#beta-ptr-spoilers

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inner copper
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Seems fair to me

terse patrol
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I get the feeling the new dark rangers won’t be loyal long term.

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Don’t be surprised if Delaryn shoots Sylvanas.

inner copper
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pretty sure its forced mind control

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no way they'd switch sides 2 seconds after being risen

terse patrol
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Unless its bad writing

uncut vault
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It isnt mind control

tropic trail
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it isnt mind ctontroll

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we have 2 quests that totaly destroy that theory about mind controll

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  1. the Valkyre raised only willing souls in the darkshore quests, other souls refused to be rezzed
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  1. with the derek quest we see sylvanas or the valkyre cant just mind controll without a long "ritual"
uncut vault
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but it is possible that the counterpart to light undead are undead elves. It hasn't been implemented or finished yet, but in 8.1.5, a questline involving Dark Ranger Velonara, who is the most prominent high elven dark ranger outside of Sylvanas, taking on a new, male apprentice, who will likely have a name revealed

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In that same questline, we will encounter a small band of scarlets, who have propoganda books talking about Calia and the Alliance

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Im hoping it comes back in 8.2, since calia will likely actually be in the story, so the books will make more sense to more people

flint meteor
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8.2 ptr started?

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or is it a joke

lone marten
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Have a look

meager zodiac
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its a joke, but at this point id take anything

unborn glacier
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@tropic trail Thank you! So many just gloss right over this.

uncut vault
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It’s just a justification people try to push because of their dislike for the canon

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Despite all story pointing to Sylvanas having no way of mind controlling those risen by the Val’kyr

dense plover
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^

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She can only do that if she raised them herself

uncut vault
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Which in itself shows she cannot mind control them, as she cannot raise fully functional undead herself, and is not the power source of the Val’kyr

dense plover
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Which is much harder and can’t be done enmasse

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And yeah

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She essentially just creates a puppet

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It’s not a real undead

unborn glacier
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Jeeze, at least you guys understand. I've wasted too much time in YouTube comment sections trying to get people to actually acknowledge the established canon, but they refuse to with a Multitude of mental gymnastics.

dense plover
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YouTube comments are trash

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No point in trying

terse patrol
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You have to admit theres conflicting information especially in Cataclysm.

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“DONT LET THEM TURN YOU.” dies, gets raised

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salutes the Horde after killing their friends

unborn glacier
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You watch Hirus video on how saurfang isn't honorable? I know it's his "April Fool's" video, but he raises all the good arguments against Saurfang

terse patrol
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No rage

unborn glacier
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@terse patrol You mean, you can say one thing outwardly but believe another completely?! My word!

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It is established that only willing souls can be brought back

terse patrol
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Thats new lore

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All corpses were raised in Cataclysm.

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None “didnt want to come back.”

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That’s a cop out Blizzard made in BFA.

unborn glacier
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You are just trying to get around the lore. There is zero proof those raised in cata was done so against their will

dense plover
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Retcon, not copout

jade basalt
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Honk isn't wrong, in that questline they were clearly mindcontrolled or at least, mind-screwed. They were fighting/fleeing the undead for their lives, literally screaming and yelling to not let the undead "turn" them. Then after they die, they get raised, so they get up and immediately start killing their friends and salute the undead.

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As for val'kyr requiring willing souls, that was basically never a thing, this is new from BFA. Before that val'kyr just raised literally anyone they wanted.

dense plover
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Didn’t they also say that undead are initially kinda kooky

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Like when they are first raised they aren’t quite there

jade basalt
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Yup. Basically, until BFA, val'kyr just raised people, regardless of if they're willing or not. They just raised people en masse, as the Forsaken dug out graveyards and stuff. When someone is first raised, they sometimes entered a state of confusion, which the Forsaken use to direct them against their enemies. When it subsides, they have the "choice" to go back to the grave, or join the Forsaken.

terse patrol
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They claim they go into a “ragel

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People in a rage don’t salute.

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They just kill.

jade basalt
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Now, in BFA, during Darkshore, the val'kyr only raise the "willing souls", for some unknown, stupid reason. But there's ways to reconcile that with previous lore I guess, maybe it was just easier/cheaper/faster to raise willing ones than unwilling ones, maybe the Forsaken and Sylvanas wanted loyal dark rangers and not ones that would turn against them or run away immediately, so they only raised the willing ones, so on.

terse patrol
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@jade basalt It just makes no sense.

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All those souls get to become wisps. But instead, they choose to help the people who are genociding their people?

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How are there any willing souls at all?

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Honestly, I think they changed that in the beta because they keep chickening out on Sylvanas being outright evil.

jade basalt
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It's a bit weird.. Red Shirt Guy had included that in his article on why Darkshore's story was messed up during 8.1 PTR, I think, but I guess that bit was overlooked (perhaps intentionally).

But I guess the story is not over. They said we'll see some more of Delaryn (and probably Sira and dark rangers) in the future. Maybe we'll learn more. Maybe Delaryn isn't so loyal after all. Or maybe her head truly was messed up by death. And so on.

terse patrol
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My hope is they reveal Delaryn is going to lead a coup with her dark rangers.

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Delaryn does mirror Sylvanas.

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Also

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@jade basalt Doesnt Sylvanas only have one resurrects worth of Valkyr left?

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“When the arrow finds its mark, the last fetter will fall.”

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Delaryn shoots Sylvanas like Sylvanas shot Arthas.

jade basalt
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Can't really say

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Depends on the val'kyr's "strength", it seems. Annhylde was the most powerful of all 9 val'kyr, so she herself was enough to bring her back once. Another time it took 3 val'kyr to bring her back.

terse patrol
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With no more ressurections, Sylvanas may get desperate

jade basalt
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So the few she has left could equal to 1 rez, or maybe 2.

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But probably 1, don't think storytelling-wise they'd want to kill her two more times.

inner copper
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I’m guessing when lord Walden killed her isn’t canon?

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Or what’s-his-face

terse patrol
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It is canon

inner copper
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The dude

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Oh

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Welp

terse patrol
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She’s be rezzed a handful of times

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She probably only has one rez left

inner copper
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That was a wasted val’kyr

jade basalt
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Godfrey ? It's canon. That's when the 3 val'kyr sacrificed themselves to bring her back.

inner copper
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Oh yeah Godfrey

terse patrol
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She might start listening to the daggers whispers when she dies again.

inner copper
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Damm I’ve made over 50 worgens up to lvl 20 in my WoW lifetime and I frigging forgot

dense plover
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Undead are immune to whispers from the void/old gods

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At least that’s what allerias voices implied

terse patrol
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They can still hear them.

inner copper
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I was thinking about the top hat you get from the mission after which Godfrey suicides

dense plover
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Yeah but why listen when you know they crazy

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Not to mention we don’t know what’s in the dagger now

terse patrol
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Sylvanas being desperate hears what she wants from the dagger.

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She thinks she outsmarts it but she just plays in Nzoths plan.

jade basalt
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I don't think anything related to Alleria implied undead are immune to Void whispers.

tropic trail
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I agree that its totaly stupid that Delaryn and Sira changed the views so fast without any mind controll or anything. but it is how it is. there is no mind controll. maybe we will get in 8.2 or 8.3 some missing informations and it would make more sense

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but I think its just, your whole view of things changes after you become undead

jade basalt
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In fact the whole "undead are immune to Old Gods" is pretty much an age-old myth. This is really never stated anywhere.

There's a bunch of undead foremen mining Saronite in a cave in Northrend, constantly whispering "Yogg-Saron..", and somehow people jumped from that to "undead are immune". Wut.
Which is also ironic because this in fact literally shows they're not quite immune as they are getting influenced by Yogg just by merely mining saronite, like everyone else..

