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Legion Artifact Retirement Questline in Patch 8.0

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8.0 PTR servers have been updated with the Legion Artifact retirement questline. Artifact traits will no longer function when the pre-patch goes live and here's a preview of the questline. This article contains spoilers.

The cutscene is still missing voiceovers and it's only available to Alliance players on PTR.

The Speaker's Call

I been travelin' the land, seekin' out anyone who might know how ta heal Azeroth. I've consulted ancient sages, druids, shamans... from dragons ta titan keepers. Nobody's seen anythin' like this before.

Went ta Karazhan ta speak with Khadgar. Studyin' those old tomes o' his, we came up with an idea. No tellin' if it's gonna work, but we gotta try. Come ta Silithus. Meet me at the wound. Time is runnin' out fer Azeroth, <Name>.

The Power in Our Hands

That sword of Sargeras is surgin' with dark energies. They're seepin' into Azeroth's heart like poison. The blade's power must be snuffed out. The Pillars o' Creation could do it, but they're keepin' the tomb sealed. So we need other vessels capable o' harnessin' vast energies. Vessels like those artifact weapons you and the other champions wield. It's a risk, <Name>. We don't know what Sargeras' power will do ta those weapons. But unless we act now, the heart of Azeroth is sure ta die.

A cinematic plays, where you and the other champions sacrifice your Artifacts to draw the surging energies from the sword.

The sword grows dark! I can hear Azeroth's sufferin' abate... If only a little. Ye did good, hero. Bought our world some time. But we must find a way ta fully heal this wound. No matter what happens between the Alliance and Horde, do not forget yer duty on Azeroth!

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5 hours ago, Stan said:

Artifact traits will no longer function when the pre-patch goes live[...]

Wait, does this means artifacts will be retired before BfA drops? When is it, exactly? How are they planning for us to get other high ilvl gear if no weapons drop on the Broken Isles?

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2 hours ago, lChronosl said:

Wait, does this means artifacts will be retired before BfA drops? When is it, exactly? How are they planning for us to get other high ilvl gear if no weapons drop on the Broken Isles?

They are disabled on 8.0 PTR and player power will be boosted proportionally to account for that. It's a mess right now on PTR. You kill a level 110 mob in 30 seconds, so they haven't done anything just yet. Playing an Enhancement Shaman, maybe that explains everything ??

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4 hours ago, Stan said:

They are disabled on 8.0 PTR and player power will be boosted proportionally to account for that. It's a mess right now on PTR. You kill a level 110 mob in 30 seconds, so they haven't done anything just yet. Playing an Enhancement Shaman, maybe that explains everything ??

They should have honestly gone with the increasing artifact power(would be a nice catchup mechanic for new players and those that didnt put ap in offspec weps) and then it becomes disabled at launch of BFA

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On 6/16/2018 at 5:13 PM, lChronosl said:

Wait, does this means artifacts will be retired before BfA drops? When is it, exactly? How are they planning for us to get other high ilvl gear if no weapons drop on the Broken Isles?

You can keep using your artifact weapon into 8.1, the relics and weapon-specific abilities are just disabled.

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On 6/16/2018 at 6:28 PM, Stan said:

They are disabled on 8.0 PTR and player power will be boosted proportionally to account for that. It's a mess right now on PTR. You kill a level 110 mob in 30 seconds, so they haven't done anything just yet. Playing an Enhancement Shaman, maybe that explains everything ??

I won Beta access two days ago, and I almost cried when I logged on my shaman there. Rip Ele/Enhanc. 

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1 hour ago, Syktris said:

I won Beta access two days ago, and I almost cried when I logged on my shaman there. Rip Ele/Enhanc. 

Sad to hear it, yet I'm going to stay faithful to my only main, elemental shaman of 11 years. Hopefully, they will make some changes in later patches. Still missing some changes from MoP. Actually liked when casters were more mobile, some of them were overtuned, but it felt like they have taken away too much. It feels like melee has too big of an advantage in far more situations, than ranged does.

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This confuses me.  Why would they make all the artifacts stop working when the patch drops?

I know most of the thinking is that everyone is max level and has a main (or multiple mains) that is fully geared and quested, and just waiting for the new content.  But what about the rest of the player base that is still slowing working through Legion content?  If they just got their artifact, and now it is disabled.  It doesn't make sense.

My thought is that this would effect people that are at a certain point in a quest line.  Not remove something across the board.  Or even make them disabled once you hit level 111 to snag the people that will work around the quest line, and try to continue to use the artifact with new content.

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