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Patch 8.0 Pre-Patch Preview: War of Thorns Event

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War of Thorns is the Battle for Azeroth pre-expansion event that culminates in the burning of Teldrassil. It should be available on live realms the week of July 24. Here's a gameplay preview of the event from PTR with all important information from the Horde perspective.

The following article contains spoilers.

War of Thorns

  • Available the week of July 24  through Battle for Azeroth launch.
  • The event had two stages of testing on the PTR and it's possible that they won't be available immediately when Patch 8.0 goes live.
    • Stage #1 ends with the Horde advancing from Ashenvale to Darkshore and unlocking Darkshore World Quests.
    • Stage #2 ends with the burning of the World Tree.
    • Important cinematics are obviously still missing.
  • You can earn the following faction mounts by completing the second part of the pre-expansion event:

Quests

Part One

The Warchief Awaits

The initial quest is offered by Warchief Sylvanas in Undercity. You can ask her why she decided to attack Teldrassil in the first place.

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Warchief, may I ask why we want to capture Teldrassil?

Time is not a luxury, we possess, but I respect your desire to know more.

<Sylvanas points to Silithus on the map>.

THIS has forever altered the balance of power in Azeroth.

Deposits of Azerite are being located across the world, $PlayerName. Though we do not yet understand its full potential, it is clear that this substance has vast destructive capability.

What will war look like in twenty years? In a hundred?

How can the Horde hope to defend its borders if the Alliance controls the flow of Azerite?

It is uncertain, Warchief.

What is certain is that the Alliance will use Darnassus as a safe harbor for funneling Azerite into the Eastern Kingdoms. Anduin Wrynn will build powerful new weapons, and sooner or later he will turn them upon our homelands. First he will strike at the Undercity and Silvermoon, then his gaze will fall upon Kalimdor.

For the sake of the Horde's future, we must be the first to act.

By occupying Darnassus, we will control the flow of Azerite and ensure it cannot be used against us. The Alliance will dare not attack its own city for fear of harming civilians.

With a single stroke, we will guarantee generations of peace.

The night elves will fight us at every step.

The kaldorei will defy our occupation... unless we break their spirits.

We must inflict a blow that will show them what is at stake. They need to lose something... someone... in whom they have absolute trust and faith. A symbol of hope.

<The Dark Lady narrows her eyes.>

Malfurion Stormrage must die.

The Warchief Commands

Find High Overlord Saurfang in Northern Barrens.

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High Overlord Saurfang: Soldiers of the Horde, ready your blades! Today, we march on the kaldorei!

Orgrimmar Grunt: Lok'tar ogar!

Orgrimmar Grunt: FOR THE HORDE!

A Quick Diversion

Fly to Astranaar in Ashenvale and talk to Lorash.

Everybody Has a Price

Your goal is to poison the kaldorei and disarm Astranaar.

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Lorash: First, let me signal the others to begin their assault. After you, $PlayerName. You mark the safe targets, I'll bring them down.

Astranaar Sentinel: My throat... it's closing up!

Astranaar Sentinel: My chest is... I can't breathe!

Lorash: That should do it. How does it feel to single-handedly sack an entire city, $PlayerName?

A Timely Arrival

The Horde forces now advance through Astranaar and Sylvanas praises you for a perfectly executed strike.

Zoram'gar Outpost

Now that the Horde controls Astranaar, Sylvanas tells you that she will continue her hunt for the only creature that can stop your march to victory: Malfurion Stormrage. The next step is to establish a foothold at the base of Darkshore in Zoram'gar Outpost.

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Commander, the warchief asks that you prepare your outpost for an incoming army.

Commander Grimfang: Zoram'gar will stand ready! For the Horde!

The warchief needs rations and lodging for an incoming army.

Innkeeper Duras: We are a small outpost, but I will gather what we have. The Warchief and her army will want for nothing- I swear it! Lok'tar ogar!

Warchief Sylvanas Windrunner requires your aid repairing her soldier's weapons.

Dagrun Ragehammer: My forge is always ready, $PlayerName.

Go back to Astranaar and talk to High Overlord Saurfang to proceed with the next quest.

On The Prowl

The objective is to meet Sylvanas near the entrance to Darkshore. You will find her fighting Malfurion and he won't let you pass. He creates a wisp wall, Horde soldiers try to cross it, but they get killed in the process.

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Malfurion Stormrage: You will come no further, Banshee Queen!

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Soldiers...No! Do not rush the--!

