I would be 100% okay with that.
Edit: PTR is live, Vulpera and Mecha Gnomes can be made.
Vulpera have a crazy campfire racial, that acts as a thing you can hearth back to
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I would be 100% okay with that.
Edit: PTR is live, Vulpera and Mecha Gnomes can be made.
Vulpera have a crazy campfire racial, that acts as a thing you can hearth back to
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Damn, this game may get me in again. Worgen heritage armor along with mechagnomes?! I already have plenty of mecha themed t-mog options if I go warrior, but I just don't want to waste my time leveling again just to get their armor. I wish they could be paladins. Make up some stuff saying they analysed and replicated the light just to prove it could be done.
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In the past, haven't big system overhauls sometimes been unearthed via datamining? I feel like PTR datamining on a newer build in the coming days/weeks could reveal something like this and surprise us all (account-wide essences, or more realistically, a strong catch-up mechanism for alts)
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I mean it is still possible but Essences are the biggest Alt hurdles at this point for me. I would give my left... arm to have them be account bound.
Holy hell I'm stoked for 8.3. I love the Black Empire so can't wait to go to Ny'alotha. I was very bummed when he first talked about it and it was just alternate versions of Azeroth but the raid looks to be exactly what I've wanted to see.
Possibly the biggest news though is the AH finally getting overhauled.
Wrathion's drake form is terrifying.
Possibly the biggest news though is the AH finally getting overhauled.
Wrathion's drake form is terrifying.
Yoooo, I had no idea about this!
And for that reason alone, I will be completing this heritage quest. PERFECT
And for that reason alone, I will be completing this heritage quest. PERFECT
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I'd just like to say that it's insane how like pumped I am now in comparison to like 8.0 and 8.1. Good on Blizzard for turning that around for me and others.
Also, I'm glad we have a place for all of us to come together to collectively scream about all of these developments.
Also, I'm glad we have a place for all of us to come together to collectively scream about all of these developments.
Outside of the Mechagnome thing which I am actually less upset with now that I have messed with the dressing room, this patch is the most excited I have been in awhile.
Oh okay, here we go.
So, I guess were actually kind of saving her in the raid?
Also Wrathion shows up in a different encounter, so thankfully it seems we dont kill him.
Is the one I'm watching/listening to
So, I guess were actually kind of saving her in the raid?
Also Wrathion shows up in a different encounter, so thankfully it seems we dont kill him.
Is the one I'm watching/listening to
The Worgen hertiage armor is really... it's not TERRIBLE... but it's kinda bad. I don't know if they have the tech for this but it would've been cool if it looked pristine in human form and then kind of ragged/torn in Worgen form. With some physics-y dangling cloth bits here and there. The way this sticks to the model just does not look good.
Let's wait and see what the Rummage [not yet implemented] Vulpera one turns out to be.
Also, I really thought KT/ZTrolls would take off like crazy, yet they each only constitute 1 or 2% of the population. Those rep gates are long since being an issue, and those races are both arguably way cooler (cosmetically) than these. I suspect the player base for both these new races will be even lower.
Nathanos being killed in a heritage quest doesn't seem right. I wonder if it's an illusion of something. The Worgen heritage armor is pretty disappointing mostly because the idea is really solid but the execution is quite lacking.
I doubt the Mechagnome racial makes it to live. Didn't Zandalari have an insane one on the PTR?
I doubt the Mechagnome racial makes it to live. Didn't Zandalari have an insane one on the PTR?
Racial abilities are one of my favorite things in WoW. Using yourself as an anvil or setting your own personal hearth are just amazing.
That and the survival kit would make a Vulpera super fun to level.
The Make Camp has to share a cooldown with your hearthstone, right? Otherwise these guys just became the most efficient race in WoW.
That and the survival kit would make a Vulpera super fun to level.
The Make Camp has to share a cooldown with your hearthstone, right? Otherwise these guys just became the most efficient race in WoW.
