Blizz Has A LOT Going On... 10 WoW Updates You Should Know About

WoW’s going so fast the wheels are threatening to come off, Arcane Mages got a surprise rework that people are LOVING so far, and there’s a thousand-year-old half-elf Light-worshipping empire across the sea. What a week.
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[@notwilshire]

Can't we just take the spaceship the dreanei have to visit the other side of Azeroth?

[@Apotheosis1113]

The people developing the game currently weren't there when the spaceship came down

[@hobosnake1]

​@@Apotheosis1113well, the main guy overseeing the story (and who wrote all that lore) is from back then. Let's just wait and see what happens. It'll be good or bad. No point in complaining when we hardly know anything.

[@youstolemyhandleyoutwat]

"He was never heard from ever again."

[@Desolaytore]

Why do yall assume that ship is just hanging out in orbit? Arnt they rebuilding Argus?

[@archdruidbookwalter951]

Bold to assume that whatever keeps destroying every ship that tries to go to the back of Azeroth wouldn't shoot the Vindicaar out of the sky the second it gets close enough to the surface.

[@redacted2402]

Cataclysm seems to be having a bit of a... cataclysm.

[@grennbalze]

Blizz is cooking. The dungeons got the sauce. And the expansion is dripping with riz

[@cin7194]

that's dead ass no cap fam frfr

[@a1pha_star]

@@cin7194 on god, respectfully

[@TheMiddleAgedKidVideos]

No mention but I think my favorite thing coming tomorrow is no Renown requirement for Campaign quests.

[@DR-fc1ey]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO

[@dombes1608]

literally, can finally get along with the story without grinding renown

[@Zemilia22]

The single coolest part about the new zone is that the vast majority of the plants are angled at the light coming from the crystal, meaning it is giving off some sort of energy or sun like life force to the plants growing below which mimics how plants grow in real life almost reaching close and closer to the sunlight.

[@josquinlanglois2554]

i really want wow to go back to ''old fantasy'', like that lord of the rings/old world vibe, this expansion definitely is giving me alot of hope.

[@aidanbryant9135]

Well said. I agree

[@ProfoundFamiliarity]

same

[@hobosnake1]

I think they're staying with the cosmic fantasy, but doing it through the lens of people and older fantasy stuff, like what we've seen of the Arathi in TWW.

[@Trazynn]

That's what made Battle for Azeroth so exciting. Until it went right back into a cosmic space opera again.

[@paulmulders3648]

In vanilla wow, the three last raid end bosses were literally an elemental lord from another plane of existence, a cosmic horror entity that was sent across space to infect the planet and a necromancer resurrected by arcane magic, who was indirectly 50/50 working for the burning legion through an orc shaman from another planet who was infused with power by a demon from yet another planet... WoW was never simple fantasy. Sick and tired of people pretending otherwise

[@WingTzu343]

The disaster in bug-finding that was S4 and Cata prepatch has almost NOTHING to do with the amount of content they're pushing. It has EVERYTHING to do with the fact that Blizzard gutted and then LOST most of their QA and have been unable to fill it because they're offering $17 an hour for a job that requires AT LEAST hybrid work in one of the most expensive places to live in SoCal.

[@lunawilliams8694]

Sounds like they need to leave California because $17 a hour most other places besides New York and south Florida is pretty good

[@vaels5682]

​@@lunawilliams8694is it though?

[@dahut95]

​@@lunawilliams8694I have no girlfriend. No family to care for. Single bachelor. I make 25$ and feel like I'm barely living sustainably. I live in southern Maine. It doesn't feel good.

[@julesjmj5682]

@@lunawilliams8694 I mean...I was a QA for a FinTech company for many years. It's extremely draining and frustrating, so I quit because the stress and hours just weren't worth it. I was making $65,000/year and that is considered low end pay. $17/hr puts you at only about $32,000/year. I live in a LCOL state and I can get a $15/hr cashier job at Target. If a company was trying to pay me to perform as a QA for $2 more than what I could make as a Target cashier, I'd tell them to shove it and go find a job at one of the many companies who are paying the fair market value for QA work. Median salary for QA (Quality Analyst or Engineer, depending on what the company wants to call it) is about $80,000. So yeah..$17/hr COULD be considered good. But the type of work and demand that comes from the job, $17/hr is a freaking slap in the face.

[@Hiebly]

This is a really good point.

