No mention of artifacts being gone yet

[Samin]

My bet is that we won't lose them, they will lose power, probably during the actual intro quest of the new expansion, not during a pre-event.

Alternatively Blizzard just says screw it with the explaination, you just get more powerful weapons and we nerf all the traits in a launch day patch.

[Lahis]

Mark my words, but i think that 8.0 will include a variation of the AP grind. Maybe artifact weapons#2. AP grind is what moves legion forward. You always "have" to do somehting in game, in order to "progress". Removing it will be a step backwards

If we don't get Path of the Titans I'll be shocked.

[Silver-Fox]

If I recall correctly the pillars of creation were originally said to have been used to seal a wound below the temple of Elune. So maybe we'll use our Artifacts as stand-ins for the pillars for a similar purpose?

My guess is that with the items being used to seal the Legion portal indefinitely we will use our Artifacts to heal the wound in Silithus in a patch that bridges Legion to the next expansion.

[Schweddy]

my guess would be that we have to sacriface them to heal the wound in Silithus

[Zandalarian Paladin]

my guess would be that we have to sacriface them to heal the wound in Silithus

I was about to say the same.

[Deleted]

I hope they change their minds and we keep them moving forward.

It was one thing to lose them to super powered alien weapons on other planets. It will be dumb to have them out shined by some random south sea pirate who dropped a toothpick that is now a dagger.

You mean like the Outlaw weapons?

[Justpassing]

Sorry guys I haven't made it clear; I'm well aware that Blizz said artifacts won't carry on to the expansion after Legion, a post-dated mention but now that we have most of the Legion's end mapped by datamining, the "artifact weps will seal portal / world" theory went out of the window - and that's what the thread was about.

[Eurhetemec]

Sorry guys I haven't made it clear; I'm well aware that Blizz said artifacts won't carry on to the expansion after Legion, a post-dated mention but now that we have most of the Legion's end mapped by datamining, the "artifact weps will seal portal / world" theory went out of the window - and that's what the thread was about.

Presumably as people have suggested they'll seal the wound on Azeroth, though not before all hell breaks loose.

[zox2]

I'm pretty sure our artifacts will play a pivotal role in the ending of the argus raid - no spoilers, and we will stop using them either post-launch or during the pre-launch event.

[Justpassing]

Presumably as people have suggested they'll seal the wound on Azeroth, though not before all hell breaks loose.

I can see where this is coming from but I don't buy the Silithus version. I also believed after this said artifacts won't carry over that we'll use them to kill / seal Sargeras in an unison of Captain Planet moment, but since that's off the table (again: as far as we know it / can tell), I was wondering if they'll indeed carry over. I can see that happening.

[Eurhetemec]

I can see where this is coming from but I don't buy the Silithus version. I also believed after this said artifacts won't carry over that we'll use them to kill / seal Sargeras in an unison of Captain Planet moment, but since that's off the table (again: as far as we know it / can tell), I was wondering if they'll indeed carry over. I can see that happening.

I don't think they will, but... they haven't mentioned it for a while, so it's not impossible. I suspect even if Blizzcon has little on the next expansion, that question will be asked and answered.

[PragmaticGamer]

And most of all, I expect again insane clutter in our bags so half the playtime is managing the shit you collect. Just look how many different Artifact tokens there are...and kinds of follower equipment....

I liked moving away from small, medium, and large fish, and fish meat.

But now, if I want to power up my fishing artifact, I have to keep a bunch of lures to get the bait I need to get the fish that power my artifact.

[Metallourlante]

i had a great idea
since we need a stat squish and to make the legendaries go away it would be so cool if some "force in warcraft" reseted the universe to a more simpler time, where no monsters and shadow and powerful equipment scared the land

in short, the stat squish would be so immense we would be back in vanilla wow with blues, noone would crit above 600 or 1000

Honestly I would be happy with that, I'm sick of being a demi-god.

[Onikaroshi]

i had a great idea
since we need a stat squish and to make the legendaries go away it would be so cool if some "force in warcraft" reseted the universe to a more simpler time, where no monsters and shadow and powerful equipment scared the land

in short, the stat squish would be so immense we would be back in vanilla wow with blues, noone would crit above 600 or 1000

we don't NEED a stat squish, there's absolutely zero technical reason for it, they're only doing it because people keep bitching and whining about "oh these large numbers." frankly the whole thing is a waste of dev time that could be better spent elsewhere.

[Deleted]

If we don't get Path of the Titans I'll be shocked.

path of titans is long death.

[Queen of Hamsters]

That's because we haven't had Blizzcon's expansion reveal yet.
I'd be sad to see the system gone entirely. A return to basic drops that are replaced each tier as far as weapons go, will feel lackluster.

[Deleted]

now that we have most of the Legion's end mapped by datamining

this is your FLAW right there we havent reached the end so the end of the artefact weapons couldnt have been datamined yet...

[Phookah]

What do you guys think about this?

They said it at the beginning of the expansion, what do you mean "yet".

[beanman12345]

Will probably get new weapons early on in 8.0 during questing and artifacts and legendary's will just take up bank space at that point.

[Logwyn]

Lore wise players also don't exist, or at least we aren't that significant. Though nowadays players have gone from lousy peons scooping up poop to Malfurion/Thrall status. I think the only mention of heroes in the books is from Garrosh during his trial in War Crimes but I could be wrong

Actually.... we still have to scoop up poop...for that one quest developer that has a scat fetish..