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[WOW] Patch 8.2.5, shorter version: J. Allen Brack is a big Meanie

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    3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    You'll get zero pity from a Zandalari Troll player about racials getting ubernerfed because the other faction whinged about 1v1 balance.

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    bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    3clipse wrote: »
    You'll get zero pity from a Zandalari Troll player about racials getting ubernerfed because the other faction whinged about 1v1 balance.

    Turnabout is fair play after EMFT was neutered, yes I'm still salty about it.

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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    ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited May 2020
    I picked Blood Elf specifically because it felt like the Miqo'te of this game.

    Then I looked up race popularity statistics and, yep, nailed it.

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    TryCatcherTryCatcher Registered User regular
    Overall, lost on all the Torghast talk, is the new customization coming for all races, not just Humans. As an example, Tauren, that are the ones with fewer options, are getting 3 new fur tones and a lot of very cool body paints:
    https://youtu.be/pzM7fkm1Z_0

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    H3KnucklesH3Knuckles But we decide which is right and which is an illusion.Registered User regular
    edited May 2020
    I'm sure there's practical reasons why it would be too much fussing with the code to do it, but I really wish they could set things like paint/tattoos as a separate option from face, skin color, etc, for all the races.

    Edit: Nevermind, I should watch the whole video first, eh?

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    If you're curious about my icon; it's an update of the early Lego Castle theme's "Black Falcons" faction.
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    TryCatcherTryCatcher Registered User regular
    edited May 2020
    H3Knuckles wrote: »
    I'm sure there's practical reasons why it would be too much fussing with the code to do it, but I really wish they could set things like paint/tattoos as a separate option from face, skin color, etc, for all the races.

    Uh....on the video it shows in the new UI (dude's just clicking through them) that they are separate options on their own tab completely independent from face and skin color. Hell, face and body tatoos are separate. Same on Dwarves and even on Legion Demon Hunter tattoos were separate.

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    Kai_SanKai_San Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    H3Knuckles wrote: »
    I'm sure there's practical reasons why it would be too much fussing with the code to do it, but I really wish they could set things like paint/tattoos as a separate option from face, skin color, etc, for all the races.

    That is like exactly what they seem to be doing.

    There have been face shapes as an option so far (but didn't seem to change much) which was separate from the actual face.

    Eyes are separate now. Blood Elves just got necklaces as separate from earrings.

    So they are basically making a bunch of different categories for stuff that used to change based on one whole setting.

    If they fill out the options (which so far a few races are showing they will, just not finished with everyone) then they will have actually kind of brought WoW into the present with character creation. Might not have the absurd levels of full out custom like a lot of eastern MMOs seem to have, but its still looking to be WAY better than it has been for 15 years.

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    TryCatcherTryCatcher Registered User regular
    edited May 2020
    Indeed. Those things matter. They matter a lot. Like, new players now see a vastly outdated leveling experience and character creation stuck in what, 2008? We are now in the biggest Fantasy boom since the Lord of the Rings trilogy was on theaters so it doesn't make sense for Blizz to just sit on their asses and let that chance slip away. Specially after BFA.

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    DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    in case anyone can't watch youtube at work but can see images

    Necklaces
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    New hairstyles
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    Eyes
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    bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    oh shit proper rpg character creation, it only took them 16 years

    now if when we can do height/weight&stomach/butt&pec size I'll be good

    I want a real chonk of a human or elf (a human that's not kul tiran)

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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    TryCatcherTryCatcher Registered User regular
    Before anybody yells again, Blizz confirmed that the blue eyes are NPC-only options since people threw a fit.

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    bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    Before anybody yells again, Blizz confirmed that the blue eyes are NPC-only options since people threw a fit.

    :x

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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    TryCatcherTryCatcher Registered User regular
    edited May 2020
    Female Blood Elves also get some full body jewelry option that, well:
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    Did they really had to look like they came straight from a French porn movie?

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    reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    Well, those are the best porn movies.

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    SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    Female Blood Elves also get some full body jewelry option that, well:
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    Did they really had to look like they came straight from a French porn movie?

    Have you been to the Black Temple in outlands?

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    TryCatcherTryCatcher Registered User regular
    edited May 2020
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    Female Blood Elves also get some full body jewelry option that, well:
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    Did they really had to look like they came straight from a French porn movie?

    Have you been to the Black Temple in outlands?

    Well, that's the place where Illidan is basically leading a cult with sex demons, so some things are unsurprising.

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    StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    Xe’ra, rushing in breathless, “Actually, those concubines willingly joined Illidan to lull demons into a false sense of security.”

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    TryCatcherTryCatcher Registered User regular
    Sterica wrote: »
    Xe’ra, rushing in breathless, “Actually, those concubines willingly joined Illidan to lull demons into a false sense of security.”

    And if Xe'ra knows or cares about anything, is about consent.

    (Sarcasm).

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    TryCatcherTryCatcher Registered User regular
    edited May 2020
    Preach has a video that is actual interesting feedback. 20 min or so:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlXRZvHnYIU

    Ok. For the Covenants you get the Signature ability of the Covenant and the Class ability. Two issues:
    1. Some abilities just don't work as well for some specs instead of others. Like Primordial Wave, it works great for Elemental and Restoration, but is bad for Enhancement because Enhancement doesn't work that way. That's not as bad of a deal since is fixable by making the abilities more spec specific. Is ok, is just alpha.
    2. Venthyr teleport is pretty goddamn, ball bustingly, makes no sense to pick anything else no matter what, overshadows absolutely anything else,top tier ability on M+/Raids/Arenas OP. The sheer amount of skips that you can do on M+, the amount of Raid mechanics that you can dodge, the amount of set ups that you can do on Arenas, is just so good that it completely, utterly makes anything else irrelevant, to the point, that if it hits live like that, Venthyr will be a mandatory choice period. And that can't be fixed with numbers since is a goddamn teleport that gives near DH tier mobility to absolutely everybody that picks it. That's terrible, please change it to something else.

