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lol
Don't be in denial
youre shitting me right?
White knight much
Manaless, have you actually played the alpha? Cause Drustvar has a coherent, interesting story
we lost cairne in a book
It doesn't tgo
Order of Embers stuff is great
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Drustvars story is bad
But have you actually played the alpha?
since you seem to know so much?
yknow, I like the fun discussions we have, but I'm going to leave if you're just arguing about unfinished, unfinalized content
Manaless is probably just complaining because they have nothing better to do
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I'm more than one person?
seems like it considering the bullshit being spewed
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Using Wikipedia as a source for English lol
LOL
Not knowing the basics of pronouns. lol
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[Manaless] I'm not using it as a source personally. I knew of singular "they" before googling it just now to grab that wikipedia link. but it's a quick way to get started before you actually look at more reliable sources
wikipedia is a lot more reliablle than most shit
God I forget how toxic most of this community is
Honey, no one was being toxic.
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to be fair, you're the only one acting remotely toxic
complaining about horde bias and the like based off of early alpha content
complains about shit they dont know about or havent tested
Lol no
I don't think you know what that word means
Horde leaders lost count: Baine, Garrosh, Voljiin, Sylvanis at least twice, Thrall kinda left us, the Belf guy betrayed us, Goblin guy betrayed goblins
You were complaining endlessly, someone pointed out you were complaining endlessly. And we educated you on pronouns. That's not toxic.
Says that both Zandalar and Kul'tiras are amazing
Gets talked over.
Gets called toxic
Asserting facts isn't complaining
Alliance: the only good human
what facts?
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It is your just to oblivious to it
you're arguing opinion not fact, and stuff in early alpha may be a fact but it's a fact that doesn't matter at all since it's changing before live
grow the fuck up
tfw people dont know that two entirely different continents have separate aesthetics, and you dont have to enjoy both
if you dont want to participate in a coversation, fine. then go
Peach, relax.
dont just say everyone else is wrong and go on complaining
Naw you should pay attention to the shit blizzard is pulling
its rude, and adds nothing to any conversation
Don't pull out the profanity. There's no reason for it.
Manaless should also pay attention
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I agree
And hey, imo there isn't any word that is "profane" as long as it's not directed towards anyone
Instead of being ignorant to it there is a blatant bias and its comical how many people don't see it
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if only you see something, then it isnt there
Manaless, i see it.
Trust me.
We all see it.
thats called a conspiracy
tin foil hats!
its a normal thing the human brain does
Alliance and Horde both get everything they ask for but both sides complain no matter what
we look for patterns
But hey go ahead and stick with the guise of alpha is alpha its not a conspiracy when they've done the same thing for years
we put them together
I can agree that Horde zones and races got more focus. But that doesnt mean that the Alliance ones didnt, or that their stuff is objectively bad.
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and then make a decision about that pattern, whether the decision is educated or not
yeah horde stuff is just a lot more finished
its extremely obvious just by looking at the zones themselves
tbf, a conspiracy is something that is actually happening.
A conspiracy theory is something that some asshole made up
They clearly spent the brunt of their initial time on Zandalar, as it is basically finished
I'll wait till beta hits before I begin making opinions on what's going on with this. Alpha is still unfinished stuff.
Kul Tiras very clearly is not
alpha can mean rewriting an entire storyline
they did it for highmountain
and a bit for azsuna too
suramar wasnt even implemented for most of alpha
And they simply could be working on one side first and then the other. We truly don't know.
What if Manaless is just mad cause Alliance isn't getting those sweet orcs
I also have another simple tip: you arent bound to one faction
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I'm ok being orcless
if horde content is so good, go play horde content
I am
I'm not dragging my decade old guild Horde side.
i need to get a 110 ally b4 bfa hits
Boost
no
or allied race
boosts are for plebs
not to use to unlocked allied races
and then level the allied race
(which is what I did with the 100 boost)
why
and i have a 100 draenei shaman so using a 110/ 100 boost would be kinda stupid
what's the big deal if you already have a 100 shaman>
legion content is very quick compared to older content
Broken Isles invasions with heirlooms are your best friend
because i hate my shaman
I love my shaman.
who cares? get on your flying mount, hover over the broken isles, get into groups for invasions, get XP
you don't even have to PLAY (though you would be a waste of group space technically)
pffff
i like my sham too
ye, everytime i do nothing in a group, i get kicked.
not happening
Eh... I kick people who don't participate.
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People need to play the game.
fine. I guess I never tried not participating. well let me rephrase, you don't need to concentrate on playing
how exactly do you die when you have a group tho?
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER
hm, I've levelled at least half my alts (so 6+) using them and only when I was stubborn and wasn't in a group did I die
well, I guess some people have more alts than me
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Especially in Highmountain. The one with the wolves and the one in the cave are a pain.
Otherwise, I don't usually die.
alright thanks for the insight
lol
usually it's the opposite for me. i know, 80% of the time, what my character can do. the other 20% of the time, i'm dying. Or, when i'm in a group and the tank pulls EVERYTHING, thereby overloading the healer's abilities and killing us all or a dps pulls shit and everybody dies or healer only heals tank and doesn't pay any attention whatsoever to dps
ye, needless to say, not a fan of groups
For me its; I know what I can survive until I don't. Like that jump I miscalculated and overshot.
kek
Gravity is my arch-nemesis in all RPGs.