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Fools... At least now we know how dangerous the wisps can be.

Into the Woods

You will need to defeat 6 Ashenvale Huntresses and Sylvanas tells you that Malfurion will try to hold you back until his fleet returns from Silithus. Until then, his army is too small. You must find a path through the wisp wall.

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Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: There will be nowhere to run when next we meet, Malfurion!

Ripe for the Picking

Go to Zoram'gar Outpost and talk to Saurfang.

A Quick Flyover

Talk to Zarvik Blastwix to fly a machine that will help you destroy wisps.

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Nathanos Blightcaller: A wall of wisps? Surely it is nothing our dark rangers and a few demolishers cannot overcome, my lady.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: The scouting party I led to Malfurion underestimated the wisps. They paid the price for doing so.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: We cannot destroy the wisps... not in numbers enough to matter. But we may be able to disperse them.

An Unstoppable Force

Now's the time to get past the wisp barrier and you will meet Sylvanas at the wall.

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Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: It seems the wisps are susceptible to distraction. We will exploit this weakness to get past them.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Saurfang, take a squad into Felwood. Seek a path over the mountain into Darkshore, but leave the siege weapons under my command.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Then it is decided. Saurfang, Nathanos -- you leave at once.

You must now pass through the wall.

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Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: We pass through the wall on my command!

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Brace yourselves...

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Pass through the wall quickly! I cannot hold it much longer!

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Once a breach has been made, the pain is... bearable. Just... give me a moment.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Do not relent, hero! These savage elves would do you no such favor.

Clearing Them Out & A Glaive Misunderstanding

It's time to press on. The objective is to defeat Night Elf forces and glaive throwers in The Master's Glaive.

Blurred Vision

Sentry Owls in the trees are reporting everything they see back to Malfurion. It's up to you to eliminate them along with Frenzied Blackwood Furbolgs.

The Trees Have Ears

Slay the Burning Ancient. A cinematic plays after completing this quest.

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Malfurion Stormrage: Sylvanas! Your foul deeds desecrate this sacred place! Andu-falah-dor!

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Malfurion. How gracious of you to join us...

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Who would have guessed that you would come to protect your precious trees?

Malfurion Stormrage: Begone, witch!

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Argh! My eyes! It burns!

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Where did you fly away to, little bird?

Aggressive Inspiration & The Blackwood Den & A Change in Leadership

In the next series of quest, you must attack and capture Blackwood Den by defeating leaders, slaying furbolgs and planting Horde banners.

The Start of Something Good

Meet Sylvanas at Nazj'vel.

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Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Sappers! Gather your gear and follow me! Bring every shredder you have.

Fueling the Horde War Machine & A Very Clear Message

Collect Azerite from 6 Azerite deposits and slay Night Elves that are trying to snag it.

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Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Azerite... With this in our grasp, all who dare to oppose the Horde will fall.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Proceed with caution, champion. It seems the Alliance has beaten us to it.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: That ship must have come from Darnassus... Which means...

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: ...I have a crow to hunt.

A Gift of Azerite

Deliver the collected Azerite to Zarvik Blastwix in Blackwood Den.

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Zarvik Blastwix: Oooh, you got me some Azerite? That's the good stuff...

Zarvik Blastwix: Lemme just... hold on a second, will ya?

Zarvik Blastwix: I'll add in a bit of this. Smash it in reeeeal good.

Zarvik Blastwix: A little gunpowder... some fuses and copper chips...

A Wild Ride

You'll arrive at the Wildbend River and fight off Awakened Ancients and kaldorei forces. Sylvanas tells you that the stalemate is unwise to pursue and suggests regrouping at the Blackwood Den.

A Looming Threat

This is the final quest of the first part of the pre-patch event that unlocks World Quests in Darkshore.

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Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Wildbend River is locked in a stalemate, and Malfurion knows it.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: We must stay the course for now.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: I will continue leading our soldiers through the wall while we await word from Saurfang.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: In the meantime, we will do all that we can to keep the kaldorei under pressure.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: We shall not afford them the luxury of a peaceful night's rest. This is war.

Part Two

Saurfang Returns

Find Saurfang in Lor'danel.

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High Overlord Saurfang: FOR THE HORDE!

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Saurfang! It's about time.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Look around you, hero! What a lovely sight. The wisps are scattering. One by one, the wall comes crashing down.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Now is the time. The World Tree is ours for the taking! Find Saurfang. We shall finish this once and for all.