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Hell we've seen many undead in the Twilight's Hammer as well. Or Void-raised undead.

tropic trail
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I thought it was mentioned in the chornicles? or was it the arthas book?

jade basalt
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Nope.

Hell there's even theories that the Lich King himself could've been (slightly) influenced by Yogg, so.

unborn glacier
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XD

tropic trail
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interesting. so blizzard could just play out the "she was all the time controlled/corrupted by an old god" card again

jade basalt
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I guess so. But I doubt it, if she is to be corrupted, she'll get corrupted later.

Plus it'd be weird because the Void was wary of Sylvanas for serving death, so clearly she wasn't/isn't Void-corrupte (yet !).

tropic trail
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I hope so. And I hope she will never get corrupted

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would be just so stupid to go threw it all again

dense plover
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I doubt they will pull a “she’s been mind controlled the whole time”

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That’s worse than blizzard writing

night swift
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That’d be dumb

dense plover
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That’s JJ Abrams writing

languid yoke
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@inner copper as a worgen you never get to know godfrey killed sylvanas, it's stupid

jade basalt
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Did you misspell JK Rowling

languid yoke
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most of cata worgen lore is in horde quests

dense plover
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No

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JJ Abrams can’t fucking write

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He ruins everything

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Star Wars, Star Trek

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He is the Michael Bay of Sci Fi movies

languid yoke
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~azerite has caused old god mind control over everyone~

dense plover
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JK Rowling can write, she just needs to stop retconning stuff for no reason

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The Harry Potter books were good mostly

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Just like ST TNG was good

uncut vault
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I think it’s more likely she’ll just have a hidden goal that gets revealed. Why she didn’t reveal it to the champion, who knows, but it’ll probably be a more up front form of what Illidan got

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A plan that was actually good, with less than ideal methods, and people who don’t know it standing against her

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Just instead of retconning it in five xpacs later, it’ll be in the same xpac and be a (somewhat) coherent story

dense plover
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^

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This is the most likely answer

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And the least awful

foggy abyss
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Oh

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update

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around 80Mo

dense plover
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It’s nothing

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Just bug fixes

foggy abyss
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Yeah 8.2 would be heavier

dense plover
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You’ll know when it’s major because the servers will go down

rough pollen
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Huh
PTR is updating for me

ionic terrace
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Read above 😛

rough pollen
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Oof
That was the wrong server hehe
Meant to send it to my friend but uh

meager zodiac
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all the 8.2 hinting is making me hittttcccch

dense plover
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We haven’t gotten any hints

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What are you talking about?

meager zodiac
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mostly the sudden kotaku interview, but its also a vibe , a feeling

uncut vault
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Muffinus (which I do take with a grain of salt) also tweeted about how interesting it is to see the sudden amount of rise of azshara articles

dense plover
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On Friday

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When everyone thought the build would drop

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What kotaku interview?

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Link?

uncut vault
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I think yana means the polygon article

dense plover
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What article tho

dense plover
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Oh

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The one from last week

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I hope the build is this week but who knows ¯_(ツ)_/¯

meager zodiac
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i hope so as well, but i feel it in meh bones

pulsar iris
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i blame Mak if no new build this week

zealous basalt
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Why me

dense plover
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Which servers are up?

uncut vault
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same two, just anasterian and benedictus

pulsar iris
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because i already blamed peach

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last week

dense plover
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No muffinus tweet

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But it’s also pretty early

languid yoke
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ptr where

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ptr when

strange falcon
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Heres my conspiracy theory,since everyone Is banking so much on 8.2 to be the miraculous comeback,Blizz doesnt want Anyone to see It,until its not a buggy mess(which Is usually acceptable for a ptr)

uncut vault
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I don’t think that’s a worry for the patch as a whole

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Azerite revamp? 100%, they aren’t releasing that until much later builds

lone marten
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you never know

tropic trail
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I have a feeling they will wait with the 8.2 ptr for the release of the new raid or even 1 week after it

uncut vault
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They’ve never done that in the past

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It might happen to come out then, but it isn’t because of the raid

meager zodiac
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Another day, another wait 😦

terse patrol
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Eh its 1 pm there

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we got time

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but i wouldnt place bets

ionic terrace
dense plover
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Wut?

ionic terrace
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Tired of waiting lol

dense plover
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Might not happen today or this week

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Got about 2hrs before you should give up for the day

tidal stone
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Now’s a really good time to focus on downtime activities like obtaining heritage armor sets, pet battling, getting this season’s pvp mount, etc. while we’re waiting

sour burrow
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I personally think times like this are important and should happen a bit more often than they do. Locking people into the AP grind isn't good for the long term health of the game.

shell arch
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You know now is the ap grind time right?

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When most ppl are done with progression and prepare for next tier

dense plover
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But we won’t need it

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At least not for the armor

sour burrow
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Yeah, there's still a few more levels it'll be boosted, we cap at 50, and it really doesn't matter too much. It's an illusion for min maxers, heh. But I still feel bad for people who play alts a lot.

shell arch
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Illusion for min maxers eh xd

upper lantern
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so no PTR tonight eh 😦

terse patrol
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nope

flint meteor
shell arch
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I got a feeling we shouldnt expect 8.2 content on ptr before Crucible of Storms drops on live in 2 weeks

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Just a feeling

upper lantern
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Yeah. Not usual Blizzard practice but it could happen

shell arch
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Is it unusual?

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We arent done with 815 and its stuff is still on ptr

uncut vault
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Like I said earlier, theyve never waited until the patches raid to come out before ptr

shell arch
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Would be kinda logical to put one patch on test realm after previous is shipped

uncut vault
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8.1.5 PTR came out two weeks before Battle of Dazaralor

shell arch
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Also last q&a they said next q&a will have some news so that would also make sense to happen before dropping it on ptr

terse patrol
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They don't mention spoilers and other things on Q&As.

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The PTR would come out before the next Q&A, because they don't want to make broad statements on mechanics for 8.2 if the PTR testing shows said mechanics are shit.

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@shell arch @uncut vault

shell arch
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Sure they dont mention any news on q&a, it was just an accident that they showed all about BoD raid there 😒

uncut vault
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That wasn’t a QnA, that was a patch announcement

lucid steeple
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im hopeing for another elemental mount like the one that drops from mythic jaina im hopeing they make more like it but others ways to get it maybe an achive or quest

dense plover
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Play a shaman

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There will not be one like mythic Jaina

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It’s a mythic Mount

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They’re special

tropic trail
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There's an infernal mount from Gul'dan, but that's a demon

dense plover
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That one is the exception to the mythic rule tho

tropic trail
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The green one is not mythic only red

dense plover
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Yeah

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As I said, exception

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Usually the mythic mount is exclusive

tropic trail
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8.2 ptr "soonTM"

uncut vault
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gimme this week ion, do it

dense plover
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Pl0x

umbral lake
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I think it may hit next week

dense plover
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Best thing here

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Going forward, we're going to keep making new Azerite traits that are unique to Azshara's raid or to Mechagon that complement the existing pool of traits, but armor will just have those traits fully unlocked and players can choose what they want most for their playstyle. Instead, there will be a progression path within the Heart of Azeroth itself, so as you level up your Heart you'll be able to earn access to and choose among a variety of new active and passive powers. And when I say active that includes being able to select an active ability that's a key-bind kind of like your Artifact active that really will meaningfully change your combat rotation immediately. That was something that was missed from what Artifacts offered in Legion that we wanted to reintroduce.