[@truepickle4956]

Arcane's 500% barrage on targets below 35% health goes brrrr

[@nickwarner9139]

Remember the rightful heir the scarlets were blabbing about, could be one of these Arathi......

[@wardenm]

"Light and elemental fire empire" So, a Scarlet Crusade utopia? 😂

[@titanicsosroblox]

Loving the new Chen Stormstout hat they added, to bad the race its meant for, Pandaren, will get bugged out ears when you wear it....

[@abluecardigan]

i bet it looks perfect on human males though

[@titanicsosroblox]

@@abluecardigan probably does but I want it on my panda

[@starshinewindlord2716]

the need hats that stop chopping hair off too

[@geoffok]

Just let me know when I can bring my warband into follower dungeons instead of the shitty NPCs. And they get loot and xp.

[@starshinewindlord2716]

some of the NPCs are pleasantly capable "players" but yes I'd still love to be able to tag my warband into the follower slots.

[@MysteryMan159]

Honestly This zone invokes feelings of classic wow. In that I just want to explore it for the sake of exploring it.

[@Bearlyjam]

Feels like having a small team deal with SOD and classic Cata was silly by Blizzard. Just up the classic dev team, as it is clearly popular.

[@mrbookends]

For the longest time I thought this crystal thing in the sky was the tip of the sword in Silithus.......

[@CosmicShark32]

Just got back into game, idk if it's been brought up. But the old gods that get in ur head during the time travel quests in shifting sands MSQ . Mention a song and prayer that calls to them and all. That was set way before the titans showed up.

[@IQerat]

Imagine being a Draenei enjoyer and after such a long wait for finally getting the Heritage armor you get that shit 😂

[@abluecardigan]

brother that is very close to the armor the draenei concept art was showing in like 2005, as well as matching the draenei’s tribal aesthetic in places like nagrand and terokkar forest. it’s the most heritage possible! now if you want to talk about undead i already agree, it’s completely terrible and said absolutely nothing about the forsaken. well the coffin did, that’s the only good part of the set

[@IQerat]

@@abluecardigan nah the 2005 concept looked 10 times better. Don’t get me started on that stupid helmet, made for Draenei and the horns are still clipping 😂

[@YeIsCorrect]

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[@harkenrebirth]

Still no option to cover the troll feet.

[@flashrogue4376]

Tarantino character design

[@Popikaify]

I dont mind feet,i want freaking beards.Even new earthen females have beards,what the fuk

[@mazz85-]

Would want option to hide ears under helmet.

[@TimmyTechTV]

Can someone please explain to me why server maintenance take 8 hours in this day and age?

[@Sta_cotto]

Now if only they could fix the black Netherwing scales

[@ckmuck]

What I am not understanding from Blizard is why are you changing what already works?

[@ghoraxe9000]

I really wish they cut the bells and whistles... Trim the hedge's.. so much junk

[@EbonizerScourge]

What if there WAS an empire, but now there isn't.

[@thedarkdragon89]

As a Mage since I was a beta tester in 2003, I liked the complexity and skill based nature of playing arcane well.

[@Xueria]

My favourite random Cataclysm Classic bug so far: while fighting Lady Deathwhisper in Icecrown Citadel, upon her mind control on me fading, I was teleported to the Wetlands.

[@chrisfaulkner3831]

Bellular giving strong “I’ll be back” vibes in that jacket

[@nische96]

Isn’t the crystal in hallowfall sargeras sword piercing into the zone? The cracks on the surface of the crystal could be an indicator for it no?

[@OhNoTheFace]

I do like the cinematic is just people talking, as you said. Can tell stories better if every scene is not necessarily insane

[@warllockmasterasd9142]

Bell talking about Blizzard Q and A team. and my thought was: Didn't Bobby fired those?

[@NelielSugiura]

As a demo main... fewer demon bolts means fewer demons out at once which means less damage (each demon out = +2% damage of all demons). Also, with how often mechanics in dungeons and raids want us to move... I have two things I can cast whilst doing so... my curses or demon bolt. So wtf? I guess I have to go back to affliction then? :( I will really miss getting up to thirty demons at once with this. I already do not use nether portal, so I hardly care about that one, but demon bolt rate is rather important to maintaining imps and damage.

[@Larky90]

The Cata "known issues" list honestly looks like an April fool's list, but sadly it was real.

[@No_Doe]

Man that Draenei heritage armor is so ugly

[@masonmcconnell9375]

at least troll looks sexy haha

[@DarkMatter-97]

@@masonmcconnell9375 The helmet, shoulders, knee pads and belt buckle don't look bad but every other part is meh at best. Draenei armor is... dull I guess, not horrible but feels very disappointing personally.

