Season of Discovery: Phase 2 in a Nutshell (The Good and Bad) | World of Warcraft

Phase two of World of Warcraft Season of Discovery is almost here, introducing a raised level cap, Gnomeregan as a new raid, Stranglethorn Vale as the newest PvP zone, new runes, and a whole lot more! And to say people are hyped would be an understatement; people LOVE Season of Discovery, to say the least. However, this isn't to say that Phase 2 might not be ripe with some major issues that Blizzard needs to go about fixing.
Nixxiom is back with all new content! After taking the month of January off to go roleplay as a viking in the woods like a total nerd, he has returned to his cave to play more World of Warcraft and rant about the state of the game. Be sure to say "welcome home!" in the comment section.
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[@NixxiomOnYouTube]

I'm back.

[@sethdaigle4826]

Welcome back!

[@verihimthered2418]

Welcome back brother!

[@trxe420]

Welcome back my man, good to take some afk time. Hey, you say you love your guild, I hate mine lol. What server y'all on, any recruiter I can get in touch with?

[@pablorodriguezquiroga6633]

welcome back boss

[@justcus]

good to have you back

[@drschonify]

I am thrilled for GDKP to be going away if for no other reason than there will be must less gold demand without them, leading to fewer bots.

[@rundown132]

These guys will just use another resource, I wonder what

[@QurikOfficial]

Bots will still exist. Just because price will go down doesn’t mean the problem will go away. People will buy gold for mounts, consumes, BOEs, etc.

[@kova1729]

@@QurikOfficial Who are you arguing with? No one is saying bots will dissappear

[@GamingDualities]

Meanwhile Mage class is designed for botters and real world trading

[@CondemnedInformer]

I hope you are right. I really do. I hope Blizzard can actually enforce it, seems tough to do.

[@Lightbrother9072]

Nixxiom, I am glad you're back! I can't agree with you more on your take regarding professions. It adds so much to your character's identity. Matter of fact, I have rolled a gnome just to do engineering and head into Gnomeregan to reclaim the city. Professions add a whole new level to the fantasy aspect of WoW.

[@alfredgreybeard]

I hope the roaming boss in STV targets rogues that sit and wait at entrances to gank and corpse camp people

[@Awol187z]

I think he’s going to destroy people that try to make raid groups.

[@alfredgreybeard]

Perhaps both.. we'll call him the garbage man, out there cleaning Azeroth by removing the toxicity ;) @@Awol187z

[@chocolatchip7501]

They said they're penalizing raids in the STV pvp, but they also said they expect people to want to form small groups for the event.

[@ivyr336]

Maybe +x% damage taken while in a raid group? Or the rewards are just downscaled for larger groups

[@csquared4538]

@@ivyr336 I hadn't considered the rewards being the penalty, but that's probably the best solution. That's the only penalty I think will actually discourage raids.

[@elizabethlea27]

Love SoD - and got my husband hooked on WoW for the first time! We are both really enjoying it.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@Nixxiom glad you got time to recharge your batteries. Glad your back as well :)

[@thurlguy3088]

You’re rant was so awesome I immediately subbed when I heard it! As a new wow player and long time rpg gamer you totally encapsulated why wow drew me in.

[@spasmaticrerol6590]

the value of RMT gold plummeted by at least 50% when the GDKP announcement was made, that alone should be enough of a sign about how it affects goldfarming bots and RMT

[@Schwanken]

Probably will be the same ammount of bots, but lesser buyers. Resulting in gold becomming super cheap for real money most likely.

[@Frostgnaw]

If there was a single GDKP out there that didn't have purchased gold taint the pool, I'll eat my shoe. Listening to Barrens chat cry about the banning was the highlight of my day xD

[@ingolf82]

the best thing about Gnomeregan is that it is full of gnomes to kill, the bad thing? it's full of gnomes.

[@Bigbigvoodoo]

Im enjoying SoD as a retail player. I like that it's classic but with a little bit more going on. Hope to see it get really wild going forward I like the changes

[@IllegalHelios]

I agree, sod is amazing but the players are making it hard to enjoy it. I joined late and have been gate kept out of bfd due to ilevel when im in almost full pre raid bis.

