Patch 9.1 PTR - Torghast Perks Early Preview

Patch 9.1 PTR - Torghast Perks Preview
We're taking a look at the Torghast Perks system that Ion mentioned in the developer interview earlier today.

Keep in mind that everything is subject to change.

Tier 0

Blessing of the Ancients

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Blessing of the Ancients	Begin each run with 1 Blessing	20
2	Blessing of the Ancients	Begin each run with 2 Blessings	75
3	Blessing of the Ancients	Begin each run with 3 Blessings	200

Empowered Swiftness

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Empowered Swiftness	Becoming Empowered increases movement speed by an additional 5% and haste by an additional 5%.	20
2	Empowered Swiftness	Becoming Empowered increases movement speed by an additional 10% and haste by an additional 10%.	75

Efficient Looter

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Efficient Looter	You automatically loot nearby corpses. Excludes Torghast Bosses.	60

Tier 1

Unlocks at 100 total Tower Knowledge spent.

Freed from Torment

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Freed from Torment	Begin each run with 1 fewer Torments	40
2	Freed from Torment	Begin each run with 2 fewer Torments	200

Empowered Perseverance

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Empowered Perseverance	Empowerment lasts 25% longer.	40
2	Empowered Perseverance	Empowerment lasts 35% longer.	80

Discovered Cache

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Discovered Cache	A selection of up to 2 rare Anima Powers will be available for purchase from Broker merchants.	20
2	Discovered Cache	A selection of up to 2 rare Anima Powers and up to 2 rare consumable items will be available for purchase from Broker merchants.	40
3	Discovered Cache	A selection of up to 2 rare Anima Powers, up to 2 rare consumable items, and up to 2 epic Anima Powers will be available for purchase from Broker merchants.	80

Tier 2

Unlocks at 250 total Tower Knowledge spent.

Undeterred

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Undeterred	You take 5% reduced damage from Bosses.	20
2	Undeterred	You take 10% reduced damage from Bosses.	40
3	Undeterred	You take 15% reduced damage from Bosses.	60
4	Undeterred	You take 20% reduced damage from Bosses.	80
5	Undeterred	You take 25% reduced damage from Bosses.	100

The Adamant Vaults

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	The Adamant Vaults	Upon achieving Rank 5 in a successful Torghast run you and your party may ascend to the Adamant Vaults. Layers 9 or above only.	150

Inexplicable Power

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Inexplicable Power	When you engage a Boss, your damage is increased by 5% for 20 sec.	20
2	Inexplicable Power	When you engage a Boss, your damage is increased by 10% for 20 sec.	40
3	Inexplicable Power	When you engage a Boss, your damage is increased by 15% for 20 sec.	75
4	Inexplicable Power	When you engage a Boss, your damage is increased by 20% for 20 sec.	115
5	Inexplicable Power	When you engage a Boss, your damage is increased by 25% for 20 sec.	150

Tier 3

Unlocks at 500 total Tower Knowledge spent.

Enduring Souls

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Enduring Souls	Souls Remnants additionally grant you 1% Stamina.	50

Good Reflexes

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Good Reflexes	You take 20% reduced damage from traps.	30
2	Good Reflexes	You take 40% reduced damage from traps.	75

Death Denied

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Death Denied	When you die, there is a 5% chance that it will not count against you.	20
2	Death Denied	When you die, there is a 10% chance that it will not count against you.	40
3	Death Denied	When you die, there is a 15% chance that it will not count against you.	80

Tier 4

Unlocks at 1000 total Tower Knowledge spent.

Unflinching

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Unflinching	You take 5% reduced damage from Elites.	20
2	Unflinching	You take 10% reduced damage from Elites.	40
3	Unflinching	You take 15% reduced damage from Elites.	60
4	Unflinching	You take 20% reduced damage from Elites.	80
5	Unflinching	You take 25% reduced damage from Elites.	100

Anima-Plunderer

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Anima Plunderer	When you or a party member kills 10 enemies, an Anima Cell drops.	50
2	Anima Plunderer	When you or a party member kills 10 and 20 enemies, an Anima Cell drops.	100
3	Anima Plunderer	When you or a party member kills 10, 20, and 30 enemies, an Anima Cell drops.	200

Elite Slayer

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Elite Slayer	Elites award 20% additional value to the Empowered bar.	40
2	Elite Slayer	Elites award 40% additional value to the Empowered bar.	80

Tier 5

Unlocks at 2000 total Tower Knowledge spent.

Meddle With Fate

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Meddle With Fate	Up to 1 time per run, you may reject an Anima Power selection and obtain a replacement set of choices.	40
2	Meddle With Fate	Up to 2 times per run, you may reject an Anima Power selection and obtain a replacement set of choices.	80
3	Meddle With Fate	Up to 3 times per run, you may reject an Anima Power selection and obtain a replacement set of choices.	160

Empowered Nova

Rank	Spell	Description	Cost
1	Empowered Nova	While Empowered, your damage has a very high chance to cause an explosion for [ 200% of Attack Power or 200% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage to all nearby targets.	250

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Published on 2021-04-28 02:11 AM

127 Comments

Prag - 2021-04-28

I don't know if this is going to change the perception of it being a chore.
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Bluespiderman57 - 2021-04-28

Huh.....look like a talent tree. Neat.
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Pebrocks The Warlock - 2021-04-28

This is exactly what I want in Torghast, permanent upgrades that affect all future runs.
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Darkeon - 2021-04-28

We might finally be getting out of the beta, folks.
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Sharpbladez - 2021-04-28

Just what we needed, more systems
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Esper - 2021-04-28

This looks like they are making it more like Horrific Visions. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
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Pebrocks The Warlock - 2021-04-28

Originally Posted by Esper

This looks like they are making it more like Horrific Visions. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Don't you mean more like Deaths of Chromie?
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Marlamin - 2021-04-28

Originally Posted by Pebrocks The Warlock

Don't you mean more like Deaths of Chromie?

