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Rhaknar · Dec 20, 2020

Since the Holy Legendary I want is from the raid's last boss, I went ahead and made this one

and I'm not sure if this is a common misconception or I'm just an idiot (and a friend of mine who assumed the same) but this legendary is actually a lot better than I thought it would be. As I read it I assumed the idea was get 5 stacks using Flash Heal and your next Heal has a faster cast + increased healing, but it's not the next Heal, well, it's not JUST the next Heal, the effect persists as long as you have the buff up (which lasts 15 seconds and is refreshed everytime you flash heal).

So as long as you can keep the buff up, you have a 1.x (.x cause of haste) second cast Heal with 15% increased healing.

Toth · Dec 21, 2020

So if I understand legendaries correctly, I can unlock my first one at 1250 ash, a 225 neck piece I bought for 30kish, and give it the ability for all three of my barriers to activate when I use it (im a fire mage) - I have the memories-. I can then upgrade it to the next item level when I amass a ton of soul ash in the near future? When I earn another 1250 soul ash, I can instead start another head legendary with crit hit damage and use another 225 piece as base?

Deleted member 4090 · Dec 21, 2020

Toth said:
So if I understand legendaries correctly, I can unlock my first one at 1250 ash, a 225 neck piece I bought for 30kish, and give it the ability for all three of my barriers to activate when I use it (im a fire mage) - I have the memories-. I can then upgrade it to the next item level when I amass a ton of soul ash in the near future? When I need hit 1250 soul ash, I can instead start another head legendary with crit hit damage and use another 225 piece as base?

No, you can only do the 190 version for 1250 ash. The 225 version costs over 3000 ash.

You can upgrade from one tier to the next, and the Ash rolls over. Or you can wait and skip right to the 210 or 225 version for the increased amount of ash.

Toth · Dec 21, 2020

Ahh okay so no cheating haha. Thank you for the info. The 1250 is for 190 and does it end up costing the same amount of ash to upgrade from 190 to 225 than if I just used the higher ilevel version as base?

Wowzors · Dec 21, 2020

Making my way through the campaign and am in ravedreth or whatever at about level 59 68% to level 60. The last two quests I have had to do are fucking ridiculous.

Sign your own death warrant, the npc that had to be killed was a level 61 elite, how the fuck am I supposed to do this solo? I got lucky and a group of 3 came and helped me.

Breathed a sigh of relief only to get to the next bitch of a quest my terrible morning where again, marquis pummeler is just fucking me.

Rhaknar · Dec 21, 2020

Toth said:
Ahh okay so no cheating haha. Thank you for the info. The 1250 is for 190 and does it end up costing the same amount of ash to upgrade from 190 to 225 than if I just used the higher ilevel version as base?

it costs the same

Naru · Dec 21, 2020

The resto druid talent Photosynthesis says "4% chance to cause it to bloom". What does this mean?

Rhaknar · Dec 21, 2020

Naru said:
The resto druid talent Photosynthesis says "4% chance to cause it to bloom". What does this mean?

4% chance of lifebloom "blooming" which is the effect it does when it ends or is dispelled

mclem · Dec 21, 2020

Wowzors said:
Making my way through the campaign and am in ravedreth or whatever at about level 59 68% to level 60. The last two quests I have had to do are fucking ridiculous.

Sign your own death warrant, the npc that had to be killed was a level 61 elite, how the fuck am I supposed to do this solo? I got lucky and a group of 3 came and helped me.

I don't recall an elite involved with Sign Your Own Death Warrant, although there's a rare in the vicinity - did someone summon her and then leave her up, or something?

Edit: Was it Scrivener Lenua? That's the rare I was talking about. Completely unrelated to Sign Your Own Death Warrant, if so!

Breathed a sigh of relief only to get to the next bitch of a quest my terrible morning where again, marquis pummeler is just fucking me.

Look around the area to find a light crystal. That gives you an extra action button which can do ridiculous damage to Revendreth folks and stun them.