[@craigtrish2011]

It's almost exactly like the original concept art. Get a grip

[@No_Doe]

@@craigtrish2011 I find it ugly. Get a grip

[@tjschmitz5439]

The Arathi Empire overseas is giving me Seanchan vibes for the Wheel of Time books. So I’m hopeful!

[@MrManultra]

the arathi thing is so good. Set up mysteries and don't explain them in the next quest. Make people wonder and excited

[@rajkhare597]

That Arathi Empire lore gives off Numenor vibes.

[@willythemailboy2]

Can confirm crest cap is going up way before reset. I think 8-10 PM or so Blizzard time.

[@dongas7485]

The bots are insane 😂 Nice vid Bell, when are we going to get some low tone voice lore videos? Would be epic if you could connect some things about the titans and the Worldsoul saga 🎉

[@grinm1899]

My raid group is struggling to find motivation to play this season. We're blasting through heroic in one night and not sure what are we supposed to be doing next, cause we don't have a 20ppl team. Not everyone is up for Pandaria timerunning, and not everyone wants to pug mythic progress. It just feels weird, sadly

[@nativbachar6074]

"The sauce!"

[@derryberry7991]

It’s not a big patch but maintenance is gonna go to 6pm est and as we all know, probably longer

[@frankier3500]

Smacking your head against a wall in an 8 feels way worse than doing so in an 18. I just don't see why the squish was necessary.

[@jethrodark2372]

Ez fix for NetherPortal for Warlock, remove GWD and either make it passive for Locks or put it as a capstone in the class tree. Then redesign NP to be a passive choice node next to RoT where GWD was. So basicly if u choose NP when u summon ur Tyrant the portal he comes thru stays open and it summons more imps/demons per ss spent, and when Tyrant ends a Pitlord comes out BOOM fixed.

[@CoJoGrizzlo]

*The dark heart cinematic shows that they are listening. I’m hoping that future expansions will have more personal dialogue and less exposition*

[@TaliesinMyrddin]

We knew there was a main Arathi empire the day after the expansion was announced

[@Shedovv]

I like how almost everyone I heard talk about this. Immediately jumps all over the idea of Arathi being from "somewhere else" on the planet. And not even acknowledge the possibility that they were Time-Yeeted X Thousand years into the future to 15 years before now. It will be cool if all of that is Foreshadowing for an Arathi Empire 2.0 somewhere else. But I at least, wont be surprised or disappointed if it turns out to be Time-Travel instead.

[@tgyo99]

Bro Alleria has a stronger jaw line than Khadgar

[@Joe-pm9xv]

elf jaw> human jaw

[@theR1ch]

That's happening in more than just wow. Males are getting cucked while the women are getting more side-shave hairstyles and more man-ish features. It's very "California".

[@howardhavardramberg7160]

Are the Arathi following the God-Emperor of Half-elven Mankind?

[@Dudeofdawn]

5:28 thats how we all feel about dragonflight cinematics

[@fredriklind6727]

I'm still just baffled by the cinematic quality of the ingame models.

[@Kronical69420]

Need to put the little markers in the video so we know when you are done talking about mythic.

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

Something that couldn’t be mentioned here: youve got some new short story hinting at Silvermoon becoming a neutral zone in Midnight (just like the night elf’s) since not only is the Lord Commander of the alliance is there but also his and Alleria’s son, a Silver Hand Paladin just straight up lives in Silvermoon now. No explanation, he just lives there and the book was basically the Windrunners working through some family angst and subjecting Silvermoon to the mellow drama like it’s tuesday and not weird at all that these people are there. Oh what fun that expansions gonna be. I love World of Alliancecratt!

[@Dan55888]

Yeah so Alliance just moving into Silvermoon...even after all they did to them over the last decade...

[@Siaman668]

@@Dan55888Jesus do y’all only whine

[@robdabanks]

Look, you lost that battle the moment the Alliance got Void Elf customisations, let alone the High Elf ones. Even on a peak RP server, Silvermoon is dead compared to it's WOD / Legion days. It needs a remake and you might as well let everyone in these days.