So this means they can set up a custom hearth location, basically? I like it!
I still think Mages/ports outclass them on the ultimate global mobility scale. Haha.
Would it be hilarious if the Vulperan mount was...a large fox?
Or.... a Sethrak?
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lol never mind. Here they are:
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Or.... a Sethrak?
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lol never mind. Here they are:
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We'll, I'm hyped. I love 8.2, and I ain't shamed about it. This looks to ramp up everything I liked about 8.2.
Seeing that raid boss list...I have some speculations:
Also, my old god theory:
Seeing that raid boss list...I have some speculations:
Not seeing Azshara as a raid boss, but seeing that she's in the raid (and it looks like she's being held captive) makes me believe that the partnership between her and Sylvanas is real, and the two will ultimately be responsible for taking N'zoth out. Which, I'm here for.
Also, my old god theory:
Am I the only one who thinks it's perculiar that 'Carapace of N'zoth' and 'N'zoth the Corruptor's are two separate boss encounters? And not in a 'Spine of Deathwing' --> 'Deathwing' sort of way. The boss text describes them as almost two separate entities, with the carapace being described almost like a housing body for "real form" of the Corruptor. It tickles a nagging theory that I've had about the old gods for years now...that their huge bodies are actually a type of living space ship, housing the actual "old god" within. It would explain how Xal'atath could be an "old god", AND it would explain why the old god created by the Titans (forget its name...which is preferred) didn't exhibit the same sentience that we see in actual old gods. It was just a recreated piece of a body, no core. I suspect that N'Zoth's true form, whatever it is, is going to be the big moment of the patch.
8.3 seems like it was made in a really economical way. Lots of re-used models and environments, similar to Dragon Soul in 4.3. I like the idea of revisiting older zones and having new stuff happen in them, especially for expansion zones that I love as much as those in MoP, but I can't help but feel that this update is Blizzard cutting their losses and moving on from BFA in terms of investment/budget.
I am happy that Vale of the Eternal Blossom is being restored to look pretty again though.
I am happy that Vale of the Eternal Blossom is being restored to look pretty again though.
Yeah, I don't doubt that this is getting a limited art budget at this point while they pour everything else into 9.0. I love the Black Empire architecture and the raid looks great, so that's probably some stuff that's getting backported... Black Empire expansion seems more and more likely now.
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Yeah it definitely has reused asset syndrome but that's okay if it serves the story and allows for 9.0 to look even better.
All the freebie gear seems to be starting around 430 this time, but that may just be because Wrathion's cloak is special.
There is Sylvanas dialog with Azshara.
Edit: Oh wowowow, spoilers
Edit: Oh wowowow, spoilers
No more Warcheifs for Horde, there is now a council with Baine, Thrall, etc.
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Okay wow, so Sylvanas
Also we apparently approach
To be the new leader of the Forsaken, but
Made a deal to give Azshara what she needed to free N'Zoth, so he would be vulnerable. But in return, Sylvanas wanted Azshara to kill all of us.
Also we apparently approach
Lillian Voss
To be the new leader of the Forsaken, but
She declines, saying there is someone better suited for it.
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so the Sylvanas thing could still lead to...
I'm never letting this go.
At least until Blizzcon
Here's the broadcast text. Massive spoilers, obviously.
I'll say this much, I totally buy Azshara as a 7D chessmaster. She's been scheming and plotting for years and has been such an enigmatic character for so long, and it's been supported for a long time by the lore and the interactions.
Sylvanas having anything to do with that is just vague nonsense pretending to be surprising, but Azshara is on point at least.
Sylvanas having anything to do with that is just vague nonsense pretending to be surprising, but Azshara is on point at least.
And now we hear from Tyrande.
I rather like this. In Warcraft 3 Night Elves were a terror if you went up against. Hell Tyrande killed some of her own people to free Illidian. Seeing her revert back to that kind of state is what a lot of folks wanted instead of the more passive version we had for years.
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