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World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth |OT2| Bless Your Heart
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it was neat but I hope they offer some sort of better explanation for fights if they do something like this again in the future lol
yeah people could look them up online but you know they're not going to 😂
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This could be helpful, especially for alts, for those of us who can't be fucked to grind out old content for essences. I know I'm one of them.
Any update on predictions for shadowlands release date?
I kinda want to jump into 8.3 right away but it is such a long period til shadowlands... there may not be much of a rush.
I kinda want to jump into 8.3 right away but it is such a long period til shadowlands... there may not be much of a rush.
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There was a reddit thread today predicting a end of July release with solid numbers backing it up but I still think that's too early for Blizz. I say end of August still.
My heart says August but my body wants February.
From a content cycle standpoint, yes, that seems very long. From a quality standpoint it seems like it would make sense. If they were open to critique during BFA testing they could have used an extra 5 months to launch the game in a decent state.
They poured more manpower into a disposable system mid-expansion that they weren't planning on doing (all to fix the wasted hours they already poured into another disposable system). I have to imagine that took away from system work on Shadowlands.
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Yeah, it's kinda dumb. More time doesn't necessarily make it a "better" expansion. However, don't rush it out the door.
August to November seems realistic depending on Alpha/Beta. Shadowlands is a possible redemption arc like Legion was and they want to get on that storyline as quickly and neatly as possible.
queue someone telling me Legion sucked in 3...2...
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Absolutely but every now and then... you get someone who's just ADAMANT that it "ruined" something or another etc. You know how it is.
Legion > Pandaria > Wrath > Warlords > BC > Vanilla > Cataclysm > BFA
Well, it's true that it ruined all past expansions and all future expansions because there's no way we get that much individual class content again.
Well, it's true that it ruined all past expansions and all future expansions because there's no way we get that much individual class content again.
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I can't even begin to rank them anymore because there's so many facets to consider but Legion, Wrath, Pandalands, and Cata (YES CATA) are up there.
I don't have a real ranking but personally I'd have MoP and Wrath around the top and WoD or Cata sinking toward the bottom. I can forgive a lot, but the dearth of content during those periods always felt like the lowest points of the game for me. BFA is... not great, but it's at least given some reasons to return to it, however limited.
I guess if you're super against having alternate progression Legion might be a bad time.
I guess if you're super against having alternate progression Legion might be a bad time.
I have huge nostalgia for BC because of how it expanded Vanilla WoW. I also really loved the Illidan and Kael story lines. Attunements really did suck, but it was part of the story so I didn't mind doing it once on my main. I also took my first ever break from WoW during late BC which probably helped prevent burnout.
Were you on Whisperwind? I seem to recall someone with a name like yours.
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UGH FINE
Legion>Pandaria>Wrath>Cata >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BFA > vanilla = BC > WoD
honestly you could mix up the last three and it would still work. There's parts of WoD that are good but the whole package just brings it down so much.
Legion>Pandaria>Wrath>Cata >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BFA > vanilla = BC > WoD
honestly you could mix up the last three and it would still work. There's parts of WoD that are good but the whole package just brings it down so much.
I really liked the actual world of Warlords with all the different clans. I had a lot of fun in Tanaan too on my Priest trying to do all the stuff.
And I LOVED my Garrison. It was so cool having your own base you could upgrade and stuff. Lucrative mission table too.
And I LOVED my Garrison. It was so cool having your own base you could upgrade and stuff. Lucrative mission table too.
People hating on BC because it being a challenge and having things like attunements hurts me. That is what I loved about it, it's basically Vanilla but with QoL stuff. Raiding was really never the same for me after BC.
Nope it's definitely not anything remotely close to being the same game now. I think Vanilla/BC were my last bastions of holding on to something that was at least close to Everquest even though WoW was never nearly as difficult.
Having been a guild leader at the time, attunement was just horrible. Trying to herd 40 cats was bad enough.. trying to get everyone attuned and then replenish when you lost people was horrible.
8.3 / Ny'alotha raid preview!
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It's kind of a bummer that after all the years of being teased, Nyalotha is... just a raid zone. I wanted an old god zone to actually explore and quest in.
It's a bit like how the Nerubian kingdom ended up just being two dungeons instead of a whole zone.
WotLK > Mists > Legion > BC > BFA > Vanilla > Cata > WoD
I understand all the hate with BFA but it's just second time (the first being Mists) that I've gotten every class to max. A lot of BFA that I like first happened in Legion though.
A few days ago my guild learned that RPing in Goldshire on Moon Guard was still a thing and started trolling there. Was one of the cringiest things I've watched.
I understand all the hate with BFA but it's just second time (the first being Mists) that I've gotten every class to max. A lot of BFA that I like first happened in Legion though.
A few days ago my guild learned that RPing in Goldshire on Moon Guard was still a thing and started trolling there. Was one of the cringiest things I've watched.
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since it's all kinda undefined
Wrathion's dialogue implies this may not be the "real" Ny'alotha since it's all a possible future so I wouldn't rule out the chance to actually have an old god expansion again in 6-10 years.
Yeah, Ny'alotha really seems like we're just kicking the can down the road a little further to a proper void expansion where we'll see all these things pop up again. We prevent them from taking over Azeroth for now, but we already know there's more of them lurking out there and we've set one of them free to potentially bring a bigger force to us.
