How We Retire Artifact Weapons (7.3.5 Spoilers)

PTR Posted 2017/12/02 at 6:12 PM by perculia

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The sword of Sargeras is poisonin' the very lifeblood of the world.
The only vessels capable o' containin' that kind o' power...
are the mighty weapons you wield.
Raise them up as one.... draw out the corruption from the Dark Titan's blade!
Together, champions! For Azeroth!

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You must acquire the main tint of the Mage Tower Appearance before Legion ends. You do not need to acquire the other tints during Legion in order to get and use them for transmog.

One of the tints of the "Balance of Power" style requires Keystone Master. You must get Keystone Master achievement before Legion ends to unlock and use that specific Balance of Power tint for transmog. You do NOT need to complete Balance of Power before Legion ends for the Mythic tint. If you just have the Mythic achievement during Legion, you can complete Balance of Power after Legion, and the dungeon tint will automatically unlock.

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Comment by DartVaderSo this is how the Infinite Dragonflight got hold of the Corrupted Ashbringer and placed it in Naxxramas...Comment by FaireOneAnother question I have is that, will these still be class locked? IE, no matter how much you beg, you CAN'T use Twin Blades skins on an Outlaw Rogue, or Staff of Sargeras skins on a priest?

I just want to know if I'll be forced playing an Outlaw Rogue or not if I want to use that sweet epeeComment by IfelixlWhat will happen next? which weapons will replace us before Battle of Azeroth arrives? How much will it be so that we have to withdraw our weapons? What if we do not want to do it and end up saving it in the bank?

It does not seem good to me after we become fond of our weapons.Comment by magickmannguess I'm a lil behind finding this out, such bullcrap! we spend all this time on our artifact weapons just to have to get rid of them for the next x-pac! I'm not going to bother trying to get anymore artifact power for my alts artifact weapons anymore! Just going to be a waste of time! THANKS BLIZZARD!Comment by AdmiralRipsnarlwhat happens to the cannon like what is thrall with out doom hammer? how will this fit in the lore?Comment by 1810468This post was from a user who has deleted their account.Comment by GartecBlizzard have you just lost your fricking mind like whatta hell are folcks thinking we player globally been buting time and efforts for this game and now you taking it away from us. why the blody hell would you this have you all lost it just why im so close for calling it right here becouse if you destroy artifacts abilitys and usage than you are going to lose miljons of players world wide have you thoat about that yet or in this case nope and you are going to lose tons of dolars and other curensies for doing this kind of change like are you mad. Shame on you Blizzard big time. Comment by MorgueanIm relatively ok with this, however I'd like to know whats supposed to happen after. Blizzard, you made us farm these things, you put such a huge emphasis on them, made quest rewards just artifact power (making it feel like you took the easy way out on quest rewards), but what now? What will we get because we did all that? Will these things be just like champion of the naaru? warglaives of azzinoth? Garrison's?

Cute things that we once had but now havent been compensated for our time?

Garrisons, btw could still be continued, especially with the feel of this new expansion, just give us those as our "questing hubs"

IE, why take stuff away if it can still be usefulComment by ThomasDWellSo how many times do I have to do the Mage Tower Appearance per character?Comment by MorgueanIm relatively ok with this, however I'd like to know whats supposed to happen after. Blizzard, you made us farm these things, you put such a huge emphasis on them, made quest rewards just artifact power (making it feel like you took the easy way out on quest rewards), but what now? What will we get because we did all that? Will these things be just like champion of the naaru? warglaives of azzinoth? Garrison's?

Cute things that we once had but now havent been compensated for our time?

Garrisons, btw could still be continued, especially with the feel of this new expansion, just give us those as our "questing hubs"

IE, why take stuff away if it can still be usefulComment by BloodPheonixxDoesnt matter what anyone says or tells me, i think they are dumb for getting rid of the artifact weaponsComment by belfslayerSo what about the PvP skins? will these just be lost to the sand of time as well if we don't get them now or will we be given the ones we didnt unlock yet so long as we have the "original" skin?Comment by SheWagsMe too! )o:Comment by zidane2But, but what about the skills and abilities gained from those artifacts? we lose them too?
it feels more like a step back. all those abilities made us change the way we play and now gone?Comment by LoxslyHe's like THor Without Mjolnir! It was always just a vessel for the power inside!

Spoilers BTW.

over under if he loses an eye?Comment by DDailyRandomSo. You're all talking about appearences. And how this doesnt fit with the lore and stuff. While I am more concerned about the huge healthdrop this will cause. How are they planning on making up for that? Like my artifact weapon is ilvl 948. And I have 5100k health with it. I also have a same sort of weapon at 945 normal weapon ofcourse. And this drops me to 3050k health. This is not what I want. I do not wanne lose a huge amount of health.... How will they make up for that gap? Does anyone know?Comment by vlakawhat happens to the cannon like what is thrall with out doom hammer? how will this fit in the lore?Comment by ikechiThral d.......

no, better not.Comment by ikechiSo. You're all talking about appearences. And how this doesnt fit with the lore and stuff. While I am more concerned about the huge healthdrop this will cause. How are they planning on making up for that? Like my artifact weapon is ilvl 948. And I have 5100k health with it. I also have a same sort of weapon at 945 normal weapon ofcourse. And this drops me to 3050k health. This is not what I want. I do not wanne lose a huge amount of health.... How will they make up for that gap? Does anyone know?

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