ToTheMoon · Dec 21, 2020

Rhaknar said:
Since the Holy Legendary I want is from the raid's last boss, I went ahead and made this one

and I'm not sure if this is a common misconception or I'm just an idiot (and a friend of mine who assumed the same) but this legendary is actually a lot better than I thought it would be. As I read it I assumed the idea was get 5 stacks using Flash Heal and your next Heal has a faster cast + increased healing, but it's not the next Heal, well, it's not JUST the next Heal, the effect persists as long as you have the buff up (which lasts 15 seconds and is refreshed everytime you flash heal).

So as long as you can keep the buff up, you have a 1.x (.x cause of haste) second cast Heal with 15% increased healing.

I made the same reading comprehension error that you did. That is a lot better... :O

DanteMenethil · Dec 21, 2020

Rhaknar said:
Since the Holy Legendary I want is from the raid's last boss, I went ahead and made this one

and I'm not sure if this is a common misconception or I'm just an idiot (and a friend of mine who assumed the same) but this legendary is actually a lot better than I thought it would be. As I read it I assumed the idea was get 5 stacks using Flash Heal and your next Heal has a faster cast + increased healing, but it's not the next Heal, well, it's not JUST the next Heal, the effect persists as long as you have the buff up (which lasts 15 seconds and is refreshed everytime you flash heal).

So as long as you can keep the buff up, you have a 1.x (.x cause of haste) second cast Heal with 15% increased healing.

It is the much better legendary yes, the initial guides were dead wrong

Santos · Dec 21, 2020

Is there going to be an in-game shop sale this year? Already bought a token with gold expecting to buy a store mount.

Royalan · Dec 21, 2020

Can I just say, as a random observation, that Ardenweald is the best zone Blizzard has ever done in this game. IMO

I'm a sucker for a good forest zone in games, and WoW has a few top tier ones at this point, but man everything in Ardenweald just comes together. The pacing, how every area just flows into another. How it feels large and busy and lived-in, but you don't get lost. The MUSIC. There have been a few times now where I opted not to use my hearthstone to get to the sanctum and take a flight path from Oribos instead, because I wanted to experience that moment when you come through the gate and you get that great scenic shot of Ardenweald right as the theme kicks in. Soooo good.

Bravo to the art team.

Rhaknar · Dec 21, 2020

ToTheMoon said:
I made the same reading comprehension error that you did. That is a lot better... :O

I honestly think it's a fair assumption to make, to the point I wonder if its even working as intended atm

Mobius and Pet Octopus · Dec 21, 2020

I have been a little lucky this expansion with BOEs, at least more than previous. I have gotten 3 total which have sold for around 500k in total. My last one sold for 320k gold.

Rhaknar · Dec 21, 2020

Mobius and Pet Octopus said:
I have been a little lucky this expansion with BOEs, at least more than previous. I have gotten 3 total which have sold for around 500k in total. My last one sold for 320k gold.

my goodness :o

TheRaidenPT · Dec 21, 2020

Sitting at 650k gold made this expansion by selling fish / flasks / cooking / herbs :)

small update on us we are now 5 bosses down in CN Normal (very casual guild)

Deleted member 69942 · Dec 21, 2020

I am slowly on the burnout of SL already. Mainly as the dailies are quite tedious in a way and feel as a must. I guess I take it a bit easier daily wise and focus on the weeklies and alts.

Shotterke · Dec 21, 2020

Which dailies are a must? Can't think of anything except the maw dailies.

FlashChopCoffee · Dec 21, 2020

I've seen mentions on icyveins about an Icecap build for 2-handed frost DK, but no specifics.
Has any of you fine death knight folk dabbled in icecap builds this expansion?

Deleted member 69942 · Dec 21, 2020

Shotterke said:
Which dailies are a must? Can't think of anything except the maw dailies.

Just the ones from the anime thing for your grateful offerings. And they feel for me as a must haha

Anoregon · Dec 21, 2020

Shotterke said:
Which dailies are a must? Can't think of anything except the maw dailies.

I wouldn't even say the maw dailies are the must. The Maw weekly quests give like 10x the rep of the dailies so they are much more important.

