#beta-ptr-spoilers
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the shreds of insanity drop from all challenging content, they arent related to the eye buff
they come from the raid and world bosses too
don't you need to use the item that transform you as enemy to your faction?
do you get anything for using that item?
they come from the raid, world bosses (sometimes) and rated pvp
no
it has some achieves
one of which gives a title
thats it
ah :/
well the mop version was better than
was with a mount and title
so people was happy to use it
without mount, we see
there might be a mount
and it could give corrupted momentos
its hard to say
testing has been EXTREMELY limited on that item
oh I see
we have 2 mount with unknow source
it can be
actually 3 mounts with the serpent
well, one is called the mail muncher
so its probably tied to mail
i wouldnt be suprised if we revisit the mail thing from legion in some way
probably as part of the .5 patch
or maybe its a rare thing in the lesser visions
idk
mail muncher is from clicking mailboxes in SW/Org visions
So
mail muncher is from horrific visions
random chance of spawning when checking a mailbox
also just tried killing a servant, no drop. do you need r1 void focus?
also I tried flying around and doing stuff with the servant toy and so far the only thing I found besides the title is that if you turn an invasion in while a servant, you dont get rep
You do become neutral with pretty much everything lol
Except players
I was hoping you would become friendly with N'zoth mobs
Could of been some unique interactions or something, idk
A vendor would be nice 
I also wish it was usable everywhere in WM, but that would be too fun š
Would add to the element of madness this patch will have
I'm still mad the gift of n'zoth was pretty much just a red herring
So the eye is just a big nothing?
ehh
you can get the servant quest if you cleansed the eye
and you get no different dialogue between cleansing or not cleansing
so for now its been a big ass nothing, yes
not only a big nothing, its worse to keep it, because people who cleanse it get a toy to choose when they want the eye
I do feel like there will be a payoff in 8.5.3
er
8.3.5 lol
for keeping it since 8.1.5
like as long as you got in 8.1.5, you are good
if you got it any later, nope
Maybe a shirt that says "I let N'zoth put some ugly eyeball on my head and didn't let anyone remove it and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."
The eye was for nothing š„ŗ
isnt it just some random whispers u get
It was a fun prop during BlizzCon but that's about it
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE MUST BE A SECRET, or something š¢
is it even completed?
Ions tone when he talked about it at blizzcon means 100% at that time there is/was going to be no 'payoff'. However, that doesn't mean they wont squeeze something small into 8.3.5 due to user demand
i fucked up all my transmogs for nothing?
i looked like shit for a whole year
š¦
^ me rn
hah
I think they should give it as a Perminant tmog option for those who kept it because it would go great with the new raid tier
Thereās already a toy
everyone got the toy, i could get it now if i wanted to
but what about those who kept it since 8.1.5?
yeah getting the toy is as simple as getting a quest done
unfair af
The toy isn't Perminant tho @dense plover the toy has a time duration
You really overcame yourself today
What
that sounds painful
I bought it because I know I'm playing it, even if it's during a later patch. But so far, yeah, just not feeling any hype
So, and I hope this is the right area, but isnāt their a connection between moruzond and nzoth?
Cause my train of thought is if nzoth corrupted nordzumu then this patch cannot mean the end of nzoth? Pure speculation all depending on if he is the one who corrupted nordzumu
I mean, its pretty obvious Nzoth isnt gonna die. We're going to get a fakeout with Wrathion using the dagger on him, but he'll actually just go inside the dagger
Yes, big dragon isles energy next xpac
not next expac
expac after
they wont use nzoth after just "defeating" him
also its extremely likely all SL content will be IN the SL
Hey hear me out, BFA had big dragon isles energy too :3
Big energy doesn't mean it will neccisarily come
Where's the damn cinematic
We're getting one in a week, one in two weeks, at the very least
I meant the 8.3 actual trailer like we usually get for each patch
Hmmm I guess tomorrow then, I only ask because 8.2 trailer came out a week before the patch, maybe they got lazy and didn't make one
tomorrow IS a week before the patch
ye

is 8.3 wow3 or wow1?
wat?
at install it asks account, wow3 or wow1 xD
just seemed weird
you have different "game keys" registered on your account, it wants you to choose wich one to use/the one you will use as your main account to get gametime for etc
no idea how else to explain it sry
WoW3 is 8.3
no
8.3 is a patch
and has nothing to do with your account
if your wow3 account is your main account that you registered your expansions on, you will be able to play patch 8.3 with it
w a t
o
ptr is your friend in this case
but it's just like every other transmog, you got the weapon/armor, you can mog it
yeah was just wondering cause as Assa u use daggers mainly but can use swords
kind of tricky there xD
then if its just the normal style transmog u just transmog daggers to daggers :S
Will 8.3 trailer be this wednesday?
they have been
oh
theyre right tho
the other quests do give rep and currency
which you shouldnt miss out on
and most of them occur within the assaults
"Is there any reward or payoff for players who kept the Gift of N'Zoth?