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They are adding more armor traits too

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So it’s not just getting pushed to the backend

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I hope they go through with the solo exploration island mode

uncut vault
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definitely gonna be asking at the next QnA how they plan on improving the xpac shift regarding the new abilities

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hopefully better than the artifact abilities

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especially considering we're getting these for an even shorter amount of time

hasty elbow
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I hope they deployed 8.2 to ptr this week but at this point my bet is on next week.

dense plover
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They said very soon like twice or three times in that article

uncut vault
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it could be either, I'd wager this interview happened last week

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simply because of transcription and good release times

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so very soon doesnt seem like two weeks off

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so I lean towards this friday

dense plover
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Not to mention, I think they did want to put it out Friday, hence the weird muffins tweet

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But I think something broke

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So they are fixing that

uncut vault
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that, or they wanted to make sure their 'info dump' came out alongside the PTR

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which Im curious what that will be

hasty elbow
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i remember they said something like "8.2 will hit ptr "shortly" after 8.1.5" at Blizzcon.

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but 8.1.5 is 3 weeks old on Live now 😦

dense plover
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Shortly in blizzcon terms is not the same as a 1 week old interview

uncut vault
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three weeks is about average for ptr releases over the last xpac

dense plover
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^

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This week is the most statistically likely

hasty elbow
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i see

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pray for sassy muffinus ptr-related tweet

pulsar iris
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i still wonder if they can't make use of island expeditions AI to make a "solo dungeon" or "solo raid" mode, where you get even lower rewards than from LFR, but still a good way to play the game on your own pace

dense plover
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They specifically said they were looking into adding solo island stuff

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Where it was focused on exploration and not on pvp kill mobs super fast

pulsar iris
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this solo island mode will be used to level or transmog hunt?

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i want both

dense plover
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Idk

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We got like 2-3 sentences about it in multiple interviews

pulsar iris
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i feel stupid asking for solo stuff on a mmo

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but that's how i like playing so shrugs

dense plover
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They said they will be playing around with different things in islands in 8.2

pulsar iris
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also when was that interview released?

dense plover
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One around blizzcon, one after 8.1.5

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Both mentioned that did several months apart

pulsar iris
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this one being discussed is not new then?

dense plover
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No, this new interview doesn’t mention islands

pulsar iris
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no no i'm not talking about just islands. i'm asking about the new interview itself

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was it released today?

dense plover
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Yes

pulsar iris
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oh man

dense plover
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That’s why the ‘very soon’ thing is big

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Especially since Porter is probably right, the interview probably occurred last week

pulsar iris
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i hope very soonisher isn't next week or after

dense plover
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Statistically, this week is looking good

uncut vault
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next week is probably at latest

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since they said we will have weeks of testing in april, and they probably dont want to release it the same week as the raid

pulsar iris
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i'm hoping it comes today

tulip sun
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SOOONNNN

pulsar iris
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otherwise we blame Mak

tulip sun
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And peach

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Because peach is peach

pulsar iris
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we blamed peach already last week

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need a new target

tulip sun
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We can't keep changing our blame or we just seem invalid

terse patrol
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I was surprised when they said there would be new warfronts in the future. @uncut vault

tulip sun
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I am soo excited for that

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A tauren themed one would be fandastic

pulsar iris
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that barrens warfront would be cool

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still want a new world revamp but i'm asking too much

uncut vault
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Me too, given what they said before

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but Im happy for it simply because I dont hate the mechanics like many, and enjoyed the huge overhaul that arathi got, as well as the story buildup that darkshore got

pulsar iris
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i like warfronts

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they don't require me paying attention to the game as much as dungeon or raids do

tulip sun
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Tauren story would be amazingggg

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Plsss

dense plover
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Hey, fuck you man!

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snorts cocaine and shoots a tommygun

pulsar iris
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tauren story would fit heritage armor

uncut vault
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Since the warfront will be in 8.3, I'd say the stakes of it will likely be more important than the barrens which, while close to orgrimmar, isnt an immediate threat if the alliance has a foothold there, seeing as without theramore, its cut off from any major alliance holdings

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main reason why I think out of the ones we know, azshara or silvermoon are the most likely

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but there could be a curveball

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similar to darkshore

tropic trail
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I want my Black Arrow ability back for my Hunter, that summons undead skeletons... So I can have that Dark Ranger feelings like I had back in Legion

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I hope they adding that ability back in 8.2

uncut vault
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I mean, Id rather they let us look like a dark ranger finally 😛

tulip sun
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I reallllyyyyyy want tauren involved more in the warrior though

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War*

pulsar iris
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i'm curious about how the faction war will keep going forward even after queen azshara rises

tropic trail
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or just give Dark Ranger as a new undead class

tulip sun
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I guarantee you we will fight each other as we walk up into her palace

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ORRRE UNDEAD ELF PLAYABLE AR

uncut vault
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same way as wrath, cata, and BfA

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huge threats dont wipe away the hatreds

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hell, in, ICC, we had a faction conflict fight

pulsar iris
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i understand it. but the war was never this fierce. hatreds were never that strong i think

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i might be wrong

uncut vault
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that just means its more likely to continue with azshara being present

pulsar iris
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yes, but the change of focus is a important thing

uncut vault
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especially considering the intro to nazjatar is likely going to be the two fleets fighting, if the foreshadowing is referring to that

tulip sun
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Then we all fall into a hole in the ocean xD

uncut vault
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I dont think WoW has ever had a conflict where the faction animosity has fully gone away

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Legion got close, but suramar still had some

tulip sun
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Yup

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We had to stop the fighting before it began

pulsar iris
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i just want to see what will happen there

tulip sun
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And then there is stormheim

pulsar iris
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truce? keep fighting all the way until we reach her?

tulip sun
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Nope

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We will see Yahlyssra throwing arcane spheres at Tyrande and tyrande firing arrows at Thalyssra as they charge Azahara

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They ain't gonna play nice

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Itll be a 3 way war

pulsar iris
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that's what i mean with "keep fighting all the way until we reach her"

tulip sun
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Even when they reach her xD

uncut vault
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on the topic of dark rangers, Ive touched on it before here, but its likely that if they are playable in any form, they'll be an undead elf allied race to be counterpart to light undead

tulip sun
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I don't know about their counterpart

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But I support the idea of undead elves

uncut vault
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their stories match up, and both got hints in the unreleased Velonara questline in 8.1.5

tulip sun
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I dont even care if their Night elf or thalassian. I will settle for either

uncut vault
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counterpart as in released together

tropic trail
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the alliance can have undead lightforged If I get my undead Elfs

tulip sun
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I want undead elves so bad

pulsar iris
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we need more elves

tropic trail
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yes

uncut vault
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they'd probably go thalassian, because people would not be pleased if we finally got undead elves, and they're the ones made up in BfA, from an alliance race

tropic trail
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you cant have enough elves

tulip sun
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Eh, ya. I'm just saying I would settle for either

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Hmmm

uncut vault
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Im biased, as seen by my icon, and would definitely have thalassian as a requirement

pulsar iris
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end faction restrictions and give blue eyes to blood elves already damn it

tulip sun
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Perhaps press "Undead Elf" then you choose kal'dorei or Thalassian

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But ya

uncut vault
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that wont happen

pulsar iris
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i know

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and i'm sad

uncut vault
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regardless of high elf stuff, blue eyes are not a part of the blood elf story

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at al

tulip sun
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I mean

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It could happen possibly. If the devs wanted

uncut vault
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they should not regress to an old state for the sake of a very minor customization option

pulsar iris
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yes yes but

tulip sun
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Isn't the sun well both arcane and light? Could be because the arcane bit alongside using arcane

pulsar iris
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no let's not discuss this

tropic trail
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dude I would love it so hard if they would give blood elves blue eyes as a custm option, just to see that hard rage from the alliance fanbase 😄

uncut vault
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you cant separate out the arcane in the sunwell