Stellar Drift · Dec 21, 2020

Silly question but here it goes. I finally got my PC put together (was waiting for a 3080 and lucked out last week). I did not even get to 120 in BFA but am really feeling the itch to come back to WoW. Is there a lot of catchup to do if I am just starting Shadowlands now? Am I in for a long uphill battle?

sredgrin · Dec 21, 2020

Stellar Drift said:
Silly question but here it goes. I finally got my PC put together (was waiting for a 3080 and lucked out last week). I did not even get to 120 in BFA but am really feeling the itch to come back to WoW. Is there a lot of catchup to do if I am just starting Shadowlands now? Am I in for a long uphill battle?

You'll probably be around lvl 45-48 and you only need to get to 48 to start shadowlands so not a lot to do really, depending on where you got squished too.

I didnt level an alt in BFA and they were squished to 45. The few I had played were squished to around 46. Was pretty east to get to 48.

Wowzors · Dec 21, 2020

mclem said:
I don't recall an elite involved with Sign Your Own Death Warrant, although there's a rare in the vicinity - did someone summon her and then leave her up, or something?

Edit: Was it Scrivener Lenua? That's the rare I was talking about. Completely unrelated to Sign Your Own Death Warrant, if so!

Look around the area to find a light crystal. That gives you an extra action button which can do ridiculous damage to Revendreth folks and stun them.

It was lenua, someone must have set me up lol. The light crystal didn't do like anything to the pummeler guy, absolutely smokes the other bandits and ghouls though. I have some guy running around me who has a willpower bar but it's completely empty

mclem · Dec 21, 2020

TheRaidenPT said:
Sitting at 650k gold made this expansion by selling fish / flasks / cooking / herbs :)

small update on us we are now 5 bosses down in CN Normal (very casual guild)

On which note, what order are people tackling bosses in? We've had a brief spell of time on Artificer and will probably be sticking with that as our fourth boss (After Shrieky, Huntsman, Devourer), but I might need to be open to alternatives.

TheRaidenPT · Dec 21, 2020

mclem said:
On which note, what order are people tackling bosses in? We've had a brief spell of time on Artificer and will probably be sticking with that as our fourth boss (After Shrieky, Huntsman, Devourer), but I might need to be open to alternatives.

Huntsman > Hungering Devour > Inerva > Artificier > Karl Thas

Joseph Joestar · Dec 21, 2020

Absolutly hate the dungeon quest requirements of this addon. Let people play the game however they want without forceing them to do content they dont like.

Its also bothering me for years that they have this artificial lets not allow them to fly in the new addon thing going on until you do horrendous thing x.

It dosnt help that I hate quests and reputation grind.

mclem · Dec 21, 2020

Joseph Joestar said:
Absolutly hate the dungeon quest requirements of this addon. Let people play the game however they want without forceing them to do content they dont like.

...what dungeon quest requirements? I'm not aware of anything forcing you into dungeons, except as part of the progression paths that are based around dungeons anyway? I *think* - although I'm sure that others will be able to correct me - that dungeons aren't a crucial blocking component of any of the zone campaigns.

Joseph Joestar said:
It dosnt help that I hate quests and reputation grind.

PvP - focussed player, I assume, then?

Joseph Joestar · Dec 21, 2020

mclem said:
...what dungeon quest requirements? I'm not aware of anything forcing you into dungeons, except as part of the progression paths that are based around dungeons anyway? I *think* - although I'm sure that others will be able to correct me - that dungeons aren't a crucial blocking component of any of the zone campaigns.

No that you need to finish quests to enter specific dungeons with the dungeon finder.

PvP - focussed player, I assume, then?

I just dont like it after hitting max level. More Dungeon / Raid focused.

mclem · Dec 21, 2020

Joseph Joestar said:
No that you need to finish quests to enter specific dungeons with the dungeon finder.

I thought the only restrictions there were ilvl-based, and you could still avoid those by building a premade group and hopping through the portal.

What does it actually say when you mouseover the lock symbol?

Deleted member 4090 · Dec 21, 2020

Joseph Joestar said:
No that you need to finish quests to enter specific dungeons with the dungeon finder.