Mike: Yeah. I don't want to give too much detail on that, but I can say that it's something that we've been wanting to pay off for a while and there are aspects of story and gameplay that will be adjusted based on if you kept the Gift of N'Zoth. There won't be any player power adjustments, but if you kept it, you'll notice.
Steve: Similarly to how we handled the situation if you were loyal to Sylvanas, we wanted to recognize that and give you some special and appropriate little extra layers of story and content for you. We feel like that's a good reward for someone that's kept that Eyeball on their head all this time and showing their loyalty to this being that wants to distort reality and rebuild it in his old image. It's something fun and cool that we hope players will like."
so there IS something
might be post-raid
or IN raid
or both?
l look forward to it
I was thinking the Gift of N'zoth would have stuff happen in the Shadowlands personally
but l hope they then remove it, l finally want to have a mog again xD
like, remove it storywise
if not, l will keep the thing until the end of days!!!
There was a way to "sorta" hide it glitchy like
ye l found ways
like, if had a toy that replaced ur head item (the suramar party mask)
yeap
yeah
Do we know if CE will still be obtainable 1st week of 8.3 ?
you mean the shadowlands CE?
ohhhh xD
l was confused why a collectors edition should run out xD
but l would assume so, if not day 1 then def with raid launch
it ends on the 14th
thats when S3 ends
so it is very likely CE will end
no guarantee
but dont gamble
Fuck
Where did u find the info about s3 ending
Defeat Queen Azshara in The Eternal Palace on Mythic difficulty, before the release of the next raid tier.
this is what it says on the acieve
so you might be good until the 21st?
i found that was the pvp cutoff date
Idk this feels so weird. Patch is on 2 weeks they didnt give That info. We got no intel about ak. Ptr is not even release candidate
ptr is RC now i believe
not that RC actually means anything
that hasnt been the case
patch release date was given over a month ago
and raid release was given sorta recently
its been a few weeks
AK has never had any info from blizz
its continuing
thats pretty much guaranteed
Similarly to how we handled the situation if you were loyal to Sylvanas
I know this is said as a positive thing
but this does not give me hope at all
a cutscene you can look up online afterwards and no repercussions upon my character is not what I wanted out of either of these choices
Im not talking gameplay changes
I mean characters actually having doubts about me for openly siding with her that entire time, and mysteriously being absent for the funeral
what should they do? they would have to create 2 seperate storylines basically
the only reaction is Eitrigg saying "lets just forget this all happened" after I dragged him through the street in chains
in a single player no problem, but for an mmo, oof
If they cant go through the effort of minor character reactions for even the one patch that the decision happened, they shouldnt have written a story with that kind of choice in the first place
you had a choice, and got a lil reward from it, that being a cutscene
so they made extra effort
but ye idk, l might just be easy to please
Two years of waiting for a minute long cutscene that doesnt give any concrete answers and that anyone can see on WoWhead isnt really a fulfilling conclusion to me
hence why Im not hopeful for the eye of nzoth either, since I doubt we'll even get something like that
then again, if this were a single player game l would agree, but it isn't
Like I said, if they werent planning on making it meaningful or fulfilling, they shouldnt have written it
they would need to add a different/srcon behavior for all npcs throughout every following patch or expac, the amount of time and money this would cost, especially if voiced would be crazy
I dont expect it for all of eternity
and l think it was pretty nice you could play a bit with your own choices
literally just in 8.2.5 would have been fine
it doesnt make any sense now
I'd rather have patch of reaction before the characters cool off instead of this
pinning all blame on a single character for an entire war and genocide is not good storytelling
loyalists, players and NPCs alike, shouldnt have the shit they did brushed aside because they were "manipulated"
Not sure saying one word with no context is really leaving it on anything
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if you like more than a word, l dont feel like l wanna get more into that conversation, so l can agree that we each have our own opinion on the topic, and leave it at that^^
could also be in 8.3.5 assuming teeming islands actually happen
it is a thing in the files
but it isnt implemented
Uh, what happens if nzoths assault on a zone is ending, but the other zone's assault is still ongoing?
what you mean
the nzoth assault is about to end (at reset) but the amathet invasion says it has 2 days left
ptr reset times are wrong
it will change at reset
minor invasions are supposed to change on friday night, its changing on sunday on the ptr for some reason
ah ok
Hey just wondering if you can get VoP in the HC version of Mechagon
Yes
thank god tyvm
To expand on the mechagon question, completing the first Upper or Lower Mechagon of the week in Mythic+ will drop a Vision of Perfection related item.