I just avoid jumping down even sorta-closes distances on classes with no ability to cancel fall damage
So only hunters, DHs, and mages jump?
hunters (disengage) (oh you said that), shaman (that wind thing), priests (levitate), there are more, I think...
what, hunters can cancel fall dmg?
technically you can use flap for druids
druid flap, thanks, also paladin bubble
drlap
warrior heroic leap
yea heroic leap but I generally avoid doing that unless I tested it before since it's unreliable
a fall a day keeps the doctor away
If you disengage at a reasonable distance from the ground it 'resets' the fall
and thus reduces the fall damage
heroic leap doesn't work on falling dmg
heroic leap does if you time it right
unless ur that good
it does
heroic leap does work, just in general it says "no path available" (at least it feels like it's in general, perhaps I don't remember all the times it succeeded)
As again, it 'leaps' you to the ground.
Never said that for me. Unless I was leaping onto a mountain.
hopefully they make its distance farther.
i wanna jump from New Dalaran down to Nighthold.
You can do that with a glider
if you are jumping between buildings it may say "no path available" as there is in fact no walkable path available
Heaven? wat
warrior class hall = halls of valor
Heaven =/= Halls of Valor
and warriors get out by jumping down to earth
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so yes it is a heaven
it's vrykul heaven
eh
Valhalla being the Viking Heaven
whether it's heaven or not, it's higher in the sky than "new" dalaran and you can land anywhere on the broken isles (well, a few set locations)
Valhalla lets more people in than Abrahamic Heaven :khadgarface:
Yeah, religious myth is discriminate af
let's not get into that
2l8 m8
not really
just delete the message as it contributed nothing to the conversation
and carry on
ur the one who started talking about heaven
"the sky"
"heaven"
one is easier to say and the other has a lot of... controversy behind it
We started talking about it because its something that is being done.
Halls of Valor is the Heaven of Vrykuls. Warriors leap down and sometimes back up to it.
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don't they leap up more than they leap down?
they only got six places to leap up to it
there's no way to get there except leaping up, meanwhile you can get out without leaping down
so, while each leap down must be accompanied by a leap up (meaning leaps down at max = leaps up), not every leap up needs to be accompanied by a leap down
I remember a time when you could leap up at any time anywhere.
yes, in the alpha, I heard
every class got a teleport
I wish DHes still had a portal :(
all hero classes deserve it
they should have had their own death gate
all classes deserved a teleport in there
[porter] they did until it got removed
that said, the way they get to their class hall is ๐
all classes deserve a teleport to their class hall like DKs
but gliding down was a pain
and mages
slower than just riding to a portal
and monks
and druids
essentially, everyone except hunters, shamans, warriors, etc.
only the classes that had a teleport before get a teleport now. the issue I see is that the teleport was basically useless before (minus mages' teleports, but that's one of the features of the class, not something arbitrarily decided for a set of classes) but now it's really useful
at least we still have the hearthstones
Give that 1/3rd their teleports
Hunters can call down an eagle
Shamans open an elemental rift
Warriors just leap like the hulk
who else
Shamans can't open an elemental rift from anywhere on Azeroth
quiet you
Warriors can't access their class hall from anywhere on Azeroth
Hunters can't call down an eagle from anywhere on Azeroth
why can we call our mounts anywhere on azeroth and even on draenor...?
wat
I whistle for it for petes sake
The animation for mounting the Huntsmaster Wolfhawk (the hunter class mount) is you whistling for it
Huntmasters Wolfhawk isn't an eagly ffs
hunters can call an eagle to fly them to class hall, warriors can call a val'kyr to make a trampoline, warlocks can signal their other warlocks using magic to start a summoning ritual, etc.
but instead of a lion, it's a wolf
Actually Odyn and his val'kyr could call down a beam for you to leap up/down anywhere. The reason there's only 6 or so, one in each region for you to reach, is just gameplay.
WARLOCKS TELEPORT DOWN VIA DEMONIC CIRCLE
no
but its something they can do
that green portal thing they make. Summoning Circle I think it is
they can only summon people to their location with summoning portal. can't teleport themselves anywhere iirc with it
the teleport thing they can use remotely is "demonic circle"
Demonic circle thats what it is
They also got the 2 portals they can place
To leap from one spot to the other r
gateways are leaping from one spot to another
yea thats not really teleportation.
I don't think it's a good idea to leap across a continent using them
I mean
unless you have like 20 gateways in a chain instead of just 2
as long as you dont hit anything
you should be fine
but if you do hit something
well.
cue the ending of TLJ
The reason they only take you like only 10 ft forward is because of gameplay again. Technically portal gateways could take you anywhere (well, depends on how powerful you make them), hell you even take one to reach Dreadscar Rift.
*Warrior tries to jump from Eastern Kingdoms to Northrend. Splats on the side of Highmountain
the gateways aren't teleportation portals
they just make you into a ball and throw you to the other gateway
Yea. The gateways need to be in the same plane of existance. (as the one that takes you to the Dreadscar IIRC has a portal in it.)
you can't do that across long distances or through dimensions
the normal ones dont
well we can. We take a gateway up onto a legion ship
just gameplay restricts that
cuz that'd be broken
Imagine WSG with a global gateway
well yes clearly warlocks have access to cross-world stuff
but the "demonic gateway" spell isn't going to cut it
demonic circle channel
whatever legion uses or dreadscar rift uses would work
They are literally called 'Demonic gateways', this is what gateways do in lore. But for very obvious reasons yours can only be like 10 ft apart and you can't put one on each continent.
well, hey.