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continuing to draw on it gives golden eyes, because it is primarily a holy well now

pulsar iris
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why isn't a high elf discussion text channel here

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jk

uncut vault
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also, wanting them for the sake of being petty is a dumb reason

dense plover
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I would rather they just never do it

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And ignore high elves

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And focus on more important, not elves

pulsar iris
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i think that removing faction barriers and being able to make an "blue eyed blood elf" would be a ok choice to roleplay high elves

tropic trail
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yea I prefer to ignore them too

pulsar iris
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but that won't happen so i'm settled

tropic trail
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but elves are most important peach

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thats world of elvescraft

dense plover
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I know you’re joking but some people won’t stop

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We have 4 elves now

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That’s plenty

pulsar iris
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you know what i would love to have

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that twilight hammer skin option for humans

uncut vault
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we have four humans, but its likely blizz will add another with light undead

tulip sun
#

Undead elves technically would be an undead variant

uncut vault
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that number doesnt really matter

pulsar iris
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greyish with purple tattoos on the eyes

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i mean around the eyes

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or was it cult of damned?

languid yoke
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urgh not elves again

pulsar iris
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either one

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that skin is S I C K

tulip sun
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Undead elves could have so many neat ideas

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Neat customizarion

pulsar iris
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i want death knights available for undead elves

unborn glacier
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Well, I'm biased as my hunter is rpd as a Dark Ranger

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Cx

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I want undead elves

tropic trail
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I would love to have undead elves that look like San'Layn with that creepy look. and the creepy wings

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anorexic and thirsty for blood

pulsar iris
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san'layn was hinted so damn hard to be discarted

tropic trail
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san'layn would be the perfect counterpart for the worgens. you know, the classic werewolf vs vampire thing

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but then they just killed off the san'layns that were in the alliance warcampaign

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so im not sure anymore if we will get them ever

pulsar iris
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we won't

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and that makes me super sad

tropic trail
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Wanna be a vamp, play blood DK

pulsar iris
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but they asked me when i said i would like to play fat humans so i'm happy once more

uncut vault
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Not all of them were killed

tropic trail
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actually I just wanna be an undead elve

pulsar iris
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they answered me*

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jesus i cant type

uncut vault
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on the horde side, if you go over to the other ship, some are still alive

tropic trail
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I know that not all are dead

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Play forsaken and RP that your ears were'nt sewed on

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no

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i want them ingame

pulsar iris
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number of alive members of said race were not a issue to void elves

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but undead stuff is tough to talk about

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i believe it was a mistake making the forsaken playable

tropic trail
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No

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no, forsaken best race

pulsar iris
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i mean they are cool

tropic trail
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it would be only a mistake if they want to redeem the forsaken

pulsar iris
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but how you make dark rangers?

tropic trail
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which likely looks like what blizz want to do

pulsar iris
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make undead elves race?

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i don't think it's a good idea, even tho i want them

tropic trail
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Forsaken are the fallen people of Lordaeron, most of them are, making them not playable would irritate the Warcraft 3 fans of the Kingdom

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there should be more dead high elves then void elves

uncut vault
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keep in mind, undead elf doesnt need to mean dark ranger all of the time

pulsar iris
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i cant argue dude lol

uncut vault
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Lorash is a good example of this

tropic trail
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Lorash is cool

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I like that guy

pulsar iris
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but is it a good idea to make a single race for each undead race the playerbase wants?

uncut vault
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I mean, nobody is asking for that

pulsar iris
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say humans from lordaeron, now high/blood elves, maybe in the future goblins you know

uncut vault
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undead elves is just an iconic thing

tropic trail
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Wait...he died?

uncut vault
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unlike all other races, those two would have made up the bulk of the scourge

tropic trail
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high elves were forsaken before the forsaken were forsaken

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  1. sylvanas is the first forsaken and her banshees
uncut vault
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Yes, malfurion kills him in the novellas

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and he is brought back, and appears in darkshore

tropic trail
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so undead elves are even more og forsaken then the actually forsaken 😄

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I don't like undead Kaldorei

pulsar iris
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i always thought it was weird that sylvanas was the leader of the undead humans idk

uncut vault
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theres a difference between wanting a bunch of different races, and wanting to play like the actual leader of the forsaken

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who we know isnt the only one of her kind

tropic trail
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I wasnt talking about Kaldorei

pulsar iris
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i would like if you could chose a race to be undead, but it would be weird

tropic trail
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Worgen not supposed to be undead

pulsar iris
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but porter we also know now that there are undead nelves and all

tropic trail
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Well Sylvanas created them or gived the forsaken an identity

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Dwarfs can, I think, no proof

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so it would be weird if someone else woudl lead them

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All base races bar pandaren can be DKs so anyone can be undead

pulsar iris
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yes helden but i believe being a undead elf should be a customization option and not an entire race

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i dont know if it would work

tropic trail
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oh I would even take it as a customization option

uncut vault
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if antlers or yellow eyes work, being undead works

tropic trail
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but the thing is, that those undead elves wouldnt be able to understand thallassion

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which would be a weird thing

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Antlers should be a customisaton

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RP wise

pulsar iris
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it would work as a option to the forsaken and not to elves

limber mural
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@tropic trail lorewise pandaren can be DKs even

pulsar iris
#

you would have a selector just like orcs have for their stance

limber mural
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when they make Lich king 2 which they'll inevitably do, that'll probs happen

pulsar iris
#

but it would be weird

tropic trail
#

I think it was a mistake to have Worgen and Kaldorei DK

limber mural
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worgen def

pulsar iris
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need a elf worgen customization option too

tropic trail
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I used to think all Kaldorei turn into wisps on death, guess I was wrong

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Kaldorei DK makes sense since the scourge attacked them in WC3

balmy ingot
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i have stupid qeustion. 8.2 is endgame what it means with endgame?

inner copper
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idk

dense plover
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What do you mean?

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End game is max level when you aren’t leveling and doing level up stuff

balmy ingot
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8.2 will take the best features of past endgame content, but is also trying a lot of new things.

uncut vault
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Everything you do once you hit max level is what endgame means

balmy ingot
#

PCGamer Interview with Ion Hazzikostas on Patch 8.2

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ah

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my english is poor okay

uncut vault
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In this instance, itcmainly means outdoor areas

balmy ingot
#

oh like as legion?

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i dont remember other location map too

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Argus right?

dense plover
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Like world quests, timeless isle, zone bosses, and new stuff

ionic terrace
#

monkaS redeemed Azshara confirmed

dense plover
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XD

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Or more so she does something unexpected

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Maybe she releases Nzoth by sacrificing herself?

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Badass and unexpected

balmy ingot
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so they will make new expansion later.. i think 8.2 is longer to use..

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maybe 1 year?

lone marten
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@balmy ingot They always make expansions with 2 yr gaps

tulip sun
#

I could see it going to 8.4

balmy ingot
#

i see

dense plover
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8.3 probably

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It worked well in legion

uncut vault
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I could see 8.4 with a mini raid at most

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But I doubt we’ll get an extra tier of content

tulip sun
#

I imagined mostly story

tropic trail
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Im curious how the Sylvanas raid could be if they really going to make every Warbringer as a Raid boss...