[@technodrone313]

i gave up after hitting lvl 25 and guilds were min/maxing already. and everyone reserving dungeon loot. its the players not the devs this time.

[@SSJRoséAtlas]

100% the community gets to become so rotten from the core with the way everyone only cares about speed running through content to end game and max level, if you were a warlock wanting to to get metamorphosis after everyone else already had, good luck trying to find a group of people to help you. the min maxing mentality has no place in sod and is so toxic & gross to me but it is what it is at this point i guess. just sad

[@0GNAS0]

i decided to skip sod and wait for the inevitable classic+ that comes after sod is over

[@TheZeagon]

why not just make your own group and not play with those people?

[@invictus7736]

@@SSJRoséAtlas wtf does people not wanting to spend hours helping some random stranger get their rune have to do with minmaxing exactly?

[@Ludanc0]

@@invictus7736that used to be part of the magic of the game, helping randos

[@TopzFalcon]

For anyone that is worried that GDKP's will be gone do not worry, merely bid your "donation points" that you will recieve from donating your gold to your "guild" and you will recieve said item. Once every week everyone will be returned a cut of there donations based on total donation size to the guild. Thank you

[@thedelisopen]

Blizzard is really doing everything right finally! I love that they are doing Sod and then gonna drop Cata and will keep Era servers live. We will finally be able to fluctuate between both worlds. Super excited for all classic versions in the future.

[@realAndysan]

You can ban bots but you can never get rid of all of them ever. They have been banning bot, but they could probably put more resources into it. GDKPs incentives gold buying so this is a real good way to help mitigate in an area where the problem is seemingly endless.

[@oddly6606]

tbh I never had so many thx for reporting messages in my mailbox than in SoD. Like probably atleast triple the amount than over the whole period of classic to wrath. Dont know if its like "real bans" but atleast its something no? ^^

[@cameronroberts4296]

The bot problem ties into the GDKP issue and RMT and all of that are interwoven. GDKP would be fine if it was just players using money they grinded or farmed out but we got people setting bidding minimums of large amounts and taking % cuts for just doin a group etc. More bots is more money flooded into the economy which lowers the cost of some materials but rocket boosts the price of stuff like mandatory consumables and BOE blues(or raid drops), which incentivizes Gold buying, which in turn incentivizes bots and farmers and the circle of life continues.

[@dbasonic4728]

blizz cannot beat this. they should just put the token in and then sell us gold. thats about the only way, rmt has no competition right now.

[@scxiao]

The worst part about Dragonflight (IN MY OPINION) was the changes to professions. I'm SO glad Blizzard hasn't tried anything weird with them in SoD but made them classic but better

[@ZapatosVibes]

Banning GDKP is a huge W Blizzard. Banning all the bots, gold buyers and sellers would address the real problem, but dealing with it at the GDKP level removes a HUGE incentive to buy a ton of gold.

[@Infernoblade1010]

Looking forward to phase 2! Excited that im actually off this week and plan to hit 40 by the weekend lol.

[@robertstrickland2184]

The only reason i ever went into gnomer was just to get my triprunner dungarees.

[@J.E94]

i took the information that you are allowed normal grouping but not raid groups during the pvp event, so 5man groups is fine but who knows

[@EliteCombatProductions]

WELCOME BACK !!!!!! Love you bro

[@VictorPhase]

The biggest reason why I am still for GDKP is I know at least half the raid is Gigachads. I am tired of joining a "Guild run only need 1 DPS" and I am doing double the damage of the next highest dps in the raid. I understand GDKPs also prey on people who are bad at the game but I know the raid I join will not wipe or even struggle at any portion. While GDKPs are a gamble at if you will get loot or not, a traditional MS>OS is a gamble of competency. If lockouts were boss specific (i.e. I could re-enter a different raid after killing the 1st 2 bosses and just not get loot) I wouldn't mind leaving bad groups. "A rising tide lifts all ships" yet some ships aren't seaworthy.