Gul'dan was a warlock and he did it cross timelines
again, it's not the same type of gateway
shhh
in lore the warlock's demonic gateway isn't really there, but I'm sure it would be if raid encounters existed...
my guess is that "throwing the ball" consumes less energy than a true portal
cuz fel-powered portals consume life, which isn't very helpful when you're trying to send living things through them
I mean
just sacrifice a few demons
not like we're running out of those anytime soon
true teleportation really only matters long distance if you're not a nightborne
It's a Demonic gateway. That's all. It literally says it takes you through the Nether. It's a gateway like all the others. It's just that for gameplay reasons they can only take you 10 ft further.
so that's why the ball is thrown instead of extra energy being consumed
so demons are gonna be a problem for a while.
We're gonna need more DHs in that case
TROLL DH CONFIRMED
traveling through the nether isn't teleportation, it just has its benefits
how about those rogue stealths tho.
where do they go when they vanish? ๐ค
in the shadows
in lore they probably aren't invisible, they are in the physical world just hiding in places that aren't obvious to people looking around
It's a gateway. I really don't see what there is to discuss. It's a demonic gateway like all the others. There's even one that looks exactly like yours in Dalaran that takes you to Dreadscar Rift, it's just that for gameplay reasons yours don't allow you to go to other worlds and continents, but just 10 ft.
"It literally says it takes you through the Nether."
my demonic gateway does not say that
Yes it does, check your debuff.
being faded into the nether doesn't necessarily mean the gateway was used through the nether
could just be a side-effect
that's just a random reason to have a 90 second cooldown for gameplay reasons
Yes. It also means you were faded through the Nether.
It's a gateway. I really don't see what there is to discuss. It's a demonic gateway like all the others. There's even one that looks exactly like yours in Dalaran that takes you to Dreadscar Rift, it's just that for gameplay reasons yours don't allow you to go to other worlds and continents, but just 10 ft.
They have the same name, they have the same look, they have the same functionality.
It's just a gateway.
Nothing contradictory about them.
Quiet, you don't need to say the same thing twice
repeating yourself isn't going to change the fact that both the debuff and the spell are only for gameplay. so we have no proof that such a gateway requires fading into the nether, nor that it's actually done by throwing a ball (because such a spell doesn't happen in the lore)
so both of us are wrong, I guess
What did I miss while I was cooking dinner?
discards all the proofs
"we have no proof"
The flavor text of the debuff says you were faded through the Nether.
just like the DK resurrection debuff says void-touched even tho shadowlands is distinct from void
Quiet, are u new here?
People use logical fallacies all the time here
it's random text meant to sound cool that doesn't really have lore basis
@heavy cairn You realize you can use Shadow/Void magic to rez people/reanimate right ?
yes, but the death knights use necrotic magic
They also use Shadow.
but they use necrotic to reanimate the dead.
Don't frost DKs use shadowfrost ffs
OSX, by that logic, no text in the game has lore basis and is just meant to sound cool
literally the lich king himself used shadowfrost
We can see the Shadowmoon animating the bones of their ancestors with Void magic.
Nothing weird about Shadow being used to rez.
[edgy] not really. these debuffs both existed before lore really existed for void & nether
so since they touch on them it's safe to assume they are inaccurate
but it doesnt mean they aren't canon
unless it's been proven otherwise
you realize the shadowlands is literally the fucking land of the dead right?
and the raise ally spell taps into the shadowlands to bring the player back
shadowlands is not void tho despite "shadow" being in the name
it's decay / necrotic
Look, it's called a demonic gateway, like all the other, many demonic gateways, and it looks like a demonic gateway, so really there's not much debate to have.
Bliz isn't very good at keeping shit consistent.
They've retconned shit so much that anything we can think of about the topic, based on the old lore, is likely to be conjecture
[quiet] fine. warlocks could have a gateway across content
I wasn't arguing against that anymore.
Like, you're not going to disprove Mind.
Mind literally is one of the folk that catalogues. All of this.
I was arguing against the validity of the ingame ability
Yes they could and they literally make one in the warlock campaign, which is the one you later use to reach your order hall
most spells are canon.
just how they WORK might be limited by lore.
tbf, Mind is showing their foolishness by arguing with a fool
"When you argue with a fool, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience"
I'm a "fool"?
ur both fools
or how they work by lore isn't respresented because it'd be game-breaking.
basically.
Xan is correct.
I agree with xan
we've done a lot of lore-breaking shit at this point so why not game-breaking
We have?
so you call people fools for so-called "fallacies" yet you display similar patterns
that's not why i called u fools
EX: Resurrection is typically more difficult than gameplay makes it seem. (Lore-limitation.)
But mages and warlocks get limited by game mechanics for balance reasons. Otherwise portals and gateways would be more broad. (Game-limitation.)
You're not going to live that one down, Edgy.
Anyway,
we killed Kil'jaeden, Archimonde, the Sha, Avatar of Sargeras, Deathwing, Ragnaros, Argus, and other shit
"Quiet, are u new here?
People use logical fallacies all the time here"
(implying me)
"OSX, by that logic, no text in the game has lore basis and is just meant to sound cool"
(reinforcing that)
... no other comments that really edge towards "fool", until...
