Battle for Azeroth Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Deleted]

Doesnt rule out a 7.4 patch with a filler raid tho

I like how you seem to suggest that a 'filler' raid is like throwing together a couple of world quests on a slow afternoon. "Got that raid you asked for, boss."

What about art assets for the raid? Lore to connect it to the Legion story? Physical location on the map? Art assets for the loot? What would the loot be used for, given the final expansion boss and the tier races would be done? Even 'filler' raids require a buttload of planning, design, and development. Each hypothetical '7.4' people theorize to come at the end of Legion is essentially an 8.1.5 not being implemented in the next expansion.

[Drekmar]

I like how you seem to suggest that a 'filler' raid is like throwing together a couple of world quests on a slow afternoon. "Got that raid you asked for, boss."

What about art assets for the raid? Lore to connect it to the Legion story? Physical location on the map? Art assets for the loot? What would the loot be used for, given the final expansion boss and the tier races would be done? Even 'filler' raids require a buttload of planning, design, and development. Each hypothetical '7.4' people theorize to come at the end of Legion is essentially an 8.1.5 not being implemented in the next expansion.

They can do the halion type of shit. Use assets from next expansion and make it as a lead into it.

[Nyalite]

Isn't that just stealing from tomorrow though? Kinda lame.

[Nyel]

Another trial from odyn... he want keep us in shape for the future. :P

Maybe another chapter in chromie scenario... but I dont think we see another raid after this, maybe a timewalking ulduar.

Hahaha yeah this game definitely needs more raids in the style of Ruby Sanctum (*urgh*) or Trial of Valor (*muchurgh*).

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SPOILER: there's a hidden Old God on Argus - because why the hell not

Sargeras is no Titan but an Old God disguised as a fallen Titan corrupted by N'zoth who is da boss. /discuss

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My guess is the final raid boss in 7.4 is going to be the Wrath of Azshara at full strength, and it will lead into the next expansion. Think about the last "Medium" patch raid: Trial of Valor. It was us fighting two dungeon bosses that we couldn't fully defeat and reused a bunch of art assets for the raid itself. If Azshara surfaces and attacks Suramar and Azsuna, or even the Tomb of Sargeras for the Pillars, that would be a bunch of reused art assets for a raid. It would also close out Suramar and Azsuna's storylines, has a built-in, reused, "fully powered" final raid boss, act as a farewell to the Broken Isles, and sets up Azshara as one of the main villains next expansion, as many have already speculated.

I take this. Azshara is love, Azshara is life. <3

[SniperCT]

My guess is the final raid boss in 7.4 is going to be the Wrath of Azshara at full strength, and it will lead into the next expansion. Think about the last "Medium" patch raid: Trial of Valor. It was us fighting two dungeon bosses that we couldn't fully defeat and reused a bunch of art assets for the raid itself. If Azshara surfaces and attacks Suramar and Azsuna, or even the Tomb of Sargeras for the Pillars, that would be a bunch of reused art assets for a raid. It would also close out Suramar and Azsuna's storylines, has a built-in, reused, "fully powered" final raid boss, act as a farewell to the Broken Isles, and sets up Azshara as one of the main villains next expansion, as many have already speculated.

I hope they do this, I'd be a-okay with that!

[Deleted]

Name of the new expansion: you can try, but never guess
Summary:
• You will not have time to catch your breath. The black army has long been here, and you didn’t see it, lurking behind the burning shadow.
• The circle closed and the stars went out.
• Thank the lord of ravens for his gifts.
• Once he already lied.
• The king of diamonds blindly believes her words.
• The third death is coming.
• This is for my son!
• Her heart is a crater, and we have filled it. Yes, yes, yes!
• Do you think it's horrifying? This is just the beginning of your nightmares.
• We create new covenant, the better than Horde or Alliance.
• Her wrath is comparable to his, and they have common goals now. Only he does not know about it yet.
• They need a new Twilight Father. You know him pretty well, sir.
• My children are rushing from the depths.
• It was a mistake to entrust this thing to a pirate scum.
• I gave it to you for a great feat, but now I return it as my lady ordered.
• Stained-glass windows don’t lie. Never.
• Our strength is in the blood. And let us not leave their blessing in these dark days.
• The prophet would not have lied, right? Yes, no, I'm talking about another.
• What about a really big bad voodoo?
• His sacrifice was in vain. Alone, in the middle of a cold emptiness.
• I chose the Abyss. Will you follow me this time?
• Our revenge on their kind is not over. There are still two out of five.
• Mortals have the right to know the fate of one who was forged by fire.
• Someday I'll fall. Or already fell.
• My true strength is not in the army or the sword, but in the crown.
• All hands on deck! Hell... it's about time.
• Now you travel the sea, then to ascend to the sky.
• The Realm of Shadows is full of cries of pain. Your cry will join this choir.
• The serpent saw her. He's on his way.
• What can be purer and sweeter than the soul?

