This Week in WoW - March 3rd, 2020

[Lumy]

Patch 8.3 Hotfixes - March 2nd, 2020

This Week in World of Warcraft

• Grand Empress Shek'zara World Boss
• N'Zoth Assaults in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms
• Island Expeditions and Salvage Crates Rotation
• Darkmoon Faire
• Battle for Azeroth Dungeon Event
• PvP Brawl: Tarren Mill vs. Southshore
• Call to Arms: Vale of Eternal Blossoms, Mechagon and Tiragarde Sound

Grand Empress Shek'zara World Boss
Grand Empress Shek'zara is up in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms!

Grand Empress Shek'zara
With the awakening of N'Zoth, Shek'zara, empress of the mantid, pledged her swarm to the old god's will. In service of her dark master, she unleashed her forces upon the Vale of Eternal Blossoms to claim Pandaria in N'Zoth's name.

• Overview - Grand Empress Shek'zara uses her powerful voice and Zara'thik Swarmguard to overwhelm enemies.
  
  • Healers -
    • Seek protection inside of a Sound Barrier during Force and Verve.
    • Avoid sound waves emitted during Song of the Empress.
  • Tanks -
    • Protect allies from Mantid summoned by Summon Swarmguard.
    • Seek protection inside of a Sound Barrier during Force and Verve.
    • Avoid sound waves emitted during Song of the Empress.
  • Damage Dealers -
    • Defeat waves of Mantid summoned by Summon Swarmguard.
    • Seek protection inside of a Sound Barrier during Force and Verve.
    • Avoid sound waves emitted during Song of the Empress.
• Song of the Empress - Shek'zara chants the Song of the Empress, emitting sound waves that travel outwards from her.
  Players that come into contact with Song of the Empress are Silenced and suffer 4 Nature damage every 0.5 sec for 3 sec.
• Force and Verve - Shek'zara shouts, inflicting 33 Nature damage every 1 sec for 6 sec.
  Players standing in a Sound Barrier take 70% reduced damage from Force and Verve.
  
  • Sound Barrier - Reduces damage dealt by Force and Verve by 70%.
    
• Summon Swarmguard - Shek'zara summons her Zara'thik Swarmguard to aid her in battle.
  
  • Zara'thik Swarmguard -
    
    • Bladestorm - Charges to a player's location and spins a blade around the caster, inflicting 33 Physical damage to all nearby enemies every 1 sec.
  • Zara'thik Ambershaper -
    
    • Amber Bolt Volley - Fires bolts of hardened amber at all nearby enemies, inflicting 25 Nature damage.

Level	Type	Slot	Name	Model Viewer
445	Finger	Finger	Loop of Abhorrent Celerity
445	Cloth	Head	Maniacal Speaker's Cover	Modelviewer
445	Leather	Head	Guise of the Voracious Prowler	Modelviewer
445	Mail	Legs	Greaves of Shattered Thoughts	Modelviewer
445	Plate	Legs	Chitinous Conqueror's Legplates	Modelviewer

N'Zoth Assaults in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms

Assault: The Black Empire

• The Black Empire Assault has started in Uldum. This major assault resets on Tuesday at 7am PT in NA (Wednesday at 8am CET in EU).
• Completing this assault rewards you with 1500 Uldum Accord reputation, 750 Artifact Power, and a Cache of the Black Empire.
• Cache of the Black Empire contains 12500 Coalescing Visions, Corrupted Mementos, 2000 Gold or 200 War Resources, and a chance for a corrupted item.

Assault: Mantid

• The Mantid Assault has started in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. This minor assault resets on Friday at 7pm PT in NA (Saturday at 8pm CET in EU).
• Completing this assault rewards you with 500 Rajani reputation, 500 Artifact Power, and a Cache of the Mantid Swarm.
• Cache of the Mantid Swarm contains 6500 Coalescing Visions, Corrupted Mementos, 2000 Gold or 200 War Resources, and a chance for a corrupted item.

To learn more about the N'Zoth Assaults in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, click the banner below for an in depth guide.

Island Expeditions for the Week of March 3rd, 2020
The Island Expeditions for the week are:

• Whispering Reef with Murlocs
• Crestfall with Spirit Orcs
• Snowblossom Village with Mantid

The Salvage Crates available for purchase this week are:

• Crestfall Salvage
• Molten Cay Salvage
• Un'gol Ruins Salvage
• Venture Co 'Salvage'

Click the banner below to learn more about Island Expedition Rewards and Loot Tables.

Darkmoon Faire
The Darkmoon Faire is in town once again! If you're grinding reputation with the new 8.3 factions, Uldum Accord and Rajani, pick up the Darkmoon Top Hat or the WHEE! buff to increase reputation gains by 10% for 60 minutes.

Battle for Azeroth Dungeon Event
This week's bonus event is the Battle for Azeroth Dungeon Event.

• All week long the final boss of each Battle for Azeroth Dungeon will drop an extra piece of loot.
• Pick up the quest Emissary of War from either your Adventure Journal or in your faction hub. Completing this quest rewards Cache of Ny'alothan Treasures.

The Battle for Azeroth Dungeons Bonus Event is underway!

This Week

All week, open Group Finder (default hotkey: I) to queue for any Battle for Azeroth dungeon on Normal or Heroic difficulty.

