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Legion - Artifact Weapon Previews
Recent Legion builds added even more Artifact Weapon variations, so we have compiled all of the new ones for you. Class preview videos will be updated after all variations are added to the game.










Legion - Turtle Mount
A recent Legion build added a Turtle mount!





Blue Tweets
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
whats with all the minor glyph removals?
The glyph system is being updated, so a lot of data is changing. Many of those effects will still be available. (WarcraftDevs)

Ghostcrawler Tweets
Ghostcrawler still occasionally talks about WoW. Remember that he no longer works for or speaks for Blizzard.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Do you still play World of Warcraft?
I don't, but I am always hesitant that when I say that, for fear players will somehow try to use it to argue for their own agenda.

Here are my reasons:

1) As a player, I needed a break. I had played WoW for nearly a decade without a break, with a lot of heavy raiding. I fully expect I will go back at some point.

2) As a developer, I needed a little distance. WoW was part of my DNA for many years. Jumping back into the game felt like cruising by the house of my ex all the time and asking her how her current BF was treating her, and maybe giving him some pointers on how to handle her. It just felt weird. It has been two years, so that has mostly dried up.

3) As a designer, I needed more broad exposure. When I played WoW, it was harder to find time to play other games. (Blizzard now has so many games, that they make it really hard to play non-Blizzard games too!) When I interviewed at Riot, I struggled with answering some questions because I hadn't played all of the games I should have. I vowed to keep more abreast of the industry and not make WoW (or LoL!) my only game.



Poll - Artifact Weapons
Which class has your favorite Artifact Weapon model so far?



Legion - Fishing Artifact
A recent build also added several versions of the fishing artifact used out in the world for display purposes.





Final Boss - Guardian Druid Spec Preview
Final Boss is back with another spec preview! You can see all of their weapon models here.

This article was originally published in forum thread: Legion - Artifact Weapon Previews, Turtle Mount, Tweets, Guardian Druid Spec Preview started by chaud View original post
Comments 53 Comments
  1. Adamas102's Avatar
    So that's probably going to be 6 artifact variations (not including colors) on release and I bet we'll get several more throughout the expansion.

    If anything, Legion is going to have far more variety in terms of player weapons compared to any expansion before.

    Also, it's good to see the Thunderfury model is confirmed as a rogue weapon and NOT a monk one.
  1. Remelus's Avatar
    that aint no dragon turtle. thats a deathwing turtle
  1. Lolsteak's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Adamas102 View Post
    So that's probably going to be 6 artifact variations (not including colors) on release and I bet we'll get several more throughout the expansion.

    If anything, Legion is going to have far more variety in terms of player weapons compared to any expansion before.

    Also, it's good to see the Thunderfury model is confirmed as a rogue weapon and NOT a monk one.
    People thought it was going to be a Monk weapon? eh?

    There was clearly only two choices, Rogue & Warrior the main users of it back in the day, Considering that it has Agility it really points towards Rogue which is what they've gone with.
  1. Moritsume's Avatar
    Yay rogues got Thunderfury skin >! Also that is probably my favorite skin for the Sub artifact as well.
  1. jSewell's Avatar
    Gr, really wish that it was for warriors...
  1. pixelated senpai's Avatar
    lol that 1H axe is HUGE
  1. Rekuja's Avatar
    God the Marksman bows are terrible.... what the hell happened there?
  1. Treno's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Lolsteak View Post
    People thought it was going to be a Monk weapon? eh?

    There was clearly only two choices, Rogue & Warrior the main users of it back in the day, Considering that it has Agility it really points towards Rogue which is what they've gone with.
    The reasoning behind Rogue and Monk is based on the filename for the icons, skywall, which is used for Rogue and Monk artifacts. Warrior had already been eliminated as a choice based on that.
  1. arthar77's Avatar
    who gives a F crap about wannabe late classes adopting reusable data. The thunder-fury look alike artifact was marked for warriors & rogues since the beginning; sadly rogues get the cherry this time, but no lame ass monk will claim right in this even for an icon name

    Edit !: In other news, is that a new way to hold weapons?

  1. mmocb486d163cd's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Rekuja View Post
    God the Marksman bows are terrible.... what the hell happened there?
    What bows?
  1. chaud's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by arthar77 View Post
    Edit !: In other news, is that a new way to hold weapons?
    Monks will hold 2H weapons like that.
  1. Torched's Avatar
    Fucking hell I hate the Shadow priest artifacts, ugly as all hell.
  1. OreoLover's Avatar
    Totally agree with poll, on "Paladin" at top, "Hunter" at bottom.

    On Thunderfury? Still isn't confirmed for Rogue, that's just MMO-C file naming for their upload?

    Not that I bother with it either way, just Monk still seems *possible* given their Windwalker artifact being described with "Al'Akir poured unspeakable amounts of raw elemental fury into the handblades," which relates to Thunderfury in origin.

    EDIT: Guy 2 posts down is right, though, Druids have amazing forms.
  1. Tjur's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Torched View Post
    Fucking hell I hate the Shadow priest artifacts, ugly as all hell.
    When I see a comment worded like this, it convinces me Blizzard made the right choice.
  1. Tock20's Avatar
    I voted Druid, only cause of the changes to the feral and guardian forms, so BA.
  1. mmocf747bdc2eb's Avatar
    That monk weapon is a delight. I wish paladins had something similar. We're so focused on blades, when the fantasy we all grew to love from WC3 was all about massive hammers and so on.
  1. aeuhe4yxzhds's Avatar
    Why the fuck do rogues get an updated thunderfury? That was a god damn tank or fury warrior weapon. What is blizzard even thinking?
  1. mmoc9038fdc8bf's Avatar
    They are thinking that rogues need some love or they will never stop complaining about EVERYTHING !!!

    Jokes aside, I'm so happy right now, hope this is really the thing for rogues. I also think that they changed up assa and sub
  1. Fawkess's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by aeuhe4yxzhds View Post
    Why the fuck do rogues get an updated thunderfury? That was a god damn tank or fury warrior weapon. What is blizzard even thinking?
    Have you seen most of the rogue artifacts compared to the warrior ones?
  1. Tyranitar's Avatar
    That's a TORTOISE!

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