Any think were getting patch trailer today?
here's hoping
but if not today, we'll be getting the survival guide some time this week
just to check, mechagon splits after the oppression unit encounter, y?
Yup
Operation: Mechagon - Junkyard - Gunker, Trixie & Naeno, King Gobbamak, HK-8
Operation: Mechagon - Workshop - Tussle Tonks, K.U.J.O., Head Machinist Sparkflame, King Mechagon
survival guides don't usually hit until 1 week before
which is...this week
nm
lol
Have they dropped class change patchnotes?
Yeah theyāre doing lfr raid testing
So we might see one more build
This will probably be the last bit of changes before release
Thank for the Info mrpeach
There has been an official raid preview tho
So itās likely that the survival guide and patch overview vid will drop sometime soon
Just using #latest-news and my experience
is it me or 2 of the 3 new essences are shit?
Just you
Theyāre all useful, especially since we are getting a 3rd passive slot
The nyalotha one is niche af but itās easier to farm on alts than to farm the essence youāre copying
i don't know why should i copy another essence if i already have it
and i already know that nobody in my raid is gonna use the one from the visions
im talking as a dps, i don't know if the healer and tank version are any good
Did you not read what I wrote? Itās useful for alts
The dps one gets better when ranked up
Also corruption resistance is necessary
So youāll need at least one of the new ones
The nyalotha one is legit worthless if you have the essence but is a lifesaver for alts
Imagine only needing one dps having rank 3, then you farm the raid a bit and all the dps have a functional rank 3
Or for a specific boss, maybe one of your healers would benefit from using an essence they donāt have
It is situational but very powerful under those situations
make old essences alt friendly >>> give them a copy one that you have to farm
The raid preview is out
Youāre very late
Anyone with the PTR can check if the Famine Evaluator And Snack Table mechagon recipe for rank 2 is going down for just Revered reputation?
Check on wowhead
If they are the same on the ptr page itās because the data hasnāt changed
And to my knowledge, it hasnāt changed
also, the spawn rate for corrupted mobs was MASSIVELY increased
ive killed 5 since i got to uldum
gotten 2 x5 and 2 x10 of corrupted momentos
nightborne player characters 
pffft nice
hahaha
Dont forget zandalari
He said blood elves
I'll be sticking with my troll-troll, not fancyshmancy and certainly no apelike half-goblin-fox. Even if I'm the last boring standard troll standing! ā¤ļø
I like standard trolls more than Zandalari tbh
even though my only troll char has been level 22 for two years or something
Zandalari are just the Elves of Trolls.
They're (according to Vol'jin) regarded as much more beautiful
They're an ancient empire
They're great at magic
They have far more grandiose cities
And their eyes glow.
(Even though the real elves of the trolls are the... well... Elves)
Point is. If you dislike Belves for being dainty-pretty
You should like Darkspear more than Zandalari.
Zandalari are the half way point between trolls and elves tbh
In regards to importance, time spent and loot how do visions compare to mythic dungeons?
Do you raid mythic?
They arenāt even related
They give different rewards
Visions are not for getting gear and hey are for getting currency
M+ is for getting gear
Theyāre two different types of content
You would do them in tandem
But also Nāzoth drops raid+ gear so m+ is less valuable when yoy start to reach the top of the raiding xharts
Yeah what peach said
None of the new content replaces old content really
Some of it becomes less useful like old WQs, and Nazjatar and mechagon are both kinda done outside of achieves
can you do lesser visions of nzoth on your own or do you need a group for them like with horrific visions?
how many people do a vision and how long does it take?
any recomendation on what profession i should change to make gold in 8.3?
i don't think that the prices of potions/herbs are gonna change
so i was thinking in changing to Inscription to make vantus and that
If you change just stick with what you change to
Inscription and jewelcrafting are the two that usually receive new stuff each update
I really wonder why did they stop with Trial of Style tmog sets. It should be one of the easiest things to do
Maybe theyāre only doing them every other event now
Rather than every āseasonā is a new set
guys plz help wats the damn plant called that u feed the black alpaca toget the mount
i cant find it anywhere
Theyāll probably eventually do recolors for some of the unobtainable stuff like challenge mode
Why do you care? Itās ptr
Itās like something greens
Most vendors sell it in the zone
Not gonna lie. I want to make a mechagnome. But I'm still upset they cant be transformers
I play Horde but dammit those rockabilly hairstyles of the Mechagnome girls look cute! Maybe I'll try and roll a twink.