I just dont like it after hitting max level. More Dungeon / Raid focused.

At max level, you haven't even been to the four zones yet?

dalq · Dec 21, 2020

dalq said:
Any Necrolord here can help me?
I unlocked the abomination factory a few days ago, but absolutely nothing happened. I went to the place, turned the quest in and saw the little cinematic, then a zombie head showed on my map, but nothing else. Didn't get an introduction quest, nothing different dropped, nothing. It might as well not exist. Am I missing something?

Anyone? :(

Strafer · Dec 21, 2020

I know that if I boost an allied race to 50 I wont get the allied armor sets.

But..If I race change my level 48 Draenie to a Lightforged and level to 50.

Will that work?

Joseph Joestar · Dec 21, 2020

Strafer said:
I know that if I boost an allied race to 50 I wont get the allied armor sets.

But..If I race change my level 48 Draenie to a Lightforged and level to 50.

Will that work?

No. You have to play 1-50 without boosts and without race changes.

Strafer · Dec 21, 2020

Joseph Joestar said:
No. You have to play 1-50 without boosts and without race changes.

Okay, I was just wondering, I have a race change available and thought just in case.

Santos · Dec 21, 2020

dalq said:
Anyone? :(

It's been sometime since I did the intro quest to the Abomination Factory, so I don't remember the quest order and how to get them.
Take a look at this though: Abomination Factory Wowhead

Berordn · Dec 21, 2020

mclem said:
On which note, what order are people tackling bosses in? We've had a brief spell of time on Artificer and will probably be sticking with that as our fourth boss (After Shrieky, Huntsman, Devourer), but I might need to be open to alternatives.

we did shriek > huntsman > devourrrrr > darkvein > my beloved prince > artificer

if you have enough off healers you can make kael pretty easy

Mr Swine · Dec 21, 2020

Did a first +3 mythic run on Spires Of Ascension and Doom Winds dropped. Lol, heard it drops rarely

ToTheMoon · Dec 21, 2020

Royalan said:
Can I just say, as a random observation, that Ardenweald is the best zone Blizzard has ever done in this game. IMO

I'm a sucker for a good forest zone in games, and WoW has a few top tier ones at this point, but man everything in Ardenweald just comes together. The pacing, how every area just flows into another. How it feels large and busy and lived-in, but you don't get lost. The MUSIC. There have been a few times now where I opted not to use my hearthstone to get to the sanctum and take a flight path from Oribos instead, because I wanted to experience that moment when you come through the gate and you get that great scenic shot of Ardenweald right as the theme kicks in. Soooo good.

Bravo to the art team.

I had the same reaction. imo the entire expansion hits a consistently high bar across pretty much every aspect, but Ardenweald really exemplifies it. The MUSIC.

I actually loved the zone so much that I switched around my Covenant plans so that my main could be Night Fae.

AimLow · Dec 21, 2020

Pushing keys lately and I just gotta say: Tyrannical plus Storming is an awful affix combo that should be outlawed.

EDIT: Oh and I forgot Bolstering on top of all that other shit. To hell with this week :/

LordRuyn · Dec 21, 2020

ToTheMoon said:
I had the same reaction. imo the entire expansion hits a consistently high bar across pretty much every aspect, but Ardenweald really exemplifies it. The MUSIC.

I actually loved the zone so much that I switched around my Covenant plans so that my main could be Night Fae.

Yeah, Ardenweald is really amazing. Unfortunately, I have been playing more my second account that has my AH toons than my main, so I haven't explored any covenant activities yet or Torghast. I've heard the latter is quite fun!

I expanded my operations reaching 6 servers total and that has been really time consuming, to the point I am actually missing the main game. After I manage to get all my crafters to 60 on my main server, I'll hopefully be able to focus on my warrior main and do some dungeons and stuff.

Tacitus · Dec 21, 2020

TatteredHat said:
I'm not particularly invested in this xpac but let me just say that The Maw is one of the worst (as in least enjoyable to play) zones Blizzard has ever made, what were they thinking.

"We'll make an unenjoyable zone, on purpose! See we get roleplaying!"

