturity

hollow dock
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So we just never see any hozen live past tjat threshold om average. Exception is the Monkey King.

dense plover
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Also, whose to say hozen can’t end up like the monkey king

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He’s been around over 10k years

hollow dock
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Like I said with my D&D goblin example.

dense plover
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👍

heavy cairn
dense plover
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Again, that doesn’t change what we said

heavy cairn
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so fine, they could survive 7 or so expansions, and we've only had 6 expansions so far

dense plover
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Also, there’s plenty of other reasons hozen won’t happen

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age is the least useful choice

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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

heavy cairn
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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

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look at nightborne

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the playable ones are totally different from the NPCs

dense plover
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Yeah

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But they are elves

heavy cairn
#

but I agree that in this case there are too many things. elves are easier

dense plover
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They aren’t monkey people

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It’s a bad example

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Hozen use their hands as legs

hollow dock
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Kinda because Nighrborne original models didnt have player models.

Hozen are actual monkeys though.

heavy cairn
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the animations would be a mess

dense plover
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They are essentially quadrupeds - there is no race that has anything similar

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It’s why all the hozen use either melee or staff melee attacks

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They have built in animations made for their skeletons

heavy cairn
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I doubt blizzard would be able to get them to the same "quality" as other races, even though many have clipping issues anyway

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I think walking on four legs would cause even more

dense plover
#

Nightborne still have tons of issues

hollow dock
#

^

dense plover
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I would rather they fix those

hollow dock
#

Its pretty clear that the four we have were rushed.

languid yoke
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they'll fix them as soon as the female worgen get fixed

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:^)

heavy cairn
#

yes, it is clear. only 3 skin colors for nightborne, and (mostly) a bunch of shades of white hair?

hollow dock
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Theyre getting fixed in BFA tho.

languid yoke
#

3 skin colors for highmountain is ridiculously few too

dense plover
#

Yeah a lot of the customization options are back on the alpha

heavy cairn
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zandalaris are getting a lot more options IIRC
same with draenor orcs, dark irons

dense plover
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They were clearly meant for BfA and released early to fill the gap

hollow dock
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^

heavy cairn
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ah, so blizzard did it to make money on appearance changes later on... /s

hollow dock
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No? You can do most visual changes in game

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Barber shops still exist.

heavy cairn
#

not skin color, and that's one of the main things that's lacking atm

hollow dock
#

Only if you really care about skin color that much I guess. 🤷

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Could just be patient and wait for BFA like I am.

heavy cairn
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I don't care about skin color too much but it could influence what transmogs I want to use

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I'd rather pick one that gives me more options

leaden garden
#

I just want Zandalari to be playable already T_T

steel venture
#

you can actually do skin color on allied races

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weirdly enough

hollow dock
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The secret I have for transmog is that colors dont have to match to look good.

heavy cairn
#

wait, you can change skin color in the barber shop for allieds?

dense plover
#

yes

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For allied races

heavy cairn
#

ha

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well thanks for the info

steel venture
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nightborne, lightforged, void elves and highmountian all have that option yep

dense plover
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They clearly left it in because they knew they weren’t finished

leaden garden
#

I think you can for the regular tauren too, can't you?

dense plover
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Yeah

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But Tauren have fur

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Same for worgen

hollow dock
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Im fairly certain for pandaren as well

steel venture
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so races that can skintone change:

all current allied races
pandaren
tauren
worgen

leaden garden
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Basically any race introduced post-BC can lol

hollow dock
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^

heavy cairn
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goblins as well?

steel venture
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no. goblins can't.

leaden garden
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Never played one

hollow dock
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So itd be just all the furry races

heavy cairn
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furry races and unfinished races. got it

hollow dock
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Confirmed: void elves and lightforged are furries

heavy cairn
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and nightborne

steel venture
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i mean

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lightforged are goats.

hollow dock
#

They do technically have fur on their legs

steel venture
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space goat 2.0, light-mode

hollow dock
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Though blizzard keeps ommiting it.

steel venture
#

...actually trolls also have fur that keeps getting omitted too

leaden garden
#

I wish the draeni models looked more like some of the concept art

steel venture
#

jungle trolls are supposed to be covered in fur.

hollow dock
#

Same Benj

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Which is odd because Zuljin in HOTS doesnt have a lick of fur. Its all skin.

dense plover
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Lore changed?

dense plover
#

They probably decided against it at some point

steel venture
#

nope. they have fur.