"tbf, Mind is showing their foolishness by arguing with a fool"
(so, you are either just calling us names for no reason that we know of or you are calling us names based off of the only reason you gave, which to be fair isn't the most logical)
all of that, i think is pretty lore-breaking
no, that was to Quiet's claim that there was proof against your claim that there wasn't proof.
Did that specifically refer to you? No. It's not implying you.
Reinforcing what?
I called you both fools because that argument is likely never going to end until you both sit down and talk by listening to the other
it was implying me because he was talking to me, and you were implying it was someone other than quiet by using "people"
so, "literally everyone"
that smells pretty fallacious to me. I find it unlikely that everyone exhibits a certain trait. almost everyone? sure
Hey, i don't discriminate. i hate everyone equally
most fallacies are probably not based off of your opinion. I don't get why you are using your feeling of "hate" as justification, except to provide another example of a fallacy.
Kil'jaden's defeats = Armies, by lore. Both times.
Archimonde's defeats = Supernatural beings the first time, and some of the most powerful forces of Draenor the second time.
Deathwing = The Dragon Soul did the final blow, and Maddness of Deathwing isn't really Deathwing anymore, it is the possessed, deceased husk of his corpse. Horde and Alliance armies involved.
Ragnaros = Already suffered defeat by a large army in the past, and then another at his doorstep. Once again, not a singular effort.
Argus = The most powerful individuals of Azeroth, aided by the titans, slew Argus. And there was a massive campaign to get to this point?
Sha = Sha are simple enough to be felled by adventurers, and the larger ones. Doubt, Fear, etc? ... Campaigns for those. Again.
By lore it is never JUST 10-25 people.
So don't even pull that card.
if i acted rationally all the time, would i deserve this nickname? ;)
I highly doubt that is fully canon
It isn't.
"pulled aggro" doesn't happen in lore
he doesn't "drop a glaive"--at least a real lore character would not say it like that
The depiction in the Illidan novel is the canon version.
I do appreciate how they're deciding what kills whent to which faction though.
EX: Lady Vashj was an Alliance kill, Mag was a Horde kill.
since both factions needlessly spreading their resources to try to take out the EXACT same threat versus neutralizing things on a wider scale makes no sense
especially when some kills made no sense to be by both factions
Who won the ship battle in ICC lore wise?
Not sure if addressed previously, but is it mentioned in the Chronicle previews so far Mind? @jade basalt
I wouldn't be surprised if it is though, since isn't it covering up to Cata?
It is covering up to and including Cataclysm yup
Last pages are the Dragon Soul raid etc.
Nice. ๐
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dissapointed that they didn't address why and how the night elves joined the alliance though
from what we've seen
Oh yikes. Two hours worth of today's content in #beta-ptr-spoilers is gone.
rip
There is a lot that won't be covered. V3's "lore value" will inherently be lower than the other volumes because they decided to cram 5 entire games and expansions into 200 pages, so of course there is a lot of skipping and little room for details, or even simple expansions. It's mostly going to be a retelling of what we know, with some twists maybe. The Lich King section is literally word for word the same as the WC3 manual (with a couple additions like the Vrykul/Val'kyr bit). Though there's still some neat stuff, mostly regarding the WC3 campaign parts, and the Vanilla/TBC ones.
"After the third war, the night elf nation also joined the Alliance, though the exact moment at which they joined is unknown. They were motivated to do so by the continued logging operations of the Horde in Warsong Gulch." That's all we know. And I don't know what of that is covered in the Chronicles.
@uncut vault wow, where did you find this?
Are these legit?
Hey that's the one I stitched together. It's missing like 10% of the lower half but it's just more icy path.
2/10, needs more ice
I disagree with everything that has been said so far.
Agreed.
I agree and disagree with everything said
I disagree with myself, and agree to disagree with my disagreement over my own agreement.
I'll be I was right, even though I was joking, Big LK was trying to unite the Horde and Alliance lol, Chronicles has some good stuff
wat
Was he meaning Arthas?...I dont comprehend
I don't blame them
Like. Arthas tells us his plans. Did you really need chronicles to learn that?
nah, but it makes it better that it is written down in a book meant to confirm things
Now I just have to remember what LK 2.0's desire was....
this volume is great for me personally because it distinguishes between what was just "hey this is badass" quest designer writing and what story they actually wanted to tell
you have to pay the troll toll
lol
i was waiting for the its always sunny reference
i knew this expac would have one
Vol'James seems like a fraud. Says 'mon' too much
But. He tells us. Personally. While we're dead. His intentions. There was no need for a book to tell us that. :L
Bolvar has no real desires. He took the helm to become the lich king. For what reasons we arent aware of but he just hints his plans.
Yes I know he tells us that, but considering how much they retcon, to have it confirmed is nice
That he was mostly in control, and his desire was (while twisted) his own
But. What? They hardly retcon anything large. Last large one was the eredar. In BC.
The arthas book even tells us that he was in control :v
I'd consider the chosen one and the Exodar pretty big retcons.
Sooo... How many chronicles are there? 3 now? Time to spend some money
I should be asleep cuz I have to get up at 2am but lol I'm scrolling cuz this discord is my fav
Yes, the third comes out this month.
Are good Warden friend not being wanted for killing High Elfโs
*Highborne. And yes, she should've been locked up. Then I wouldn't have had to listen to that gravel voice and her obnoxious comments.
