Upcoming Content Patch - Developer Live Stream

Upcoming Content Patch - Developer Live Stream
Patch 8.1 - Tides of Vengeance is coming to the PTR this week!



Tides of Vengeance
  • The Horde and Alliance conflict may feel more distant right now, but that's all about to change.
  • Tides of Vengeance is the next update!
  • Coming to the PTR by the end of the week!

New Content
  • The War Campaign continues.
  • Incursions are coming - Similar to Legion Assaults. Horde/Alliance forces will invade an area, turning off World Quests, and adding an objective for the area.
  • New World Quests are coming.
  • Saurfang, Tyrande, and Vol'jin story lines will be advanced.
  • Heritage Armor is coming for other races: Dwarves and Blood Elves. It is unlocked via a racial quest, Exalted and Max Level? You can log in, do the quest, and unlock it!
  • New Warfront - The Battle for Darkshore. Night Elves vs Forsaken. New Structures and Upgrades. Darkshore will have max level character content and zone updates.

Island Expeditions
  • Two New Island Expeditions - Jorundall (Vrykul) and Havenswood (Gilnean City)
  • Island Expeditions will have new events and enemies, more variety, holdouts that can be triggered, and Azerite Extraction points that you'll have to depend.
  • Island Expeditions will have major spawning improvements. Won't be uniformly blanketed by spawns. More clusters and hubs, more gaps, more navigability between hubs.

New Raids
  • Siege of Zuldazar
    • Different than any raid before.
    • The enemy is the opposite faction, with separate faction experiences.
    • Alliance start at the docks and climb the pyramid, eventually fighting King Rastakhan.
    • The Horde will defend the city, starting outside on the far north of the pyramid. They fight towards Rastakhan, which will be the middle of the raid for them. They then fight Alliance forces down towards harbor, ending with Alliance commanders and Jaina on the high seas.
    • This is two separate six boss experiences.
    • After completing the faction specific experience, you'll be able to experience the other 3 faction bosses that you didn't get to experience firsthand.
    • There are a total of nine new boss encounters.
    • We'll see a new interior of the pyramid that we've never seen before.
  • Crucible of Storms
    • This raid has two bosses and is located under Stormsong Valley,
    • It will be released after Zuldazar.
    • There will be supporting world content.
    • Hints at influence of Queen Azshara

System Improvements
  • Class updates, new Azerite Traits, new profession recipes, Gnomeregan Pet Battle Dungeon, and more!
  • Team has learned from the Azerite Traits, current ones are a floor in terms of complexity, new traits with more complexity coming.
  • Replacements are coming for traits that are not interesting or effective.
  • In the past, first Tier set bonuses were simpler, with more complex ones coming later.
  • Map and Reputation improvements are coming.
  • Champion of Azeroth reputation will be effectively account wide. If you are already Revered, you can level an alt and go get your upgrades right away at Level 120.
  • Reputation restricted transmog items will have restrictions removed.
  • Progress towards the X Number of Exalted reputations achievements will be account wide.
  • In the events following the raid, we should be able to recruit the Kul Tiran and Zandalari Allied Races. If you are Exalted with the Zandalari / Proudmoore and played through the War Campaign, that's enough, nothing additional to do.


This article was originally published in forum thread: Upcoming Content Patch - Developer Live Stream started by chaud View original post
Published on 2018-09-18 05:56 PM
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  1. Raetary's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by micwini View Post
    So 1 new raid with 9 bosses and a few quests is "Major patch"? Not even a new zone. Hell, not even zandalari and kul tirans!
    new warfront, new islands, TWO new raids as opposed to the traditional one (legion style with mini raid), war campaign continuation, more world quests, more story, and some well needed system improvements (thank fuck for account wide rep and more)

    for a first major patch this is pretty darn ass fine.

    oh, and the races ARE in.
  1. ryanmahaffe's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Mirabai View Post
    So what will they show us on blizzcon? Looks like damage control
    Azshara raid, 8.1.5 and 8.2
  1. Awsyme's Avatar
    Having watched it all now, the horde vs alliance raid should be cool (although I hope a lot of it is in the pyramid - rather than just reusing existing architecture which is a bit cheap?). Nine bosses should provide a lot of content. 2 boss raid... Maybe? Most of those haven't been that fun but who knows.