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better it will be like dazar alor, that only the alliance will fight her

night swift
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There won’t be a sylvanas raid

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Blizz has already stated they won’t just kill her off in a raid garrosh style

dense plover
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^^^

tropic trail
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I didnt said they will kill her off

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they wont do that

dense plover
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They said she wouldn’t be a raid boss like garrosh

tropic trail
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doesnt mean that there wont be a raid

terse patrol
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I think Azshara might turn on N’zoth.

tropic trail
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"Does that mean you will not fight her?" he added. "Not necessarily true either. The reality is you can fight her every day of the week in Grommash Hold, in a raid, right now. But I do think there's a lot more to Sylvanas' story that hasn't been told yet."

terse patrol
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She’d never sacrifice herself for anyone

tropic trail
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thats the original quote from the same interview where he said they wont kill her as a raid boss

dense plover
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That’s pretty much saying she won’t be a raid boss

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Like verbatim

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“But you can fight her everyday”

terse patrol
#

Was Jaina killed?

night swift
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No

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We was injured

terse patrol
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Then dont worry

tropic trail
#

Well I hope u guys are right, I dont want to fight my Queen!

dense plover
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It’s very unlikely

terse patrol
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You probably will fight her. She just won’t die.

dense plover
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"Does that mean you will not fight her?" he added. "Not necessarily true either. The reality is you can fight her every day of the week in Grommash Hold, in a raid, right now. But I do think there's a lot more to Sylvanas' story that hasn't been told yet."

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Dude

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Read

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Not kill her

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Fight her

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They are saying it’s probably not

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Everyone thinks since we fought Jaina and azshara we gotta fight sylvanas

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That’s wonky logic

languid yoke
#

I feel weirded out by buffed.de making an actual interview that felt worth reading

dense plover
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muffinus is posting some weird tweets

languid yoke
#

nothing is faster than a dog chasing that pink-glaced donut

dense plover
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yeah

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its weird

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might not be meme-y enough tho

ionic terrace
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for what it's worth, the two ptr servers are still up

dense plover
#

yes

ionic terrace
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no sign of a shutdown

dense plover
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

ionic terrace
tulip sun
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@dense plover What is he tweeting

storm marsh
#

What is this teasing

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Ptr might actually come tomorrow

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There used to be new beta builds on thursday

upper lantern
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yep

uncut vault
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8.1.5 was on a friday

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so it definitely can be this week

tidal stone
#

my guess is they'll do an ion info dump on a thursday or tuesday and the 8.2 ptr will go up on that following friday

foggy abyss
#

I think you guys are too hasty

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8.1.5 added minor content

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I expect the PTR to hit us next week or in two weeks

uncut vault
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8.1 PTR was on a thursday, 7.3 PTR was on a thursday

mystic vault
#

0

dense plover
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@foggy abyss we arent being hasty, this is statistics

foggy abyss
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Guess we'll have to wait and se, you've been around surely longer than i was

dense plover
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so usually first ptr patch is around 3 weeks after last real patch

royal orchid
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If we talk about statistics based on legion patch cycle, the ptr should most likely hit between 15 and 27 days after the last patch hits live. I did a simple prediction based on the average:

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note: those dates are in DD.MM.YYYY

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but those are just statistics without including quite a few factors

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I mean, I can't include muffins tweets in these statistics 😄

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And I'm not sure if we could just assume that the bfa PTR cycle will be comparable with legion, we just don't have enough results yet

hasty elbow
#

well if nothing show up today it must be next week, if still nothing next week i guess something wrong happened. 🤔

dense plover
#

^This

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Except include Friday

hasty elbow
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There’s a build on Friday too?

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I though they deployed a new build on Tuesday or Thursday only. 😮

languid yoke
#

since Ion mentioned info dump I'm kinda thinking it's gonna be next week, since if they would announce an info dump today for tomorrow, that's still a very short amount of time between announcement-action for blizz

upper lantern
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Yeah. I think it makes sense to expect an info dump on tuesday or something, and the patch on the following day

royal orchid
#

Well, if we assume that the info dump ion was talking about is equal to the one we got for 8.1, we can't get it today or tomorrow.
The info dump for 8.1 came on september 18, that stream was announced on september 15, and the ptr came on september 21. By that, it's very unlikely that they gonna stream this week, without announcing it a few days in prior. But we don't know if they gonna handle it the same way as 8.1

hasty elbow
#

Or info dump could mean the 8.2 ptr client itself. 🤔

dense plover
#

^^^

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This is what they did with7.2 and 7.3

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They released the patch

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And then released a bunch of info at the same time

hasty elbow
#

Also I don’t remember there’s something like “Live stream for dump info about the new ptr build then deployed the build”.They just announced something like “Hey there’s new build which include xxxx, pls expect downtime thx”. Etc.

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Except for 8.1 which they announced via live stream

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which at that time we don’t have any 8.1 info

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But this time they already announced some of 8.2 info at Blizzcon.

royal orchid
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Yes, that's what I was talking about. If they handle 8.2 the same way. I hope they don't. I don't see the reason behind that either. But we just don't know.

hasty elbow
#

Well, in my opinion they did 8.1 live stream because we don't have any info about it at that time so they announced it and also dump info but things are different for 8.2. They already announced it at Blizzcon and we also have some info so I doubted they will handle it the same way as 8.1

tulip sun
#

Why do we need an info dump

royal orchid
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I'm not sure if that's the reason for the 8.1 livestream, because we already had other patches that went on PTR without precise information of the content.
I think the livestream was more a marketing decision for a better communication purpose.
8.2 does have a lot of new things like the new azerithe system, they need to make sure that we don't get a wrong "first" impression on that. If that system is way further in development on their builds than on the first ptr build, they need to communicate that. Wasn't the 7.3 netherlight crucible something like that? If I remember that correctly, it went through a lot of changes and the first thing that we saw wasn't really a good impression of what blizzard intended.
I mean, I really hope they don't do a livestream first, because I think they need to give us something, but I wouldn't be suprised if they do so.

languid yoke
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we don't need one, but Ion said there will be one

hasty elbow
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if they gonna do a live stream very soon i think we gonna see some announcement before this week end.

royal orchid
#

yes, if they do, I think today would be my guess

hasty elbow
#

it's either this week or next week

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and the week after next is CoS launch week which seems unlikely for testing things.

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they will be busy during raid launch week i guess?

royal orchid
#

One other thing that speaks for a livestream before ptr is the wording from Ion in the last PCGamer Interview: "Not too long after this, we're going to have a large info dump for the community and the [public test realm] for Rise of Azshara will start [...]"
He distinguishes between the "large info dump" and PTR.

uncut vault
#

not really, he says the info dump and the ptr will start

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not the info dump, then the PTR

royal orchid
#

Well, I guess that's then a limit of my English knowledge 😄

hasty elbow
#

I wonder how long is his "Not too long". 😂

dense plover
#

Info dump will probably be text too

hasty elbow
#

if he said "very soon" i will be happier lul

dense plover
#

He did

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In the pcgamer interview

hasty elbow
#

😮

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hopefully it will be either today or tmr haha

unborn glacier
#

@hasty elbow likely next week or the week after

dense plover
#

Don’t make any assumptions

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Just as likely to be this week

hasty elbow
#

well.....i hope it's this week but my bet is next week onward. 😂

dense plover
#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

#

Just waiting for those muffinus tweets

hasty elbow
#

^

uncut vault
#

I’d say it’s unlikely to be the week after next, honestly

#

Crucible releasing + the wording of this interview

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Doesn’t indicate that it’s something released two and a half to three weeks from then

dense plover
#

^

hasty elbow
#

^

dense plover
#

Especially since the interview was probably last week

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And published this week

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They might’ve even been told a release date of ptr off the record so they could garner the most article attention

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Or at least like - late next week

hasty elbow
#

oh i forgot about that the date of the interview is nowhere to be found right?