Transformers would be epic. š
Heritage Armor for pandaren and Allied Races characters can be obtained by leveling to 110.
Nandato
nahh
It says right in the article
It was probably encryted the whole time so we never saw it
yeah im gonna guess they just mean for future purposes?
maybe 8.3.5?
they wouldnt NOT test the scenario
also looks like they confirm no visual change outside of eye color
how cost mag edition
what?
didnt realize this, but the voidwing was confirmed as the AOTC mount
Ahead of the Curve: NāZoth: Defeat NāZoth, the Corruptor in Nyāalotha, the Waking City on Heroic difficulty or higher, before the release of Shadowlands pre-patch.
Reward: Uncorrupted Voidwing
much better candidate for friendship moose than legion's bird
Still mad I missed out on friendship moose š but then I realize realistically I don't play druid anyways
Can't wait for them to do a huntery themed one!
told you
What is the starer lvl for an allied Dk?
should be 55
someone said it'd be 20, like all the other allied races (and because they get the new storyline with Bolvar) BUT I never saw that confirmed
Are there any encrypted cinematics?š¤
I believe so
last big raid in bfa ofc there gonna be cinematics
id love to see N'zoth in cgi
doubtful but anything is possible
bro me too
Its 55 but will be 20 in shadowlands I believe
probably encrypted in game cinematics not sure about CGI tho, gonna guess no
Or perhaps 10. I think allied races are starting st 10 in SL
Yeh I guess no CGI in 8.3. Maybe 8.3.5
I mean I don't have any hopes it would be something as big as 8.2.5 cinematic, but it would be cool to see him in such a thing. Because to me, honestly, N'zoth looks kinda silly in game. Not as 'serious' as I think he should look like
we are getting spoiled by high quality cgi cinematics
DKs start at 58
They donāt have a leveling intro
They have a very short intro questline and then start leveling
10 in SL, like all ARs
im a bit sad I cant use DKS to get quick heritage armor
If I read it correctly wasnt it a typo?
No, what was a typo was them mentioning Panda heritage
Damn made my day guys DK army move out.
I read the post on the wow site and misunderstood dope.
Lol yeah they typoād pandas getting heritage armor thats it
New patch notes
And they define the cloak upgrades, finally
When you equip the cloak, youāll immediately reduce Sanity loss while in Horrific Visions. At rank 6, the cloak will gain an on-use spell effect that dispels any effects of NāZothās Corruption, and provides the wearer with immunity to any further Corruption effects for six seconds (3 minute cooldown). At rank 12, the cloak will also gain a Draconic Empowerment passive, causing your spells and abilities to have a chance to massively increase your primary stat.
Once your Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve reaches rank 15, you can begin to acquire Malefic Cores, which increase your Corruption Resistance by 3, to a maximum of 125. You can acquire one Malefic Core per week across all sources, including defeating NāZoth in Nyāalotha on Normal, Heroic, or Mythic difficulty or by completing all objectives within a Horrific Vision.
So it can become VERY powerful if maxed out
125 corruption resistance is a lot
Well, guess teeming islands wonāt be what I thought
Itās a pvp brawl
What a waste
filler content to make patch notes longer 
Lunar festival updates are finally in
either its a typo, or theyre changing Wrathion's title to "The Dark Prince"
You can get permanent flower crowns
how do we get the flower crowns?
also, confirmation that the servant of nzoth stuff is for anyone, not the people that spent the last year with the eye
do we buy them?
hmm 25 weeks for super max cloak corruption resistance once you hit rank 15 then.
Patch notes are also missing the profession changes
I like how the classes section is just empty
yeah, the class changes are... where again, blizz?
oh, they messed up the formatting
Yeah
theyre lower down under professions
"Artifact Knowledge will increase, bringing a player-character with a level 70 Heart of Azeroth to 17500 AP needed to reach 71"
rng >:(
the fuq is that
One of the arcade games I think
darkmoonfaire arcade
basically minesweeper
in minesweeper the equivalent would be a 2x2 square in a corner being completely random solution-wise
Do any of the arcade games give rewards?
