Torghast, Tower of the Damned Patch Notes for Shadowlands Build 34615 - Removal of Timers from Torments

Posted 2020/06/03 at 4:49 PM by Squishei

Build 34615 Datamining

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All classes now have Anima Powers and can venture into Torghast.

Many classes have received new Anima Powers that affect their Covenant Class abilities.
Torment Update!

Torments no longer scale with time.
Torments are now additional challenges based on the floor types you have encountered on this run.

Developers’ notes: We’ve heard your feedback that Torments were adding too much time pressure. The Jailer may still torment you on higher levels of Torghast, but Torments will not scale with time.

Breath of Coldheart now increases the health of enemy monsters by a flat percentage based on the number of Coldheart Interstitia floors climbed.
Mort’regar’s Echoes now increase the Magic damage enemy monsters inflict by a flat percentage based on the number of Mort’regar floors climbed.
Might of the Upper Reaches now increases the Physical damage enemy monsters inflict by a flat percentage based on the number of Upper Reaches floors climbed.

Developers’ notes: The changes above were inspired by feedback that Torments that reduce your power feel worse than torments that affect your enemies. As always, we will continue to tune and keep a close eye on difficulty.

Rewards and Access

Legendary materials now only drop from cell block runs, not from the Twisting Corridors.

Developers’ notes: Looting a Resonating Chest may generate a message that says that you have received “bonus materials” for a “timely completion”. This is an artifact from a previous design that has since been removed, and can be ignored.

Chests in the Twisting Corridors now drop Twisted Dust, which will be used for cosmetic rewards.
Portals to the six cell blocks (not the Twisting Corridors) now take you to fully-randomized 6-block runs, rather than the pre-set quest run. This includes a Wayfinder on floor 1 that allows you to choose your difficulty.
Two of Torghast’s six cell blocks are open per week. For testing purposes, the available blocks will change daily. They will change weekly in the final version of the game.
Access to the Twisting Corridors will always be available in addition to the two theme blocks.

Developers’ notes: Players who seek Legendary materials alone can do so in Torghast’s cell blocks, and can earn more materials by climbing higher. Players who are looking for cosmetics, or who simply want to play without pressure, can do so in the Twisting Corridors.

More Notes

This build includes many bug fixes. Thank you very much for your bug reports!
Remember: Alpha is alpha. Things will still change, especially rewards, tuning, and Torghast’s interaction with outside systems.
We really appreciate all of your testing and feedback.

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Comment by TwistedMetalBlizzard has posted update notes for Torghast, Tower of the Damned on the Shadowlands Alpha including the removal of timers from Torments Good job Blizzard. No one liked timers and you go and do it. This was inevitable but could have been avoided if you just didn't add them in the first place.Comment by trius0Happy days.

Now they can focus on rewarding players for being fast, instead of punishing them for being slow.Comment by vultrazGood, good, they're going with dividing it in two modes. Also if I get it right, quick competion being rewarded is an outdated information? Pretty good.Comment by Moiraleythis sounds a lot better than the previous iteration.
And it also sounds like a good way for people to play twilight corridors without the need for a key. You can simply restrict the access to he Cell blocks in order to put a restriction on aquiring legendary materials.
This way people can play torghast how much they likeComment by MagedraeneiHallelujah! Very good news, happy to hear it. They listen!Comment by OldburyBlizzard has posted update notes for Torghast, Tower of the Damned on the Shadowlands Alpha including the removal of timers from Torments Good job Blizzard. No one liked timers and you go and do it. This was inevitable but could have been avoided if you just didn't add them in the first place.Comment by VantrinaA step in the right direction! It's nice to see feedback being listened to.

Unfortunately, classes are still suffering from lack of changes. (Outside of a handful)

It's worrisome they built torghast abilities before class changes were finished, some have barely been changed, and the ones that weren't doing well in BFA are continuing to not perform well. There's also some that just need huge tweaks.

We're glad unholy got everything they ever dreamed of, but like, what about Frost dk? Blood dk? Sub rogues? Arcane Mages? Fire mages? Every druid spec? Hunters? Demo locks? Spriest?

