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Patch 8.2.5 PTR - Embassy Changes
The Patch 8.2.5 PTR has seen some changes to the faction embassies. The faction leaders have all left and only the Pandaren leaders remain with various representatives from the current allied races.

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Patch 8.2.5 PTR - Bee Mount Alliance Exclusive
We knew going into the PTR that the bee mount was going to be an Alliance specific quest chain, but many assumed it would work much like Kua'fon and Child of Torcali which are usable on Alliance even though the methods to obtain them are Horde exclusive. Currently on the PTR, the Honeyback Harvester's Harness is the only bee mount in the mount journal and has the Alliance symbol next to it, meaning it is only rideable by Alliance characters. This could change, however, as the PTR is still early.



Patch 8.2.5 PTR - New Addition to the Mount Journal Preview
Currently on the PTR, when you preview a mount in the Mount Journal, you now see your character riding the mount!



Patch 8.2.5 PTR - Party Sync New Quest Tracker UI Elements
The Patch 8.2.5 PTR is currently testing the new party sync feature, and the quest tracker ui now has two new icons to let you know if you are replaying a quest you completed and whether or not you will receive bonus loot for participating.




Patch 8.2.5 PTR - New Character Menu UI Updates
The Patch 8.2.5 PTR updated the character menu UI to display an opaque logo of the character's faction as well as their class name being color-coded like in game.


This article was originally published in forum thread: Patch 8.2.5 PTR - Embassy Changes, Alliance Bee Mount, Mount Journal and UI Changes started by Stoy View original post
Comments 64 Comments
  1. Yunaqt's Avatar
    Incoming salt in 3...2...1
  1. SinR's Avatar
    The Rage will be strong with this one...
  1. Ielenia's Avatar
    As always, the pandaren are left behind...
  1. Shakzor's Avatar
    That Horde/Alliance logo change seems... weird, after all these years. Could it actually mean something? Or just a small update someone finally remembered to put in?
  1. dranlord's Avatar
    is just stupid PTR the mount will be able to be use by both factions
  1. ThatsOurEric's Avatar
    I guess they had to give the Pandaren representative SOMETHING to do...
  1. TigTone's Avatar
    Don’t you see? The Pandaren have taken over. They played the long game and won.

    Now Nomi will rise again and rule not just dalaran but all of Azeroth!
  1. zlygork's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Shakzor View Post
    That Horde/Alliance logo change seems... weird, after all these years. Could it actually mean something? Or just a small update someone finally remembered to put in?
    My toughts exactly. It certainly does look a bit suspicious, although it might just as well mean absolutely nothing.
  1. TigTone's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Vanderez View Post
    That's a funny way to spell Mudmug
    Mudmug will lead the new “good” faction, the muggers, against the “bad” faction Nomicons.
  1. aeuhe4yxzhds's Avatar
    Faction logo on the character screen looks so out of place and weird. Is it going to be shown on every single character?
  1. Esper's Avatar
    Makes sense. Horde get a whole wide variety of mounts of different types this xpac. The Alliance got five recolored horses. About time we get something unique exclusive to us.
  1. huanbrother's Avatar
    The faction logo for all races might mean the merge of alliance and horde in future expansions.
  1. Cæli's Avatar
    more and more and more faction specific collectible. very unusual. it's almost like if they're planing a big change in the future
  1. Inshabel's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Esper View Post
    Makes sense. Horde get a whole wide variety of mounts of different types this xpac. The Alliance got five recolored horses. About time we get something unique exclusive to us.
    Alliance can get all of those mounts in some other ways though, you can get the tick, the hyena, etc.

    I'm not gonna riot in the street over a bee, but you can use the mounts from our unique quest lines, so why not vice versa.
  1. Kyphael's Avatar
    Why are there even Pandaren there? They won't get an allied race equivalent.
  1. ANeM's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by huanbrother View Post
    The faction logo for all races might mean the merge of alliance and horde in future expansions.
    Or it just means that they want an easy way of showing which character belongs to which faction. Given that there is a divide and the list currently only shows the name, class, level and location, it makes sense to add that information. This is could be especially useful given that players can now allocate all 50 of their character slots to a single realm.

    A simple Horde/Alliance icon is a lot easier and generally more far more informative than trying to fit in the race name (which also wouldn't be any help for determining the faction of a Pandaren character.)

    Quote Originally Posted by Kyphael View Post
    Why are there even Pandaren there? They won't get an allied race equivalent.
    Blizzard doesn't know what to do with the pandaren leaders, and has no plans for them going forwards. So putting them in the embassy gives them something to do, if nothing else. Removing the other leaders means that blizzard can add significantly more allied races later without the embassies becoming crowded with leaders, and also means they can have some major plot stuff happen with those characters (deaths/betrayals/etc) without the awkward issue of them standing forever in the embassy for the Allied Race stuff.
  1. Doctor Funkenstein's Avatar
    Oh fuck Blizzard.
  1. Tarx's Avatar
    This small changes make the difference in game and improve overall
  1. EternalBany's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tarx View Post
    This small changes make the difference in game and improve overall
    oh piss off
    The Character Menu UI Updates just seems like someone had little to do around the office and started tinkering with the smallest insignificant things, like changing the transparency of a company logo out of boredom
  1. MasterHamster's Avatar
    Mounts
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    I like mounts
    You like mounts? 'Cuz I do
    Mounts
    They're here
    They're there
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    I even prefer them to raidin' gear
    I got a lot of mounts at my disposal
    Let me show you my collection
    This whole section of the game is full of big ol' reskinned
    Mounts
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    I like mounts
    You like mounts? 'Cuz I do
    Mounts
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    They're everywhere
    You've nothin' to do, then farm a pair

    Mounts are quite the treasure, you can farm 'em instead of playin'
    Or complainin'
    Look at all the content you can skip, instead get another mount

    They're soft and fluffy, an' saddle so inviting to your butt
    It's so exciting
    I can wait all day and night
    Just to get some fucking mounts.

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