I mean, she still probably is wanted
she just didnt interact with basically anyone from night elven society save her brother
Uh... killing a bunch of people and attempting to stop an alliance between the Worgen and the Alliance is kinda more than just a Nelf matter.
Good thing she didnt reallyt interact with any alliance members either, except for us murder hobos
Nope! No one at all. Just everyone on the Broken Shore.
I for one can definitely live with that whole 'maiev went psycho because she didn't have an illidan to chase' plot being quietly retconned
(bonus points given the end of Illidan's hunt is portrayed as triumphant instead of soulcrushing)
I mean, I took it as the same character flaw she's always had, an unhealthy obsession with justice
10k years can warp your view ofwhat's just
Still doesn't make it excusable in any way, shape or form.
And I am sure that there were Alliance members on Broken Shore somewhere. Unless we're saying that all of those NPCs are somehow neutral. I'm not even talking about Velen, either. Genn was down there a couple of times, along with Anduin, as well-- and obviously those two know the situation. Why no one seemed to care that a murderer and someone who tried to commit treason was running around... well... I guess demons are more important than previous storyline. She should've just been locked away before all of that so it didn't seem like we were all just ignoring it. Made for an awkward storyline in Val'sharah and Broken Shore. Also: they won't retcon the Maiev thing or they'd have to retcon an entire book. Let's not go the way of Star Wars. lol
I mean, yeah, thats exactly it. Who would focus on imprisoning two people who are renowned for killing demons
when we're facing demons
wht'd Maiev do? o.o
Killed Highborne and tried to pin it on the Worgen in an attempt to screw up the talks between the Worgen and the Alliance to bring them into the fold.
oh.
Nothing any of the other leaders hasn't done
Uh... okay.
https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/8382yq/battle_for_azeroth_is_the_perfect_opportunity_to/ this pic is pleasantly aesthetic
http://bfa.wowhead.com/npc=133738/astralite-visara
another one.
nightborne model but marked as <The Highborne>
So, think it's kind of obvious now that Highborne ARE supposed to look more different. Blizzard's choice to use an NPC nightborne model for a highborne is very intentional.
They don't throw that NPC tag out at random.
I cant find the WoW Blog I read, but is it true that Guilds will become cross server in BFA?
i dont think so
but there will be communities
which are cross server and allow you to invite people to groups easily, chat with them, etc.
I see
Tbh, pretty sure you can be highborne and also be a nightborne since suramar was a higborne city prior to the WotA
As long as they make them look a tad different.
Highborne arent genetically too different, depending on exposure to magical enerfies, to night elves.
The issue is that you cant get the differences out in WoW, or really any MMO, because the work is just to much. And the art teams arent really told anything. So ๐คท
Theyve always been portrayed, on majority, as being very light skinnes but still nelves. Being a highborne has always been more of a social caste than a physical state.
I mean, having arcane tattoos and such like nightborne does not make much sense
If they share models
Idd. Which is why I noted up top, depending on exposure to magical essences.
Night elves are more resilient but still change to them.
Nightborne models aren't exactly like the Nelf ones though
I'm just saying they had to make the switch at some point
Theyre mutated ones.
A nelf didn't just wake up one morning as a high elf they
Yeah they mutated
They didn't start changing to Helves until the Sunwell was made.
I just think it's fun to imagine the arcane changed em
that's...exactly what happened. :o The sunwell changed the Highborne who went to the Amani lands and their overuse of it is what triggered it. Just like how the nightbornes overuse of the Nightwell changed them.
So in a nutshell, what is the sunwell is it like the well of eternity but infused with light magic?
The Sunwell was made to replace the Well of Eternity for the High Elves dependance on magic. Overtime they've found otherways but the Sunwell to sate their addictions, but it was essentially a smaller second Well. Until arthas came and tossed Kel'thuzads ashes in there and corrupted it, severing its ties to the elven people. Kael'thas further corrupted it by letting hte Legion try to summon Kil'jaeden through it but we beat them back. Once we did, Velen placed the heart of M'uru, a Naaru the Blood Elves had stolen Light from, into the Sunwell and then cleansed it. Now infusing it with Light energy of Creation rather than arcane, effectively reducing the addiction to pre-Arthas levels and begun cleansing the Blood Elven people of their fel corruption.
that is what the Sunwell is.
They're not going to mutate more
They already are. It's confirmed that a few generations down the Line, Blood elves would, lore wise, be born with Golden Eyes rather than Green.
Plus the whole thing with Umbric and the Void Elves.
Aren't their eyes green because of the time they were afflicted by fel?
Yup
Or does the fel addiction go back so far?
Fel acts like radiation. It's spread through their ranks and the Sunwell is fighting it off, but its slow. Like radiation and its half-life.
basically wasn't it a "recent" development, rather than something thousands of years before?
I guess recent in elf time can be a really long time
Timeline wise, it is 'recent' but the Sunwell is reducing it. The Blood elves as a full people never sucked up Fel, they were exposed to it by the higher ups who did suck it up through the fel crystals around Eversong.
it was very recent, like last 10years or so
i can't remember when exactly arthas did the thing but a blink of an eye for an elf
Arthas had performed his act I believe 5 years prior to BC and the cleansing and a total of 11 since then.
oops pardon, 16 then
It's a long time, and we dont know the exact half-life of Fel, but we do know that Light can instantly cleanse its corruption when directly applied from a powerful source. (See Velen clearing Fel Fissures and Gas in the Exodar at breakneck speed.)
