Sanctum of Domination Raid Environment Preview

Posted 2021/04/16 at 11:32 AM by perculia

The Looming Dark

Stage One: A Cycle of Hatred: "We have forgotten what makes us strong." Players battle against Sylvanas atop Torghast while the Jailer remains elusive.
Intermission: A Monument to our Suffering: "You are unfit to wear this crown." Upon reaching 80% health, Sylvanas chains all players with , then casts , destroying the tower itself.
Stage Two: The Banshee Queen: "What are we if not slaves to this torment?" Sylvanas enters , taking to the skies to waylay players' persuit of the Jailer as he ascends. Thrall and Jaina lend their aid by casting and , respectively, but must be kept free from interruptions while doing so.
Stage Three: The Freedom of Choice: "Nothing can stop what is to come." Sylvanas follows the players' traversal, greeting them for the final showdown between Death and inevitability in the Jailer's master plan.

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Comment by WarsavOh, Hello more Torghast.Comment by GlocktharHypeComment by DreamSisterDon't let Evitel near those potsComment by MightylorddkWe know that Skybox of Oribos will be changed into pitch dark. And now here we're seeing Arbiter's seat? I think Sylvanas is gonna hit Aribter. Either she's going to destroy her to take the sigil or (just opinion) gonna change her mind and try to save her (redemption arc). Let's see.Comment by ZorewinGod that looks %^&* :( more same old thorgast... god i hope im wrongComment by GlocktharGod that looks %^&* :( more same old thorgast... god i hope im wrongComment by YolananOMGComment by WillowwhispHypeComment by vultrazThat's hot.

The Jailer is so breaking free at the end of the raid.Comment by Novacklmagical work, with very beautiful colors that travels us
to the very beautiful world of the game,
and at the same time fills us with adrenaline, what we have to faceComment by AdoxeGod that looks %^&* :( more same old thorgast... god i hope im wrongComment by HelotharI'm not attacking the artists that work for Blizzard, I'm just sharing my opinion which might differ from that of the majority, yet I have to say this:

I'm a little underwhelmed by the graphics here. At this point I'm not sure if further textures, objects or other visual details will be added. During the PTR state of a content patch they usually go for fixing bugs & testing systems, spells, encounters etc; the art part is normally done by the time it hits the PTR, so I'm not going to get my hopes up. But I wish there was more environmental details here so that the monotonous structures and simple objects don't make the raid seem to be from a few expansions ago. At least that's my first impression.

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All I wanted to say is that it's not my cup of tea. But I'm happy if it pleases others, that's a good thing. :)Comment by Aralndai understand why people might complain. its more of torghast features because it more of the same things and nothing new to us., but realize our whole goal was to defeat the jailor and where is he held up? torghast and the maw. so the raid aesthetics dont surprise me. However i have seen some yellow in there, perhaps something to do with the Light or the old ones?Comment by mazejakerIn absolute awe of this environment design. Love it.Comment by unknowny33Looks like ICC turned up to 11. I like it.
Odd though SoD looks like it's in Throghast(is actually Throghast).
So there goes the idea of Throghast being the 9.3(9.2 with this patch pacing) raid.
Curious where it will lead for the end of the expansion.Comment by IruxosThat's hot.

The Jailer is so breaking free at the end of the raid.Comment by SallaraI'm not attacking the artists that work for Blizzard, I'm just sharing my opinion which might differ from that of the majority, yet I have to say this:

I'm a little underwhelmed by the graphics here. At this point I'm not sure if further textures, objects or other visual details will be added. During the PTR state of a content patch they usually go for fixing bugs & testing systems, spells, encounters etc; the art part is normally done by the time it hits the PTR, so I'm not going to get my hopes up. But I wish there was more environmental details here so that the monotonous structures and simple objects don't make the raid seem to be from a few expansions ago. At least that's my first impression.Comment by ChaseSommerVery inspiring pictures! It kind of reminds me of ICC!Comment by aski4777would be super cool if the mythic sylvanas fight took us upsidedown back towards ICC where it all beganComment by lorekillericc 2.0...

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