World of Warcraft: Current Year

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Merrith

Golden Baronet of the Realm
18,722
7,325
I had a WANTED 5 man get reset in Vol'dun at some point in the past 7 days (I'm Horde), so I was wondering about that. Not going to complain about a bonus 250 rep though!

EDIT - Check your rep rewards from your Mission tables. I have a rare mission "Deeps Scouting" that's giving 425 base, +425 bonus for Champions of Azeroth, and I know nothing came close to that high before today.

That mission isn't new, we had one of our tanks last week get that one (he said it was 500 + 500, but likely he just meant that)
 

Morrow

Trakanon Raider
3,341
948
I feel dumb for getting excited to buy them at 130k now. Augh.

How many did you buy? At this rate I could have bought 2 extra tokens had I waited lol. They seem to be creeping back up though from today's low of like 115. Then again those little climbs are what always make me buy, and then they keep dropping. I have to force myself to wait and see if they drop again.
 
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Chris

Potato del Grande
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-10,449
Huh? The Jaina one had no new lore info. This had plenty of new background info on Azshara.
Jainia betraying Kul Tiras hadn't been mentioned in WoW, it's also relatively obscure since it happened in a patch to the expansion of Warcraft 3. So it's significant to look back and go "this is a really important event and the Alliance campaign is all about it".

The new information is that Jaina regrets what happened so much and is now ready to return to Kul Tiras and make amends, we also didn't know that she is such a legendary figure in Kul Tiras to the point that they have a folk song about how confused and hurt they are by her actions. Also giant flying boat.

The Azshara one has literally NO new background on Azshara, what did you think was new? It's 100% background so there's no hints at what is to come (unlike the Jaina and Sylvanas ones), which is my main objection. But yeah, if you've been reading the in game lore books and quest text then you would know this story - before Warlords everyone was guessing this would be the expansion story since it's the only bit of lore left.

We knew that the Old Gods saved the Naga from the sundering because Azshara made a deal with them. We knew that N'Zoth is the last Old God left who has an evil underwater city (Ny'alotha), which you could guess was going to look like Ahn'Qiraj / Azoj'Nerub. I suppose we didn't know that Azshara and N'Zoth have a more equal relationship than you'd think.
 

Noodleface

A Mod Real Quick
38,502
16,467
Jainia betraying Kul Tiras hadn't been mentioned in WoW, it's also relatively obscure since it happened in a patch to the expansion of Warcraft 3. So it's significant to look back and go "this is a really important event and the Alliance campaign is all about it".

The new information is that Jaina regrets what happened so much and is now ready to return to Kul Tiras and make amends, we also didn't know that she is such a legendary figure in Kul Tiras to the point that they have a folk song about how confused and hurt they are by her actions. Also giant flying boat.

The Azshara one has literally NO new background on Azshara, what did you think was new? It's 100% background so there's no hints at what is to come (unlike the Jaina and Sylvanas ones), which is my main objection. But yeah, if you've been reading the in game lore books and quest text then you would know this story - before Warlords everyone was guessing this would be the expansion story since it's the only bit of lore left.

We knew that the Old Gods saved the Naga from the sundering because Azshara made a deal with them. We knew that N'Zoth is the last Old God left who has an evil underwater city (Ny'alotha), which you could guess was going to look like Ahn'Qiraj / Azoj'Nerub. I suppose we didn't know that Azshara and N'Zoth have a more equal relationship than you'd think.

To me you have to read between the lines a little bit.

People have been guessing for awhile that N'zoth would appear this expansion. What this vignette shows me is that they will.
 

Morrow

Trakanon Raider
3,341
948
Don't feel too bad. I bought 17 or so at 200k+
'Yeah but that was probably throughout Legion right? I bought one for 190k about a week before BFA, becuase I didn't know they were removing all these gold missions and I figured an expansion would push prices up since more people would be returning to the game.
 

a_skeleton_05

<Banned>
13,843
34,510
'Yeah but that was probably throughout Legion right? I bought one for 190k about a week before BFA, becuase I didn't know they were removing all these gold missions and I figured an expansion would push prices up since more people would be returning to the game.

