The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - Ion's Shadowlands Dev Update, New Login Screen

Beta Posted 2020/09/14 at 7:14 PM by perculia

Taliesin and Evitel

World of Warcraft Shadowlands is looming. New cinematics are being released, the pre-patch could drop at any time and Blizzard have confirmed they will NOT be pulling the ripcord on covenant abilities and swapping... so basically, they've got some tuning to do. We look at al the things that are still missing from the game in the current BETA build, (and some new things that aren't) in the all new Weekly Reset! Knowledge is power.

Show Topics

Shadowlands Login Screen and Title Music

Stormwind City Guards and Civilians Receive Updated Diverse Appearances

Threads of Fate Alt Leveling

Blizzard Won't Pull the Ripcord

Primus Dialogue and the Jailer's Real name

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Comment by KrynabisBest content creators <3Comment by JwcoCan plz wowhead introduce new content creators, i really dont like this guys...Comment by Olympus3129Can plz wowhead introduce new content creators, i really dont like this guys...Comment by Necrodogenever understood why people get so upset everytime these guys are mentioned

idk probably because they sometimes say positive things about the gameComment by LautnerAwesome video!

Honestly, for me? I 100% get it. I want to be different, based on my covenant choice, than the others of my class/spec. Different strengths and weaknesses. If we can swap at the click of a button, we're just the same again. Bleh.

The abilities are not balanced, but I'm optimistic that they can be -close-.Comment by ZkajavierCan plz wowhead introduce new content creators, i really dont like this guys...Comment by SoeroahHaven't been able to watch the video but judging by the synopsis, I agree. When they announced the release date of the expansion my first reaction was surprise and pleasure at it being so soon quickly followed by concern because having played through the beta it feels like they might be better off waiting til the end of November to release it.

Even aside from the issues with covenants and progressions, the Maw just plain sucks, there are broken quest chains that haven't been fixed in multiple builds, the permanent flight path wormhole effect is still an issue and pretty much everything feels overtuned to the point I've only been able to play through the covenant campaigns as efficiently as I did by buying and upgrading a full set of PvP gear for free.Comment by NicknackBest content creators <3Comment by GrumarRemovedComment by GiksterThey are fun to watch, very clever and witty in the way they present/recap things going on.
As stated above if you don't like something simply don't watch.

Just because a minority of people don't like these two, doesn't mean they speak for the majority of the population......
hmm, I feel like we are having the same problem somewhere else, I just can't put my finger on it🤔😋Comment by damonberginWhen I watched the Shadowlands annoucement and saw that the level cap was being squished to 60, and Covenants were being sold as a meaningful player choice, I immediately thought "ah, so it'll be like starting WoW all over again and picking my class for the first time".

There have been times certain classes have reigned supreme at AoE and been average at single target, and vice versa. There have been times classes have been prefered in PvP but seen as off-meta in PvE. When that happens people who play at a high level reroll, or play an alt. It used to be called "Fotm" (Flavour of the month). At no point have I ever seen anyone say "hey, bladestorm is OP this patch and as a Paladin I feel I should also be able to have that ability if I want it". You just accept that your Paladin doesn't have Bladestorm and you go on about your day, or you reroll, or play an alt.

I mean when you first created your Character you could have been aware that RMP was the go 3s Comp and you wanted to be the best Rogue, Mage or Priest and you picked one of those, or you could have said hey Ret Paladin seems really cool and Molten Core is the current raid that drops a Legendary mace, think I'll play Ret (and today you would be a meme)

We all made choices, it has gotten easier to change those choices over the years and Blizzard got shamed and flamed for catering to casuals, now people are doing the same for not caving in on their decision. /shrugComment by SoulSoBreezyCan plz wowhead introduce new content creators, i really dont like this guys...Comment by Vynillinstop putting up these people over and over, there are lots of other WoW content creators that deserve attention too. Not only that but these two are the type of people who would defend Cuties if Blizzard made it, there is a difference between being positive and brown nosing your way into blizzcon hosting.Comment by Ralph2449I think Tali is missing an important point, you dont need to be optimal to do any content past world first/high m+ because blizzard never uses such high levels of difficulty and that includes mythic.

Here's an example.
Let's say we build a sim for specifically wrathion and your spec, we mean to the gcd in level of details, that sim will take your class and achieve optimal useage of every single gcd as well as using the most optimal build. (You can argue build might change slightly depending on the time you get targeted by the mechanic but that variation is small and this is just an example)

That sim is a robot and perfected the pve encounter therefore it was 100% optimal and performance both build and mechanically wise.
A player might copy that build but due to imperfections mechanically will reach let's say 93% optimality and performance.
A decent player not having the perfect build but knows how to play their class and encounter will reach let's say 78% optimality and performance.
A bad players with the best build might only reach 60% optimality, you could say without that build he might do 56% optimality but the problem is clearly mechanical.

Here's the thing, mythic would require all 20 players on average have 75% optimality and performance, heroic being 60% and normal being 40% required, as long as your players are decent an average at around 75% impartiality they are more than fine

And every single week that passes means more geared players which means the requirements are dropping, so even if mythic on the first week would require 95% optimality, every single week of further geardrops it by 2%

The moment you understand this, it is the moment you realize you dont need to be optimal for all content to do raids or m+ like some pretend "Oh i cant do m+ now cuz I am not 100% optimal in m+" unless we pretend all those complaining are doing m30s rn.Comment by frankiecmHello Wowhead! I normally get my news while at work, so I can't actually play most videos. Is there a place I can read a transcript of this? Thanks!Comment by StandinginFireI think Tali is missing an important point, you dont need to be optimal to do any content past world first/high m+ because blizzard never uses such high levels of difficulty and that includes mythic.

Here's an example.
Let's say we build a sim for specifically wrathion and your spec, we mean to the gcd in level of details, that sim will take your class and achieve optimal useage of every single gcd as well as using the most optimal build. (You can argue build might change slightly depending on the time you get targeted by the mechanic but that variation is small and this is just an example)

That sim is a robot and perfected the pve encounter therefore it was 100% optimal and performance both build and mechanically wise.
A player might copy that build but due to imperfections mechanically will reach let's say 93% optimality and performance.
A decent player not having the perfect build but knows how to play their class and encounter will reach let's say 78% optimality and performance.
A bad players with the best build might only reach 60% optimality, you could say without that build he might do 56% optimality but the problem is clearly mechanical.

Here's the thing, mythic would require all 20 players on average have 75% optimality and performance, heroic being 60% and normal being 40% required, as long as your players are decent an average at around 75% impartiality they are more than fine

And every single week that passes means more geared players which means the requirements are dropping, so even if mythic on the first week would require 95% optimality, every single week of further geardrops it by 2%

The moment you understand this, it is the moment you realize you dont need to be optimal for all content to do raids or m+ like some pretend "Oh i cant do m+ now cuz I am not 100% optimal in m+" unless we pretend all those complaining are doing m30s rn.Comment by damonbergin

A) Go Maldraxus and just put up with not having any desire to be there and not liking my main zone
B) Go Bastion, be ok with my covenant choice, and choose to not be as good in raid as I could be
C) Go Venthyr, be ehh with my covenant choice, and choose to not be as good in mythic+ as I could be
D) Go Night Fae, be happy with my covenant choice, and know that I am choosing to play a weaker character that will put a heavier burden on groups I run with (a bigger deal in mythic+ where theres only 3 dps, but still something I'm not comfortable with in raids) and may very well keep me from getting invited to some groups all together

And no, I dont think they'll be able to balance them :/Comment by MorbidFableRemovedComment by iressiwiRemovedComment by iressiwiRemoved

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