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[WoW] Shadowlands: It's out!

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    did anyone else think it was weird when
    talia and calia

    showed up on oribos? Like 'hey, is this the small group suicide mission to the realm of the death? Sorry we're late, the tram was running slow.'

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  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    So i have a theory as to the identity of the dude that crafts your legendaries. I just unlocked him earlier and it clicked on my head. It's not a spoiler of you've made it they far, potentially spoiler of you have not. This is just my speculation on the other hand, is highly likely in wrong.
    I bet it's the Maldraxis Primus. The one that mysteriously died. And he created the Lich King helmet and Frostmourne and then all the Scourge structures look just like Maldraxus structures?

    Calling it now, for even they reveal it like 3 patches later.

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  • QuicalQuical Registered User regular
    I've not played since I raided heroic in Legion with a guild that ended up turning right-wing and so put me off playing again yet... new expansion is making me want to play...
    But i've got so much else to play...

    Please convince me not to play. Tell me it's bad.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    I wouldn't say it's bad, but it does feel very underwhelming.

  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    i have literally the opposite impression, idk.

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  • QuicalQuical Registered User regular
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    i have literally the opposite impression, idk.

    Overwhelming?

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  • KamarKamar Registered User regular
    edited November 2020
    Decided to move WoW to another drive. And then I wanted to scan and repair just in case, but WoW Classic started updating. So I decided I may as well uninstall WoW Classic.

    Apparently Blizzard doesn't want me to do that, because I've been trying now for at least an hour. It took about thirty minutes to run through the bar to the end, then sat there for twenty minutes. So I close Battle.net and reload it. Still can't scan and repair retail. Close it, delete the empty classic folder, restart.

    It starts reinstalling Classic. I click ininstall before it can download anything but a manifest, classic folder is completely empty. About 15 minutes into 'removing files and reclaiming disk space' despite that.

    edit: This time the Agent asked for admin permissions at the finish line and cleared it without a fuss, so I guess maybe it was a Windows 10 problem instead of a Blizzard problem, because I never got a popup.

    Kamar on
  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    Quical wrote: »
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    i have literally the opposite impression, idk.

    Overwhelming?

    there's so much to do but none of it is mandatory so I'm having fun choosing what feels fun rather than slogging through what feels obligatory

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  • Beyond NormalBeyond Normal Lord Phender Registered User regular
    I'm liking the expansion so far. The artwork is pretty good as always but I'm only just now starting Maldraxxus at lv55 and it seems like its all grey/brown. I feel like I'm leveling too fast for the main quest chains but I guess that's been happening to everyone.

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  • Coconut MonkeyCoconut Monkey Registered User regular
    edited November 2020
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    i have literally the opposite impression, idk.

    Likewise.

    Right now, I've just capped and finished the levelling campaign. There is a stark contrast between SL and BfA at this point. Right now, it feels like there is an OVERWHELMING amount of stuff to do. But.....there's no rush to do anything, and no requirement to do it all. There's a few chores you ought to get to before the week is out, but even then, you can catch up later if you want.

    I'm still powering through it all like an idiot to keep up with guildies, but hey I took leave for a reason this week.

    Coconut Monkey on
  • Kai_SanKai_San Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    Yeah it’s hard not to want to keep up with everyone. Was off Tuesday to help kids with school which has been a thing for weeks now. Allowed me to poke at shadowlands all day and actually hit max last night. I started trying to take it slow but seeing all the guildies at 60 had me speeding up until it was a mad dash to hit 60 last night at like 1 am.

    How was jumping into a heroic the second you hit 60 as a role you usually don’t play coco?

  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    mildly impressed so far with shadowlands, but only a few hours in

    Bastion is a cool place. Great graphics. I like that they've taken the okay storytelling and quest designs they established in BFA and uncorked it on something much more interesting. I could definitely see myself replaying this content with enthusiasm (so far).

    Frem
  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    The covenant system being MUCH more inviting to alts so far than the Heart of Azeroth system so far is a welcome change. And Torghast is a LOT of fun. I see myself wishing that I had a lot of the anima powers you get in Torghast out in the open world quite often.