The data indeed implies this is based on the Deaths of Chromie scenario (and right now they even share the background image).
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arkanon - 2021-04-28

Originally Posted by Sharpbladez

Just what we needed, more systems

yeah to be perfectly honest, that was my first thought too. If they genuinely thought this would improve things, why was it not in at launch? Adding multiple new systems at the start of each expansion is bad enough - adding more during each expansion is just too much, imo.
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FelPlague - 2021-04-28

Originally Posted by Sharpbladez

Just what we needed, more systems

its... its not more systems... tis literally just a talent tree...

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Originally Posted by arkanon

yeah to be perfectly honest, that was my first thought too. If they genuinely thought this would improve things, why was it not in at launch? Adding multiple new systems at the start of each expansion is bad enough - adding more during each expansion is just too much, imo.

boy are you gunna hate Vanilla/TBC/Wotlk/Cata/Mop/Wod/Legion/BFA/and shadowlands.
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Pandragon - 2021-04-28

Anything they can do to not have to try and fix anima powers i guess.
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FelPlague - 2021-04-28

Originally Posted by Pandragon

Anything they can do to not have to try and fix anima powers i guess.

what needs to be fixed about anima powers?
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Crionics - 2021-04-28

Man it makes me sleepy just looking at anything related to Torghast. It's some of the most boring content they've ever added to WoW.
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ohwell - 2021-04-28

Originally Posted by Crionics

Man it makes me sleepy just looking at anything related to Torghast. It's some of the most boring content they've ever added to WoW.

Wow so edgy, so new and you're contributed so much to the conversation......perhaps you can actually explain yourself without repeating the same old tired nonsense people spew about it?
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arkanon - 2021-04-28

Originally Posted by FelPlague

boy are you gunna hate Vanilla/TBC/Wotlk/Cata/Mop/Wod/Legion/BFA/and shadowlands.

What system was added in Vanilla that was abandoned in TBC? Same for TBC into Wrath?

Obviously BGs were added during Vanilla, but was continued. And to be fair, I expect a few additions after a game first launches - stuff that wasnt quite ready etc.
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FelPlague - 2021-04-28

Originally Posted by arkanon

What system was added in Vanilla that was abandoned in TBC? Same for TBC into Wrath?

Obviously BGs were added during Vanilla, but was continued. And to be fair, I expect a few additions after a game first launches - stuff that wasnt quite ready etc.

vanilla to tbc- 40 man raids, pvp ranking system, faction specific classes, stat %'s, dungeons only being in 1 difficulty, 10 man dungeons, full 8 set teir bonuses. Profession quests, class quests.
tbc to wotlk- faction specific seals, flying being endgame, world pvp objectives, unique drums, raids being 1 size and 1 size only, and 1 difficulty only (intro of 10/25 and normal/heroic).
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glowpipe - 2021-04-28

Now lets add xp for alts and gearing for solo players and we are onto something.
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TheWorkingTitle - 2021-04-28

Originally Posted by FelPlague

tbc to wotlk-raids being 1 size and 1 size only, and 1 difficulty only (intro of 10/25 and normal/heroic).

Karazhan says hello
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aceperson - 2021-04-28

if all the changes are this generic, torghast isn't going to get any better. rogue lites are loved for the variety of gameplay and runs they provide. a talent tree with generic power boosts and a collection minigame inside of the this minigame isn't going to make it better. there needs to be a lot more powers that are useful AND change gameplay.
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arkanon - 2021-04-28

Originally Posted by FelPlague

vanilla to tbc- 40 man raids, pvp ranking system, faction specific classes, stat %'s, dungeons only being in 1 difficulty, 10 man dungeons, full 8 set teir bonuses. Profession quests, class quests.
tbc to wotlk- faction specific seals, flying being endgame, world pvp objectives, unique drums, raids being 1 size and 1 size only, and 1 difficulty only (intro of 10/25 and normal/heroic).

Nononono, you got this all horribly, embarrassingly wrong. Dungeons only being one difficulty is something that was changed during TBC, and remains to this day it was not added mid expansion then removed the next expansion, and the same goes for almost all your examples. 10 man "dungeons" became 10 man "raids". Class quests continue off and on to this day, and we even had an entire expansion based around class quests. PvP rankings not only remain, but have been greatly expanded upon - what do you think a glad title is? What do you think pvp brackets are? Profession quests continue as well, really not sure why you think they are gone? Changed, yes, but gone?

These are absolutely terrible examples, and only further prove my point - adding things mid expansion is fine, no issue at all - so long as they dont consistently then REMOVE that new system.
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