Well, we have Quel'dorei, Sin'dorei, and now Kylo Ren'dorei. Bring on the Alah'dorei.
the elves are in every color of the rainbow at this point
pretty much lol
Soon (TM)
The post expac drought hasn't started yet if Blizz still technically has more Legion content in the wings ๐ค
Do you think there will be some sunwell plateau style mini raid before the end?
no
they specifically said no
we are done with raids
as soon as the silithus content drops, we wont be getting anything else until prepatch
Ah very well. It wouldnt seem right after such a grand ending there
We are getting no major raids were their exact words
I have this feeling there is no part 2 of Silithus soon. I think it'll just be Prelaunch.
Clearly the entire PTR patch with draining the Sword was just a red herring
What really happens is C'thun rises from Silithus and consumes Azeroth
BFA isn't actually happening
I mean, Blizz probably -does- have the spare money to do that
But you don't exactly become a billion dollar developer by wasting money like that
Unless you're Chris Metzen trying to make an MMO that doesn't compete with your other MMO and also lives up to the name Chris Metzen
And then fail at it because not even Chris Metzen can live up to an MMO made by Chris Metzen.
I'd get anxiety too if I had to tell Morhaime I burned a million bucks worth of dev time with nothing to show
Poor bastard
Well it wasn't an entire blunder. It turned into Overwatch didn't it?
Truuue
World of Warcraft > Overwatch
HAH I was really confused what you guys are talking about until you said it turned into overwatch and I just burst out laughing this was the best scrolling session I've had
Also I think we deserve a channel on specifically just to discuss lore and stuff like that but that's just my opinion
Nah this is the perfect place for it
no, this is the perfect place to discuss spoilers.
Exactly. Lore, for people who were unaware of it, are spoiled it.
and all lore in the past builds up to BFA, so its all relevant.
wat
You had said this is the perfect place to discuss spoilers.
If people are unaware of the lore, it will get spoiled for them. Thus it belongs here, all lore leads up to BFA and so its all relevant to the discussion of BFA spoilers.
A lot of the lore is retconned so that's not quite true
Not entirely? if its retconned lore, then it has no relevance to anything. So why would it be talked about?
When we're talking about the Lore of Warcraft, all of it pretains to the current situation of BFA as it all leads up to it. If its retconned, then its no longer apart of the Lore of Warcraft.
I consider the term ''all lore'' to refer to all lore.
As in, retconned or otherwise lore.
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If its retconnes then its no longer in the lore though.
it's no longer in the canon lore, u mean.
No it simply isn't in the lore. To retcon something is to write over that piece of information. It's no longer brought up, unless someone is unaware of the fact that it was retconned.
define lore
Lore that has been retconned is no longer relevant.
Thus, not worth bringing it up under any circumstance.
People are allowed to bring up whatever they want.
of course they are but if it pertains to discussion about the canon and current lore then retconned lore shouldn't be brought up as it has no relevancy or value.
Everything has some relevance or value in some respect. We've brought it up before. What's the issue with talking about it?
If you would scroll, I'm making the argument that Lore can be brought up here as it all has relevance to BFA.
retconned lore
doesn't and can't
because it never happened or has been overwritten. Thus isn't relevant.
^
"Lore" is a broad subject, of which retconned lore is.
That's my argument
no
its lore
they're neither spawned by god nor hell
ya but in the original warcraft lore, orcs were brought to azeroth by the demons of hell, so clearly we need to take this into account in all theories
possibly.
But as Vris is set on, that's not worth discussing since it's not canon anymore
About our talking of Pirates of the Caribbean a while back, @hollow dock Jack Sparrow's debt to Davy Jones was his own soul, not that cargo of souls that would have died by Cutler Becket.
Here's a convo in the movie,
"You have my payment. One soul to serve on your ship."
"One soul is not equal to another."
"We've established my proposal is sound in principle. Now we're haggling over price."
"Price?"
"Just how many souls do you think my soul is worth?"
"One hundred souls. Three days."
wait we're STILL on this!?
Donโt you know? These guys never let go.
hey, people are still complaining about pandas and there's a lot of vitriol in #classic-wow of which i participated in some ;)
FINE. SUBJECT CHANGE. So how about that weird cat form thing Zandalari got? I think it's dumb.
I mean its as dumb as a lizard cat could be
It should've been a little raptor. Ninjasaur.

Nice.
Where can I see the new cat form?
Thanks!
Lol, that moment when you already saw the bee mount in wotlk.
They did a poor job with how we sit on that bee.
do we know zandalari racials?
We know their names but not wjat they do
Hopefully they will have the 20% haste racial
None of the revealed abilities indicate its a haste buff.
Trolls already have it tho peach
Yup
It's an ability
But no matter the racials, I will still change my hunter to a Zandalari Troll
One of the logos for a racial looks like a regen or healing buff/spell
it definitely is
this is about zandalari right?
City of Gold
Embrace the Loa
Pterrodax Swoop
Regeneratin
Ward of the Loa
those are the names
so regeneratin is definitely healing
city of gold probably has to do with getting more gold or getting cheaper prices or something
pterrodax swoop sounds like some kind of attack
and ward of the loa looks like a totem
embrace the loa i have no clue
yes.
Embrace of the Loa might be their version of a Berserk.