New playable race:
• It's an honor to receive the gift of wyrm skin from you.

Alliance:
• Draenei: stay with us, who forged by light.
• Dwarves: true iron is hidden in the darkness.
• Night elves: high bloodline - high responsibility.
• Others: it's only the beginning!
• Not all of us despise our children, and someday we will stand with them shoulder to shoulder.

Horde:
• Orcs: purity is the hope for redemption.
• Undead: not only the humans became Forsaken.
• Taurens: the winds of winter call us.
• Others: it's only the beginning!
• You are not the Horde without us.

Zones:
• Where did she go? Something is wrong.
• Our wisdom in these depths
• Praise the god of the depths!
• Where did the bananas go?
• Is it possible to lose what has already been lost?
• Let the Loa tell us the way.
• They say, it was a city under the city. But the deeper lies the more evil place.
• Where does the ruined way lead?
• Under the frozen ground, only death awaits you. Our brethren are also ready to meet you.
• Ny’alota is a fairy tale for fools.
• You were so close to touching the great. And you need to swim a little more.

Afterword:
• You'll never guess whether it's true or not, until you see for yourself.
• Don’t expect news in the near weeks.

[Fahrad Wagner]

Name of the new expansion: you can try, but never guess
Summary:
• You will not have time to catch your breath. The black army has long been here, and you didn’t see it, lurking behind the burning shadow.
• The circle closed and the stars went out.
• Thank the lord of ravens for his gifts.
• Once he already lied.
• The king of diamonds blindly believes her words.
• The third death is coming.
• This is for my son!
• Her heart is a crater, and we have filled it. Yes, yes, yes!
• Do you think it's horrifying? This is just the beginning of your nightmares.
• We create new covenant, the better than Horde or Alliance.
• Her wrath is comparable to his, and they have common goals now. Only he does not know about it yet.
• They need a new Twilight Father. You know him pretty well, sir.
• My children are rushing from the depths.
• It was a mistake to entrust this thing to a pirate scum.
• I gave it to you for a great feat, but now I return it as my lady ordered.
• Stained-glass windows don’t lie. Never.
• Our strength is in the blood. And let us not leave their blessing in these dark days.
• The prophet would not have lied, right? Yes, no, I'm talking about another.
• What about a really big bad voodoo?
• His sacrifice was in vain. Alone, in the middle of a cold emptiness.
• I chose the Abyss. Will you follow me this time?
• Our revenge on their kind is not over. There are still two out of five.
• Mortals have the right to know the fate of one who was forged by fire.
• Someday I'll fall. Or already fell.
• My true strength is not in the army or the sword, but in the crown.
• All hands on deck! Hell... it's about time.
• Now you travel the sea, then to ascend to the sky.
• The Realm of Shadows is full of cries of pain. Your cry will join this choir.
• The serpent saw her. He's on his way.
• What can be purer and sweeter than the soul?

New playable race:
• It's an honor to receive the gift of wyrm skin from you.

Alliance:
• Draenei: stay with us, who forged by light.
• Dwarves: true iron is hidden in the darkness.
• Night elves: high bloodline - high responsibility.
• Others: it's only the beginning!
• Not all of us despise our children, and someday we will stand with them shoulder to shoulder.

Horde:
• Orcs: purity is the hope for redemption.
• Undead: not only the humans became Forsaken.
• Taurens: the winds of winter call us.
• Others: it's only the beginning!
• You are not the Horde without us.

Zones:
• Where did she go? Something is wrong.
• Our wisdom in these depths
• Praise the god of the depths!
• Where did the bananas go?
• Is it possible to lose what has already been lost?
• Let the Loa tell us the way.
• They say, it was a city under the city. But the deeper lies the more evil place.
• Where does the ruined way lead?
• Under the frozen ground, only death awaits you. Our brethren are also ready to meet you.
• Ny’alota is a fairy tale for fools.
• You were so close to touching the great. And you need to swim a little more.

Afterword:
• You'll never guess whether it's true or not, until you see for yourself.
• Don’t expect news in the near weeks.

It must be Christmas, just when I was wishing for another silly leak to calm the tensions on this thread, here it comes!

[Feali]

A riddle not in chinese? No thanks.

[SniperCT]

Name of the new expansion: you can try, but never guess
Summary:
• You will not have time to catch your breath. The black army has long been here, and you didn’t see it, lurking behind the burning shadow.