[@LDaemontus]

Let's educate you, bud. Firstly, the High Elves & the Alliance go back in history, to such a degree that they trusted their biggest heroes (and heroine) to travel through a dark portal, giving up the prospect of raising their own son, to save Azeroth. As far as both Silvermoon & Stormwind are concerned, Alleria, Khadgar & Turalyon are historical icons. Secondly, Arator is a son of both their respective cities, making him eligible to become a paladin of the Silver Hand, especially given his father is the current reigning powerhouse of the Alliance. Thirdly, Lor'themar, as cautious as he must be to protect his city, and his people, isn't about to disrespect a Windrunner, especially one of its' former ranger generals who fought to protect their people, and frequently risks her own life to protect Azeroth. He, also, isn't about to disrespect their son and deny him a place within his mother's kingdom, a birthright bestowed to him the moment his parents' consumated their love. If you come crying into these comment sections expecting sympathy, don't bloody bother. Its clear as daylight that you, and those like you, have no intentions on giving a smidge about the lore, and therefore, have no right to whine about it.

[@abluecardigan]

@@LDaemontusdidn’t have to murder him dude

[@shariel9731]

They made the cinematic characters look like kids show characters.

[@manuakasam]

I wish I could share the hype about the upcoming addOn. However I will really just wait and see. They need to deliver the content. I want a great start, I want a more timely Patch.1 and I want things to be consistent. Maybe then I might join the AddOn later on. But without that happening, I don't see myself coming back.

[@horus5837]

Entire Arathi Empire that splintered 1000years ago in to Kingdoms is still aroud on the other side of the globe and can just send of an armada for war and we never even heard about them plus they are half elfs yea that concept has so many plot holes its astounding

[@johnwalton8359]

That's a great jacket.

[@empressyennefer]

I can already see how those new talents will be broken....

[@jaxirraywhisper741]

Arathi empire = Dawntrail expansion in wow universe :D

[@_H0P3_]

A big sign here is that the new expansion will be in a terrible quality? Imma not show up on opening days and wait a few weeks... ;(

[@Dofladingus]

The changes to Demo are scary because the spirit of them is in direct opposition to what players want. The SB talents are lame and boring because SB is lame and boring. I'm so proud of my fellow locks for speaking up, but the issue isn't power: the issue is that we want to summon armies of demons. Even if all of the current changes get reversed, their goal of making Demo the SB spec will remain. The devs in charge either have to announce they're overhauling the spec and just make it into the shadow spec, or find some way to move the damage from DB into our demons, not a stupid filler spell that everyone hates.

[@neopickaze]

Add random m0 without a weekly reset

[@TheLegoJungle]

Xal’atath knows exactly how to hurt Alleria.

[@PhoenixEnjoyer]

Rule 34 is *"WILD"* with Xal'atath and Alleria in the last +72 Hours. This is the most aggressive Lesbian Dildo-strap +18 Stuff i have ever seen.

[@cyberpsycho9250]

As an Outlaw Rogue who will likely choose Fatebound - I feel called out for being called a degenerate gambler… 😂😅

[@leonardceres9061]

I feel like as far as cinematic and NPC’s The legion intro with Varian And maybe some of the stuff with the old warrior bit in BFA were some of the best. overall, though I think blizzard does a really crappy job at storytelling and making use of their main characters. Like they’re really good at coming up with Settings and fantasy worlds but as far as actually fleshing things out narratively, they leave a lot to be desired. Do you have whole expansions, with characters that make an appearance in the beginning and basically do nothing. Or even worse, great characters who become worthless and ineffectual Kind of like Alex was in DF

[@andreasmuller4666]

Demo lock was busted for far too long, an expansion for warlock in general being on the side lines would do the "Efs" pretty good.

[@Fqtz0r]

If you don't have friends to do M+ with, this season is the worst of all. It's a pain to find groups or get tank/healer in your own group.

[@Shakalowski]

Is it cold in your room?

[@ddenozor]

Very clever move by Blizzard to release Cata classic in such a state so people would say fuck this and shift into retail.

[@Daniel-ww2io]

Got BFA vibes from this addon, looking forward

[@aethewulf4787]

Still waiting for good new about MM hunter :X

[@Desciple860]

I hope we get some half lef half human aslued race to play. I have always wanted to see a half elf half human paladin that was playable 🎉

[@Desolaytore]

Make an envoker and stay in Visage form. There ya go.

[@albertmassingo4249]

Cata is great and is so crowded. Some bugs but not falling apart. I wish they would punish KZbinrs that do anything to get hits financially.