But given how they keep changing their mind on whether or not Chronicles is actual canon, maybe they just want to ditch the whole old god plot entirely and move onto more war and Sylvannas pandering.
But given how they keep changing their mind on whether or not Chronicles is actual canon, maybe they just want to ditch the whole old god plot entirely and move onto more war and Sylvannas pandering.
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All of 8.3 seems like as much of a course correction as one could get from BFA. I feel this wasn't how they wanted to end the expansion at all but they also didn't want to just drop support like they did for Warlords.
I'm not saying it won't be good - in fact, I'm looking forward to a lot of it and took next Wednesday off for it, lol, but nothing about this expansion went how they wanted it to go and a lot of 8.3 seems like a sampling of features that are probably gonna pop up again in Shadowlands.
I'm not saying it won't be good - in fact, I'm looking forward to a lot of it and took next Wednesday off for it, lol, but nothing about this expansion went how they wanted it to go and a lot of 8.3 seems like a sampling of features that are probably gonna pop up again in Shadowlands.
Has anyone else had world quests stop popping up on their map? It's happening to just 1 of my characters.
Blizzard thinks I need to blow away all addons and start fresh (not just disable them) but ughh I can't bear the thought. I feel it was addons then I'd have experienced it with multiple toons.
I'm inclined to abandon the alt for the rest of the content I think.
Blizzard thinks I need to blow away all addons and start fresh (not just disable them) but ughh I can't bear the thought. I feel it was addons then I'd have experienced it with multiple toons.
I'm inclined to abandon the alt for the rest of the content I think.
I dunno if the writers can "handle" an old god expansion. Most of the old god content currently is:
Character hears whispers
Character goes crazy
Character grows tentacles
You kill character while something whispers that you're alone in the universe and a pawn for the triangle of diamond stars
Repeat repeat repeat repeat repeat
I kinda hate the Old Gods as a concept.
1. Seeing/fighting physical manifestations of eldritch horrors ruins the dread/fear they could bring. The same applies to every H. P. Lovecraft adaptation that shows the monsters.
2. Having the Old Gods easily corrupt characters and turn them into bosses means character motivation never has to come into play, which makes the story much weaker.
Side note: Fighting the Old Gods could be a good new calling for the Forsaken considering they can't be corrupted/controlled by them.
1. Seeing/fighting physical manifestations of eldritch horrors ruins the dread/fear they could bring. The same applies to every H. P. Lovecraft adaptation that shows the monsters.
2. Having the Old Gods easily corrupt characters and turn them into bosses means character motivation never has to come into play, which makes the story much weaker.
Side note: Fighting the Old Gods could be a good new calling for the Forsaken considering they can't be corrupted/controlled by them.
That would be pretty cool to give the Forsaken a purpose again by having them hunt the void/Old God worshippers.
Try clicking on the magnifying glass button in the top-right corner of your map, and make sure that all the World Quest types are checked.
99% chance that works.
If it doesn't, then you can always backup your Interface/AddOns folder before you delete it (though that hopefully won't be necessary).
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Try clicking on the magnifying glass button in the top-right corner of your map, and make sure that all the World Quest types are checked.
99% chance that works.
If it doesn't, then you can always backup your Interface/AddOns folder before you delete it (though that hopefully won't be necessary).
Good grief I must have lost some brain cells along with the sleep lately. Thanks.
np! The filters are fairly hidden, so it's easy to forget that they're there.
Getting ready to resub for 8.3 like....
"Oh shit, here I go again...."
It was nice playing all those other games for awhile. But new content is new content. I'm bummed I'm shelving Operencia. A really old school Ultima Underworld type game. Included with Gamepass too.
"Oh shit, here I go again...."
It was nice playing all those other games for awhile. But new content is new content. I'm bummed I'm shelving Operencia. A really old school Ultima Underworld type game. Included with Gamepass too.
The numbers make sense but weren't there reports from Blizzcon that Shadowlands looked like it was a surprisingly early build of the game?
Oh, estimations based on the length the expansion has been out? Yeah... I am not gonna put much stock in that. I remember they said the development was behind compared to BFA at blizcon... so that is why people predict later release.
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Exactly. I got some good game time in on other things but it's time to get back to the game I love to love/hate.
Well you can't really do much more than that. None of us work for Blizzard or have insider information so all we can do is speculate - hence, the link I shared.
I wanna play but I've been playing with the same group since 2009 and they've pretty much all quit since BFA came out. I guess ten and a half years is a pretty good run with any group of online friends but I'm too old to make new friends.
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Our group is ten years old, mostly, as well and it's great. I have a few other WoW friends but if this one ever truly bit the dust I don't know where I'd end up.
This is where I'm at. I played with a very solid crew for so many years. Now they are either not playing, or spread around playing Classic.
I'm playing again after 2 years, shaking off the rust. I have 2 good friends left and we've done some Mythic +10 stuff but when we've done this it's my first time seeing the dungeon and I clearly don't know the mechanics well enough. It's going ok but it isn't the same as learning it with them. I've resisted joining a new guild because I don't want to play with obligations at this point.
The dungeon thing is fun and will level off but it's tough to jump into the deep end and learn the mechanics on the fly. So far we did Motherlode (threading the needle between trash we didn't want to pull while having the earthquake weekly bit, ugh) and Underrot (last boss sucked) on +10.
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