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was most recently mentioned during Vol'jin's novel

hollow dock
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Theres been no notable change saying otherwise.

dense plover
#

Also, have you looked at lightforged? They fulfill that visual pretty well

steel venture
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that his hair and "hackles" stood on end in one scene

dense plover
#

They have the floaty mark

steel venture
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distinctly stating that the hair and fur are separate

hollow dock
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And yea benj, I do wish the Draenei looked more like Tieflings

dense plover
#

They have the fancy armor

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Hackles can also be like a mane btw

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Which trolls do have

leaden garden
#

I mean, what i want is more the full cloak that splits around the tail as opposed to curving in mid air

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And that tail

dense plover
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They have that hair down their neck

leaden garden
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And not the weird, ridged thing we get

hollow dock
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Yea more like tieflings.

steel venture
#

... hackles go down the entier back

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not just the neck

steel venture
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if you've ever seen a cat or dog freak out, the entire line down their back stands on end

leaden garden
#

Properly proportioned ones that don't look like Blueberry Rich Piana

steel venture
#

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.

hollow dock
#

Yea. More like tieflings.

leaden garden
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Yep

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I did see you mention that earlier, Vris, I just wanted to finish first lol

dense plover
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Except it exists in horses

hollow dock
#

Though I do see the lawsuit. Cuz ya know. Neverwinter is still a thing.

dense plover
#

So a hackle can also mean a mane

zinc sandal
#

Who are we suing now?

steel venture
#

tbh though
trolls do have fur.
like, this is 100% canon and hasn't been retconned.

dense plover
#

My guess is the way it was used was meant to be similar to the hairs on your neck standing on end

steel venture
#

the model doesn't represent it properly.

hollow dock
#

Blizzard for copying Tieflings had they used the concept art more faithfully

steel venture
#

velen's supposed to have alablaster skin and yet he's dark violet in game.

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

dense plover
#

There is also this

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raise one's hackles,to arouse one's anger: Such officiousness always raises my hackles.

zinc sandal
#

Oh shit, tieflings look just like Draenei

hollow dock
#

Ye.

zinc sandal
#

Smh.

hollow dock
#

Their concept art is literally slightly altered tieflings

leaden garden
#

Basically yeah

leaden garden
#

Tieflings definitely came first though lol

steel venture
#

the fur mention is here.

leaden garden
#

And I prefer the Draenei look to be honest, but thats cause I like Paladin stuff

zinc sandal
#

Tieflings are also proportionate instead of walking fridges. Me likey.

steel venture
#

and it has never not been canon. vol'jin's novel makes direct reference to fur

leaden garden
#

And I like their russian accents

hollow dock
#

100%. Hence why I can see why they look so radically different in game to concept art

zinc sandal
#

We get it, Xan, you're a furry

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Now burn, you weeb. 🔥

hollow dock
#

Also there is no distinct ethnicity for their accents. The voice actors admit to using everything from russian to Arabic to anything inbetween.

zinc sandal
#

Draenei?

hollow dock
#

Yup

zinc sandal
#

Never heard a Draenei sound like a Middle Eastern

dense plover
#

They sound Russian

zinc sandal
#

Yeh

hollow dock
#

Its their accent in general. Its a bit of all those accents but together.

dense plover
#

It’s supposed to sound foreign

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Which it does

#

They are aliens

#

They should sound foreign

hollow dock
#

Orcs sisnt

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Didnt*

zinc sandal
#

Mhm. Their accent is also reflected in their language.

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As in, you can see where the accent comes from.

leaden garden
#

The Draenic definitely borrows from both Jordanian and Slavic though, even their language uses words very similar to old Slavic

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Was one of the first things I noticed when they came out, and why I liked them so much

zinc sandal
#

That's cool. Good job, Blizzard.

