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Torghast Doesn't Have to Take Long: 13 Minute Layer 8 Run Video

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Much has been said about Torghast, but the majority of player complaints, even while it was much harder, was about the length of each run. Even the lack of rewards was such a hot topic mostly due to the long run times and frustration reaching its peak after 1++ hours long runs that ended in a defeat from the final boss.

Well, today we get to see a Torghast speed run, as (appropriately named) iCanCraft has pushed through layer 8 of the upper reaches in less than 13 minutes! Obviously the timing will heavily depend on spec and anima powers, but it's great to see shorter runs even of the highest layers be very doable.

 

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In this video I clear Layer 8 of The Upper Reaches in 12:47 playing my Venthyr Arms warrior. I decided to attempt some speed clears to make the weekly Torghast runs a little more interesting. Anima power RNG and floor-layout play a pretty large part in getting a succesful run. This makes it difficult to really optimize a run, but it's still fun to do nonetheless. Between classes and specs you should expect vastly different clear times as well. As I get better gear and get more familiar with the different wings, I'm hoping to push down my clear times as the weeks go on.

The run is far from perfecet, but I hope you enjoy watching it and get some ideas out of it regardless

As item levels increase and players get to know which anima power combos work best, the runs should get shorter and shorted for all of us, as we don't need to clear everything to get the max amount of powers and Phantasma and have a shot at the final boss. Hopefully this will make the tower more interesting for the currently frustrated players, as there's a lot of potential in Torghast, and Blizzard is known for scrapping actually good, if unpolished ideas, due to the community reaction. What I'm saying is pretty please don't kill Torghast before it becomes all it can be (yes I'm still upset you killed the Garrison/player housing).

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(yes I'm still upset you killed the Garrison/player housing).

It wasn't implemented well at all. It shouldn't have been the end game hub, it shouldn't have been instanced and it shouldn't have been limited to one character. What should have happened is that Shattrath City became the hub and you get given a HQ there in which to do your business. You then somehow buy / get given / help out at Stables, Jewellery Shops etc. Each shop can then be interacted with in different ways, dependant on character you're on. For example an Enchanter could go deeply into the enchanting store "story" and would have access to lots of perks, whereas a character without Enchanting would be able to gain access to only a small part of the shop. Each shop should then have been instanced, at least giving the outside areas a feel of being populated by someone other than yourself.

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7 hours ago, ResetSmith said:

Is no one going to point out they don't have the Layer 8 debuffs? Or that Thrall is at the end of the scenario?

He shows exactly where he entered though? Maybe he has some Ui that moves debuffs or similar? Afaik you dont select layer 8 to get to Thrall at all, it's a separate instance (not sure about this one since I didnt do Thrall yet but Jaina was like that)? Also I've read Thrall shows up if you didn't do the quest anyway in other threads.

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16 hours ago, ResetSmith said:

Is no one going to point out they don't have the Layer 8 debuffs? Or that Thrall is at the end of the scenario?

Well, next to his action bars you can see debuff with 6 stacks, so no, he do have that debuff.

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I've done many layer 8's as a Warrior sub 15 minutes almost every week. Nothing special tbh. Note: As both Arms and Fury. I also go in blind and dont touch the bottom layers because I'm a real man. Good to see blizzard cares more about our Torghast balance than actually balancing the specs in PvE. 

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