Return of the Mage Tower Hinted in Patch 9.1.5 Datamining

Posted 2021/09/08 at 10:21 PM by Neryssa

PTR 9.1.5 Build 40078 Datamining

Class & Spell Changes

Character Customizations

Mounts & Models

Lightforged Talbuk Mount

Datamined Teleport Spells

Teleport - Twisting Nether very likely refers to The Highlord's Return, which required all Tank specs to defeat Highlord Kruul in the Twisting Nether.

Teleport to God Queen Scenario is an obvious reference to The God-Queen's Fury, which required certain specs to defeat God-Queen Sigryn.

Teleport - Imp Mother's Den is also a rather obvious reference to An Impossible Foe, which required certain specs to defeat the Imp Mother Agatha.

Teleport to Healer Scenario Free is likely a reference to End of the Risen Threat, the Mage Tower challenge for all healing specs.

Teleport to Dual Boss Scenario Free is likely a reference to Thwarting the Twins, a Mage Tower challenge that had two bosses (but only required you to defeat one).

The last two spells, Teleport Precast and Teleport LFG Dungeon have no obvious references, but there are only two challenges left, Closing the Eye and Feltotem's Fall.

HD Recolors of T20 from Mage Tower?Tuning to Mage Tower Spells

Thwarting the Twins

Rising Dragon Karam twirls his sword through the air, inflicting 336185 Fire damage to all enemies within 10 yards and knocking them back.
Grasp from Beyond A hand from beyond crushes the souls of all enemies, inflicting 448246 Shadow damage.

End of the Risen Threat

Knife Dance Throws a barrage of blades at nearby players, inflicting 2310 Physical damage.

The Highlord's Return

Drain Life Leeches the target's life every second.
Effect #1 Effect #1 Apply Aura: Periodically Leech Health Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 30.7866

Psytalons - Damage reduced by 45%.

Annihilate - Damage reduced by 45%.
Netherstomp Leaps at an enemy, inflicting 25 Fire damage and knocking all nearby enemies away.

Effect #1 Apply Aura: Periodic Damage Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 123.146

Feltotem's Fall

Acid Breath Jormog spits acid all across the room, dealing 8446 Nature damage to all enemies.
Fel Burst Tugar Bloodtotem blasts you with fel magic, dealing 336185 Fire damage.
Earthquake The caster causes the the mountain to quake, knocking several stalactites loose that will fall to the ground. Each stalactite inflicts 16892 Physical damage to all players within 5 yards and knocks them back.
Fel Shock Tugar Bloodtotem blasts you with a shock of fel magic, dealing 84 Fire damage and an additional 84 Fire damage every 52 sec. for 18 sec.
Effect #1 Effect #2 Apply Aura: Periodic Damage Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 4.31012

Sonic Scream Inflicts 112 Physical damage to enemies within 50000 ydsall enemies, interrupting their spell casts for 6 sec.

The God-Queen's Fury

Hurl Axe - Damage reduced by 45%
Ancestral Knowledge Fel power courses through Runeseer Faljar's veins, shielding him from 560308 damage, casting interruption, and all Crowd-Controlling effects.
Effect #1 Effect #1 Apply Aura: Absorb Damage
Value: 307.866

Runic Detonation The caster creates several runes on the ground that can be stamped out by running through them. Failure to stamp out a rune before it expires results in the player taking 336185 Shadow damage.

An Impossible Foe

Shadow Stab - Damage reduced by ~45%.
Dark Fury The caster shields themselves in Shadowy energies that absorb all incoming damage and then rapidly fires a series of Shadowy missiles that inflict 42 Shadow damage to the target and make them take an additional 10% more damage from this effect.
While shielded, the caster is immune to interrupt effects.
Agatha's Fury The caster launches several orbs of Shadowy energies that explode on impact, inflicting 5631 Shadow damage to all enemies within 2 yards of the impact.
Fel Lava Blast Inflicts 3418 Fire damage to all players within 4 yards of the impact. A Fel Lava zone is created at the point of impact. Standing in the Fel Lava causes the player to take 116 Fire damage every 1 sec.