#

You kinda stole somebody else's concept but at least you made it yours.

leaden garden
#

Oh dude

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Blizzard has been a kleptomaniac for decades

#

Technically their only somewhat original franchise is Diablo

zinc sandal
#

XD

leaden garden
#

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

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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

zinc sandal
#

Listen, the fact that they've been more successful than the games they stole from tells you something.

leaden garden
#

Oh no doubt, Blizzard has done 10x better than just about any Warhammer game in existence

mint arch
#

i dunno, there have been some amazing warhammer games

leaden garden
#

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

dense plover
#

Diablo is half based on demons from pagan and biblical lore though

leaden garden
#

Voidox, I agree but none of them have had 1/10th the success of WoW

dense plover
#

Nothing wrong with taking something and using it to your advantage though

leaden garden
#

Peach, nothing in Diablo is based on anything in the Bible lol

mint arch
#

well, tbf, wow was an anomaly of a game, there's never been a game like it :o

leaden garden
#

demons and hell is about where that ends lol

zinc sandal
#

They've tried, Voidox, but failed

leaden garden
#

There's been a million games like WoW lol most MMOs have tried to copy WoW in one way or another and failed miserably

zinc sandal
#

coughWildstarcough

mint arch
#

ya thats what i meant

leaden garden
#

Oh Wildstar

mint arch
#

tried, but failed

leaden garden
#

Good potential, weird execution

mint arch
#

bad launch

leaden garden
#

I miss City of Heroes >_<

mint arch
#

ruins many a MMO

leaden garden
#

The only game to compete with WoW for 8 years running

zinc sandal
#

Wildstar is the "I'm pissed at Blizz for firing me" game

#

As Benju said: great concept, poor execution

leaden garden
#

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"

zinc sandal
#

I really, really liked Wildstar. I stopped playing because the RP community became very toxic.

#

Furries took over and ruined everything. Not even kidding.

leaden garden
#

Oh I know

mint arch
#

i liked wildstar as well, but not at launch

zinc sandal
#

Launch was a disaster

#

It was also P2P for a while

leaden garden
#

Same with ESO

#

I also love Neverwinter

#

I just wish it wasn't so p2w

hollow dock
#

Eh. Ive found Neverwinter to be meh.

leaden garden
#

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

zinc sandal
#

heheh class restrictions

#

TERA. That's all I have to say.

leaden garden
#

Tera is also very restrictive, but at least it's fun

#

And not p2w

hollow dock
#

Dark souls. That is all on class restrictions

zinc sandal
#

TERA has an amazing combat system.

leaden garden
#

Yiss

mint arch
#

if someone brings up BDO as a good MMO, we gonna fite

leaden garden
#

I've only been playing it for about 2 weeks

hollow dock
#

Shame its locked behind the loli wall

leaden garden
#

But I LOVE my Slayer

zinc sandal
#

Yeeeeah

#

TERA=Loli
Wildstar=Furry

hollow dock
#

BDO is a great MMO if you can do the grind and like PVP.

mint arch
#

REEEEE

leaden garden
#

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

mint arch
#

G R I N D

hollow dock
#

Yea its all about PVP.

mint arch
#

ppl grind to be able to grind more so that they can grind

hollow dock
#

BDO is just a PVPers dream.

leaden garden
#

Which is sad, cause I was genuinely interested in the story lol

mint arch
#

korean MMOs are just w/e at this point

#

i cba with em

leaden garden
#

pretty much

zinc sandal
#

Conclusion: a game that can rival WoW has yet to come out.

leaden garden
#

Well, one did rival WoW for a while

zinc sandal
#

For a while. What happened then?

hollow dock
#

Rift

leaden garden
#

City of Heroes, may it rest in peace, rivaled WoW for years as a steady, sub-based game

#

But then NCSoft just closed it

zinc sandal
#

Ew Rift

mint arch
#

no game can ever come out now to rival WOW, that time has passed

zinc sandal
#

Ew NCSoft

#

EW

leaden garden
#

Gave no reason, gave no rhyme, just said "we're done"

mint arch
#

fck ncsoft

zinc sandal
#

^

leaden garden
#

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

zinc sandal
#

Sounds like somebody pissed off the boss

leaden garden
#

People think there was a sex-scandal or something going on and they had to

#

Similar to the close of Marvel Heroes ONline

zinc sandal
#

That's nuts

mint arch
#

-_-

leaden garden
#

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

hollow dock
#

I think there is a game that could rival WoW as an MMO.