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  • Kai_SanKai_San Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    I saw you can do the whole alts thing where you skip to endgame, but can’t go back. Yet if you choose to level along the main quest line you can jump to endgame at any time. I foresee people doing bastion then jumping to endgame to finish since bastion is a super fast 5 levels at least.

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  • KamarKamar Registered User regular
    edited November 2020
    I'm 100% convinced there is like one guy on the quests team who thinks the game peaked in Vanilla or TBC. Just randomly out of nowhere there'll just be a slog of a quest, just wandering around killing bland underpopulated mobs with unreliable drops.

    Kamar on
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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    game: you need some sort of artifact that has ties to your world, something that really says "azeroth" to it, to form a link for a portal
    me: ah of course my neckla-
    game: how about 35% of the lich king's hat

    That would have been good. Personally I thought it would be our Hearthstones that we've had for like 16 years

    Basil
  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    Bucketman wrote: »
    game: you need some sort of artifact that has ties to your world, something that really says "azeroth" to it, to form a link for a portal
    me: ah of course my neckla-
    game: how about 35% of the lich king's hat

    That would have been good. Personally I thought it would be our Hearthstones that we've had for like 16 years

    Yeah but that worked in Outland/Dreanor too, and the DH and Void Elf starting areas too.

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    Bucketman wrote: »
    game: you need some sort of artifact that has ties to your world, something that really says "azeroth" to it, to form a link for a portal
    me: ah of course my neckla-
    game: how about 35% of the lich king's hat

    That would have been good. Personally I thought it would be our Hearthstones that we've had for like 16 years

    Yeah but that worked in Outland/Dreanor too, and the DH and Void Elf starting areas too.

    This is true! But I was thinking a rock from Azeroth = A piece of Azeroth, and we've had it as long as we've existed = bonded to us.


    The heart of Azeroth actually makes more sense.

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Can't be Heart of Azeroth because with Chromie Time, a lot of characters in the Shadowlands campaign will never have set foot in BfA content and won't have a Heart of Azeroth.

    Helm of Domination works because it's agnostic to whatever the specific player has actually been doing.

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  • KamarKamar Registered User regular
    Anyone found any unique dialogues or reactions for any particular class or race? I noticed my draenei could say they were from Azeroth, Draenor, or Argus when asked by the Greeter at the very beginning of Bastion.

    Smrtnik
  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    I think all DKs get a bunch of extra dialogue.

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    DKs get a bunch, and if that character has killed Vashj or Kael'thas you eventually get some unique dialogue as well.

  • exisexis Registered User regular
    I really liked the Draka cinematic. Probably more than any of the CGI stuff I've seen out of WoW.

  • WhelkWhelk Registered User regular
    I dunno that I liked hearing the stealth sound as nauseum, but I do like the animation style.

  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    does the background music loop with sections of dead silence now?

    it's been quite odd and i have no idea if it was a setting i messed with

  • StraygatsbyStraygatsby Registered User regular
    Faeland was a little meh for me, but Revendreth was very pretty. I did every quest in the first 2 zones then started only doing Campaign quests for the last 2, and I hit 60 on the final Scenario of Rev, so that felt really good. Unlocking everything after that does feel pretty overwhelming, but I also don't really feel like I'm in a rush, so I think I kinda like it.

    Just threw in with the big blue girls, and it's go time!

  • Kai_SanKai_San Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    I didn’t expect to really like all 4 zones as much as I did. Never has each new location in an expansion felt like a completely new, unique experience.

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  • H0b0manH0b0man Registered User regular
    edited November 2020
    The zones kinda remind me of Legion. Where each zone feels like it has it's own unique theme. However, with Legion it always felt a bit off since they were all on one island yet so different from each other. It felt more like a theme park divided into zones than an actual island.

    With this it makes sense because they are all different realms of the afterlife. Of course they are completely different.

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  • DacDac Registered User regular
    Torghast is lit and I want more floors.