No, just around 3 months before the patch that cut off the order hall gold missions. I also thought the expansion would drive their prices up, otherwise I would have just sat on the gold instead of turning them into Blizzard bucks.
 

Qhue

Tranny Chaser
7,653
4,628
Is it better to stack the same effect from your Azerite gear or go for breadth? Effects that do things like proc 25 stacks of a buff that decays seems like it would be a waste on multiple pieces.
 

Khane

Got something right about marriage
20,747
14,524
Some effects stack and some don't and it depends on the class/spec if those are better. Right now it looks like the generic abilties that aren't tied to spec abilities/spells are the highest performers, and AFAIK those all stack. But it's still too early to really tell how they will affect raid performance.
 

Kaige

<WoW Guild Officer>
<WoW Guild Officer>
5,623
12,840
Yeah, I would stack "static" abilities, but anything with a proc is likely a gamble.
 

Fyff

Ahn'Qiraj Raider
2,751
5,385
Damn it looks like order hall gold was bringing in more than anyone imagined. We all knew it was a shit ton with all the people that have like 20 characters that were pulling in gold, but I don't think anyone would have guessed that tokens would have dropped THIS low? I keep buying them thinking they can't possibly go any lower. Now I'm just going to wait to see if they drop below 100. What's annoying is how many other areas of the market don't seem to have adjusted yet.
The tokens are getting low because people are purchasing more tokens for real money then there are people buying them on the auction house. That's how supply and demand works.
 
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Khane

Got something right about marriage
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It's not BOP. My follower gear has "Bind on use" mention, not "Bind on pickup"...

Oh hmm. I could have sworn when I looked at the tailor follower gear last week it was BoP. But goddamn... 30 expulsom and a hydrocore to craft.
 

Kaige

<WoW Guild Officer>
<WoW Guild Officer>
5,623
12,840
Oh hmm. I could have sworn when I looked at the tailor follower gear last week it was BoP. But goddamn... 30 expulsom and a hydrocore to craft.

Did they change it? My blacksmith's are all BoE and I could've sworn they were BoP last week.
 

Khane

Got something right about marriage
20,747
14,524
Looks like they reset all the Wanted quests in enemy territory like they had discussed yesterday. They now all give rep.
 

Khane

Got something right about marriage
20,747
14,524
Did they change it? My blacksmith's are all BoE and I could've sworn they were BoP last week.

Yea I'm pretty sure they changed it. I'm almost 100% certain the tailoring one was BoP last week.
 

Cybsled

Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
17,302
13,839
The Azshara one has literally NO new background on Azshara, what did you think was new? It's 100% background so there's no hints at what is to come (unlike the Jaina and Sylvanas ones), which is my main objection. But yeah, if you've been reading the in game lore books and quest text then you would know this story - before Warlords everyone was guessing this would be the expansion story since it's the only bit of lore left.

Using the prior logic, people who never read the War of the Ancients book series wouldn't have been fully aware of Azshara's deal from the end of that book series.
 

Noodleface

A Mod Real Quick
38,502
16,467
Looks like they reset all the Wanted quests in enemy territory like they had discussed yesterday. They now all give rep.
Can confirm. Did shark wanted quest at roughly 430pm and got no rep. At approximately 1am I went back and the quest was repopped and I got rep. 250 per quest.
 

Chris

Potato del Grande
19,881
-10,449
Using the prior logic, people who never read the War of the Ancients book series wouldn't have been fully aware of Azshara's deal from the end of that book series.
I think that's different because Naga have literally been in every WoW expansion and we knew since Blackfathom Deeps all the way back at ~lv20 in Vanilla that Naga=Old Gods. Azshara has even appeared in Cataclysm and Legion. So even if you didn't know the details, you would be aware of the Old Gods faction.

Kul Tiras has hardly been mentioned.
 

Nola

Blackwing Lair Raider
3,010
1,441
I ran Sea of shrines on mythic last night for the first time and it was pure cancer. Its probably the hardest something I came across yet. We wiped numerous times to Sea sage council fight but we finally got it down and I got a pair of 345 boots so I guess it was worth it. The trash is way harder than the most of the bosses imo and I would hate to do it on higher mythic. Fuck that place.

How is Kings rest? I hear that it can be difficult. Last boss has a 2 hander I need for my BDK.