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only published date.

dense plover
#

It was probably before

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Takes time to write

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And generally you send back to the interviewee to make sure that you didn’t misinterpret anything

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It’s not a Blizzcon interview, so it generally has more time put in to it

sour burrow
#

Is there any official German->English translation of the article? I'm kind of curious of the syntax or whatever of the question involving new races. We've been told before that Allied Races are NOT just variants, just that they happen to have been so far, but this response indicates that maybe they've doubled back on that view.

languid yoke
#

the variants part is something readers read into the question/response

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the translation on wowhead is what is said in the german article, don't see it being misstranslated

tropic trail
#

wait

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I translated it jesterday on a different discord about races

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buffed: "What will be the next allied races and when we will get a complete new race?"
Ion: "Not every patch will have an allied race. **In the Azsharas rise update as an example, there wont be a new allied race. **
If it makes sense for the Story, then we will ofc create a new allied race or a complete new race, so the player can learn more accurate about the race and learn the Story/Background of the new race. Complete new Races like Goblins, Worgens, or Draenei are more a "new expansion" thing . "

languid yoke
#

no offense, wowhead's translation is better

uncut vault
#

I feel like "completely new races" doesnt just mean the concept of the race itself

tropic trail
#

my english isnt perfect, so I just did a quick translation

uncut vault
#

but instead the inclusion of a starting zone

tropic trail
#

because yesterday they didnt translated it

languid yoke
#

personally I understand "brand-new race" as a race that doesn't build on another previously released race, and get added without a lot of story buildup outside of their own starting zone, whereas allied races are ones that you have to earn their trust for, that make sense to start on level 20, and more than likely are based on already existing player models

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like all the core races added so far basically had no choice than to ally with their faction

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...except pandaren

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but we don't talk about their inclusion into either faction

tropic trail
#

new race = goblin, worgen , pandaran lvl

terse patrol
#

I think they’re doing allied races on the .5 patches now. @uncut vault

sour burrow
#

We're talking about it now in the VHC. It could be that things like, say, Ogres and Drakonids are more in the latter category, and things like Vulpera or Sethrak/Arrakoa or even Hozen/Jinyu are more in the former category of already existing at this point where we learn about them as we play.

inner copper
#

there's a guy who didn't want to be either horde or alliance. He leveled his pandaren to max lvl while never leaving the Wandering Isle

meager zodiac
#

i feel it

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like anduin's bones feel wrongdoings, i feel the ptr creeping in

inner copper
#

Anduin's got a sixth sense

meager zodiac
#

i kinda do, but mine is prone to flaws, but i feel it

languid yoke
#

nEw MuFfInUs TwEeT

dense plover
#

I SAW!!!!!!!

languid yoke
#

I think he won't fall for my cleverly veiled trick question!

ionic terrace
dense plover
#

He is suddenly super active

#

Here’s hoping

pulsar iris
#

what is new tweet

#

share with us

languid yoke
#

there.

dense plover
#

He is tweeting about the horse in nazjatar

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Tidestallion

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And some memes

languid yoke
#

did he just leak how they look like or is that seahorse from a blizzcon slide

dense plover
#

From the slide

languid yoke
#

boo

ionic terrace
#

Horse3 lmao

meager zodiac
#

uhhh stop teasing, why u so active muffinos

uncut vault
#

Ive got the next three days free, Im so hoping for a release tomorrow

terse patrol
#

muffinus why you tease

tulip sun
#

MUFFINUSSSS

pulsar iris
#

KISAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#

why tease just release ptr 😠

languid yoke
#

IT'S BEEN 30 MINUTES SINCE HE DID HIS LAST THING

#

shakes violently

dense plover
#

its only 12:30 there

meager zodiac
#

dense plover
#

calm down

languid yoke
#

if it only were that simple

uncut vault
#

Might be reading into it too much, but Patty Mattson is doing work with another voice actress, Chrissy Baker, in the LA area

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Could be a new character we meet

tulip sun
#

Hmm

pulsar iris
#

please

#

ptr build please

dense plover
#

only 1pm

sour burrow
#

There's enough massive stuff in the PTR that they're going to have to address it in a "Direct" before it actually goes live or else deal with a massive shitstorm of chaos. Everyone has super high expectations. :< So unfortunately, we've gotta wait for that dissection video before we get the ptr. Likely will hit after whenever that drops.

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Like, the big system changes etc, he'll want to ramble on about that for 20-30 minutes before we get our hands on it, lest we draw incomplete and wild conclusions and cause even more headaches down the line.

unborn glacier
#

The reasonable assumption would be in the next two weeks

#

My theory is the PTR will be updated after the new raid goes live

hasty elbow
#

More like next week or the week after the new raid, I don’t think they will release something during raid launch week. :/

uncut vault
#

Dunno why you think they’d detract from the mythic race

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Nor release it that late, seeing as we know we’re getting multiple weeks of testing in April

sour burrow
#

Yeah, they've had ptr drop before raid before.

uncut vault
#

8.1.5 dropped before the raid released, they have no reason to release it after

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More reason not to

steel venture
#

its probably within the next few days, otherwise muffinus wouldn't drop so many hints.

dense plover
#

i really wish one of us knew someone at blizz

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just so we could ask

#

hype? y or n?

sour burrow
#

lol yeah... Unfortunately they've been burned too much these days to have close contact with fans. I miss the indie days.

storm marsh
#

So yall think ptr build is still dropping today? 😛

dense plover
#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

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its like 4pm PST

plain fern
#

@storm marsh I'm thinking next week but I'd love to be surprised.

dense plover
#

maybe tomorrow?

#

still 2 hours today or so

sour burrow
#

I could use the excitement. Tomorrow would be perfect.

dense plover
#

i just want this so bad

sour burrow
#

I've finished all my tasks. Hard drive files are sorted, house is clean, even wrote a story for the Vulpera group.

uncut vault
#

You expecting any vulpera to show up in 8.2, Tobias?

sour burrow
#

If you mean as part of the story in some way, I do expect them to participate in the Horde side of the war campaign to at least the extent they have been.

#

They've been present in every major event so far, from funeral to coronation to incursion. Not massively, but still present.

#

If you mean as a clear Allied Race or somesuch, it's still way too early for that. :P 8.2/.5 will be for Goblin/Worgen model updates. What comes after that is still too early to say. Though they say they are listening to community feedback, and they've still yet to give a definitive 'not happening' to vulpera OR sethrak, amusingly enough. RIP Blood Trolls / High Elves.

dense plover
#

there was a 0% chance for either of those since nightborne/void elves/zandalari

sour burrow
#

Oh, I agree they were unlikely choices to begin with, but Blizzard made a point of speaking up when it came to them. But for the most part, they've been content to let the community hype itself up, for better or worse, lol.

dense plover
#

now if only they would do the same for 8.2

sour burrow
#

Aye, I don't remember this much palpitation for, say, 7.3 content.

#

Though I admit I didn't become overly involved in this back-end hype until BfA beta, so...

dense plover
#

there wasnt for 7.3 because they dropped it almost immediately after announcing it

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vs 8.2 where we have been waiting since fucking blizzcon

sour burrow
#

Well, they have a lot to 'fix', so... I can't really blame them. I wonder if it'll impact the expansion release schedule. I personally hope it does. I don't want to see the next big thing rushed as bad as BfA felt.

tropic trail
#

uff... I want 8.2 ptr really bad but I know already Im gonna be pissed after the leaks

#

I fear they gonna fuck up Velonara somehow and making her anti sylvanas, pushing sylvanas even more in to the villain role , so more horde leaders will go against her and stuff

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just to build up that 8.3 "twist"

terse patrol
#

@uncut vault

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look at newsss

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Tomorrow maybe?

uncut vault
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with that, definitely

tulip sun
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OG MY

dense plover
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OH SHIT

sour burrow
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Vendor encrypted thing.

still thicket
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what's the usual turnaround between the patch being at the vendor and the patch being live to the ptr realms?

uncut vault
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Im not sure we've gotten something like this in recent memory

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so who knows

still thicket
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but you're thinking by the end of tomorrow?

uncut vault
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that would be my bet, yes

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last two xpacs have typically had the first build of a patch's PTR come out on a thursday or friday

sour burrow
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Potentially but I still expect a video about it before we experience it.

dense plover
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can be same day too

sour burrow
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Oh for sure.

dense plover
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weve had 10pm PST builds

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rare but they happen

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probably tomorrow tho

tulip sun
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I don't get the NEED for a video?.