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    fortyforty Registered User regular
    What's the rotation cycle on Preserved Contaminants?

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    3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Every time the minor assault changes.

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    exisexis Registered User regular
    So in the past couple of months I have leveled a warrior, warlock, paladin and demon hunter to 120, to keep options open for what to level in Shadowlands. I've spent a bit of time transmog farming (still waiting for the main Judgment pieces to drop...). Not sure what to do with myself now. I might play a bit more seriously when the expansion is out but am not to concerned about endgame BfA so gearing up feels a bit pointless. I wouldn't mind having a shaman/monk/priest but from what I hear leveling in Shadowlands is going to be a vastly improved experience so am thinking maybe I should just wait until then.

    I guess I'll just farm for mounts and transmogs. Maybe level some professions. Not really sure what else to put time into that will carry over into Shadowlands and I will actually get use out of.

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    ShadowhopeShadowhope Baa. Registered User regular
    exis wrote: »
    So in the past couple of months I have leveled a warrior, warlock, paladin and demon hunter to 120, to keep options open for what to level in Shadowlands. I've spent a bit of time transmog farming (still waiting for the main Judgment pieces to drop...). Not sure what to do with myself now. I might play a bit more seriously when the expansion is out but am not to concerned about endgame BfA so gearing up feels a bit pointless. I wouldn't mind having a shaman/monk/priest but from what I hear leveling in Shadowlands is going to be a vastly improved experience so am thinking maybe I should just wait until then.

    I guess I'll just farm for mounts and transmogs. Maybe level some professions. Not really sure what else to put time into that will carry over into Shadowlands and I will actually get use out of.

    I'm trying to get a L120 character of each class on both Horde and Alliance side.

    But yeah, it's mostly transmog and mount farming for me too. I'm trying to give all of my characters a look unique to them.

    Civics is not a consumer product that you can ignore because you don’t like the options presented.
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    fortyforty Registered User regular
    The mailbox mount is a lie.

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    LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    There's a lot about Black Temple that never made sense to me. For example, on the outside/exterior of it is where the Illidari are doing their training. You don't really find Illidari inside the temple grounds. Also, why/how are there so many demons present when there is literally an army training right there whose sole purpose is the eradication of the burning legion?

    Furthermore, I never really associated those concubines with Illidan. He seems too focused and too driven in his purpose of defeating the legion to be distracted by meaningless sex. Plus, you know, he's totally in love with Tyrande big time.

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    Kai_SanKai_San Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    What, you never found the Tyrande costumes they had back there?

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    reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    Some demons ally themselves with the Illidari. There's the priestess of pain types as part of your crew in the class hall for example, I just assume all the demons in the Black Temple are a similar deal.

    And yeah, while Illidan probably didn't personally use the harem, they were there for someone's benefit.

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    Kai_SanKai_San Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    “Please join the demon hunters today. We have a harem “

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    PailryderPailryder Registered User regular
    "I've given them everything, what have you sacrificed?"

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    DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    I have somewhat mixed feelings on the buyable corruption. On the one hand it is sorely needed because heavy loot RNG is not fun without failure protection, but on the other hand now it just feels kind of like enchanting/inscription with extra steps.


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    TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
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    i'm never going back to that fucking island

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    Beyond NormalBeyond Normal Lord Phender Registered User regular
    I just got my Pathfinder 2 achievement and I feel the same way about Mechagon and Nazjatar.

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    I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    Before anybody yells again, Blizz confirmed that the blue eyes are NPC-only options since people threw a fit.

    https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/new-customization-options-for-blood-elves-and-void-elves/154176 joke's on you

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    bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    the blue and gold eyes are awesome

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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    bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    wait a gosh dang second, the void elves can look like the high elves now???

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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    I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    pretty much

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    reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    Blizzard giving their players something they actually want? Inconceivable.

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    StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    reVerse wrote: »
    Some demons ally themselves with the Illidari. There's the priestess of pain types as part of your crew in the class hall for example, I just assume all the demons in the Black Temple are a similar deal.

    And yeah, while Illidan probably didn't personally use the harem, they were there for someone's benefit.
    The Illidari demons either think Illidan was going to be the winning side, or have grievances with the Legion (exiled, avoiding death/imprisonment, passed over for the corner office, etc.)

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    TryCatcherTryCatcher Registered User regular
    edited May 2020
    Huh. They actually changed their mind on it:
    In an upcoming Shadowlands Alpha build, Blood Elves and Void Elves will be receiving some new customization options that some of you may be interested in :wink:. We wanted to give you an early look at a few of these new options available to the two races, with the first being several shades of blue eyes to choose from.

    Void Elf blue eyes on top, Blood Elf blue eyes on bottom
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    Additionally, Blood Elves will have the option to choose from a variety of new skin colors and Void Elves will inherit the skin color options that are available to Blood Elves. Here’s a glimpse of the potential characters that you can create with some of the new options.
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    Rest of the images are on the post.

    Well, if they wanted to at least try to stop the Alliance decline, they had to give Alliance players something.

    EDIT: The underwear is an alpha issue:
    Don’t you worry, Void Elves will go back to wearing their darker underwear in the future. :wink:

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    StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    lol it’s literally blood elves in Alliance the way they set it up.

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