No Small Mercy & Seaside Rendezvous & Driving Them Out

Saurfang will offer three quests. You must defeat 15 Lor'danel defenders, Caranne Briarbow and Ariel Stagguard and save 8 scared civilians.

Killer Queen

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High Overlord Saurfang: Make haste! The warchief awaits!

High Overlord Saurfang: The warchief faces Stormrage alone! I must...

Malfurion Stormrage: ARGH! Saur...fang?!

High Overlord Saurfang: A dishonorable blow. I... regret it.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Regret nothing. You did well.

High Overlord Saurfang: It was not my place to interfere.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: My victory was inevitable. He was merely wasting my time.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Finish him and be done with it. Take a moment, if you like... then take his head. Meet me at the World Tree.

Malfurion Stormrage: You have led... your Horde... in service... of death. You will... regret this day...

Tyrande Whisperwind: Malfurion...NO!

Tyrande Whisperwind: You did not kill him, orc. Why?

High Overlord Saurfang: I struck without honor. I did not deserve to end him.

Tyrande Whisperwind: This entire war is without honor. How dare you spill so much innocent blood... for nothing!

High Overlord Saurfang: Not for nothing. We spill blood so that the Horde will endure.

Tyrande Whisperwind: Because you spared Malfurion, I will offer you a choice.

Tyrande Whisperwind: Attempt to stop me from taking him away, and die... or remain there, kneeling in the dirt, and live.

High Overlord Saurfang: You have a choice as well. Take him to Darnassus and both of you will fall when we conquer it... or flee somewhere far from here, so that you both survive.

High Overlord Saurfang: Come, champion. We must follow our warchief to... victory.

After that, you go to Mist's Edge and talk to Sylvanas. A not yet implemented cinematic will play and you will see the burning World Tree in the background and receive your faction mount.

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Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: When I sent you on this mission, I did not foresee this outcome. Our attack was meant to end a war before it began... to capture an enemy's home and annihilate their leaders in one stroke. To inflict a wound that would bleed the Alliance dry. We have only partially succeeded. The Alliance will retaliate. They will come for us. For me. For you. But they ARE bleeding. Their anger will prove a weakness, not a strength, in the war to come. Rest while you can. Prepare for the battles ahead. I will have need of you.

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Ok Holy Crap, the lore has gotten bad in recent years...

 

...but how in the blue hell is Blizzard calling this morally grey?!?     I would really hate to see their definition of true evil.

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25 minutes ago, Migol said:

Ok Holy Crap, the lore has gotten bad in recent years...

 

...but how in the blue hell is Blizzard calling this morally grey?!?     I would really hate to see their definition of true evil.

It was either Teldrassill or the Stormwind orphanage. 

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lets not forget that the alliance will be doing the same thing to Undercity, so nether side is with out fault here.  So sad to see 2 big parts of the game wiped out in the name of greed over a substance that could be easily shared, I mean it is literally the world we stand on how is there not enough to go around that we need to go to war yet again to control it ?

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1 hour ago, BlakeArmentrout said:

lets not forget that the alliance will be doing the same thing to Undercity, so nether side is with out fault here.  So sad to see 2 big parts of the game wiped out in the name of greed over a substance that could be easily shared, I mean it is literally the world we stand on how is there not enough to go around that we need to go to war yet again to control it ?

1) The Alliance will be doing the same to Undercity in direct response to the burning of Teldrassil. It's not evil or even morally grey, it's 100% justified retaliation to an unprovoked attack. And 2), the Alliance's position (so far) has been that NO ONE should be mining, collecting or using Azerite. The more you mine it, the faster it kills Azeroth. The Alliance so far hasn't been very interested in collecting the stuff, but the Horde has been gleefully stripmining every last piece of it they can with no regard for what it's doing to Azeroth.

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4 hours ago, BlakeArmentrout said:

lets not forget that the alliance will be doing the same thing to Undercity, so nether side is with out fault here.  So sad to see 2 big parts of the game wiped out in the name of greed over a substance that could be easily shared, I mean it is literally the world we stand on how is there not enough to go around that we need to go to war yet again to control it ?

The Undercity lore wise at least has a minor part of "morally grey" because it at one time was an alliance (human) strong hold. While I don't condone wiping it out, it's far from leveling thunder bluff or silver moon. Which is about what I equate this too. This whole thing paints the horde in a Mist of Pandaria 2.0 light, which isn't good or interesting. 