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What is there to tell us that we don't know

uncut vault
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I dont think it particularly has to be a video

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but we know there's some kind of info dump

latent blade
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y am i alive

dense plover
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are the ptr servers themselves still up?

uncut vault
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yes, same two

dense plover
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damn

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then yeah

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tomorrow is a safe bet

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we get to play this weekend tho

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probably

tulip sun
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Prayyyyyy

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They wouldn't do this to wait till tuesday... hopefully

sour burrow
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I can agree with that sentiment. As one of the designated info dismantlers over at the VHC, I forsee having to do some form of damage control on launch, because people will have a hard time interpreting the data they're seeing and what potential it could have. :< I just kinda want to delve into it / get it over with XD

tulip sun
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What? People in the vulpera discord having a hard time with lore? Impossibbbllle

sour burrow
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Psssh, no, I'm talking about having a hard time with understanding tech stuff and the various implications of game design choices. XD

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They're too positive for their own good sometimes, but yet also quite quick don the doomsayer's robes.

balmy ingot
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wow soon 8.2 PTR

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if it come then i wil lleveling my char

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until 120

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about pathfinders path 2!

royal orchid
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Yeah, I don't like being so pesimistic all the time, but at 8.1.5 we had the encrypted build a few weeks in prior. It could mean, that we get PTR tomorrow, but it's definitely not a safe bet.

strange falcon
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well,ion in the last interview a few days ago said he didnt want to spoil much since the ptr was so close

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so idk

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you tell me

royal orchid
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"so close" could mean anything at blizzard 😄

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I mean, I want it know, but at the same time, it's blizzard.

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There is a reason behind that soon™ 😄

weak bridge
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8.1.5 was encrypted for a few weeks because it was pretty close to the holidays from what i remember

round jetty
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yeah

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like, literally the week before

weak bridge
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i'm hoping for today but probably next week is when we get it

hasty elbow
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8.1.5 was encrypted for weeks because of xmas and new year holiday but I will be pessimistic here. The ptr will be next week and will be drop on Thursday at worst.

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The more we expected, the more we disappointed.

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

tulip sun
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I believvvveeeee in blizz

hasty elbow
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I’m already lost faith 😑

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/summon Sha of Despair

dense plover
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I really disagree

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Why would muffinus tweet about the the stallion if it was dropping next week?

languid yoke
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exactly this is why

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pugs just wanna have fu-un

weak bridge
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so i go around twitter

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and i see with the corner of my eyes

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Blizzard PTR news

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i was like WTF

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fucking diablo ptr 😄 😄 😄

tulip sun
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Screw. You. :*(

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You got me, lol

weak bridge
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yeah i baited me too

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i was like OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH...noooo

upper lantern
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someone in blizzard is rofling at us right now probably

hasty elbow
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I'm just try to not expected anything much = not disappointed much lul

upper lantern
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I'm expecting good scenery, at least a few decent sea or elf-themed transmogs, pets and mounts. And nice music, of course.

As far as the narrative and gameplay go, though...

hasty elbow
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i'm expecting that too

amber narwhal
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Shazam!!!!

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Guess that wasn't the magic word to bring the 8.2 PTR up 😞

hasty elbow
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it's the magic that help you find the name of the song. 😄

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lul

dense plover
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Way too early

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It’s only 9:30 PST

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Give em like 4 or so hours at least

tropic trail
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Hazzikostas: “There will not be a trial where she is in chains. #Sylvanas is not a character who would find herself in that situation ... ever.”

hasty elbow
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i wonder if she will be BFA Guldan

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a bridge to next expac

languid yoke
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oh yeah sylvanas would definitely be a char who would be killed instead of getting a trial

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if we ever had to go that far

tropic trail
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they said she wont die as a raid boss and now they said she wont end up in chains

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really curious what they planned for her

hasty elbow
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i think they already dropped the hint with Sylvanas holding the spriest dagger.

tulip sun
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I doubt she will die anytime soon

languid yoke
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I have sylvanas set in my head as either 8th or 9th xpac main villain

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or secondary if she plays along with old gods as main villain

dense plover
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Unlikely

tropic trail
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^

dense plover
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That’s just garrosh 2

tropic trail
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^

dense plover
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They specifically said no

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I bet she ends up leaving the horde

strange falcon
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Inb4 lichqueen 3.0

tropic trail
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if she would become the Lich Queen AND allied with Horde

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well I would go for it

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she would fix the problem with the forsaken rotting

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atleast

meager zodiac
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Camon ptr, you can do it

dense plover
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Way too early

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It’s not even noon

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Wait until around 2PST

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That’s the best time to expect something

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That’s 3.5 hours

strange falcon
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Are they going to push a ptr this important on a Friday tho

dense plover
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They’ve done this before

umbral lake
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it's happened several times that they put out the first build on a friday so not too uncommon

dense plover
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^^^

uncut vault
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My hope is that they push it today, but push it at around noon, so that if there are game breaking server bugs, they can try to fix them before the weekend

tulip sun
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It should be todayyyy

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Hopefully

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Maybe

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Pls

pulsar iris
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make forsaken its own faction with the option to make undead for every single race Kappa

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sylvanas leaves the horde and this third faction is available with ogres joining the vacuum

tulip sun
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So @uncut vault @dense plover , do you actually think it is today?

uncut vault
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I can only hope

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we dont know until we know

tulip sun
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Ughhhhh

uncut vault
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but the vendor build was a good sign

sour burrow
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I want to be optimistic, but I'm actually not expecting it until later next week.

hasty elbow
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anddd Muffinus began to tweet.

meager zodiac
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that scoundrel

tulip sun
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V.v

inner copper
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who's Muffinus?

tulip sun
hasty elbow
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Senior Game Designer for WoW who like to tease new things 😂

ionic terrace
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Muffinus shakes fist

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As someone who is heavily involved in secret finding, I have a love/hate relationship with him, heh

inner copper
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oh nice

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i hope we get something similar to my mount concept art

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peacock mount, using the Hawkstrider animations

uncut vault
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👀

languid yoke
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He's mean

ionic terrace
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Wonder if it's a secret mount

meager zodiac
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ughh he is mean

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open THE GATE

ionic terrace
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throw wide the gates

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sorry, wrong game

manic horizon
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Let us in.

