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War of Thorns Chapter 1 Now Live on NA Servers - Now is the Time to Choose - World of Warcraft News

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited July 2018 in News & Features Discussion

imageWar of Thorns Chapter 1 Now Live on NA Servers - Now is the Time to Choose - World of Warcraft News

North American World of Warcraft players can now head into the game to take part in the first chapter of the War of Thorns, the pre-event setting up the Battle for Azeroth expansion that will launch on August 14th. The War of Thorns content will be split out over the next three weeks as the tensions escalate between Horde & Alliance.

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  • DhaenonDhaenon Member UncommonPosts: 150
    I may be the minority but one of the reasons I played WoW back in the day was because of the Horde and how in WC3 you built them up. Ever since Garrosh and now this Sylvanas stuff, cant get back into the game. Alliance is too dull for me and now the Horde are just stupid evil.
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  • JeffSpicoliJeffSpicoli Member EpicPosts: 2,849

    Aori said:

    wish this was released last week, I won't be in town until a few days before expansion drops -.-



    Your not missing much content, take a look at the forums.

    • Aloha Mr Hand ! 

  • AethaerynAethaeryn Member RarePosts: 3,150
    SedrynTyros said:
    Looking forward to playing this tonight.  Until then, I'll enjoy the insane levels of drama exploding on the official forums where everyone is pissing and moaning about everything they hate, lol! :)
    thunderC said:

    Aori said:

    wish this was released last week, I won't be in town until a few days before expansion drops -.-



    Your not missing much content, take a look at the forums.
    lol.  I will have to read . . these. . f-o-r-u-m-s you speak of.
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  • Soki123Soki123 Member RarePosts: 2,558
    Love it.
  • wesjrwesjr Member UncommonPosts: 506
    Very lack luster atm, I hope next weeks is better
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  • Soki123Soki123 Member RarePosts: 2,558
    Its fine, people expect a month worth of content for a pre x pac patch lol. Sad.
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  • sgelsgel Member EpicPosts: 2,197
    It's less than an hour of content.
    Incredibly disappointing :/

    Hoping next week is better.
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  • BillMurphyBillMurphy Former Managing EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 4,565
    FOR THE ALLIANCE!
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  • GreeksayzGreeksayz Member UncommonPosts: 7
    Killing a level 10 or killing a level 110 gives you the same LAME 10 honor points. So ., people going and killing all low level toons cause its a lot easier and die with one shot.
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  • KalebGraysonKalebGrayson Member RarePosts: 430

    Greeksayz said:

    Killing a level 10 or killing a level 110 gives you the same LAME 10 honor points. So ., people going and killing all low level toons cause its a lot easier and die with one shot.



    This is an unintended issue I think. I suspect they'll change it, but I kinda hope they don't. What's the one thing everyone hates? Getting ganked/camped. More lowbies get ganked/farmed = less PVP when folks give up/quit/etc. WoW is not a PVP game...it's a PVE themepark with occasional opt in pvp matches. Warmode isn't going to change that. PVPer's can't help themselves. The IF IT'S RED IT'S DEAD crowd gonna IF IT'S RED IT'S DEAD it to death.
  • jayemlegacyjayemlegacy Member UncommonPosts: 23
    Sorry what? Not a pvp game? Pvp has been in the game since launch. Open world pvp

    KalebGrayson said:



    Greeksayz said:


    Killing a level 10 or killing a level 110 gives you the same LAME 10 honor points. So ., people going and killing all low level toons cause its a lot easier and die with one shot.






    This is an unintended issue I think. I suspect they'll change it, but I kinda hope they don't. What's the one thing everyone hates? Getting ganked/camped. More lowbies get ganked/farmed = less PVP when folks give up/quit/etc. WoW is not a PVP game...it's a PVE themepark with occasional opt in pvp matches. Warmode isn't going to change that. PVPer's can't help themselves. The IF IT'S RED IT'S DEAD crowd gonna IF IT'S RED IT'S DEAD it to death.



  • TheDarkrayneTheDarkrayne Member EpicPosts: 5,297
    edited July 2018

    Greeksayz said:

    Killing a level 10 or killing a level 110 gives you the same LAME 10 honor points. So ., people going and killing all low level toons cause its a lot easier and die with one shot.


    Nope, this is not happening... because:

    1. You can't enable War Mode at level 10 so I'm questioning if you've even played it.

    2. I've been levelling a new character and have played War Mode exclusively since level 20 (when you can enable it) and I have not once been one shot by anyone nor seen or heard of anyone getting one shot by anyone.

