9.0 General Discussion

[therumblings]

Looks like Stiven was right

https://www.wowhead.com/news=316325/...owlands-alpha-

[therumblings]

I mean, they are all different shades of blue.

I still think it's kind of silly Blood Elves don't even have the darkest shades of blue eyes considering Void Elves are getting pretty much all of their customizations except for blonde hair and styles. I don't think they should have blue eyes at all, but they could have atleast let em have dark blue. It's pretty irrelevant though.

[Nagawithlegs]

Looks like Stiven was right

https://www.wowhead.com/news=316325/...owlands-alpha-

Even if these ARE the final options, is anyone going to point out that the Void Elf colors are closer to the existing High Elves while Blood Elves aren't getting the same ones?





Makes sense considering that Blood Elves are all exposed to magic that their eyes would be brighter.

[Hugnomo]

Looks like Stiven was right

https://www.wowhead.com/news=316325/...owlands-alpha-

What do you mean, Stiven literally datamined those. You're using Stiven's post to prove he was right?
Yes, that's what's on the build. But official blizzard post > wip alpha build

[therumblings]

What do you mean, Stiven literally datamined those. You're using Stiven's post to prove he was right?
Yes, that's what's on the build. But official blizzard post > wip alpha build

Stiven made an offhand comment looking at something off screen, we now have proof. It's not a big deal, I just think it's funny that they get a few shades shy of blue eyes. No one will be able to actually recognize the difference in game.

[huth]

Timers are gone from torments, which are just debuffs/curses now. More rewards are given if you do the run faster though. Blizz will continue to get hammered until they make it so that being slow/being fast gives the same rewards.

Given that there's likely a weekly cap on them, that's the case already anyway. Slow just takes longer.

Still, this makes for a much better Roguelike experience.

[kaid]

So nature aligned mortal souls literally become Spirit Beasts.

That must be like the ultimate gift to all BM hunters.
No need to spend time going after spirit beasts when you are one yourself.

Frolicing through the afterlife with hati seems a legit thing to aim for.

[therumblings]

Customizable void form for void elves would be nice if that's what the datamined options are leading to.

[Nagawithlegs]

Customizable void form for void elves would be nice if that's what the datamined options are leading to.

Between that and "thin humans" coming back I'm expecting some big announcements for customization on the 9th.

Unhunched Undead seem likely.

[huth]

Seems like they completely ditched the whole timed thing and just made Legendary runs 6 floors by default, with Twisted Corridors being endless mode for cosmetic rewards.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo...ned/498548/280

Timed chest is just an artifact of a previous design.

[Nagawithlegs]

Oh shit, no bonus rewards at all. What's the point of the twisting corridors though?

[huth]

Oh shit, no bonus rewards at all. What's the point of the twisting corridors though?

Endless run mode for cosmetic rewards and people who just want to see how far they can get.

Seems like Blizzard realised they were trying to combat an issue that simply isn't worth fighting.

[Dracullus]

Oh shit, no bonus rewards at all. What's the point of the twisting corridors though?

Achievements/pets/mounts/transmog/titles? Let's face it, cosmetic stuff are often more desirable than gear/power upgrade.

[therumblings]

Achievements/pets/mounts/transmog/titles? Let's face it, cosmetic stuff are often more desirable than gear/power upgrade.

Unfortunately that is what modern Wow has become

[Nagawithlegs]

Unfortunately that is what modern Wow has become

Why is that unfortunate? I can't think of many games out there where "me make big number" is the ultimate be all/end all reward.

[huth]

Unfortunately that is what modern Wow has become

Wouldn't call that unfortunate. It's much easier for Blizzard to come up with new stuff there since they don't need to worry about balance.

[Dracullus]

Unfortunately that is what modern Wow has become

Lol, since literally first day people cared about how you look or stuff like mounts. Now we just have more to choose and thankfully most is account wide.

[therumblings]

It's unfortunate that the game turned into an Asmonbald RNG mount drop collection simulator as opposed to what it used to be. Mounts are fine, but not when that is the focus of the game.

[Nagawithlegs]

It's unfortunate that the game turned into an Asmonbald RNG mount drop collection simulator as opposed to what it used to be.

As WoD showed us, Vanilla-mode expansions of gear n raid just don't work anymore.

[therumblings]

As WoD showed us, Vanilla-mode expansions just don't work anymore.

As BFA showed us, having features for the sake of features kills the identity of the game.