zinc sandal
#

Don't say Rift.

hollow dock
#

Warframe.

leaden garden
#

Ugh Rift. Another game with high potential and awful execution

#

Warframe? The most p2w game in existence?

zinc sandal
#

Didn't Warframe shut down long ago?

leaden garden
#

Nope, it's still going

hollow dock
#

Its hardly pay to win m8

mint arch
#

warhammer online ;____;

zinc sandal
#

Is it? Where?

leaden garden
#

It was in "active beta" for like 5 years thoguh

#

Age of Reckoning was good, but it suffered to lack of content

hollow dock
#

Xbox, PC, Ps4

mint arch
#

warframe is going strong

zinc sandal
#

Where can I get Warframe? Gimme

hollow dock
mint arch
#

steam

leaden garden
#

PSN

mint arch
#

its up there on current players

zinc sandal
#

Ew Steam no

hollow dock
#

Xbox one

#

You can get it steam free iirc

zinc sandal
#

I hate Steam

mint arch
#

@leaden garden ya, warhammer was let down due to content and being rushed

#

though i did used to play Return of Reckoning

zinc sandal
#

Let's not advertise private servers here

mint arch
#

well, official game is long dead

heavy cairn
#

doesn't make it any more legal

leaden garden
#

I don't think PS are illegal?

#

I tried RoR, and I recall not enjoying it too much

zinc sandal
#

They are

mint arch
#

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

heavy cairn
#

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

hollow dock
#

You personally wont be prosecuted but the server itself is illegal. Like pirate radio stations.

leaden garden
#

Gotcha

silent fossil
#

when it will be? close beta

heavy cairn
#

unknown

hollow dock
#

No one knows

#

Best answer is "it'll happen when it happens"

heavy cairn
#

alpha is still in relatively early stages, I think

leaden garden
#

Sometime in the next few months, I'd imagine

#

A lot of Alpha content is still in the works though

hollow dock
#

Could be tomorrow, could be august.

heavy cairn
#

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)

hollow dock
#

Betas are generally stress testors.

heavy cairn
#

yes, which is why I was thinking more features would need to be there

hollow dock
#

I was apart of WoDs first beta wave, most of it was in working order except garrisons.

heavy cairn
#

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

hollow dock
#

Sounds about right.

heavy cairn
#

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)

leaden garden
#

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

dense plover
#

I got in mid beta and I remember when they opened highmountain

#

They changed half the story for that zone

hollow dock
#

Yup

dense plover
#

And it greatly upsets me

#

I liked the story before

heavy cairn
#

interesting. I thought i remembered doing highmountain in the first beta wave

dense plover
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It required more lore knowledge

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And so they made that comic

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And then made it so you showed up after dargrul already had the hammer

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Before you showed up right when he got t

heavy cairn
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ohhhhh

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I remember that

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yeaaaa

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I totally forgot

dense plover
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And went there to recruit the highmountain to help fight the legion

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And then he destroyed that village that he doesn’t destroy until later now

heavy cairn
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he walked right up to the center of that drum and took it

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hehe

dense plover
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And you landed out at the sylvan falls instead of in the town

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I really liked that version

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I don’t dislike what we have

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But I thought that version was different from the traditional questing experience

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You were there while it was unfolding instead of cleaning up after

hollow dock
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Prolly why it got changed.

dense plover
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Yep

leaden garden
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You know Blizz, can't have too much fuin

dense plover
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And again it required more lore knowledge

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They didn’t have the highmountain back to the war of the ancients scenario

hollow dock
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I get we meme that blizz hates fun, but they have made questing fun again.

dense plover
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And ebonhorn didn’t sxist