    3. I have beaten max level players on a number of occasions. Everyone does.. they got the scaling right.

    4. This one is going to really kick you in the nuts (if you got 'em) because you probably didn't know about it: Lower level players only have to damage 'half' the amount of a max level player's health to kill them. Since there's a stat squish, lower level player's have a massive advantage because of this which pays off more than higher levels having access to more skills. In the beta, level 110-119 character's were actually stronger than a level 120 in every way. Like, seriously, a level 120 would be scared to engage them. The lower levels were ganking the higher levels. This may change though, not sure.

    War Mode is not the same as flagging for PvP. You might want to watch some youtube videos about it or something if you want to understand what it is because, right now, you don't understand it.

    You can get zerged/ganked by 'groups'.. but that's hardly avoidable in any open world PvP. Max level players can get zerged/ganked by a group of lower level players too... and they do, regularly. Totally fair game.

    Rogues can perma-stun you at the moment though, which needs fixing. At least, they can stun you for so long that you will always end up dead no matter what.

    Find a War Mode levelling community if you really are playing. If you're PvPing on your own in a massively multiplayer game, you are going to get killed by groups of people who are being more sociable than you. It's a no brainer.
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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    BillMurphy said:
    FOR THE ALLIANCE HORDE!
    Fixed it for ya.
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  • Deadrites87Deadrites87 Member UncommonPosts: 94
    edited July 2018
    horribly implemented prepatch with a ton of problems that shouldn't have made it past internal testing. My least favorite so far. I quite enjoyed all the other ones, as they had some type of invasion mechanic that kept me busy and interested till launch. I played for 20 mins and it was over, now I wait until next week..
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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    Deadrites87 said:
    horribly implemented prepatch with a ton of problems that shouldn't have made it past internal testing. My least favorite so far. I quite enjoyed all the other ones, as they had some type of invasion mechanic that kept me busy and interested till launch. I played for 20 mins and it was over, now I wait until next week..
    I play on EU but reading what people are saying on the forums and Reddit, it IS poorly implemented and ends very abruptly. I wish that they had released it all, say 10 days ahead of BfA's launch. But this new time gating of "episodic content" is something they seem to be invested in.

    Shame, really. I'll play it on one H and one A character and the rest will hopefully be able to skip the prepatch stuff when the expansion launches. :)
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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    Oh....my...wow...it surely SEEMS buggy. This came out of a Reddit thread that said, "I just wanted a new transmog for my hunter" :dizzy:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/91k3mz/i_just_wanted_to_plan_a_new_xmog_for_my_hunter/

    Seems the "slutmog" has gone to a new level in this visual bug on some character models. :D


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  • HoldslowhopeHoldslowhope Member UncommonPosts: 42
    edited July 2018
    Troll comment about Blizzard releasing small amount of content before releasing a whole expansion. Bitch.. Bitch.. Bitch... 5 hours later, ohh i just got back from playing this conent on my 6 level 110 characters and it wasnt enough content. They better release the whole expansion next week.

    Please keep bitching about it while you are most likely still playing it..

    Classic WoW player
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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    SedrynTyros said:
    Everything since the 8.0.1 launch last Tuesday seems to indicate that Blizzard developers are perhaps trying to pull this one out of the oven too quickly, and that is a bit concerning to me.  One of the hallmarks of Blizzard development has been that they don't release something until it's finished, even if that means delays, leading to the often joked about "SoonTM" release date.  If they start rushing out products that aren't ready to launch, that's going to do some serious damage to their hard-earned reputation for quality control.
    You know, I just don't understand what's causing all these issues except that there's something else coming at Blizzcon that is causing the "hurry up". Legion and even Warlords weren't this much of a mess and, tbh, we haven't even gotten to the launch of the expansion yet, just the pre-stuff. It's kind of worrisome.
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  • TheDarkrayneTheDarkrayne Member EpicPosts: 5,297
    edited July 2018

    SedrynTyros said:

    Everything since the 8.0.1 launch last Tuesday seems to indicate that Blizzard developers are perhaps trying to pull this one out of the oven too quickly, and that is a bit concerning to me.  One of the hallmarks of Blizzard development has been that they don't release something until it's finished, even if that means delays, leading to the often joked about "SoonTM" release date.  If they start rushing out products that aren't ready to launch, that's going to do some serious damage to their hard-earned reputation for quality control.



    What are these issues? I'm on EU so I don't have the latest update yet.. but so far all I've noticed are a few class balance issues, mainly fury and rogues being extremely OP in PvP at max (but it's not really max since it's balanced for 120 now, might be fine).

    Genuinely asking, I'm levelling a new character so I may not be seeing them.

