The Weekly Reset with Taliesin and Evitel - Patch 9.2 PTR is Imminent? Cross-Faction Raiding Coming?

Live Posted 2021/11/09 at 6:05 AM by Paryah

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World of Warcraft Shadowlands Patch 9.2 is about to be announced and the PTR is about to go live! The only question is, will it be this week? Taliesin makes sure it will be. And what will be the new patch's features and zone and story and everything else? Last minute 9.2 predictions time! Zerith Mortis, the first ones, Sylvanas, Anduin the raid boss, and of course tier sets. We also take a look at Ion's Venture Beat interview where he reveals cross-faction raiding is on its way, and makes some BIG promises about the philosophy of WoW design going forward and... it's good news. Join Taliesin and Evitel for the Weekly Reset!

Show Topics

How To Catch Up on Renown in Shadowlands 9.1.5

Introducing the World of Warcraft Community Council - Communication Between Players and Devs

VentureBeat’s Interview with Ion Hazzikostas on Shadowlands and Changing Philosophies

Patch 9.2 Encrypted Vendor Build 40958 - PTR Soon?

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Comment by KeltichiroI always enjoy optimism over pessimism, but giving a completely unbiased account of things is even easier to do.Comment by NoktarashMan I would love cross faction raiding. The time of alliance vs horde is gone!Comment by ArakaraPromoting their products, I mean, Tali makes it clear that he hates the fact that there's an in-game store with mounts and stuff, makes it clear that he has a hard time still playing the game. He doesn't force himself to say he likes or dislikes the mounts themselves.

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And to be clear, I'm part of those who kept saying Taliesin was a Blizzard-shill in the past.
But ever since the allegations came out this summer, you have to admit that Tali has changed his tune a bit.Comment by instigHopefully 9.2 PTR drops today, or at least, this week. We'll soon see if Blizzard has learned their "lessons", as they claim in their interviews.Comment by Nymrohd
Thankfully we had a pandemic to spare us from them doing Q/A again at BlizzconComment by HexatomonMan I would love cross faction raiding. The time of alliance vs horde is gone!Comment by ChibibowaCross faction needs to happen. I switched my pandas (i only play pandas) to horde because alliance was dead but I prefer the alliance cities and overal lore of it. I don't hate the horde, but I never wanted to go Horde in the first place.Comment by NymrohdI want cross faction raiding because I think that raids are almost every time major threats that both factions deal with together or rather that adventurers cross faction lines to deal with; it even is so in canon by the Chronicle. And I get cross faction instanced content in general because it serves a purpose with how rough the faction divide is. But I do NOT want cross faction everything. There has never been a satisfactory conclusion to the faction wars. The only time the faction issues were ever addressed by someone with the right attitude was by Taran Zhu in the Isle of Thunder (and look what that got him both in game and by the very open hatred by much of the fandom). Peace should come because of pragmatism, not because of naive idealism.Comment by wallrochaCross faction needs to happen. I switched my pandas (i only play pandas) to horde because alliance was dead but I prefer the alliance cities and overal lore of it. I don't hate the horde, but I never wanted to go Horde in the first place.Comment by PriestessAurAnd to be clear, I'm part of those who kept saying Taliesin was a Blizzard-shill in the past.
But ever since the allegations came out this summer, you have to admit that Tali has changed his tune a bit.Comment by PriestessAurMan I would love cross faction raiding. The time of alliance vs horde is gone!Comment by SoeroahAnd to be clear, I'm part of those who kept saying Taliesin was a Blizzard-shill in the past.
But ever since the allegations came out this summer, you have to admit that Tali has changed his tune a bit.Comment by thelarbearMan I would love cross faction raiding. The time of alliance vs horde is gone!Comment by ElunarioThe easiest solution would be to toggle cross-faction with the war mode switch:

War mode on: traditional Alliance vs. Horde gameplay

War mode off: cross faction gameplay in dungeons, raids, and the open world

At open world questing, players of the other faction no longer tap away mobs, so that they cannot be looted

Cities and villages of the other faction can be visited without being flagged with PvP or attacked by guards while war mode is off (we allow tourists now...)

NPCs of the other factions allow trading (there will be limitations for vendors of PvP items and faction specific stuff like mount sellers)

Fight masters of the other factions become accessible (however the fee will be slightly higher than flying with the own faction)

Comment by DulcetSoundsMan I would love cross faction raiding. The time of alliance vs horde is gone!Comment by Tasunke
I thought PVP servers were removed?Comment by existyWhy does wowhead promote arguably one of the rudest and most toxic figures in the wow community? Taliesin is a phony nice guy. Go spend a few minutes in his twitch chat and watch him absolutely rail on a random chatter that he disagrees with. Terrible person.Comment by AnaranI'll frankly be kind of bummed if "the Jailer" is the bad guy we set aside our differences for and band together for cross faction raiding; like come on. We fought each other all the while taking out the Lich King, Deathwing, N'zoth... While opposing Sargeras... Like, ugh. The Jailer already has so much stolen importance; I don't want this landmark to go to him.

But like most people I'm of two minds on it because jesus, the Alliance needs the influx of Horde players that would give us.Comment by neopatra#YeahTheTimewalkingThingSoundGood

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