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So they rewrote the story to explain the backstory of huln, and introduce ebonhorn

leaden garden
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Eh... depends on what you like. If you enjoy leveling, then yeah I'm sure you're right, Vris

hollow dock
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I enjoy leveling, raiding, basically anything but pvp

leaden garden
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I thought Ebonhorn was cool

dense plover
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Again

leaden garden
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Yeah I hate leveling. With a passionl ol

dense plover
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I’m not saying I dislike the changes

leaden garden
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lol*

dense plover
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I love highmountain

leaden garden
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I hear ya, Peach

dense plover
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It’s one of my favorite zones

hollow dock
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I didnt like ebonhorn becausr it just lile. Further invalidated everything we had to do to get Wrathion.

dense plover
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But I really liked how different the story was before

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Even if it was much more linear and required more background knowledge

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Honestly it’s why I’m excited for zandalar

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They seem to be explaining necessary lore as you go

heavy cairn
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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

dense plover
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I hate dungeon grinding

leaden garden
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I wish they would've left the xp/heirloom shit alone

dense plover
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You know it took me 3 days 17 hours played to get my lightforged to 110, but I only ran 2 dungeons

leaden garden
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People that enjoy leveling can quest

dense plover
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I did a lot of questing

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They can’t do that though

hollow dock
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If I were aiming solely for getting to max and didnt care abiyt stiry, Id say the same thing.

leaden garden
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People that hate it can dungeon and speed to level cap

dense plover
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Because then the people who like leveling are getting shat on

leaden garden
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Not really

dense plover
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Liking questing shouldn’t mean leveling slower

leaden garden
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How fast I level doesn't effect you

dense plover
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They need to buff both

heavy cairn
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if dungeons were actually the same speed, I'd be fine

dense plover
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At least in the 60-80 range

hollow dock
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Its called fairness Benj

dense plover
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Quests and dungeons for xp

leaden garden
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But it does, always has. Dungeons were always more rewarding, they're supposed ot be

dense plover
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No they arent

hollow dock
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They acrually werent for the longest time

dense plover
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That’s why they were changed

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They are supposed to be a zone story capstone

hollow dock
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Its only very recently that that was true benj.

heavy cairn
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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

leaden garden
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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

heavy cairn
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I didn't note northrend 60-80 quests being too slow, seemed about the same speed as cata 80-90

hollow dock
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Again

dense plover
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I am fine with people wanting to level by doing dungeons, but I shouldn’t have to quest and level slowest as a result

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Currently that isn’t the case

hollow dock
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All virtually new things.

dense plover
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But right now 60-80 is slow

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Because it is more spread out quest wise

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And the xp amounts aren’t good

leaden garden
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New as in BC? Cause I leveled insanely fast through dungeons alone in BC and Wrath

heavy cairn
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60-80 is slower than 80-90 because there are 20 levels instead of 10, that's the only thing I could notice

willow frost
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BC gave you quests by shitting like 10 on you at a time

heavy cairn
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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

dense plover
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They need to change it so you earn a level as quickly as you do post 80

hollow dock
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I sure didnt. It took forever just to clear 1 dungeon and always had questing be faster.

dense plover
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Because right now 1 level in the 60-80 range takes longer than a level in the 80-110 range

hollow dock
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Until heirlooms.

leaden garden
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I always found it easier and faster. Especially in Wrath once Heirlooms came out

dense plover
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It’s a result of the time to move between objectives and their turn ins

heavy cairn
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oh, gotcha

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I didn't really take that into account

hollow dock
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Then dungeon spammimg was much faster and so you got more for yoyr time.

leaden garden
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Yep

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So again that's not really "new"

dense plover
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What needs to be the case is that every level, no matter where, should take the same amount of time in minutes

hollow dock
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Then xp differences and then as cata and mop hit, dungeons reigned supreme

willow frost
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heirlooms+monk enlightenment = 2 levels per dungeon at around 60

dense plover
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They need to balance the xp and level curve based on time invested

hollow dock
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And you were an idiot for not doing it.

heavy cairn
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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)

dense plover
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Not quests completed

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Treasure spamming was left in because nobody likes warlords

leaden garden
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I always dungeon spammed until current content

hollow dock
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I never did until I got full looms

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Only then was it ever faster for me.

leaden garden
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I love heirlooms. They make the leveling process less shitty for me

dense plover
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It only became ridiculously fast in mists

hollow dock
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^

heavy cairn
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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

hollow dock
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A relatively recent thing.