Alternatively, get a group of veteran dungeoneers together and travel to one of the Battle for Azeroth dungeons on Mythic difficulty:

• Atal’Dazar
• Temple of Sethraliss
• The Underrot
• The MOTHERLODE!!
• Freehold
• Shrine of the Storm
• Tol Dagor
• Waycrest Manor

Look for the following all week long:

• Chronicler Shoopa in Zuldazar or Chronicler Toopa in Boralus has a quest for you – Emissary of War. Or, if you forget to pick it up there, you can start it within the Adventure Journal.
  
  • Quest requirement: Complete 4 Battle for Azeroth dungeons on Mythic difficultly.
  • Rewards: One loot box containing a piece of gear from Heroic difficulty Ny'alotha.
• Passive bonus: The final boss in each dungeon drop additional loot on all difficulties (except Mythic Keystone difficulties.)

PvP Brawl: Tarren Mill vs. Southshore

Originally introduced as a part of the World of Warcraft 10-Year Anniversary event, this Brawl harkens back to the early days of WoW PvP, with an epic battle between the two towns of Tarren Mill and Southshore. In this game of war, you’ll need to work as a team and deplete your foes’ resources to claim victory.

Call to Arms: Vale of Eternal Blossoms, Mechagon and Tiragarde Sound
This week's Call to Arms is Call to Arms: Vale of Eternal Blossoms, Call to Arms: Mechagon and Call to Arms: Tiragarde Sound.

Head to the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, Mechagon and Tiragarde Sound with warmode enabled to kill players of the opposing faction. This will reward you with Quartermaster's Note, Aspirant's Equipment Cache, Honor, Conquest and Reputation with either The Honorbound or 7th Legion.

[Lurker1]

Did they nerf the reward why does it look like a normal reward and not the heroic raid version here for some odd reason?

[Johnmatrix]

Did they nerf the reward why does it look like a normal reward and not the heroic raid version here for some odd reason?

I saw it too, but now it has been changed to heroic in the blue post it seems

[Omedon]

Who the hell is "warcraft secrets?" Just link WoWhead if you don't have an in-house article. Let's not try to make another database/news site "a thing."

[Masakade58]

EDIT: Sorry this is wrong. Changed this week so now it is actually the full 12500 and no vessel. Apologies!

Kinda want to note that the main Black Empire Assault doesn't technically give you 12500 coalescing visions. It gives you a Vessel of Heroic Visions along with 2500 Coalescing visions...

[Karith]

Kinda want to note that the main Black Empire Assault doesn't technically give you 12500 coalescing visions. It gives you a Vessel of Heroic Visions along with 2500 Coalescing visions...

No it doesn't they have changed it.

[Karith]

Kinda want to note that the main Black Empire Assault doesn't technically give you 12500 coalescing visions. It gives you a Vessel of Heroic Visions along with 2500 Coalescing visions...

They changed it, your note is wrong sir.

[Kiri]

Kinda want to note that the main Black Empire Assault doesn't technically give you 12500 coalescing visions. It gives you a Vessel of Heroic Visions along with 2500 Coalescing visions...

No longer. The reset also brings an update that changes it to being purely visions:

Cache of the Black Empire will award 12,500 Coalescing Visions instead of a Vessel of Horrific Visions and 2,500 Coalescing Visions.

[Kayze]

Who the hell is "warcraft secrets?" Just link WoWhead if you don't have an in-house article. Let's not try to make another database/news site "a thing."

WoWHead.com's terrible UX and questionable reporting are a great examples of why we need competition to pressure them to improve, which ultimately creates more value to the consumer.

[Omedon]

WoWHead.com's terrible UX and questionable reporting are a great examples of why we need competition to pressure them to improve, which ultimately creates more value to the consumer.

If we were talking competing lemonade stands or makes of groceries, ok, this is sound logic, but WoWhead is ubiquitous enough that no one's arriving late in the game to challenge unless Wowhead actually drops the ball. WoWhead, MMOChampion, Icy Veins. Synonymous with their function, untouchably ubiquitous, and the only thing that's going to kill them is themselves.

Kinda like WoW, actually haha.

[Rici]

If we were talking competing lemonade stands or makes of groceries, ok, this is sound logic, but WoWhead is ubiquitous enough that no one's arriving late in the game to challenge unless Wowhead actually drops the ball. WoWhead, MMOChampion, Icy Veins. Synonymous with their function, untouchably ubiquitous, and the only thing that's going to kill them is themselves.

There was a time when the same was told about wowprogress.com, being the undisputed king for your raids and mythic+ leaderboards. Guess what, a small competitor might have taken the lead here...

[Masakade58]

No longer. The reset also brings an update that changes it to being purely visions:

Cache of the Black Empire will award 12,500 Coalescing Visions instead of a Vessel of Horrific Visions and 2,500 Coalescing Visions.

Just realized that today! Went ahead and changed my original comment. Thanks!

[Kayze]

If we were talking competing lemonade stands or makes of groceries, ok, this is sound logic, but WoWhead is ubiquitous enough that no one's arriving late in the game to challenge unless Wowhead actually drops the ball. WoWhead, MMOChampion, Icy Veins. Synonymous with their function, untouchably ubiquitous, and the only thing that's going to kill them is themselves.

Kinda like WoW, actually haha.

Are you kidding? Amazon and Walmart stomp out that competition! They're the only ones around these days!

But funny how you say "The only thing that's going to kill them is themselves" which is literally the point of my post. I mean, MySpace had millions of people and where is it now? Lost to a college dorm kid's project (for better or worse). Or what about Photobucket vs Imgur? Discord? And it goes on.

There was a time when the same was told about wowprogress.com, being the undisputed king for your raids and mythic+ leaderboards. Guess what, a small competitor might have taken the lead here...

Also this.