Itās harder than minesweeper because itās hexes
actually it's easier
RIP no corrupted item from weekly chest next week "Mythic Keystone and PvP chests that are opened this week reflect Season 3 rewards earned the prior week, and cannot be Corrupted, but may Warforge/Titanforge."
doesn't seem like hexsweeper gives a reward at least
is a total rng level
and apparently the "reward"
I'd say something dumb like "was also missing class changes" but they tend to post them separately anyway
no, they were missing
so were the profession changes
they were editing it to add more
but then they took it down
because the formatting was fucked
oh lul
cloak and corruption preview
seems like patch notes probably werent supposed to go up at all
looks like theyre back up adn fixed
yep
woah
"Players who are Revered with their respective Nazjatar reputation may now exchange Prismatic Manapearls for bind-to-account reputation tokens."
and tied to that
"Nazjatar World Quests, Nazjatar World Bosses, and other Nazjatar zone events now reward more Prismatic Manapearls."
so naz is where you go on your main to farm rep for your alt
and island doubloon rep change too
"Island Dubloon reputation items and quest turn-ins no longer grant reputation beyond Exalted. Instead, players who are Exalted with the associated faction will instead gain bind-on-account reputation tokens, consumable up to Exalted reputation."
this one is new too
"Elite Pet Battle World Quests in Nazjatar and Mechagon have been reduced in difficulty, and now scale to match your highest-slotted battle petās level."
holy shit
the stealth skinning buff
"
Skinning
Eligible players can now skin a corpse without waiting for all other eligible players to collect their loot.
"
hope they do it for mining too
Talks of peace treaty?
ĀÆ_(ć)_/ĀÆ
I thought you couldn't level the hearth of azeroth beyond 80
but the survival guide says otherwise
how does it works then?
there used to be an infinite trait
theres not
it can level further, but it provides tiny bonuses
its so AP doesnt become gold this time
because otherwise the wealthy people will stockpile tons of gold again
and then all of the gold sinks from this expac will have been wasted
yes
i knew that they removed the infinite trait, but i thought that 80 was the max
thanks š
no, they talked about it when they removed the infinite trait
they dont want AP rewards to be replaced with gold
What's up people
hi
theres the specifics I wanted
"Any items not updated for Season 4 (for example, items from The Eternal Palace or Heroic difficulty Arathi Warfront) can continue to Warforge/Titanforge up to item level 455, but cannot be Corrupted."
so arathi warfront is just Dead
gg blizz
also specifics on residuum costs
"Specific item level 475 tokens cost 20,000 Titan Residuum. Random item level 475 tokens cost 4750 Titan Residuum."
and weekly chests starting on the 28th - the gear is ALWAYS corrupted
so it shouldnt be too hard to get the affixes you want
Man blizz really just said fuck warfronts huh
I thought they were fun
12:25 AM JHock115: Man blizz really just said fuck warfronts huh
wot
I haven't looked through the news yet but wot
They abandoned warfronts after Darkshore is what they're saying.
The thing about armor peach posted
It does
only warfront worth running will be heroic darkshore
but there is a benefit
assault items can scale up to 470 on launch
8.3 to me comes off as: let's put all the focus into some replayable solo dungeons so try and distract people until the late Shadowlands launch.
No new zones, heavy asset reuse, etc.
ĀÆ_(ć)_/ĀÆ
it does come off as that a bit
BUT
its also a chance for them to test replayable content
so they can refine it for SL
i find it fun ĀÆ_(ć)_/ĀÆ
like, legitimately
the assaults and visions are actually really enjoyable
and i dont feel like i have to run 20 things a day to get my daily stuff done
Then again, I'm drained over the storm of plot holes that BFA opened up, as well as now all the plot holes Shadowlands will bring.
in general, the daily stuff i need to do is very clearly defined in 8.3
I get the feeling they won't even acknowledge the effects of KNOWING WHAT IS BEYOND DEATH will have on all mortal existence.
i mean - does it have an effect?
Yes?
if you know there is a big afterlife, what does that do for the living?
youre still going to die
and i doubt that will make people act better
churches have tried that - it doesnt work
Because every Light follower was under the assumption you went to Light heaven.
Now that isn't even in the equation.
UTHER is in the Shadowlands.