*SNIP*.

I don't know why but this was really fun lol

[Nyalite]

So you just took all the common parts of the current fotm leaks and made 'riddles' of them, okay.

[Fahrad Wagner]

So you just took all the common parts of the current fotm leaks and made 'riddles' of them, okay.

That's exactly what he did. I give it a 2/10 grade, only because you used bullet points to make it clearer!

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Aww man reading riddles just made me grin. But without confirmation it's from our good Chinese friend, I'm not putting much stock in them.

Heck a few came from the Priest Dagger.

[Sarethion]

I have a riddle for Cluemancer.

What starts with B and ends with T and your last post is basically a whole lot of it?

[Fahrad Wagner]

I have a riddle for Cluemancer.

What starts with B and ends with T and your last post is basically a whole lot of it?

[Sarethion]

It turns out you countered my riddle with your riddle as I have no idea what this image means?

[Fahrad Wagner]

It turns out you countered my riddle with your riddle as I have no idea what this image means?

In his eyes, those are baits.

[Nyel]

Name of the new expansion: you can try, but never guess
Summary:
• You will not have time to catch your breath. The black army has long been here, and you didn’t see it, lurking behind the burning shadow.
• The circle closed and the stars went out.
• Thank the lord of ravens for his gifts.
• Once he already lied.
• The king of diamonds blindly believes her words.
• The third death is coming.
• This is for my son!
• Her heart is a crater, and we have filled it. Yes, yes, yes!
• Do you think it's horrifying? This is just the beginning of your nightmares.
• We create new covenant, the better than Horde or Alliance.
• Her wrath is comparable to his, and they have common goals now. Only he does not know about it yet.
• They need a new Twilight Father. You know him pretty well, sir.
• My children are rushing from the depths.
• It was a mistake to entrust this thing to a pirate scum.
• I gave it to you for a great feat, but now I return it as my lady ordered.
• Stained-glass windows don’t lie. Never.
• Our strength is in the blood. And let us not leave their blessing in these dark days.
• The prophet would not have lied, right? Yes, no, I'm talking about another.
• What about a really big bad voodoo?
• His sacrifice was in vain. Alone, in the middle of a cold emptiness.
• I chose the Abyss. Will you follow me this time?
• Our revenge on their kind is not over. There are still two out of five.
• Mortals have the right to know the fate of one who was forged by fire.
• Someday I'll fall. Or already fell.
• My true strength is not in the army or the sword, but in the crown.
• All hands on deck! Hell... it's about time.
• Now you travel the sea, then to ascend to the sky.
• The Realm of Shadows is full of cries of pain. Your cry will join this choir.
• The serpent saw her. He's on his way.
• What can be purer and sweeter than the soul?

New playable race:
• It's an honor to receive the gift of wyrm skin from you.

Alliance:
• Draenei: stay with us, who forged by light.
• Dwarves: true iron is hidden in the darkness.
• Night elves: high bloodline - high responsibility.
• Others: it's only the beginning!
• Not all of us despise our children, and someday we will stand with them shoulder to shoulder.

Horde:
• Orcs: purity is the hope for redemption.
• Undead: not only the humans became Forsaken.
• Taurens: the winds of winter call us.
• Others: it's only the beginning!
• You are not the Horde without us.

Zones:
• Where did she go? Something is wrong.
• Our wisdom in these depths
• Praise the god of the depths!
• Where did the bananas go?
• Is it possible to lose what has already been lost?
• Let the Loa tell us the way.
• They say, it was a city under the city. But the deeper lies the more evil place.
• Where does the ruined way lead?
• Under the frozen ground, only death awaits you. Our brethren are also ready to meet you.
• Ny’alota is a fairy tale for fools.
• You were so close to touching the great. And you need to swim a little more.

Afterword:
• You'll never guess whether it's true or not, until you see for yourself.
• Don’t expect news in the near weeks.

Trying to understand this feels like

[Fahrad Wagner]

Can we have a memefest already guys? I promise @Feali, I'll let you post the Taylor ones.

That being said, I'm so pumped for Blizzcon now, I actually went from bummed to super excited again in no time. Tchooootchooo, November here I come!

[Padwarle]

Turns out that 8.0 was canceled. In it's place we get World of Hearthstonecraft, which comes with the new Card race, the new Innkeeper class, and turns every other class into Mage.

[Hyrja]

Can we have a memefest already guys? I promise @Feali, I'll let you post the Taylor ones.

That being said, I'm so pumped for Blizzcon now, I actually went from bummed to super excited again in no time. Tchooootchooo, November here I come!

Werent yu gonna take a break from this thread for a bit?