Closing the Eye

Arcane Annihilation Upon completion of the channel, they inflict 672369 Arcane damage to all enemies and knocks them back.

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Comment by hellaswoleI really really really hope this isn't actually a return of the mage tower, cause then at that point may as well bring back mop/wod CM sets.Comment by ZelinoOmg. Omg. Omg.Comment by MrGoober814It isn't like you get to do the mage tower and get the appearances, this is mage tower but with new rewards.Comment by LittleCapIf I can get the muscle bear, no idea what its actually called, Ima be so !@#$in hyped, its gonna be the best thing ever.Comment by Nurutikioh i am really hoping they bring these back, esp as someone that managed to get all but a few specs of them

i just want to finish my collection and see people with more of them! Outlaw, Havoc and Guardian druid are some that come to mind as REALLY good looksComment by sikhjatt23I really really really hope this isn't actually a return of the mage tower, cause then at that point may as well bring back mop/wod CM sets.Comment by superfinderI really really really hope this isn't actually a return of the mage tower, cause then at that point may as well bring back mop/wod CM sets.Comment by HayturI will literally cancel my sub if this is a way to get the transmog stuff from the tower. Part of the reason I still play is I have items that are non obtainable and makes me feel like I have something to show for my time in the game. This will just make it so I don't feel that way any longer, and i guess at that point I can move on from the game.Comment by Nova5269I really really really hope this isn't actually a return of the mage tower, cause then at that point may as well bring back mop/wod CM sets.Comment by criptoabiI hope this bring back artifact appearances too, for those players who wasn't around on Legion, other way it's pointless.Comment by morgath99i saw this comming a mile away once legion m+ TW was revealedComment by ElyrionRemovedComment by ItsJustVegaIf they bring back the way to have people earn the OLD SKINS I'm losing all faith in this game. Since there's new armor, that's fine, and hints to potential for new shades to be earned, but honestly people worked so hard for those original skins when it first came out. "If everyone has it, it isn't special." They ALWAYS botch scaling. It won't be true to the challenge. I'm already preparing for it to be a cakewalk.Comment by direhumanI really really really hope this isn't actually a return of the mage tower, cause then at that point may as well bring back mop/wod CM sets.Comment by StandinginFireI will literally cancel my sub if this is a way to get the transmog stuff from the tower. Part of the reason I still play is I have items that are non obtainable and makes me feel like I have something to show for my time in the game. This will just make it so I don't feel that way any longer, and i guess at that point I can move on from the game.Comment by leowowIf they do this then bring back Wod CM. I need only 1 achiev to get the weapons transmog. Upper Black Rock Spire in Gold Mode.Comment by TurowaiI got several of the mage tower artifact skins when it was current (14-17 of them I think? out of 36), and I'd love the opportunity to complete the collection (I simply ran out of time when it was live).

Honestly... I really really hope they just find a way to make them all obtainable again.
Use some kind of scaling to make it still require some skill to obtain (and remove the bloody currency to enter too!), and I'll be pretty happy.
I absolutely HATE it when things get removed /no longer obtainable... makes zero sense to me.

And frankly, all the people throwing their toys out the pram over it... guys... who hurt you?
As a collector, it's nice to have some rare things sure, but it really doesn't hurt me in the slightest if someone else also has it. Good on them for getting it too!

Now... am I advocating that they just make it trivial now (like all old content is for the most part...). No... not at all... although frankly I wouldn't care if they did.
Share the fun (and the cool tmog) I say!Comment by th0rI really really really hope this isn't actually a return of the mage tower, cause then at that point may as well bring back mop/wod CM sets.Comment by MatrixwolfI really really really hope this isn't actually a return of the mage tower, cause then at that point may as well bring back mop/wod CM sets.Comment by MatrixwolfI will literally cancel my sub if this is a way to get the transmog stuff from the tower. Part of the reason I still play is I have items that are non obtainable and makes me feel like I have something to show for my time in the game. This will just make it so I don't feel that way any longer, and i guess at that point I can move on from the game.

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