Edit: also, wouldn't be the first time we invaded the Undercity (again morally grey)

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7 hours ago, Migol said:

Ok Holy Crap, the lore has gotten bad in recent years...

 

...but how in the blue hell is Blizzard calling this morally grey?!?     I would really hate to see their definition of true evil.

Sylvanas did not attack because of hatred or anger, but for pure strategic reasons. That's OK for me - this does not make her look like Garrosh Hitlerscream. Saurfang's struggle seems to be completely unrelated thing to the main storyline - he's a moral orc, but this does not make Sylvanas evil. It's just as we know she has no feelings because...well, she's dead.

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7 hours ago, BlakeArmentrout said:

lets not forget that the alliance will be doing the same thing to Undercity, so nether side is with out fault here.  So sad to see 2 big parts of the game wiped out in the name of greed over a substance that could be easily shared, I mean it is literally the world we stand on how is there not enough to go around that we need to go to war yet again to control it ?

I'm sorry I can't agree with that. The forsaken have done a lot of questionable, objectionable things in the past (Wrathgate anyone? There's more of course). Are the night elves perfect, no, but the Forsaken are a lot more disgusting and evil than other other race out there. I mean they're undead and they want to make more undead to bolster their numbers, and they'll do anything they can to make that happen. I'll personally be glad when the Undercity has been liberated and Lordraeron is whole.

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Oh, damn. As a Horde player, trying to kill Malfurion after the events of Legion make me feel icky. Oh, well. Allies today might be enemies tomorrow and vise versa. Such is war(craft).

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2 hours ago, krapmyself said:

Oh, damn. As a Horde player, trying to kill Malfurion after the events of Legion make me feel icky. Oh, well. Allies today might be enemies tomorrow and vise versa. Such is war(craft).

Look at the bright side: at least after this you won't be offered a quest to rescue him the next time he plays "Archdruid in distress".

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Holy fuck this website is Alliance biased to the 100th degree. We haven't even seen the cinematic yet AND Sylvanas's reaction to the tree burning shows that the Horde didn't burn the tree. There is a third party involved or an accident that burns teldrassil. The horde doesn't have anything at Southshore that could burn so a massive tree.

:pre-expansion event that culminates in the Horde burning down Teldrassil.:

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11 hours ago, jimboa30 said:

1) The Alliance will be doing the same to Undercity in direct response to the burning of Teldrassil. It's not evil or even morally grey, it's 100% justified retaliation to an unprovoked attack. And 2), the Alliance's position (so far) has been that NO ONE should be mining, collecting or using Azerite. The more you mine it, the faster it kills Azeroth. The Alliance so far hasn't been very interested in collecting the stuff, but the Horde has been gleefully stripmining every last piece of it they can with no regard for what it's doing to Azeroth.

Not true at all. Blizz is showing you what they want you to see. The Alliance is also collecting and storing the Azerite. Just like with the broken shore blizz is doing the cinematics such that players on both sides will want the other factions blood. If you watch both sides cinematics then you will understand and calm down. So many silly Alliance players, always on their high horse. Dont forget many Alliance leaders are warmongering hateful bigots.

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13 hours ago, Migol said:

Ok Holy Crap, the lore has gotten bad in recent years...

 

...but how in the blue hell is Blizzard calling this morally grey?!?     I would really hate to see their definition of true evil.

How is it not morally grey? Horde occupies Teldrassil.... Night elves decide they dont like that and fight. Their deaths are their own doing. Not the hordes. Killing Malf to stop the night elves from fighting back means only 1 person has to die, and we all know cry baby Malf deserves it at this point. Teldrassil wasn't supposed to burn. The cinematic will show how that happens. I highly doubt blizz is going "the horde did it" route.

 

Full on evil is if Sylvanas just went Hitler and said "kill all night elves and burn their corpses!"

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10 hours ago, Laragon said:

This whole thing paints the horde in a Mist of Pandaria 2.0 light, which isn't good or interesting.

Amen.  Lazy storyboarding.  I'm not one to normally throw that around and give the devs their due but jeez guys...  Its only been like 2 expansions.  

 

1 hour ago, MackDye said:

There is a third party involved or an accident that burns teldrassil.


Your assertions the horde DID NOT do it, are as accurate as the ones that say they DID.  

And at least the ones that say they DID do it match Sylvanas' current character arc through Before the Storm.  

She wanted to enslave her own sisters, for pete sake.  But no, burning down a tree-elf hole and killing a puny archdrui of the entire world is totes out of the question.