    As for the rest... It just feels like they're doubling down on existing (and not that interesting) stuff. I don't really want more invasions, world quests, island content or even another warfront. I want something fresh. And I'm still gobsmacked how long they're holding back the last 2 allied races. Were they really that unfinished by launch?
  1. Unholyground's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Dartz1979 View Post
    Jaina better not die or i will be very furiously angry...
    She can make boats magically fly and shoot arcane cannonballs, she is not going to fucking die lol.
  1. Harper's Avatar
    Wait, what factions do I need to be exalted with to unlock Zandalari trolls? Do I just need Zandalari Empire or all of them?
  1. GreenJesus's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by keymil View Post
    I have a feeling Rastakhan will die and Jaina will somehow survive, cause why not, gotta kill more Horde (or soon to be Horde) characters...

    Also:



    Wy Darkshore though? Lets ignore the fact that there are many better places across Kalimdor for warfront, but:

    1). what are the forsaken even doing there still
    2). how the hell would the night elves get there
    3). werent they mostly wiped out?
    4). why would they fight for a burnt tree

    Pretty sure they chose Darkshore cause it already served as a max level content so it was in some way easier and faster to put the warfront in there.
    Because kalimdor is their home that they have lived on for thousands of years? The tree is less than 20 years old. who cares. But kalimdor is their real true home that they would fight for.
  1. Nokonda's Avatar
    Goblins and Worgen updates once again getting shafted.
  1. TickTickTick's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Icoblablubb View Post
    if you would have played end of legion and the BfA pre patch .. Darkshore was a source of azerite which they still gather from darkshore... 2nd point Alliance have Kul'tiras fleet? 3d again if u would have played pre event mostly civilians where wiped out ... 4th Azerite .. gosh
    Try again, but this time more politely. Or dont participate in discussions if you're getting triggered by them so hard.

    Also half of your points are wrong. And Azerite is leaking all around Azeroth by now, so Darkshore is nothing special.
  1. Stormspellz's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by baskev View Post
    Not looking forward....i hoped for some alliance stuff. A alliance raid.

    What do we get? 2 bosses that are more connected to aszhara.

    What do the horde get....SoO 2.0....yeah gg blizz...gg...

    And we know already that the alliance is going to loose because the horde is going to drive us back to the harbor... so...sigh...
    sounds like the horde is gonna lose, rastakhan dies, and the alliance does a fighting retreat with their mission complete.
  1. Eleccybubb's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Nokonda View Post
    Goblins and Worgen updates once again getting shafted.
    Was it stated we were getting them in 8.1?
  1. Pastperfect's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Danuel View Post
    Yeah where is my Siege of Stormwind? I gues goodie alys boyz need do some goodie deeds.
    doesn't really seem like whipping boy considering that we repel the invasion and pursue them on the seas, with the abyssal sceptar or whatever it's called. This isn't going to turn out the way Alliance think it will
  1. lollerlaban's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Eleccybubb View Post
    Was it stated we were getting them in 8.1?
    Not at all, no clue why he thought they would
  1. Cab's Avatar
    When comes the part when he start to admit that they messed up?
  1. Kathranis's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Mirabai View Post
    So what will they show us on blizzcon? Looks like damage control
    Probably 8.2, 8.2.5, and a small hint of 8.3.

    8.1 is hitting PTR this week and should be live before Blizzcon. For reference, 7.1 was announced at Gamescom 2016 and 7.2~7.3 was announced at Blizzcon 2016.
  1. Drench's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Eleccybubb View Post
    Was it stated we were getting them in 8.1?
    No they said hopefully before the start of the next expansion.
  1. randomnamegenerator16's Avatar
    Seems okay. I am pleased.
  1. Pastperfect's Avatar
    Rastakhan dying has been painfully obvious. Talanji is being groomed to lead by the story and is the main target of Bwonsamdi's deal.
  1. Sastank's Avatar
    Time to find the next thing people will cry about. Somehow there will be something
  1. micwini's Avatar
    Alliance takes another loss bois. I expect a fully fledged Alliance victory at the end of this expansion now to compensate for all the shit since cataclysm. Horde bias getting out of hand.
  1. Donald Hellscream's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by micwini View Post
    So 1 new raid with 9 bosses and a few quests is "Major patch"? Not even a new zone. Hell, not even zandalari and kul tirans!
    Lets just ignore everything else that was announced and use our own willful ignorance to generate exaggerated outrage, sounds like a fucking stellar plan.

    You are acting as if this is the first time Blizzard has called a patch including a new raid tier ( this isn't all the patch content btw ) a major patch, newsflash patches containing a new raid tier has always been considered major content patches.
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