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Let us IIIIIIINNN

hasty elbow
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there's still nothing like "shutdown" popped on ptr tho.

meager zodiac
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stil a lot of time

dense plover
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It’s gotta be today

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Still pretty early

tulip sun
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Plssss

meager zodiac
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people are saying there will be a big info dump, but i havent seen anything leading to it

zealous basalt
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I blame peach again

tulip sun
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We still got a while

dense plover
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It’s really early

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It’s not even 12:30 PST

tropic trail
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wait like 4 more hours or so..

dense plover
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Then you can complain

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2-3pm is still my bet

tropic trail
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mrpeach says like for hours now its too early and wait for another 3-4 hours xD

dense plover
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Yeah 3-4 hours 2 hours ago puts us at 2pm or so

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2-3pm is a safe bet for something happening

sour burrow
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He's talking about the seahorse mount. Probably making some sort of meta joke in the description because HORSE.

dense plover
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Yes

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But there’s a good chance build today

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Muffin is active

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And it’s still pretty early

ionic terrace
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no, it hasn't happened yet

strange falcon
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On another note...so the devs arent completely clueless huh

The problem with Battle for Azeroth’s endgame is that a culling of abilities, the loss of Legion’s legendaries, and a lack of endgame talents means that hitting the max level doesn’t necessarily make your character more fun to play. Your character is a vehicle to explore new content, and it doesn’t matter how stunning the vista is if the core gameplay loop you’ll execute a few thousand times just isn’t fun.

dense plover
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Ofc they know

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That’s why they’re trying to fix it

sour burrow
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Which is why I feel like we won't be able to access this PTR until they've done their 'this is our goal' video breakdown...

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They're backed into a bit of a corner and letting us run around on our own in this climate is... not their ideal. At least, that's how I'd be feeling atm.

strange falcon
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I also feel like they're trying to get It as far along as possible because First impressions(all youtubers Will Make a vid on It)must be realgood

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If they want to have a "successful" patch

sour burrow
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Why is everyone randomly capitalizing Will all of the sudden? >_>

strange falcon
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autocorrect

sour burrow
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Yeah, I'm laughing because you're not the only one suffering from that. Random auto-correct patch mess something up for the whole world? XD

ionic terrace
sour burrow
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But yes. If they don't set our expectations before pushing the PTR, due to the negative climate, I think it would be... unwise. That's why I'm not getting hopes up until next week.

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Or, really, until they've announced the actual breakdown Direct.

strange falcon
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""unwise""" ==massive dislike bombing for no reason

sour burrow
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But will Will Smith smith? The world wants to know. @ionic terrace

inner copper
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Ol

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Lol*

strange falcon
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i'm debating which game on my backlog to play first while i wait for 8.2

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🤔

sour burrow
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I crushed Yoshi's Crafted World, and now I'm at a loss for what to fiddle with next. Nothing's grabbing my interest when it comes to video games.

strange falcon
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nah,nintendo games generally dont catch my attention because they're designed to be easy.

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which isnt really bad,but not my interests

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i'm weighing KH3,DMC5,sekiro and Darksiders 3,on which to start first.

sour burrow
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Meanwhile I feel that the overemphasis of visual 'fidelity' tends to drag down the creative aspects of the games you listed. I played and semi-enjoyed the first two Darksiders, for example, but have little-to-no interest in the modern climate for that genre. Same for KH3, it appealed to the younger me but feels unpleasant these days. I actually prefer indie titles with retro style graphics assuming they aren't obsessing on their visual style too much. And I can agree with Nintendo games being a little on the easy side. That's something I enjoy to an extent but also resent at the same time.

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But really, it may be that as experienced gamers, we simply understand Nintendo games far more than non-gamers. I've seen 'normal' gamers play New Super Mario for example, and dear lord do they suck...

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Meanwhile it's drop dead easy for me even all the way at the end of the game.

strange falcon
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oh,i actually am not bothered by "visual fidelity" in games,

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i often cringe at people that refuse to play some games because "muh graphics"

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i'm in the process of finishing hollow knight atm on my laptop when i have free time at uni :p

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coming from a place in the past where i had a shitty pc,and having to play on low graphics,i play for the gameplay mainly :P.

outer hinge
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Story grabs me

languid yoke
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when I'm in a conversation with someone and they just say the word "graphics" my brain shuts off because I already know, they are a lost cause

sour burrow
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I'm not bothered by it existing, I'm bothered by the emphasis on it. ... Ah, you mean in that direction. Hmm, Hollow Knight wasn't one I enjoyed, compared to others like La Mulana 2, Owlboy, Iconoclasts, Ori, Messenger ... and there's another one that was semi-recent that I'm forgetting.

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LOL Yes, story is vital to me. It's a shame how flawed the gaming medium is at its core, in terms of how it conflicts with the concept of 'story'...

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Ah right, CrossCode. That's the one I was thinking of, thought it's not a Metroidvania.

strange falcon
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i remember myself as a kid back in wrath,trying to raid and having bluescreens when the fights got too intense 👌 having the priest leap of faith me away from the particle effects to save my pc,having my best friend log in to my account to complete my dalaran quests because my shitty pc would straight up crash anytime i tried to get up in there

sour burrow
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I remember staring into the corner and spamming lifebloom as a resto druid in Karazhan...

strange falcon
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which eventually led to my account being stolen,when i rolled 100 need roll on blue proto drake(from utgarde pinnacle) in a random hc

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and people were very jealous

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and i didnt have anywhere CLOSE enough money to buy flying

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khadgarface good times bois

meager zodiac
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It’s boring waiting, and each minute makes it more unlikely we will have to wait until next week

dense plover
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if you want to kill time you could always log in

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then when the server shutdown happens, if it happens, you can be the first to tell everyone

pulsar iris
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well you know what Mak? you can't blame peach this time. because we decided it is your fault for not having a build yet

tropic trail
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no ptr today

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i blame preach

dense plover
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theyre literally still at work

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the fuck is with you people

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how hard is this to get

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its 3pm PST right now

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theyre at work for minimum 3 more hours

lone marten
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Different time zones u dummies

dense plover
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it takes about 20min to deploy ptr

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and we have had builds on friday night go out at 10pm PST

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its rare

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but it happens

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we even rarely get weekend builds

lone marten
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^

zealous basalt
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Hue hue

ionic terrace
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I just personally have this feeling it won't be today. Feel free to point and laugh if i'm wrong. 😄

tropic trail
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I go for next week

modern axle
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I'm hoping tonight 😄 however I'll happily wait till next week if thats the case, patience is key, it will be rewarding when it does come out 😛

uncut vault
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man, I wish I had done the crucible quests on someone other than my hunter

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Im excited to see what the gift might do, but not while looking like this

zealous basalt
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Why cant it be the floating eye

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can we blame peach now

upper lantern
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well. Hoping for tuesday now

dense plover
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its only 4pm PST

strange falcon
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@uncut vault you can get someone to remove the eye from your head

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i know it's brother pike on ally

dense plover
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no no

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port wants the eye

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he just wants it to not look awful

unborn glacier
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Wait, the quest is live now?

uncut vault
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nah, on PTR

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Im waiting for nazjatar to open, because thats where it will probably be relevant beyond one NPC in the capitol saying something to you

tropic trail
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so did you checked some npcs on the ptr already?

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like sylvanas and anduin?

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with that eye?

uncut vault
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Yes, nothing happens

night swift
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Unless they’re hiding dialogue

dense plover
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wouldve been datamined if it was in

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it isnt

mystic heart
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@dense plover do u check servers? 3 offline only?

dense plover
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think so, unless something changed in the past 20 min or so

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yep

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same as b4

terse patrol
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😦

dense plover
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yeah looking unlikely for today

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its still possible

zealous basalt
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y u do dis

dense plover
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and again they have done weekend builds

terse patrol
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why do they keep taunting us

dense plover
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theres still a good hour or two

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and i dont know why they taunt us

zealous basalt
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they are starting to hate us

dense plover
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i thought they were going to drop it last minute and let us go wild over the weekend

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that might still happen

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but its unlikely

zealous basalt
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they hate honker

terse patrol
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“oh heres an 8.2 vendor build haha”

dense plover
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its not working

zealous basalt
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Then try more