    I had a lot of addon issues and still have problems with a couple.. My garrison addon was causing a constant Error #132 crash.. so I've switched to a different one. That's my only issue so far really. Hardly Blizzard's fault.
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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    edited July 2018

    Everything since the 8.0.1 launch last Tuesday seems to indicate that Blizzard developers are perhaps trying to pull this one out of the oven too quickly, and that is a bit concerning to me.  One of the hallmarks of Blizzard development has been that they don't release something until it's finished, even if that means delays, leading to the often joked about "SoonTM" release date.  If they start rushing out products that aren't ready to launch, that's going to do some serious damage to their hard-earned reputation for quality control.
    What are these issues? I'm on EU so I don't have the latest update yet.. but so far all I've noticed are a few class balance issues, mainly fury and rogues being extremely OP in PvP at max. Genuinely asking, I'm levelling a new character so I may not be seeing them.
    Tons of technical issues -- on prepatch launch day, authentication server problems, lots of lag, tons of broken quests, broken items, broken damage numbers, one-shots by normal mods. I'm sure there's a Reddit thread somewhere. 

    Up to this launch, most of Blizzard's patches and expansions have arrived relatively problem-free. The stat squish hurt a lot of stuff, though it's not just limited to that.

    This time, it's all just a mess of issues. What's worrisome is that they are aiming for a simultaneous worldwide launch for the first time in WoW's history.


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  • meonthissitemeonthissite Member UncommonPosts: 917

    Aori said:


    SBFord said:


    BillMurphy said:

    FOR THE ALLIANCE HORDE!


    Fixed it for ya.


    You filthy heathen.



    I do believe you mean "You filthy casual!"
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  • Azaron_NightbladeAzaron_Nightblade Member EpicPosts: 4,829
    SBFord said:
    BillMurphy said:
    FOR THE ALLIANCE HORDE!
    Fixed it for ya.
    Lok'tar ogar, brethren!  B)
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  • GinazGinaz Member RarePosts: 2,572

    SBFord said:

    Oh....my...wow...it surely SEEMS buggy. This came out of a Reddit thread that said, "I just wanted a new transmog for my hunter" :dizzy:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/91k3mz/i_just_wanted_to_plan_a_new_xmog_for_my_hunter/

    Seems the "slutmog" has gone to a new level in this visual bug on some character models. :D





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  • GinazGinaz Member RarePosts: 2,572

    SBFord said:


    Deadrites87 said:

    horribly implemented prepatch with a ton of problems that shouldn't have made it past internal testing. My least favorite so far. I quite enjoyed all the other ones, as they had some type of invasion mechanic that kept me busy and interested till launch. I played for 20 mins and it was over, now I wait until next week..

    I play on EU but reading what people are saying on the forums and Reddit, it IS poorly implemented and ends very abruptly. I wish that they had released it all, say 10 days ahead of BfA's launch. But this new time gating of "episodic content" is something they seem to be invested in.

    Shame, really. I'll play it on one H and one A character and the rest will hopefully be able to skip the prepatch stuff when the expansion launches. :)



    I agree. I played the new quest on the Alliance side and is was very underwhelming and the ending was too abrupt. Fight some Horde. Save some trees. The end.
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  • wandericawanderica Member UncommonPosts: 371

    SBFord said:


    SedrynTyros said:

    Everything since the 8.0.1 launch last Tuesday seems to indicate that Blizzard developers are perhaps trying to pull this one out of the oven too quickly, and that is a bit concerning to me.  One of the hallmarks of Blizzard development has been that they don't release something until it's finished, even if that means delays, leading to the often joked about "SoonTM" release date.  If they start rushing out products that aren't ready to launch, that's going to do some serious damage to their hard-earned reputation for quality control.

    You know, I just don't understand what's causing all these issues except that there's something else coming at Blizzcon that is causing the "hurry up". Legion and even Warlords weren't this much of a mess and, tbh, we haven't even gotten to the launch of the expansion yet, just the pre-stuff. It's kind of worrisome.



    I remember the article you wrote a while back, and you speculated to that end. The more I think about it, the more I think that's the most likely scenario. While every game studio releases bugged content (thank goodness we're not on dial up downloading a Morrowind patch anymore), it isn't Blizzard's M.O., and it never has been. I wouldn't say the state of 8.0 is concerning as much as it is puzzling for me. To anyone that has actually been following BfA's development, it's obvious that the period leading up to release has been shortened compared to past expansions. Since Blizzard doesn't have a history of catering to investors or their publisher at the expense of their games, I can only conclude that they must want the focus off of WoW in time for a planned announcement or release. I really have to wonder what that is. BlizzCon might be a good one to watch this year.
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