 

How is it not morally grey? Horde occupies Teldrassil.... Night elves decide they dont like that and fight. Their deaths are their own doing. Not the hordes.


Did... Did you just say the occuppied citizenry were responsible for their own deaths for RESISTING a forcible occupation??

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How is killing Malfurion and taking Teldrassil supposed to end this war early? It clearly just acts to piss off the alliance and force them to act. This makes no absolutely no sense. Gah this story just gets more terrible by the day. 

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18 hours ago, jimboa30 said:

1) The Alliance will be doing the same to Undercity in direct response to the burning of Teldrassil. It's not evil or even morally grey, it's 100% justified retaliation to an unprovoked attack. And 2), the Alliance's position (so far) has been that NO ONE should be mining, collecting or using Azerite. The more you mine it, the faster it kills Azeroth. The Alliance so far hasn't been very interested in collecting the stuff, but the Horde has been gleefully stripmining every last piece of it they can with no regard for what it's doing to Azeroth.

Filthy Horde!  burn them all!

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19 hours ago, jimboa30 said:

1) The Alliance will be doing the same to Undercity in direct response to the burning of Teldrassil. It's not evil or even morally grey, it's 100% justified retaliation to an unprovoked attack. And 2), the Alliance's position (so far) has been that NO ONE should be mining, collecting or using Azerite. The more you mine it, the faster it kills Azeroth. The Alliance so far hasn't been very interested in collecting the stuff, but the Horde has been gleefully stripmining every last piece of it they can with no regard for what it's doing to Azeroth.

1) The Alliance were going to try and take back Undercity eventually anyway, perhaps the Teldrassil thing is the nail in the coffin for making that decision but it was going to happen. 2) The Alliance's position isn't that NO ONE should be farming it, its that no HORDE should be farming it, and the Horde are desperately scrambling to get it all because they know sooner or later the Alliance will find a use for it to wipe them out. However I do agree with the sentiment that the more they mine the more destroyed the planet becomes, but if real life is any indication this ideal will soon be lost in the arms race to make new tech from the recourse.  At the End of the day though I am sure this whole thing will be revealed as a big misdirection and we will learn nether side had a hand in starting this war, it will most likely be as its been said a "third party" trying to destroy both sides by exploiting there long history of bad blood and have them wipe each other out.

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Oh boy, you horde justifiers are so incredibly biased. Apparantly it's alright to invade and occupy another peoples homeland and then butcher them en masse when they try to kick out the foreign invaders and stopping the unprovoked attack and defend themselves and their property. Apparantly it's completely alright to commit horrendous war crimes if it is "strategically sound" and apparantly it's alright to committ an unprovoked attack and butcher civilians and soldiers alike on their own soil (with chemical weapons nonetheless) for something that they might do in the future. Are you even listening to yourselves? 

I can't even believe my eyes to be honest. You people lack any self awareness. It's a damn good thing none of you are and never will be anywhere near a position of power, you would quickly become tyrants and war criminals with these mental gymnastics. Like holy hell, i don't think i've seen mental gymnastics of this degree ever before in my life. It's disheartening to say the least.

You could so easily just swap out the names of the people involved in your comments to some of history's greatest monsters and criminals. Do yourselves a favour and take a look at your comments and think a bit before posting. God damn.

I actually used to like the horde. The old horde, the one who still had a shred of honor. I have several capped horde characters, but after all this BfA writing i can assure you they're getting faction changed or left to collect dust. These actions are so morally objectionable from an objective standpoint and downright disgusting that i honestly just feel icky playing the faction at this point.

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5 hours ago, Hjaldren said:

Oh boy, you horde justifiers are so incredibly biased. Apparantly it's alright to invade and occupy another peoples homeland and then butcher them en masse when they try to kick out the foreign invaders and stopping the unprovoked attack and defend themselves and their property. Apparantly it's completely alright to commit horrendous war crimes if it is "strategically sound" and apparantly it's alright to committ an unprovoked attack and butcher civilians and soldiers alike on their own soil (with chemical weapons nonetheless) for something that they might do in the future. Are you even listening to yourselves? 

I can't even believe my eyes to be honest. You people lack any self awareness. It's a damn good thing none of you are and never will be anywhere near a position of power, you would quickly become tyrants and war criminals with these mental gymnastics. Like holy hell, i don't think i've seen mental gymnastics of this degree ever before in my life. It's disheartening to say the least.