heavy cairn
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though I found that azjol-nerub was ridiculously fast between 70-80 so I did that

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ofc queue times are too long now to test how azjol-nerub is today...

leaden garden
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I alwyas level as a tank so insta-queue lol

hollow dock
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So you just never roll a ranged damage dealer?

heavy cairn
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I levelled all 12 classes so that wasn't always an option for me

leaden garden
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I dislike ranged combat/classes so yes

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My 110s are Warrior, Monk, Paladin, DK

hollow dock
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Xuz sittin there just smacking the boss is fun :p

leaden garden
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I also have a Survival Hunter but he was my free 110 boost

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Boring for me, I prefer being in the thick of things

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Always have

hollow dock
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There is no thick of it tho. Melee has been the easiest spot in raiding all expac.

leaden garden
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This xpac, sure but it hasn't always been

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Either way, it's still the look/activity I I prefer

heavy cairn
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melee easiest in coven of shivarra heroic...?

hollow dock
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WoD it was like that for most fights. Just sat around hitting your buttons.

leaden garden
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Didn't raid in WoD

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I raided in Wrath, Cata, and now Legion

heavy cairn
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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

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so yea I had to have queue times

leaden garden
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Again though, I also prefer melee weapons to ranged weapons/spells. More my forte, and I train in them IRL

hollow dock
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I left melee because you hardly do anything. Picked up arcane mage.

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More fun and interactive. More thinking and stuff.

leaden garden
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Ok now you're trolling lol

hollow dock
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Not talking just rotations

heavy cairn
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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

hollow dock
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Situational awareness, proper placement of yourself, getting the rune placements right, etc etc

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Thats the stuff I love. Having to care about where youre standing.

leaden garden
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Melee has to do that too lol

heavy cairn
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melees have to too

leaden garden
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Garothi, Immonar, Kin

hollow dock
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It really doesnt and hasnt for the majority.

leaden garden
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Aggy

heavy cairn
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but not as carefully as ranged, I must admit

hollow dock
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Hence why I just got bored with it

heavy cairn
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look at antoran high command

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ranged have to be spread and far

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or else everyone gets cleaved

leaden garden
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Nythendra, Ilgynoth, Ursoc, Dragons

hollow dock
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I played melee in Ilgy

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Nost I ever had to do was move slightly to the left

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B o r i n g

leaden garden
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That's pretty much ranged all the time for every expansion up till now lol

hollow dock
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Nythendra too. And ursoc. And the dragons.

heavy cairn
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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)
hollow dock
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For nythendra I had to keep myself in range of healers, boss and fast blink in and out of puddle dropping

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Mslee you hardly have to worry

leaden garden
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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

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Ursoc you have to get out of melee range on him every other chagre

hollow dock
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Not really. We tanked nyth right next to the puddle dropping

leaden garden
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charge*

hollow dock
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Hell melee didnt even leave her rsnge

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Ursoc you move slightly over for the charge

leaden garden
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Out of melee range. Whereas with ranged classes you don't have to move at all

hollow dock
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Not really. I just sat, in melee rsnge behind him

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Nevee got hit more than intended

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For ranged, Id always help soak the roars with the melee and hsve to get back out. More decision making and fun for me.

heavy cairn
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I didn't do EN as a DPS until it was trivial, 🍿

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I was a tank back then

hollow dock
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I rolled DK until about Guldan. Swapped to arcane. Never went back.

heavy cairn
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I was fine tanking through nighthold but I couldn't make it to some guild raids so couldn't really be a tank anymore

hollow dock
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I keep my dk geared through m+ for a tank sub, but thats about iy

heavy cairn
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I sucked at tanking M+ for some reason

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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

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(turns out it's actually pretty easy to gear up these days, so my mage is decently geared now)

hollow dock
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Turns out that blizz puts in catch up mechanics

heavy cairn
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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)

hollow dock
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Who woulda thunk

heavy cairn
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before the prepatch I didn't really grasp the concept of endgame lol ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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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.)

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but I was a sucky player before so who knows

hollow dock
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Really? I guess that's fair. Raids weren't appealing to all for a while.