9.0 General Discussion

[Raetary]

Hopefully we get the Nathanos fight this week.

[FuxieDK]

I'm actually wondering what made them decide to launch it based on EU timezones.

They do? What time will it be? I t bought hbey went with midnight again, just to annoy us.

They have always launched based on US times in the past; no one in their right mind want a launch a midnight.

[rrayy]

Just a coincidence really but I'd like to think something called "Cum Town" has influenced WoW in some way.

All it needs is to have one WoW dev as a fan and it gets in.

[Toybox]

They do? What time will it be? I t bought hbey went with midnight again, just to annoy us.

They have always launched based on US times in the past; no one in their right mind want a launch a midnight.

It's midnight EU server time, so the US will get it in the afternoon/evening, & the Asian/Oceanic servers will get it in the morning.

[Dracullus]

They do? What time will it be? I t bought hbey went with midnight again, just to annoy us.

They have always launched based on US times in the past; no one in their right mind want a launch a midnight.

Annoy? Midnight releases/launches are great and far more memorable for everything, not only WoW. If anything I feel bad for NA/Chinese guys that no longer have this.

[Lahis]

I'm actually wondering what made them decide to launch it based on EU timezones.

Several thousand years of human history.

The launch is at 00:00 UTC, so at midnight on Prime Meridian which is located on Europe because that's where maritime conventions were created and solified during several centuries of navigating the seas.

[Toybox]

Annoy? Midnight releases/launches are great and far more memorable for everything, not only WoW. If anything I feel bad for NA/Chinese guys that no longer have this.

BfA midnight launch was shocking for a lot of us on Draenor at the time, as many people just went to bed after hours of shit not happening But issues like that aside, midnight launches are bloody awesome. I still remember Legion launch, where most of us packed it up around 14:00 to go to sleep, all woke up & our Resto Shaman was still going & sounded like a zombie

People can say it's unhealthy (and I guess they'd be right), but that first few days are so damn hype & worth taking the time off for if you're playing with some good dudes.

[Sondrelk]

BfA midnight launch was shocking for a lot of us on Draenor at the time, as many people just went to bed after hours of shit not happening But issues like that aside, midnight launches are bloody awesome. I still remember Legion launch, where most of us packed it up around 14:00 to go to sleep, all woke up & our Resto Shaman was still going & sounded like a zombie

People can say it's unhealthy (and I guess they'd be right), but that first few days are so damn hype & worth taking the time off for if you're playing with some good dudes.

The last few hours before launch are always great. Even the shittiest pre-patch in recent memory for WoD, coincidentally the one with possibly the shittiest opening experience gave me an absolute blast of a time waiting for Khadgar to give the introductory questline, wating around him in Stormwind spamming trade chat.

I have no doubts this launch will be anything less, especially now that I have more free time and have plans to have fun with other guildies at the same time.

[Dracullus]

BfA midnight launch was shocking for a lot of us on Draenor at the time, as many people just went to bed after hours of shit not happening But issues like that aside, midnight launches are bloody awesome. I still remember Legion launch, where most of us packed it up around 14:00 to go to sleep, all woke up & our Resto Shaman was still going & sounded like a zombie

People can say it's unhealthy (and I guess they'd be right), but that first few days are so damn hype & worth taking the time off for if you're playing with some good dudes.

Of course it's unhealthy, but we do it once per year (since I guess Classic launches will be a thing on odd years now). Just like we rather eat unhealthy on Christmas, it's not problem if you doesn't do it day by day ;D.

And yeah, high pop realms are always a risk. But to be honest, for me whole waiting for midnight and athmosphere around launch is best part, usually after midnight it get silent after 2-3 hours. My plan is to play until 3-4 AM, then sleep until 11 and play whole day, no point to zombie whole day.

[FuxieDK]

It's midnight EU server time, so the US will get it in the afternoon/evening, & the Asian/Oceanic servers will get it in the morning.

Then the launch is still based on US times and favored as such.

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

Anyone think/hope we get this added in Shadowlands?

[therumblings]

Anyone think/hope we get this added in Shadowlands?

It's a cool mystery, I have no idea what it would be used for.

[FuxieDK]

Annoy? Midnight releases/launches are great and far more memorable for everything, not only WoW. If anything I feel bad for NA/Chinese guys that no longer have this.

Midnight releases is the worst, as a minimum of players are able to attend, since most are sound asleep by then.

16ish or 17ish would probably be most ideal, as people have come home from work/school, where 8ish could also work for a lot of people..... But in the middle of the night?? Naaaah..

[huth]

Then the launch is still based on US times and favored as such.

Midnight is a significant time. US launch time is rather arbitrary. It's quite clearly not based on US times. US technically gets the expansion a day before the official launch.

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Midnight releases is the worst, as a minimum of players are able to attend, since most are sound asleep by then.

I think you need to get out more. There's plenty of people still up after midnight. Especially if there is anything notable happening.

[Nagawithlegs]

Anyone think/hope we get this added in Shadowlands?

At this point I honestly think it might be getting delayed until some kind of World Revamp, or an update that changes Azeroth to some extent. Where would this fit in Shadowlands (or BFA where it was first datamined)? It's just a generic tavern.

Maybe you can ACTUALLY play Hearthstone here and that's a major feature coming up?

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Random fact of the day:

The Council of Blood in Castle Nathria is apparently named after hosts in a podcast called "Cum Town".

The hosts are Nick Mullen, Stavros Halkias, and Adam Friedland.

The Council is Castellan Niklaus, Lord Stavros and Baroness Frieda

Adam being the woman makes this basically confirmed.

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You can kill Nathanos and get a weapon, but the cinematic is bugged right now.

[Raetary]

Well.

This was weak.

[Kereberus]

Good. She deserves nothing.

[FuxieDK]

I think you need to get out more. There's plenty of people still up after midnight. Especially if there is anything notable happening.

On a night between tuesday and wednesday? No, not PLENTY... Some... A few... sure..

But the vast majority are sleeping at midnight on a weekday. Night-time releases are the worst time imaginable.. It cannot be worse... Even early (5ish) is better than 22-03 range.

[Sarethion]

This cinematic would have been 10/10 for me if at the end Tyrande countered Nathanos' smugness with a cold "you're wrong" and obliterated him, along with his soul. Instead we got blue-balled again, pretty much confirming that Nathanos is coming back in Shadowlands, probably as a raid boss in the instance where we take on Sylvanas.

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Now, I think Blizzard wanted to give us a lore-significant enemy for the pre-patch, but they didn't want to end that character's story in a timed event. So we got Nathanos, but we didn't really kill him so that everyone can see his ending once the "Sylvanas raid" comes out.

[Makabreska]

This cinematic would have been 10/10 for me if at the end Tyrande countered Nathanos' smugness with a cold "you're wrong" and obliterated him, along with his soul. Instead we got blue-balled again, pretty much confirming that Nathanos is coming back in Shadowlands, probably as a raid boss in the instance where we take on Sylvanas.

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Now, I think Blizzard wanted to give us a lore-significant enemy for the pre-patch, but they didn't want to end that character's story in a timed event. So we got Nathanos, but we didn't really kill him so that everyone can see his ending once the "Sylvanas raid" comes out.

I mean, is she even able to destroy souls? And TBH, I am all for multiple deaths for Nathanos Smugass.