Seriously they're neglected entirely, their minor changes are so irrelevant, really hoping there's more to come. Quite a few talents for these specs need to be baseline and new ones need to be added rather than just replacing talents without adding them to their respective spec.Comment by ExtrabuffA step in the right direction! It's nice to see feedback being listened to.

Unfortunately, classes are still suffering from lack of changes. (Outside of a handful)

It's worrisome they built torghast abilities before class changes were finished, some have barely been changed, and the ones that weren't doing well in BFA are continuing to not perform well. There's also some that just need huge tweaks.

We're glad unholy got everything they ever dreamed of, but like, what about Frost dk? Blood dk? Sub rogues? Arcane Mages? Fire mages? Every druid spec? Hunters? Demo locks? Spriest?

Seriously they're neglected entirely, their minor changes are so irrelevant, really hoping there's more to come. Quite a few talents for these specs need to be baseline and new ones need to be added rather than just replacing talents without adding them to their respective spec.Comment by NetharaHappy days.

Now they can focus on rewarding players for being fast, instead of punishing them for being slow.Comment by AshirayaI don't see a good solution. Any sort of timer will cause just as many complaints as no timer.Comment by TwistedMetalBlizzard has posted update notes for Torghast, Tower of the Damned on the Shadowlands Alpha including the removal of timers from Torments Good job Blizzard. No one liked timers and you go and do it. This was inevitable but could have been avoided if you just didn't add them in the first place.Comment by 1910828A step in the right direction! It's nice to see feedback being listened to.

Unfortunately, classes are still suffering from lack of changes. (Outside of a handful)

It's worrisome they built torghast abilities before class changes were finished, some have barely been changed, and the ones that weren't doing well in BFA are continuing to not perform well. There's also some that just need huge tweaks.

We're glad unholy got everything they ever dreamed of, but like, what about Frost dk? Blood dk? Sub rogues? Arcane Mages? Fire mages? Every druid spec? Hunters? Demo locks? Spriest?

Seriously they're neglected entirely, their minor changes are so irrelevant, really hoping there's more to come. Quite a few talents for these specs need to be baseline and new ones need to be added rather than just replacing talents without adding them to their respective spec.Comment by ShuraiGlad they removed timers, thank youComment by elmurA step in the right direction! It's nice to see feedback being listened to.

Unfortunately, classes are still suffering from lack of changes. (Outside of a handful)

It's worrisome they built torghast abilities before class changes were finished, some have barely been changed, and the ones that weren't doing well in BFA are continuing to not perform well. There's also some that just need huge tweaks.

We're glad unholy got everything they ever dreamed of, but like, what about Frost dk? Blood dk? Sub rogues? Arcane Mages? Fire mages? Every druid spec? Hunters? Demo locks? Spriest?

Seriously they're neglected entirely, their minor changes are so irrelevant, really hoping there's more to come. Quite a few talents for these specs need to be baseline and new ones need to be added rather than just replacing talents without adding them to their respective spec.Comment by oochiewallyRemovedComment by NurutikiTheres a mode... just for fun and cosmetics.... this makes me so happy!Comment by tronklesGood, good, they're going with dividing it in two modes. Also if I get it right, quick competion being rewarded is an outdated information? Pretty good.Comment by xenolithixHot damn, there's a real sense that they're listening this time, far more than in recent memory. That's encouraging!Comment by grayshirtGonna need to remember this comment section in 3 months.Comment by cowboyagwbA step in the right direction! It's nice to see feedback being listened to.

Unfortunately, classes are still suffering from lack of changes. (Outside of a handful)

It's worrisome they built torghast abilities before class changes were finished, some have barely been changed, and the ones that weren't doing well in BFA are continuing to not perform well. There's also some that just need huge tweaks.

We're glad unholy got everything they ever dreamed of, but like, what about Frost dk? Blood dk? Sub rogues? Arcane Mages? Fire mages? Every druid spec? Hunters? Demo locks? Spriest?

Seriously they're neglected entirely, their minor changes are so irrelevant, really hoping there's more to come. Quite a few talents for these specs need to be baseline and new ones need to be added rather than just replacing talents without adding them to their respective spec.

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