You could so easily just swap out the names of the people involved in your comments to some of history's greatest monsters and criminals. Do yourselves a favour and take a look at your comments and think a bit before posting. God damn.

I actually used to like the horde. The old horde, the one who still had a shred of honor. I have several capped horde characters, but after all this BfA writing i can assure you they're getting faction changed or left to collect dust. These actions are so morally objectionable from an objective standpoint and downright disgusting that i honestly just feel icky playing the faction at this point.

Ehmm...maybe you should take a break and go outside sometime,into the real world!

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The more I think about it, the more it starts to make sense that the Alliance could be written as taking increasingly more violent and radical steps to fight the Horde - enter Jaina and the naval powerhouse of Kul Tiras - and both factions end up becoming virtually indistinguishable from one another. Even if one side was more justified than the other, war changes everything over time. Perhaps this is the underlying narrative they're trying to convey here, and at the end of the road, we'll be seeing the Horde - moulded by years of war into a coalition of convenience that has become a family that look after theirs and their own seeking peace, and the Alliance, who've went from strength to strength after every trial but curbing that idealism and formal regal stance. 

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On 7/6/2018 at 1:30 PM, Reldey said:

How is killing Malfurion and taking Teldrassil supposed to end this war early? It clearly just acts to piss off the alliance and force them to act. This makes no absolutely no sense. Gah this story just gets more terrible by the day. 

It's supposed to remove the Alliance advantage of using Teldrassil as a staging point for Silithus. Both factions are after azurite,  so it's natural for the Horde to make a move to make it harder for the Alliance to collect it.  And since it's natural to assume that Stormrage will put himself in the way of any attempt to remove Darnassus,  taking him out the logically necessary prerequisite move.

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anyone else sees old god pulling sylvanas strings ?

remember vlojin made sylvanas warchief because of a vision! who love to play with those ? :)

take a step back and look at it

on horde side sylvanas is always have been the immoral one. trade prince is very shade and very eager to wage war for profit. who is trolls leader again ?!. surfang is moral but a faithfull soldier wont defy warchief if she goes to war. all remains from horde side to put an all out war is baine and lorthemar(maybe).

greymane is already hellbound on revenge. velen is no longer the peace loving priest he was. anduin is hellbound on revenge. dwarf leader is practically dark iron and gnomes dont usually say much in any matter. jaina the main reason for peace between faction is well... you know. that only leaves tyrande as a wise leader with a clear head which no longer be the case after this.

this wont be MOP 2, there just garrosh (orcs) wanted war now EVERYONE is set for war !!

i predict things happening in thunder bluff ! maybe grimtotems will come to power but these are not random moves.