Does this mean Wyll is in the Maw?
when did he die?
oh
uh
maybe
yeah
lot of people are in the maw who shouldnt be
Except
When he was dying, he saw his family, yet didn't see his wife.
But his family died. . .
before the whole
maybe it depends?
Maw thing.
like the light might be able to pull you from the maw
No, because they said all souls are going to the Maw.
In recent years
im not going to take their stage descriptions of lore as fact
theyve never been consistent with what we see in game
Yes. But if Wyll was going to the Maw, why did he see his family in Light heaven?
When they wouldn't be in the Maw.
maybe he isnt in the maw
or maybe the light gifted him a visit of what was awaiting him as he died
but then he was sucked into the maw
vision
not visit
If Uther didn't go, then Wyll didn't go.
Which means he should be in Light heaven.
uther is in bastion
it is part of light heaven
the shadowlands arent a connected land mass
its a bunch of realms
bastion is a light realm
The four covenants are essentially different heavens
there are probably a bunch
The Four Covenants are dumb, change my mind.
they literally called the shadowlands infinite realms
maybe if you had a more complex opinion
effectively, the zones in Shadowlands are "galaxies" within a "universe"
"is dumb" is kind of impossible to argue against because it explains nothing
all in the same existance without direct connections
its like saying you dont like something
Like, the whole idea revolving around them is immoral and gross.
And it messes up all preconceived afterlife mythos' of Warcraft.
^
infinite realms, remember?
"Hey, if you were a big time warrior, you go to Scourge Land and either become a zombie warrior or get your soul eaten for a weapon."
"Sorry, 99% of Orcs."
and aren't mythos also based on what the races believe vs what is actually the case?
Except Orcs were communing with their ancestors all the time.
But now, most of them are Shadowlands zombie food.
And maybe their ancestors are in their own realm in the shadowlands
Probably most do though.
and i guarantee you, maldraxus isnt all undead scourge
idk, show me otherwise.
Looks pretty Scourge undead to me.
the division of where they go is per-to-per basis, not a collective
we saw a tiny little slice
like - the only zone we have seen about 1/5th of is bastion
or am I trying to pull that out of my ass by accident
the other 3 we know nearly nothing outside of some small screenshots
This is just sounding like the defenses people had for BFA until they realized BFA was garbage post-launch.
look, if you want to be a downer, fine
I'll be a downer until Blizzard proves they can write again.
but dont try and drag the rest of us down to the bottom with you
Theres been a lot of those popping up lately
sharing your complaints and then refusing to acknowledge any argument against them is annoying and adds nothing
I'm reacting to what they've shown already. I'll retract my statements with new information.
thats just it tho
(Or I'll get more angry if the answers are worse.)
this is gonna end up differing only because gasp we're different, but so long as the gameplay at the core isn't dogshit
you arent conversing
I can live with the story being sub-par
youre just complaining out-loud
not prefered, but I can live with it
that said, I of course would love the story to be amazing aswell
"I dont like this, its gonna be bad, I hate that it seems theyre doing this"
great - im glad you feel that way - why did you need to share this?
I've earned the right to be pessimistic as an Alliance player.
so that as many players as possible can have a good time/enjoy their own aspects of the game
Oh
'Least ya got story in the first place. š Bad or not.
we go through warchiefs like candy, and sylvanas' story from the book was retconned multiple times
You did get āa littleā more story than alliance
this expansion was a lore disaster
the fucker who wrote this expacs story should be fired
or reassigned
because i didnt sign up for bullshit
PUT CHRISTIE GOLDEN IN CHARGE
doesn't mean the horde's story is better
let her write the whole damn story
The Saurfang jerk sessions throughout BFA.
Wasnāt she brought on as a writer for the game this xpac?
christie golden did an excellent job with the book and the bits she was in charge of
no
we were told that
Oh
but it turns out she was just organizing the story
and most of it wwas written before she even started working for the team
It turns out, non-writers choose the direction of the story.
Thats right
theoretically she will have more influence with SL
Literally, people who CAN'T WRITE tell them what to do.
And the writers have to bake the shit pie for them.
