World of Warcraft: Shadowlands - Afterlifes Animated Series to Premiere at Gamescom

[Finaj]

It's time for the WoW expansion animated prequel series. Last time it was Warbringers, now it's Afterlifes.

It looks like we'll be getting a short for each Shadowlands Covenant.

Between this and the pre-patch on the PTR, I wouldn't be surprised to see a release date at Gamescom.

 

[Jag]

I'm still thinking early November.

 

[Einchy]

These are always insanely good.

 

[LuckyLocke]

Yeah baby! I love these!

 

[Iyagovos]

Loving that Arthas tease, and pretty sure that's Garrosh in Revendreth. Very excited for Shadowlands!

 

[Shoichi]

loved these shorts cinematics by Blizzard

 

[Masagiwa]

Between this and the pre-patch on the PTR, I wouldn't be surprised to see a release date at Gamescom.

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Hopefully, I'm ready

 

[jxN3]

It'll never happen, but I hope they push Shadowlands to 2021.

It's shaping up so nicely, but I feel like it just needs more time in the oven.

 

[carlsojo]

I would love to find Arthas wandering the Maw incognito, much like Tirion did back in Vanilla in the Eastern Plaguelands.

 

[Z-Beat]

It'll never happen, but I hope they push Shadowlands to 2021.

It's shaping up so nicely, but I feel like it just needs more time in the oven.

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I also still need that buff to level my shaman

 

[Z-Beat]

I would love to find Arthas wandering the Maw incognito, much like Tirion did back in Vanilla in the Eastern Plaguelands.

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The Cataclysm-era short novel with Sylvanas had her come across Arthas in the Maw after she killed herself. He's having a bad time in there

 

[Kaim Argonar]

I don't think they can top Daughter of the Sea.

 

[lazygecko]

"Animated series" feels a bit too generous. They're motion comics.

 

[viral]

I also still need that buff to level my shaman

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Leveling will be faster in Shadowlands than it is now (even with the buff).

 

[Finaj]

Leveling will be faster in Shadowlands than it is now (even with the buff).

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Yup. I'm waiting to level my Pandaren monk entirely through Pandaria.

 

[Z-Beat]

Leveling will be faster in Shadowlands than it is now (even with the buff).

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For real? Good to know. It only takes me a few days to hit cap if I work at it right now

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Afterlifes is a JRPG-ass subtitle

 

[N64Controller]

I don't care how this expansion goes, I just want Sylvanas to be a loot pinata already.

(I actually do care about the expansion I love WoW)

 

[Tri]

SUPER excited for these! I got chills at the end with Uther.

I've been playing through beta, and it's nice that they're keeping a lot of the key storylines with the important characters secret.

Also, was that Garrosh in Revendreth?!

 

[OrangeNova]

Excited to see these.

And I'd bet either Thursday November 5th, or Tuesday November 10th for release date

 

[Hippopuncher12]

SUPER excited for these! I got chills at the end with Uther.

I've been playing through beta, and it's nice that they're keeping a lot of the key storylines with the important characters secret.

Also, was that Garrosh in Revendreth?!

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Pretty sure it was, yes.

 

[Berordn]

It'll never happen, but I hope they push Shadowlands to 2021.

It's shaping up so nicely, but I feel like it just needs more time in the oven.

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i doubt they'll go that far, but a december release is still very much possible (and something they've done before!)

obviously the PTR/Public Beta builds aren't going to be as far along as their internal stuff, but if those are any indication they are not nearly close enough to launch

 

[viral]

For real? Good to know. It only takes me a few days to hit cap if I work at it right now

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The current speed record is 5 hours to lvl 50 (current 120) in beta, all with solo play.

 

[Gatti-man]

Awesome. I love all the blizzard shorts they do.

 

[Z-Beat]

The current speed record is 5 hours to lvl 50 (current 120) in beta, all with solo play.

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Woof. This an average or optimal?

 

[Serious Sam]

The current speed record is 5 hours to lvl 50 (current 120) in beta, all with solo play.

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Please stop using this as a reference. Leveling speed is significantly sped up in Beta so testers can access all content quicker.
Blizzard said in Shadowlands they want max level to be reachable at 60% time of what it currently takes. So, if it normally takes for new player 120 hours to reach lvl 120 (prior to 100% buff), in Shadowlands to reach lvl 60 it should take about 70 hours.