Sounds like an active spell + cooldown.
maybe AP/SP?
unless it itself is heroism or resource granting, very doubtful it'll ever be as great. Unless its CD is like. 3 minutes.
well they need passives too
im assuming the ward is probably a passive
and the gold one too?
so maybe yeah, then the loa one could be active
i would love for pterrodax swoop to be equivalent to a flight whistle but at any level
then that could match up with the dark iron mole machine
Regen / Ward / City probably are the passives. like, at the very least. i'd say.
i thought regen would be active
Regular troll regen is passive so, i wouldn't doubt this one.
The tradeoff is that it's really not that great for darkspear trolls, so. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the same regen.
Unless they do reflect the more-up-to-date lore with troll regeneration and make it an active heal like Gift of the Naaru, but for self-heals only.
Well I doubt it, but it could be
I have been thinking about the DI Dwarves Mole Machine racial, and all I can think is flight whistle
I think it'll be more like the eagles Hunters can research
Fixed points in somewhat convenient points across the world
That would be pretty cool actually
that would be way more work
its way easier to just make it take you to the nearest flight point
although i hope they also add an heirloom flight whistle
? How is that more work to take a system that already exists and just plop in a temp mole machine?
no im saying its less work to take the current system
you are suggesting adding fixed points
thats way more work
you have to go back and select points
flight whistle just automatically selects points
They've already proved it's something they can do. Look again at my example of the Eagles.
yeah
they had to add those though
do you expect them to do that for every zone?
thats a ton of work
It really isn't a lot of work when the system is already in game
its a lot more work than just a flight whistle with a different animation
thats the exact same system, it just wouldn't go to a flight point. Like the eagles.
but they had to be placed manually
it's more work than a flight whistle but it's not a lot of work when they already have it made
you just said
but i am saying it is more work
it would be
it'll just be a matter of replicating
[12:44 PM] mrpeach774: thats a ton of work [12:44 PM] mrpeach774: okay [12:44 PM] mrpeach774: thats a lot
Yet. you're saing its not a lot of work.
they have to go through and edit all of the zones
all of them
then they have to make sure that the model they use looks good when placed
They dont. They just take a system that alreayd works in game, they know how to do it, add it to the rest of azeroth.
because it would be a mole machine
yeah
but the system isnt just code being copied
They already have a working mole machine model
yep
they have to place those locations
it's not really that much of a trouble peach
the flight whistle would literally just be code with a different model
its less work
It's just as much work as mine. Because you'd have to code that flight whistle to take you to the closest flightmaster across all of azeroth
no
im fairly certain the whistle just detects the nearest flight point
and all flight points have the same code
so theres no need to do anything
with very spread out flight points
and?
Have you seen how many flight points there are in Azeroth?
do you know how easy it is to get the game to do math for distance?
its really easy
and how many are very bunched up
so?
it literally does basic distance math already
you dont have to do anything
im fairly certain that if the current flight whistle was enabled in current zones, it would work by default, no work required
I agree with you peach
it's less work indeed
but it's not an acceptable "excuse" you see?
they could easily do it
although just doing a flight whistle would be even easier
im not saying its an excuse, im giving a possible reason why if they do a flight whistle ability, it will be more likely to do this one
these are allied races, not fully fledged races
less work is expected
but
if they do a flight whistle ability system, they have to make an heirloom flight whistle
or the people will form a mob
yes, it is an allied race but a much more developped one
like Zandalari are with their unique druid forms and stuff
yup
I wouldn't be surprise with the whole eagle system
i hope the rest of the races get new druid forms
but I get your point and a flight whistle it's more likely to come
or this will be a little bit bullshit
that's probably why they didn't want to do it in the first place
im still going to make a zandalari druid
I have high hopes regarding the unique druid forms
which means Vris, that they might plan on doing it
for everyone
they really only need to do half of highmountain
3/5
and then redo worgen, nelf, and tauren
I think nelves can stay the same, just change everyone else.
maybe tweak troll a bit
yeah, the forms are most iconic for nelfs
i would love tauren to get bull instead of bear form
holy shite that would be awesome
once current art is finished then they will work on extras
^
but not dinos
dinos make the most sense for zandalari
i could raptor travel ground for regular trolls
but outside of that
an update to bat form
maybe make the cat into a sabertooth or tiger
make the bear a turtle or crustacean or something
and no clue about moonkin
maybe a mix with bat similar to zandalari being mixed with lizard?
Well, if the forms were more island based, then I'm sure Blizzard could throw in a parrot flight form
Nah, the bat form works fine for em.
aren't they updating the bat models?
maybe?
i havent seen an updated model
but i wouldnt be surprised if they do because of Hireek and Nazmir
The existing bloody bat models actually fit Nazmir really well
Was a mount in MoP and mobs in WoD
found another cool new weapon
and another https://beta.wowhead.com/item=159540
and another
thats not a cutlass. thats a broadsword.
not quite
the grip isnt meant to block an attack like a broadsword
it really doesnt match either sword quite right
and since when has blizzard gotten naming right?
this is as bad as Dark Souls 3 tho
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ff-UrHFD7o8/maxresdefault.jpg this is a greatsword
that helmet tho
yea its a pin head
Oh if you think thats bad
That's an odd-looking human.
Unless it's not human?