Barnak · Dec 21, 2020

What's the difference in efficiency between fire & frost mages for open world, dailies and maybe dungeons? I'm not really a raider expect the rare LFR.
I've always been a fan of frost mages thanks to the kiting and the powerful instant crits, but I feel like I spend way too much time casting those shitty Frostbolts(sometimes over 5-6 before getting a proc) just so I can cast Ice Lance and Flurry. Is there any special covenant abilities later on that can make it better or should I just switch to Fire and say goodbye to kiting?

Chindogg · Dec 21, 2020

I dunno why you guys knock the maw so much. It's a blast working to gain ways to traverse the zone. It feels like you're making progress each day towards something.

f0rk · Dec 21, 2020

Bisnic said:
What's the difference in efficiency between fire & frost mages for open world, dailies and maybe dungeons? I'm not really a raider expect the rare LFR.
I've always been a fan of frost mages thanks to the kiting and the powerful instant crits, but I feel like I spend way too much time casting those shitty Frostbolts(sometimes over 5-6 before getting a proc) just so I can cast Ice Lance and Flurry. Is there any special covenant abilities later on that can make it better or should I just switch to Fire and say goodbye to kiting?

Arcane is the best open world spec. Dungeons they are all fine although Fire is probably the best. Night Fae is the best covenant in most situations.

Beje · Dec 21, 2020

Bisnic said:
What's the difference in efficiency between fire & frost mages for open world, dailies and maybe dungeons? I'm not really a raider expect the rare LFR.
I've always been a fan of frost mages thanks to the kiting and the powerful instant crits, but I feel like I spend way too much time casting those shitty Frostbolts(sometimes over 5-6 before getting a proc) just so I can cast Ice Lance and Flurry. Is there any special covenant abilities later on that can make it better or should I just switch to Fire and say goodbye to kiting?

I can't help much with Fire but with Frost, yeah, some times you're stuck with frostbolt when RNGesus doesn't want to cooperate. Anyway have some random tips to make the rotation more interesting:
- Use all the ice lance procs before the flurry proc, then after flurry cast two more unpowered ice lances: after flurry the target is considered "frozen" so ice lances will hit as though they were powered up
- Consider the talent that grants you an instant Blizzard after casting frozen orb even if it's sub-par for single target, for the "PUSH THIS BUTTON" instant gratification
- I have mine with the Night Fae and I love doing the following combo: Alter time -> Shimmer right in the middle of the pack of mobs -> Shifting Power the hell out of them (also reduces all your cooldowns) -> maybe slam arcane explosion a couple of times if there are any mobs low on health -> Alter time gets you automatically back to safety and, if you're lucky, you have the frozen orb -> blizzard ready again after the cooldown reduction.

Conkerkid11 · Dec 21, 2020

Chindogg said:
I dunno why you guys knock the maw so much. It's a blast working to gain ways to traverse the zone. It feels like you're making progress each day towards something.

Pissed me off yesterday when I hit 60 on my Paladin, went into the Maw, started from the top left and worked my way through finishing all my shit, and hit max jailer level before I could wrap up the final quest for my legendary stuff.

It's fine if they want to limit the amount of Stygia you can earn per day or whatever. But they literally hit you with a debuff that makes it impossible to do anything in the Maw after a certain point.

Also, the mounts in there are way too sparse. You've got some guaranteed at the start, but beyond that, you're lucky if you can find one. And you can't even remount or anything if you hop off.

To me it's just more solo content that highlights how unbalanced the classes in the game are. My fury warrior was an absolute pain to play with in the Maw, but my prot paladin could probably fight everything in the entire Maw at the same time without breaking a sweat.

Weebos · Dec 21, 2020

Chindogg said:
I dunno why you guys knock the maw so much. It's a blast working to gain ways to traverse the zone. It feels like you're making progress each day towards something.

The Maw in War Mode is hell on earth.

It's fine when you turn War Mode off.

Rhaknar · Dec 21, 2020

dalq said:
Anyone? :(

the factory is outside to the right, so you have to go there to "activate" it

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