Battle for Azeroth Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Cosmic Janitor]

I don't think the book is going to cover the scenario which the tree burns in it , might explain the reason behind it tho if there's any other than FUCK NELVES.

If the book only tries to excuse a nonsenscial military strategy, then I'm going to be pissed. So pissed.

[MmoGah]

so the question is new race ?

WoW patch 8.0: Battle for Azeroth will not only add new races, buy also add other new Features:
A collection of new Mounts;
Two new Continents: Kul Tiras and Zandalar;
Level cap increase to 120, and all the associated questing;
New Dungeons and Two New Raids: Uldir, Halls of Control and Queen Azshara;
Plunder Uncharted Islands, three-player scenarios with a PvP option;
An RTS-style game mode – Dominate Warfronts;
Classes changes, Pets changes and profession skill changes;
Legacy Loot;
Battle for Azeroth AI;
The Heart of Azeroth - an artifact-style necklace all players will have that upgrades your other gear through new resource Azerite.

[tristannarutofan]

If the book only tries to excuse a nonsenscial military strategy, then I'm going to be pissed. So pissed.

not sure how " kill all the enemy leaders in one battle to disorganize the enemy so badly they cant relatliate" is a ' nonsensical military strategy"

but it sounds like we'll experience this in game, and the book is basically all the escalation that leads up to it. i.e. 'before the storm"

[huth]

not sure how " kill all the enemy leaders in one battle to disorganize the enemy so badly they cant relatliate" is a ' nonsensical military strategy"

"Have all your leaders in the same battle so they can all be killed at once" would already be one.

[Caerule]

Congratulations to all the new Beta Testers.

[Aggrophobic]

Shadow Priest still looking pretty bad...Beta will fix it right?

Most classes look pretty bad. Every class is painfully slow, GCD changes are horrible and with the insane pruning on that... Yeah, BfAs not looking great.

[Deleted]

Never played my own faction on beta before. It's the best time to experience opposite faction content if you don't have time or level cap characters from opposite faction.
p.s when's the new book coming out?

Login, check out how awesome Boralus is and notice all the clipping issues, missing stairs etc. and logout. Get into beat repeat. I don't get why a designer would place a stair and just miss that it's not connected to anything and doesn't have any sidewalls. It's the central hub so with so many issues it just feels really bad.

I really hope they open up Boralus a bit. No reason the inn keeper etc should be standing outside. Make it an actual inn please.

Taking that into account just gets me to remember Twilight Highlands "whoops ran out of time doing the horde side, sorry not sorry".

Easy. Hostages for negotiations. And/Or killed malfurion and Tyrande. Plus this will take Aliance from Kalimdor (okay draenei left, but after Vindicar there is not so many there... plus BC content). Defending borders much easier if enemy don't have established foothold there.

You do realize that Teldrassil is no real foothold as it is an isle of off the coast of Kalimdor and you probably could easily just use a sea barricade?

It's the principle. There is literally no reason why you can't form a group yourself and do it. Regular mythics are extremely easy.

Regular Mythics (+0) are just stupid. It was a stupid move to have quests that required you to do M+0 as there was little interested and reason to do that content outside of doing that handful of quests. Either you go for M+ or just do heroics.

[Archmage Alodi]

If the book only tries to excuse a nonsenscial military strategy, then I'm going to be pissed. So pissed.

Totally expected from Christie Golden.

[infinitemeridian]

Boralus is clearly a WIP, as it gets updates almost every patch and it's still missing a lot of textures. Beta being beta, I don't understand that issue.

Visually, I much prefer KT over Zandalar. Not that zandalar looks bad or anything, KT just feels more "real" and lived in. Which is what they're going for and they nailed it. It's "comfy".

I also am not seeing any difference in questing quality - in fact, I'm enjoying the KT quests more than zandalar ones so far.

[Deleted]

I got beta access what on earth

[Valnoressa]

in fact, I'm enjoying the KT quests more than zandalar ones so far.

Yeah seeing a lot of Horde player bias saying the Zandalari questing is better but I've found it to be the exact opposite. Though perhaps it's Alliance and Troll fatigue bias from me.

Loving Kul'tiras, especially Bolarus. That whole town has a Bowerstone from fable vibe to it which makes me extremely happy. Still missing a lot as you said, though. Finding the quests for KT to be on par with or better than Zandalari most of the time.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Where can you skip to boralus on an alliance char? I just can't find it .

[infinitemeridian]

Do you guys think they'll allow us to test Zandalari/Kul'Tirans in the beta at some point?

[Ramz]

Boralus is clearly a WIP, as it gets updates almost every patch and it's still missing a lot of textures. Beta being beta, I don't understand that issue.

Visually, I much prefer KT over Zandalar. Not that zandalar looks bad or anything, KT just feels more "real" and lived in. Which is what they're going for and they nailed it. It's "comfy".

I also am not seeing any difference in questing quality - in fact, I'm enjoying the KT quests more than zandalar ones so far.

Well Zuldazar is also updated, the chambers are also getting capers and other items to make it comfy. For example that children "pre-school" got updated, and they have sculptures, table with vase, carpets and drapes.



after new build:

[Ilir]

Most classes look pretty bad. Every class is painfully slow, GCD changes are horrible and with the insane pruning on that... Yeah, BfAs not looking great.

"most"

most didn't get pruned at all nor are affected by the gcd changes

[Aggrophobic]

"most"

most didn't get pruned at all nor are affected by the gcd changes

I didn't say that "most got pruned". Stop making stuff up. Most classes do look bad and the general design philosophy is horrible.
But yeah, most classes are affected by the GCD change and in a negative way. Every class is slower and really clunky. Add to that, the fact that secondary stats are now next ot useless so even at rather high gear leaves the classes are just as slow as when you're leveling. You can jump on the raid test to check the last one out.

There is no way around the fact that classes are in a worse state than ever befor and the rest of the content matters little if the character you play is not fun.

[Ilir]

I didn't say that "most got pruned". Stop making stuff up. Most classes do look bad and the general design philosophy is horrible.
But yeah, most classes are affected by the GCD change and in a negative way. Every class is slower and really clunky. Add to that, the fact that secondary stats are now next ot useless so even at rather high gear leaves the classes are just as slow as when you're leveling. You can jump on the raid test to check the last one out.

There is no way around the fact that classes are in a worse state than ever befor and the rest of the content matters little if the character you play is not fun.

You said "most class look pretty bad" and then added "every class" so sorry but next time be more specific.

And you're still hyperboling.

[RippedLife]

finally got my Beta invite

[Traveler Voltin]

The new UI will take some getting use to

[infinitemeridian]

I didn't say that "most got pruned". Stop making stuff up. Most classes do look bad and the general design philosophy is horrible.
But yeah, most classes are affected by the GCD change and in a negative way. Every class is slower and really clunky. Add to that, the fact that secondary stats are now next ot useless so even at rather high gear leaves the classes are just as slow as when you're leveling. You can jump on the raid test to check the last one out.

There is no way around the fact that classes are in a worse state than ever befor and the rest of the content matters little if the character you play is not fun.

Yeah no, most classes are fine, if not great. Maybe be more specific?

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Gotta say I am surprised they are actually merging Prestige levels! https://twitter.com/i/web/status/991798484956102656
Did not expect this from Blizz. I have 6 at lvl 1, 5 at lvl 2 and my main is at lvl 8 so that's 24 right away. Only need to get my main to 9 then and I'll be done.

Does this mean I will automatically unlock all the artifact appearances account-wide if I have three characters at level 5?