Patch 8.2.5 PTR Development Notes

[MikeBogina]

So why is the Alliance getting an exclusive mount? I don't remember any of the Zandalari mount models being exclusive...

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We don't know anything about acquisition

You might need to do bumbles

"Alliance players rejoice – Stormsong Valley beekeepers have figured out how to grow ‘em big enough to ride! Barry the Beekeeper has some quests for you, so you should talk to him to get started on this honey of an adventure."

u walk up to barry the bee keeper and u start the quest chain...

[sch1ntus]

Asmongold is a whiney man child. Who cares what he thinks.

I honestly don't care what he thinks, but is curious as to what feature that might be :P

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people give WAY too much credence to what that guy thinks. Stop worshipping him and just play the game for yourself.

I don't really worship him, and mostly can't watch him for more than 5 mins. His autism/disability gives me ticks

[Stelio Kontos]

So why is the Alliance getting an exclusive mount? I don't remember any of the Zandalari mount models being exclusive...

Horde already got two mounts available to them, and they're usable by Alliance toons once a Hordelet's unlocked them. Will probably be the same with the bee. Let's not clutch your pearls yet, eh?

[Valysar]

Where the alliance just have to walk up to an npc to start their questchain for the bee...

Hum? We have to loot a rare item first too you know.

[Revamp Man]

"Alliance players rejoice – Stormsong Valley beekeepers have figured out how to grow ‘em big enough to ride! Barry the Beekeeper has some quests for you, so you should talk to him to get started on this honey of an adventure."

u walk up to barry the bee keeper and u start the quest chain...

True but it doesn't say if there is a prerequisite maybe just maybe you have to have bumbles in order to trigger the quest but nobody knows until it goes on to the test realm and I understand how it reads however keep in mind they don't put everything in the notes heck even now people don't understand what blizzard beads when they post that s*** so yeah you might just have to talk to him to start a quest line cool or maybe you have to do the previous quest that had something to do with Abby already and being able to grow it so you don't have to worry about training in New be

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I honestly don't care what he thinks, but is curious as to what feature that might be :P

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I don't really worship him, and mostly can't watch him for more than 5 mins. His autism/disability gives me ticks

The feature was the new recruit a friend system which essentially you create a link and then the more that the other person plays the more game time they buy so on and so forth every month can unlock new rewards from free game time to exclusive pets or exclusive mounts similar to fortnite Creator code I guess but I don't know anything about fortnite because I'm not an autistic 12 year old

[Vrinara]

I honestly don't care what he thinks, but is curious as to what feature that might be :P

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I don't really worship him, and mostly can't watch him for more than 5 mins. His autism/disability gives me ticks

That's kinda what I was thinking aswell. I know that the party feature thing is being taken from FF14. But I don't see what else they are taking.

[Kemsa]

WoW pary sync finally blizzard realize that level scaling should also work for older content with friends (cof cof guild wars 2) it was a god damn time yo.
For the Bee mount, i have my Kultiran toon ready to start the quest hell yeah new mount for my Hordy.
That Deathwing mount its glorious and AM GOING TO DO THE SHIT OUT OF FIRELANDS, thats probably one of the best raids in Cata, oh lord i hope we can see more of the next allied races and men cant wait for that juicy Goblin Heritage.

[gutnbrg]

Hum? We have to loot a rare item first too you know.

no i didnt know that, bc blizzard doesnt know how to describe things properly...

[PelinalWhitestrake]

WoW pary sync finally blizzard realize that level scaling should also work for older content with friends (cof cof guild wars 2) it was a god damn time yo.
For the Bee mount, i have my Kultiran toon ready to start the quest hell yeah new mount for my Hordy.
That Deathwing mount its glorious and AM GOING TO DO THE SHIT OUT OF FIRELANDS, thats probably one of the best raids in Cata, oh lord i hope we can see more of the next allied races and men cant wait for that juicy Goblin Heritage.

The Bee mount is exclusive, No bees for greenskins.

[kaiba1]

For another 4 months? No.

Hmm... What can get done in 4 months...