"Blow up Teldrassil, that'll get clicks!!!"
the game dev people should say we want X, Y, and Z and then the story people should storyboard an expac concept
but its probably more along the lines of - we want XYZ in ABC with EFG and they need to be doing HIJ because otherwise we cant do TUV
and the story writers have to piece together that disaster into something not totally trash
and they couldnt really pull it off for BfA
probably partially because they didnt have enough time
We had NUMEROUS Horde focused plotlines, some of them EXCLUSIVE to the Horde playerbase. (YES, the story sucked, but it was still something). Most Alliance stories was us looking through telescopes and shit watching from a distance.
and also because whoever was in charge of BfA clearly didnt want to listen to the writers
Cinematic after cinematic to watch the woe is me story of Saurfang and the MUH HONOR of the Horde.
yes, the way the story was told for the alliance was bullshit
ill agree
i leveled an alliance character
the zone stories were great
the war campaign fucking sucked
I loved the alliance zones
its probably the only part we can know Shadowlands will improve on since the story is per covenant and not per faction
The zones were beautiful. But uh. I think Stormsong was extremely disjointed and it was done last minute during the Beta.
and the zone stories will probably be tghe same for everyone
horde story sadly usually boils down to:
make progress
get progress ruined
fight alliance because alliance bad
atleast how I ended up looking at the horde story in bfa
so they dont have to write 6 zone stories AND 6 warbase establishment stories
and war campaigns that tie those bases together somehow
Start the expansion with genocide, fill the expansion with horrific war crimes against the Alliance
they write 4 zone stories, and 4 covenant stories
no cinematics to show how the Alliance is coping
should theoretically mean more cohesive writing
I don't feel bad for Saurfang.
and the trex loa
He got tricked into genocide three times.
turtle loa isn't dead
oh, youre right
he just a lil boy now
we brought him back
First against the Draenei, second against Humans, third against Night Elves.
I feel NOTHING for Sadfang.
but yeah, horde loses this expac were insigniccant on the grand scheme
the horde always lose
alliance got hit way harder
and still got no real explanation for how they won the warfronts
<insert warfront victory screen here>
plot armor
blizz: there
"uhm, every two weeks you can visit Darkshore when its held by Alliance...?"
yeah warfronts and the consequences were a disaster
they shouldve been closed once the new one was added
and locked in a specific format
nods
massive fuckup
its probably why we only got 2
because they didnt want to do that to a third zone
at least island werent as bad as warfronts
honestly, at worst, after shadowlands is done and we're moving to the next expac after that
close off everything about warfronts and put the transmogs on a pvp vendor
So yeah, two traditionally Alliance zones nuked into the ground.
I never finished the t3 arathi set
And it feels like they'll probably give Tirisfal back to the Horde.
instead its queued group content where you are in a race against the clock
its why the tower of the damned isnt timed
can be done solo
And now I probably wont cause the gear wont be worth it and no would queue
its them learning from islands
hopefully there will be a way to solo warfronts in SLs or post SLs
or some way to at least grind the gear using the faction war tokens
well, the night elf story isnt done
I hope islands are soloable after bfa too
Hey, at least we got to see their writhing bodies and outreached hands behind Sylvanas. :)))))
wtf is tyrande doing?
apparently thats going to be a big part of ardenweald
So I can farm those for the sets and mounts
We'll get a meh Ardenwald in game cinematic.
i doubt its just going to be a cinematic
Nothing remotely equivalent to the Sadfang Saga.
Ugh.
night elves and elune could play a large part in the overarching story
And most likely alliance only
also hard to say
I'm sorry, but if next expansion doesn't give a fair bit to the Night Elves.
if its at the core of the zone, it wont be
if its a shitty side quest, yes probably
Cause Tyrande would probably kill horde on sight
I still don't understand it.
Theyve been the punching bag for years
They're a core Warcraft race. One of the playable races in WC3. They're the second most played Alliance race. One of the most played in game overall.
Yet, someone in Blizzard has it out for them.
They'd target an entire FOURTH of the Alliance playerbase.
blizzard needs to give Tyrande a god damn baby and retire her
You'd never see them do this to Blood Elves.
Eh void elves took thag place
because otherwise they're gonna make her the new bad guy and we are gonna kill her
maiev and tyrande actively going out of their way to protect the blood elves
Legion
"REEEEEE NIGHTBORNE MAGIC USERS REEEEEEEEEE"
lol
That was clearly written when they planned to make Blood Elves Alliance for WoW.
(Yes WoW was in the works back then)
It's AMAZING how much they ruined Tyrande.
I don't expect Blizzard to give the Alliance anything next expac.
I fully expect there to be some sort of Mount disparity again, I expect the story to focus heavily on the Forsaken.
Or on Horde heroes/villains.