His head is 100% normal and he is 100% human
IโM SELLING MY SPECTRAL TIGER CARD (CODE) FOR 400GBP OR INGAME GOLD! WHISPER ME ON DISCORD FOR PICTURES ETC..
not sure your in the right channel mate
What channel then?
it amazes me taht people head here. is this just that active of a chat?
most active one, but they also posted in screenshots to so idk
if they post in all of the channels, theyll just end up getting their messages deleted or banned
its against the server rules
they posted in #beta-ptr-spoilers #screenshots #classic-wow and #no-wow-discussion.
I'd say that's enough for at least a verbal warning if not a ban
and in #classic-wow
well
nightborne are there for the artifacts
its a pastime
and so are dark iron
nightborne are horde and want the artifact
so they fight the dark iron
I just like they have a nightborne camp
It's really neat
And the invading the opposite island, lol
Gallywix xoming
oh ofc he is involved
apparently he also pays the alliance for some islands
he gets most of the azerite so in a way, the alliance help the horde
i really wouldnt be surprised if he ends up being a boss or something
him as the king of diamonds makes a lot of sense
ye i get the feeling he's playing both sides
What the business man is playing both sidesin the conflict to expand his profits
I will laugh if Gallywix is the King of Diamonds
Turns out the real villain
was capitalism
LOL
Morhaime laughs as he counts his pre-order numbers
can we get that Tom Cruise meme but for Mike?
camps arent just for artifacts, dark irons are fighting two fights at once
nightborne for artifacts, goblins for azerite deposits
Capitalism is the real villain.
It's always been the real villain.
If it weren't for capitalism, Gallywix and Sylvannas wouldn't be ruling the Horde
and it's because of irl capitalism that Vol'jin chose Sylvannas probably
he could have chosen Saurfang or Baine or Thrall
I mean, if his choices were really only saurfang and sylvanas. Maybe lor'themar, but Baine's like 6, and thrall's going through a mid life crisis
in the end, Sylvanas is probably the best military leader in the Horde
Baine has more maturity than Sylvannas. And he's chief of the Thunder Bluff Tauren
the loa really DID tell him
the loa don't really have a track record of making the best choices
because they knew she would be the only one willing to do what needs to be done
they generally make better decisions than the average npc
I mean, I still think it was Bwonsamdi telling him, simply because he wants souls, and whether demons or Alliance, he'd get that from sylvanas more than anyone else.
loa can refer to singular or plural, iirc
and bwonsamdi is probably included in that
it can
and probably the person he'd listen to most
but the sentence structure implies plural
the loa be speakin to me
they be whispirin a name
Sylvanas
they
the loa
it implies plural
Im not saying it wasnt many loa. Im just saying Bwonsamdi was probably included in that.
probably
maybe.
we'll just have to wait and see, that's if Bliz ever clarifies what Vol'jin was talking about
but bwonsamdi isnt completely selfish
he helps
hes a loa
maybe hireek too
maybe gonk
He's definitely selfish in BfA
not completely
and Hireek's corrupted
not at the point of Voljins death
not to our knowledge
we have to assume it happened in the year since
days without seeing an argument in #beta-ptr-spoilers: 0
discussion
Not really arguing, we're agreeing on most things ๐คท
^
I'll try to find the text but it talks about the blood troll threat building for years, and Rastakhan ignoring it, with loa going silent
Garrosh did a lot wrong
Hireek is one of the loa that went silent
but i dont think hireek has been quiet for that long
i could be wrong
in which case, maybe hireek chose sylvanas to cause chaos
because that would benefit ghuun
I'll be playing through Nazmir again next build so I'll pay attention to quest text more
anyway, can we talk about this cringefest...
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20761896911#1
Gen discussion's turned into the story forums for people who dont know the story, from what Ive seen
Discord is also toxic
not like the forum
equal complaining and argument, but without knowing what theyre complaining about
T. R. Y. M. E
i would kill to walk around a populated zuldazar
I would walk to kill around a populated Zuldazar
I did question the logic of Blizz wanting to remind people of WoD with AU Allied orcs >_>
But now that they've shown the clan skins, I admittedly can't complain
because it made more sense than multiplying the number of uncorrupted orcs in Outland by the thousands when there's only a handful of orcs left there
Eh, can't be thousands of void elves
And people can still RP Outland orcs now
So as win win as it gets
there's thousands of blood elves.
Blood Elves corrupted by the Void turn into Playable Blood Elves.
I dont think Blizz hates WoD as much as we do
wat
Of course, they're dealing with endless whining regardless of the expansion ๐
the nightborne camp actually fits Zuldazar quite nice in terms of color
some dark iron shamans in zuldazar
its a gem from what i gathered watching nobbel play through
Plot device
wouldn't be the first time
'only the Eye can defeat G'hunn/Azshara/N'zoth'
alliance and horde start murdering each other to get it
are they talking about the Eye of the Kirin'tor?
no
Eye of Xibala
artifact side quest on zuldazar
nightborne and dark iron are involved
its on the coast where you can see the big dino skeleton
Can you get anymore up close of the nightborne
they look like nightborne
wha
its a mix of the old and new ones
ok
NPC face on the left, playable on the right.
Playable male face (one of them)
NPC male face.
Where are these located
What do you mean?
Nvm
it's raisin men, halleluja
rainin' men*
HOLLLY SHIT the wowhead forums are a race batting shitshow rn.... why do we have to fight about allied races like its the end of the bloody world ๐
Race bating*
Alliance are never going to be satisfied because apparently the Horde got it better.
And Horde is never going to be satisfied because they didn't get enough
Gotta make that Alliance/Horde bias explicitly clear