- Flying
- Raiding (AotC if you dont already have it)
- Mythic + R.IO Score
- Reputations
- Mount Farming (Yes.... it is content... Stop kidding yourself.... Unless your Asmongold)
- Classic Raids
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Classic WoW (for those who hate BfA with a fiery passion)
- Firelands Timewalking (I can guarantee you Cata babies wont know wtf to do in Firelands)
- Bee Mount (I guess this falls into Mount Farming?)
- PVP Season 3 (Unless your bad at it)

Sounds 4+ months worth right there.... Unless you are planning to play classic, and your not expecting the grind to 60 is harder than you think it may be.

[Kyphael]

New bee mount, anniversary event and goblins/worgen re-done? Seems more interesting than 8.2 with Azshara raid, definitely staying subbed! I've yet to do TW BT or Ulduar, maybe I'll try FL.

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no new allied race

>_>

Yeah, equally bummed here. I want me some Vulpera or Mok'nathal.

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Nope. I said there won't be any new allied races in 8.2.5 long before. It's not a surprise they had to finish up worgen and goblin models. There is not time to make new allied races. I also strongly believe that there won't be any until at least next expansion preorder. For BfA Blizzard, in my opinion, is done with Allied Races, Kul Tirans and Zandalari make sense as the last ones in this expansion. We don't need new allied races every .5 patch, it would just bloat the number of races too much.

That'd be pretty weird since there are like four total slots left to complete for allied races, two on horde and two on alliance. I think we can expect at least 2 new allied races for 8.3 and then the final two allied races for 9.0 pre-order.

Mecha Gnomes and Vulpera for 8.3.
??? and Mok'nathal for Horde 9.0?

[clevin]

Hmm... What can get done in 4 months...

- Flying

Flying itself is a feature, not playable content (Jesus, people, learn the fucking difference...) but yes, you do content to get it However a) that content is out now and b) most people already have finished this or will soon.

- Raiding (AotC if you dont already have it)

My very casual guild clears N in one night now, is 3/8 H on the 2nd night. Once a few more people have seen N they'll clear out H. That won't take 4 months.

- Mythic + R.IO Score

This isn't new content. It's grinding old 5 mans to elevate some score.

- Reputations

1) reps aren't content. You DO content to raise them, but they're not content themselves. Oh and you mean the reps that are already at revered if you have flight like many people do?

- Mount Farming (Yes.... it is content... Stop kidding yourself.... Unless your Asmongold)

This is getting boring - it's not new content. You DO content do get he mounts, but repeated something over and over isn't new content. And if you're talking mounts from 8.1 and before it's NOT NEW 8.2 CONTENT.

- Classic Raids
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Classic WoW (for those who hate BfA with a fiery passion)
- Firelands Timewalking (I can guarantee you Cata babies wont know wtf to do in Firelands)

Speaking of things that are NOT NEW 8.2 CONTENT....

Sure people can be completionists and do things like 'get every mount' or 'raise all reps to exalted' but those aren't new playable content, they're doing things you have access to now over and over to raise a score.

[kaiba1]

Flying itself is a feature, not playable content (Jesus, people, learn the fucking difference...) but yes, you do content to get it However a) that content is out now and b) most people already have finished this or will soon.

My very casual guild clears N in one night now, is 3/8 H on the 2nd night. Once a few more people have seen N they'll clear out H. That won't take 4 months.

This isn't new content. It's grinding old 5 mans to elevate some score.

1) reps aren't content. You DO content to raise them, but they're not content themselves. Oh and you mean the reps that are already at revered if you have flight like many people do?

This is getting boring - it's not new content. You DO content do get he mounts, but repeated something over and over isn't new content. And if you're talking mounts from 8.1 and before it's NOT NEW 8.2 CONTENT.


Speaking of things that are NOT NEW 8.2 CONTENT....

Sure people can be completionists and do things like 'get every mount' or 'raise all reps to exalted' but those aren't new playable content, they're doing things you have access to now over and over to raise a score.

So bascially what your saying is, its not content because you find it boring? .... Okay.

Do what you want in the so called "content-less" game.