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    • By Staff
      Now's the perfect time to unlock your missing Plunderstorm rewards with doubled Renown gains until April 30th!
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      Hoist the sails and batten the hatches; a Plundersurge begins this week with weekly maintenance!
      The Plunderstorm event is ending on April 30, but until then, pirating players can double the amount of Renown earned from all sources of Plunder by taking the Plundersurge. 
      Set Sail for the Plunderstorm
      Plunge into a challenging battle that earns excellent rewards for World of Warcraft® Modern and Classic progression realms. All you have to do is survive…and plunder. Can't seem to stay in the realm of the living? No problem. Plunderers still gain progression that helps unlock new rewards.
      Each match is 10-15 minutes long and has 60 players per match, with the winner being the last one standing. Level up and acquire new abilities and spells by killing creatures and enemies, looting chests, and avoiding the encroaching storm.
      A Pirate's Life for You
      The Arathi Highlands is the backdrop for this pirating adventure, and you'll have plenty of challenges to keep you busy.
      Prepare to Plunder
      Plunderstorm is perfect for pick-up and play! No expansion purchase is required, but a World of Warcraft Subscription or Game Time is needed to participate in a high-stakes, play-by-the-seat-your-pants match. This means that Classic players can also participate in a plethora of plundering fun by simply installing the modern (Live) World of Warcraft client:
      Launch the Battle.net desktop app. Click the World of Warcraft icon at the top. If the icon is missing, click on All Games and select the game from the list. On top of the Install button is a drop-down menu. Confirm that you wish to install World of Warcraft. Click Install. Once you’re in modern WoW:
      Select Plunderstorm2 from the World of Warcraft game menu to get into the action. Create a new, ready-to-play character—player characters are unique to this event. You don't need previous knowledge of races and classes to chart your course for mayhem. Choose between Solo or—to play with your Battle.net friends—make a group from the Plunderstorm character screen and select Duo. If queued for a Duo without a partner, you'll be automatically matched with one. You can also access chat, customize characters, and see the queue from the Character Select Screen. Action Bar and Abilities, Worthy Mates
      Discover lootable spells, abilities, and upgrades as you plunder treasure chests and defeat enemies. Upon picking up, spells and abilities are automatically added to your Action Bar, with two slots dedicated to offensive skills and two for utilities such as leaps, speed boosts, and crowd-control.
      Some abilities are more action-based and require good positioning and player targeting. Have fun discovering and experimenting with different combinations to find what works for you.
      Upgrades to Your Spells and Abilities
      Your spells and abilities can be upgraded by discovering higher-quality versions from treasure chests or finding the same ability elsewhere and stacking it to Rank 3 (epic). There are also plenty of plundering opportunities—various treasure chests with different rarities that harbor all types of abilities are stashed around the map. Always stay on the lookout for better loot and upgrades.
      Spectating Spectre
      Upon death, keep watching the match from the perspective of your teammates (if they're still alive) or other players, including their loadout.
      Rewards A-Plenty for Plundering Pirates
      Players can earn cosmetics, pets, titles, and mounts as they progress through the reward track. These include the majestic Polly Roger parrot mount, Bubbles the crab pet, swashbuckling cosmetics, 750 Trader's Tender from "Keg Leg's Crew" for use on the Trading Post, and more. 3 A victory is not required to claim the spoils of a well-fought fight.
      To view Renown and apply the Plunderstorm weapon and transmog customizations, change titles, or summon pets, swabbies can click on Da'kash Grimledger standing directly in front of the spawn point in the Plunderstorm lobby.
      Customization unlocks are simultaneously unlocked for Dragonflight characters and can be found in your Collection. Each Renown level unlock is noted in colored text under the reward name, whether the reward is for Dragonflight, Plunderstorm, or Classic.
      Perch on the shoulders of this parrot instead of him perching on yours! Proper pirate fashion is a must for plundering! There isn't a better first mate on the high seas than Pirate Pepe! Plunderstorm Content Update Notes
      Learn more details about Plunderstorm in our update notes.
      We look forward to seeing you drop from the skies to engage in pirate-themed mayhem. We'll see you in Azeroth and wherever the adventure takes you!
      1 Requires World of Warcraft® Subscription or Game Time.
      2Plunderstorm is accessed from the World of Warcraft® game menu but exists outside of player progression in World of Warcraft® and Wrath of the Lich King Classic™.
      3Plunderstorm offers rewards for both World of Warcraft® and Wrath of the Lich King Classic™.
    • By Staff
      Check out our first look at MoP Remix coming in Patch 10.2.7!
      When Patch 10.2.7 goes live, you will be greeted by the following screen, informing you about the MoP Remix event and its objectives. There will be a button that lets you create your Timerunner (character).


      Similar to Plunderstorm, there will be an icon on the character screen for MoP Remix with the number of days remaining.

      Timerunners will be marked with a special icon next to their name on the character selection screen.

      When you first enter the game, you'll start with a short intro quest on the Timeless Shore. Your character will be affected with the Pandaria: Remix buff.

      The quest intro features a few unique quests before you start replaying MoP from the very beginning. It introduces you to Bronze, the event's currency used to buy items and upgrade gear.  
      Throughout your journey you will come across some very unique gear just like this cloak (Cloak of Infinite Potential) that permanently increases in power (Timerunner's Advantage).