And Uther will be predictably neutral.
bla bla
hm... Alliance got Anduin and well, I think he's hawt (reminds me of Berserk's Judeau)... and I love his theme, quite a nice tune
hides before lightning strikes
they changed the talent structure for titanic research
chest talent was moved to tier 3 and they added an extra tier
so i assume this means its going to take longer to grind to the last talent?
yes
oh
but you'll have access to the chest talent early on
but with elite extermination being a bit later on, it'll take a bit longer to reach it
well thats unfortunate
chest talent is 3rd row
elite extermination (gain 200 sanity when you defeat elite enemies) is 4th
oh
ok
so wait, how many talents do you need to purchase to get the first chest talent and how much does it cost now?
previously ther ewas only 5 tiers and chest talent was on the same tier as the 2 bottom talents, but getting more corrupted mementos was a much better choice than a slight damage increase, so chest talent was undoubtedly the better talent
ah so now its a prereq
yep
so everyones going to take it first no matter what
AND you get it sooner
so its more useful
i never got that far
what do they give?
also were you able to get that far solo or were you doing a group?
the chests i'm talking about are treasure chests that spawn in the visions, you can only see them with the chest talent
and I almost fully solo'd orgrimmar with a r8 cloak
no masks though
ok
so it IS soloable
wwasnt sure
my cloak is bugged because i got it and then they transitioned to the new one
but i decided i didnt want to redo the entire questline again
i'm also a warlock so I have a pet tank, which definitely makes things easier
at around rank 5 or 6 you should be able to comfortably clear at least 1 tier 2 zone
maybe both if you know what you're doing
yeah my cloak got locked at 5 with inferior stats (ilvl 465)
ouch
they made the neccesary balance changes
but again, i decided i didnt want to do the ENTIRE intro again
you don't actually need to get to tier 3 zones until rank 11
huh
ok
thats good to know
RIGHT
because the 2nd unlock item comes from tier 2
you can if you want more mementos, but from r5 to r11 all upgrades come from tier 2 chests
i'm never running them solo as I have my husband but its been fun learning them on the ptr
for me it will depend
because my server is pst and im gonna be est for the next 5 months, i will run them with a healer and a dps if i can
i think theyll probably work best as either tank/dps/heal or tank/dps/dps/heal
huh when did they change it
i sometimes had some dps issues as a tank
they changed it so that people take the chest talent by default instead of making it the "best" choice
and they changed it because it helps you earn more corrupted momentos
I looked at it earlier today and I swore it was the old one
š¤
It was
I guess hotfix
Well i'm not 100 percent sure
they must be prepared to change it if it doesnt work once it goes live
I mean its not a bad change
the chest was very obviously the best talent out of that tier
its a good change
everyone with half a brain was going to pick it first
it lets you get more corrupted momentos and other rewards sooner
aand it makes the choice at that tier actually competitive
yup
i remember checking at the beginning of the week and it was still the old talents
think it was before the build though
think it was on sunday, not sure
anyone happen to know if there are new lockboxes for uldum and vale?
almost misread it as lootboxes
dont think so
What kind of raid ending cinematic do you guys expect? The hidden one of course. I'm still hoping they will show him in his full glory and it will be breathtaking just like Antorus one.
inb4 the cinematic is ingame assets for people that don't have the gift
and full cgi for those that have it
I need a cgi of nzoth
plz
you mean encrypted, right @storm marsh ?
they dont do like, mythic only stuff anymore
oof, that expansive mind nerf
vision hunter was given a massive buff tho
T3 horrific vision corruption was increased from 10->12 also
so it definitely seems like they want you to wait until rank 11 to do tier 3
I still think changing the format to 2 factions you choose between would be a better system. (Not Horde/Alliance anymore except internally in their faction) Would still have factions and identity but now there is a choice behind the identity and would be something fresh rather than rehashing what theyve been doing (on and off temporary peace) for the past literal 20 years.
Getting rid of factions would indeed be silly, but switching them up; nah.
Would pair nicely with a world revamp
world revamp after SL,calling it
Too late I CALLED IT FIRST š¤
I think I'd like it most if the two factions remained, but races were no longer locked in the factions
It'd make more sense that way (anti-racism, etc)
(AND it'd get the traitorous Velfs out of the Alliance)
traitorous?
I've been calling 10.0 revamp since 2018 ya posers ;)
not gonna mention my main is a velf priest
WoW: Reorigination
wouldn't mind that tbh
i dont think velfs for horde woul make sense tbh
Titan/vanilla themed