[@melyhn]

PRETTY SURE blizzard pay big money to this guy for talking good about next exp

[@georgeindestructible]

I really wish they made Blood Elves and Void elfs share hair styles, i know it's what kinda separates them in a way but men, I don't wanna change race of my char just because of a hair style. Also, ffs why is Aleria so god damn absurdly cute, f me ffs (just kidding but she is).

[@bellaplays2702]

Any mention of the "light emperor" being female and dranai ? How long ago was warlords?

[@Shiirow]

this character assassination of the only decent character from Warlords...

[@quatron6360]

So for warlocks.. Basically " fun detected". lets Nerf :S.

[@cin7194]

i used my boost with TWW on a lock for demo diabolist and have already switched to destro. i know i can still play a diabolist with destro but it isn't the same vibe.

[@durk5331]

WTF Wouldn't want a Giant Army of Demons O___O I am Extremely Peeved off that Nether Portal and my Soulkeeper have been ripped away from me >_

[@booquwifius5510]

I really don’t like the new mythic season. I run heroics and it’s a cake walk and I get zero upgrades, I go mythic0 can find zero groups or form any because no players doing it, and when I do get one it’s so much more difficult cos I need 30 more ivl than heroic gives me. I have to sit and wait weeks to do initial content via the vault

[@matthewbreen1951]

"Those teams are spread thin." If they are, maybe they should hire. That's a Them Problem.

[@gausel4072]

there is no crystal there is no sword

[@JulianaBlewett]

Hey, bugs are bugs. At least we don't fall through the planet anymore.

[@CATcatCATwoof]

I think Khadgar looks younger, softer and kinder. Not older. Its like hes had cosmetic surgery or something.

[@Limp_Bizkiteer]

Can we take a moment to pay our respects for the Darkspear Trolls? Their new heritage armor is awful.

[@gregoryshinn9805]

Thanks for the video

[@DAYBROK3]

sooo cataclysm is a cataclysm

[@timar6868]

blizz has had tones of characters they could hav built a future on from wc3 that they shat on for years, their writing team and dev story team suck horridly.not opposed to new blood either , just would be nice to mix it with old blood that got used either almost not at all or badly..which is most of them

[@shikouji]

Allerias buttons aye ;)

[@trevorwichert848]

Totally understandable. The Jedi literally did everything they could to betray Ani while he was single handedly carrying the whole order on his back. You should you show loyalty to people who are not loyal to you? People that actively put you down an oppress you?

[@finnwaltz5823]

but imagine playing this game in 2024

[@stevenarboleda7604]

Thanks!

[@westtell4]

i feel like everything is falling apart.. because everyone is busy with war within

[@PatrickF.Fitzsimmons]

Classic style gameplay will be brought into retail. its not substantiable to keep moving forward as is.

[@edwardc4453]

Unless it’s way less buttons nah. I’m good.

[@ScottKent]

And they built all of that in 15 years? But they're busy fighting all of the time too...Oh, and most of their mages are dead...ummm...really?

[@michaelbowling1362]

Heard that Hunter is boring AF in War Within and has the worst Armour appearance - so no change there.

[@Val_ayh]

Michael is way too obsessed with the term "cook"...

[@Glerrion]

jeez, the bots are botting xD

[@Adartaer]

Stats/Damage Squish when? I hate BIG Numbers...

[@Nightstalker314]

12.0 confirmed.

[@nhagan001]

Again. Stat squish again.

[@Javier-il1xi]

Midnight

[@Shiirow]

people are their big number phobias. the only only legit excuse for a stat squish is the game code breaking, otherwise, Id tell you to suck it up but Blizzard is hard up to acquiesce to whiners like you and destroy the games balance each and every time.

[@samuels.2411]

its just unfair how meele classes has almost no cds auf important skills but catsers not only have high cds on important/cool spells but ALSO most of the time cant move while casting. even hunter as range dds are superior in mobility in comparise to spellcasters most of the time. its frustrating.

[@fwam2k7]

My guy, I implore you to try playing an UHDK, their kit is stupidly clunky because of how many cooldowns they have. Every class has its ups and downs. Ranged are pretty much always glass cannons and have been since the inception of the game. You have the benefit of being ranged, and less susceptible to the firing line, what more do you want lol.

[@wrathchylde9539]

Fatebound Outlaw Rogues are "Degenerate gamblers".... I like that! 😉

[@FeralKobold]

I really wish i could give a single damn about WoWs story but I truly can't stress just how little I care about literally any of it. Just let me into the dungeons and raids lmao