      Your char will have access to two important Timerunning abilities.
      Extract Gem - Extract a gem from one of your socketed items. Unraveling Sands - Summon Unraveling Sands that transforms your unwanted items into Bronze. Gems offer a lot of customization in MoP Remix and you want to extract them with Extract Gem, because placing a new gem on top of a socketed one will make you lose it.
      If you come across unneeded gear, you can scrap it for Bronze with Unraveling Sands.
    • By Stan
      We're looking at the level of loot from the Great Vault and the items you can buy from Evantkis in Dragonflight Season 4.
      Item Level of Rewards from the Great Vault and End-of-Run Mythic+ Chests in Dragonflight Season 4
      Difficulty Level End-of-Run Item Level Weekly Reward Item Level Mythic +1 493 None Mythic +2 496 509 Mythic +3 499 509 Mythic +4 499 512 Mythic +5 502 512 Mythic +6 502 515 Mythic +7 506 515 Mythic +8 506 519 Mythic +9 509 519 Mythic +10 and up 509 522 Aspects' Token of Merit (Great Vault Currency) in Dragonflight Season 4
      Aspects' Token of Merit  is the Great Vault currency you'll receive when you don't pick any loot from the weekly chest.
      The number of Aspects' Token of Merit you will receive every week depends on the number of slots you've unlocked in the weekly chest.  
      Unlocking 1 slot grants 1 Aspects' Token of Merit. Unlocking 2 slots grants 4 Aspects' Token of Merit. Unlocking 3 or more slots grants 6 Aspects' Token of Merit. Aspects' Token of Merit can be exchanged for the following items in Dragonflight Season 4 that you can buy from Evantkis.
      Chest of Gold - Contains 1,000 gold. Costs 2 Aspects' Token of Merit. Ruby Flightstone - Contains 75 Flightstones. Costs 1 Aspects' Token of Merit. Restless Satchel of Drake's Awakened Crests - Contains 15 Drake's Awakened Crests. Costs 1 Aspects' Token of Merit. Lively Clutch of Wyrm's Awakened Crests - Contains 15 Wyrm's Awakened Crests. Costs 2 Aspects' Token of Merit. Eye of Awakening -  Add a socket to a Dragonflight Season 4 item that does not already have one. Can be used on Helms, Bracers, Belts, or Rings. Costs 3 Aspects' Token of Merit.
      Great Vault Requirements in Dragonflight Season 4
      Finally, here are the Great Vault requirements for the upcoming Season.

    • By Starym
      Things seem to be stabilizing a little, at least at the very top, as our DK-Rogue trio remains solid this week. There's plenty of movement below that though, so let's dive in.
      Note: We are using Normalized scores instead of raw DPS for the Warcraft Logs rankings. The u.gg rankings at the bottom are raw DPS. Normalized scores take into account the outlier boss fights where certain specs could stack massive DPS (due to the nature of the fight, whether it's AoE spam or something else), which would then affect their overall score for the whole raid.
      Mythic
      Overall Damage 95th Percentile
      It seems we have a stable chart at the top, as the DK-Rogue sandwich is exactly where we left them last week! We do see a big mover right after that, however, as Elemental jumps three spots up into 4th, pushing Retribution down one. Fury remains stable in 6th, followed by Frost Mage, which gains a spot at the expense of Outlaw, which is down three. The three A's are still sticking together, with Arms, Assassination and Arcane all moving one up, and the Rogue moving ahead of the Mage at the end of the top 10.

      95th percentile Mythic data by Warcraft Logs.
      Overall Damage All Percentiles
      It's Survival's week this time around, as the Hunter bursts up nine spots into 7th, with the top 6 remaining the same. Elemental rises here as well in 9th, gaining three spots, as Havoc drops two at the end of the top 10. Marksmanship joins fellow Hunter Beast Mastery in the bottom 3, taking Feral's place.
      All percentiles Mythic data by Warcraft Logs.
      Boss Only Damage All Percentiles
      Unholy moves to the top of the pack in the direct damage charts, just barely taking Subtlety down. Survival makes an appearance here as well, moving six spots up into 6th, as Assassination and Shadow push Balance out of the top 10.
      All percentiles Mythic data by Warcraft Logs.
      Heroic
      Overall Damage All Percentiles

      All percentiles Heroic data by Warcraft Logs.

      U.GG Raw Mythic DPS Rankings
      U.gg's rankings are based on actual DPS taken from Warcraft Logs data, focusing on the top players and span the past two weeks. This chart is for Mythic only.
      Arms is on the way up, gaining three spots in 6th and pushing Havoc down one, as the Fyr'alaths start compounding here as well. Fire moves three up in 9th, as Frost DK drops those same three spots just outside the top 10.
      Mythic chart by u.gg.
       
      Meanwhile, if you're looking for more information you can check out our Dragonflight class guides, Amirdrassil boss guides, the raid DPS tier list, as well as more data from Warcraft Logs here.
    • By Staff
      As many expected, it seems everyone's favorite farm won't be making it to Remix: Mists of Pandaria, as spotted by TheYamagato.
      This makes perfect sense, since it's a limited time event and the farm is a long reputation grind based on daily activities, and just wouldn't really fit with the shorter runtime. The farm itself is still there, but the NPCs that start the quests are not, replaced by the new Timerunning ones.       And so we're going to have to skip the farm when 10.2.7 comes along, but hey, it's still there on regular old retail if you really feel the need!   
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