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  • StraygatsbyStraygatsby Registered User regular
    Ugh, I know Actibliz has like 47 UX designers on their team. Why the heck is the eye of the jailer dead top center just at the right place to block mob health bars and tall character (of which their are 10 milllion this expac) quest bits? Marketing Hulk SMASH. Design Hulk ANGRY.

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    Kamar wrote: »
    I'm 100% convinced there is like one guy on the quests team who thinks the game peaked in Vanilla or TBC. Just randomly out of nowhere there'll just be a slog of a quest, just wandering around killing bland underpopulated mobs with unreliable drops.
    They've been letting that guy make like 3% of the quests for the last decade.

    Officially the unluckiest CCG player ever.
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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    Ugh, I know Actibliz has like 47 UX designers on their team. Why the heck is the eye of the jailer dead top center just at the right place to block mob health bars and tall character (of which their are 10 milllion this expac) quest bits? Marketing Hulk SMASH. Design Hulk ANGRY.

    sometimes i think blizzard devs don't actually design with default UIs in mind, because very few player-made UIs are going to have anything up there so it works fine.

    either that or your resolution is super tiny

    SmrtnikBasil
  • DacDac Registered User regular
    Oh my god what the fuck.

    A world quest in Bastion has you going around beating the shit out of 'Doubtful Acolytes' at the Path of Wisdom. Yellow mobs. Neutral. They're just aspirants sitting around. That you KILL. Not weaken - you kill them (or 'subdue' as the quest suggests).

    Oh well, sorry guys, I know your thought police state is unfair but this quest gets me a Conduit, sucks to be you.

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  • Kai_SanKai_San Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    I didnt finish that one, because I only had one left to do and instead was able to bounce up flowers. Then I found a chest that I had to figure out how to unlock and now I have a bastiony back transmog.

  • CiriraCirira IowaRegistered User regular
    I hit 60 without finishing Revendreth (barely started it actually). Guess I need to finish the story there to unlock everything like Torghast?

  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    Cirira wrote: »
    I hit 60 without finishing Revendreth (barely started it actually). Guess I need to finish the story there to unlock everything like Torghast?

    yep, you have to finish the whole campaign no matter what

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  • exisexis Registered User regular
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    Cirira wrote: »
    I hit 60 without finishing Revendreth (barely started it actually). Guess I need to finish the story there to unlock everything like Torghast?

    yep, you have to finish the whole campaign no matter what

    I found the pacing of the campaign a bit awkward. I guess it's designed so if you do literally nothing but campaign quests you will still get to 60? I also capped at the beginning of Revendreth which sort of sucked the fun out of the zone for me, because I was wanting to rush through to get to the covenant stuff. In hindsight I wish I just skipped all side quests in earlier zones.

    Penumbra
  • TryCatcherTryCatcher Registered User regular
    So, Maldraxxus done, on Ardenweald.

    Had more fun than in Bastion, the quests are entretaining and is more involved with the main storyline.

    First impressions of Ardenweald. Damn, this place is gorgeous. And really needs the help. Oh, and one of the rares is a top tier reference:
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    So having fun there.

    Beyond Normal
  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    3clipse wrote: »
    DKs get a bunch, and if that character has killed Vashj or Kael'thas you eventually get some unique dialogue as well.

    Oh yeah Vashj gave me shit for killing her, and talked about how much more she loves Maldraxxis than Outland.

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  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    Dac wrote: »
    Oh my god what the fuck.

    A world quest in Bastion has you going around beating the shit out of 'Doubtful Acolytes' at the Path of Wisdom. Yellow mobs. Neutral. They're just aspirants sitting around. That you KILL. Not weaken - you kill them (or 'subdue' as the quest suggests).

    Oh well, sorry guys, I know your thought police state is unfair but this quest gets me a Conduit, sucks to be you.

    Some of them go green at 1% hp and go "oh yeah I'm motivated now" and run off.

    I think (hope) at some point it's addressed, the whole Bastion thing.

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