[@diewowlatenight4047]

oh no they're pulling me back in!

[@AbsolutelyAverageGamer_]

GDKP TLDR: The extreme high end GDKPs both create demand for buying gold and creates a smoke screen of large quantity gold transactions. There are mercenaries and GDKP organizers who indirectly benefit from RMT'd gold who are mad, unjustly so. There are ethical GDKP groups who have very small pots and prices well out of RMT range that are collateral damage.

[@anyroad5455]

GDKP does nothing positive that being in a guild doesn’t do, plus it comes with the stain of RMT. The sooner GDKP goes away, the better.

[@dahboup]

I think what made classic and what’s making SOD so successful is not that vanilla was or is better than current retail. I think what blizzard did that most people hate but don’t even realize it’s the reason is they over complicated everything. You hit the nail on the head with the professions aspect in this video. Professions back then were so much easier to understand and grasp, the materials felt difficult but attainable to get, and the items were actually useful upgrades. Nowadays with the stupid crafting work bench for crafting orders, 1-4 star and diamond level crafted items etc, it’s just all way too damn complicated for the average person to grasp. The original “get this ore and wood and craft this sword” is the best system. It was simple, Blizz needs to simplify the game again.

[@princeniccolo8299]

I’m just gonna put this here, Season of Discovery allows for a future which you might be able to do a quest to become a Death Knight when Naxx comes around. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@AegonThePomsky]

Dry January but for gaming/computer usage.. not a bad idea my friend. welcome back

[@MorostyleGaming]

STV just gonna be a faction killing themselves win/kill trade .. if u can kill a "ally" and get reward, its a major flop

[@gregww101]

You're like a Tech Viking and it's awesome!

[@kwrifles]

By the wording it looks like blood moon is okay with five mans but not okay with raids

[@stianhaugen4016]

Yes, party with 5 is ok, Raid with 6 or more was not. (was the official wording)

[@ivyr336]

Coming from a arguably very toxic pvp guild, that won't stop us. Bet we will just end up making a bunch of 5man groups with one healer each and then coordinate to decimate everyone else.

[@stianhaugen4016]

@@ivyr336 Yes, this will most likely be abused with organized "raids" in discord etc. Voice comms between the various 5 man groups. Hell, even addons that fake "raid groups" or something, I don't know... Oh well, it will be a blood bath no matter what. At least in the start it will be chaotic, and I will love it for just that! MAYHEM!

[@Waggzy]

Good to have you back.

[@jetson35]

STV is gonna be wild, its gonna be fucking wild

[@stevemalek2970]

The problem with botting is it's a cat and mouse issue. Additionally, from a SW perspective Blizzard can probably add some sort of mechanism to the game that severely impacts botters and removes them from the game, but perhaps it comes at a cost where things become more resource intensive on client side, server side or both and can impact gameplay severely. It's not an easy fix IMHO.

[@brandonwalker5011]

Really respect the sentiment that you don't have enough information to form a strong opinion. Wish it was more common.

[@thanganbabp5570]

i think that getting rid of GDKP is good for the social fabric of the game. GDKP is often seen as an alternative to things like joining a guild, and i think it's a good thing to promote just playing together instead of purchasing cooperation.

[@田中太郎-s5h9x]

I agree that professions should get more attention. I liked how professions evolved in TBC.

[@dridda9117]

blown away by BFD is hilarious

[@joehelland1635]

What I really want is a build your own spell system :D.... now that would be awesome!

[@insanemang9983]

I wish crafting stuff gave you XP, so there would be a great deal of motivation to want to do them while leveling.

[@Zutang777]

Dude the reward is the gear and Items. Plus they are making powerful epics on every profession. Plus buffing older caster items. you kill monsters to increase your exp of your character. You pluck flower to increase the exp of your gather herbs profession. All you’re asking for is faster leveling.

[@Aesyrbane]

if you get into a raid group, the huge Loa elite fel reaver type boss will hunt your raid down. (i hope)

[@aspiringnormie9499]

I wish they would have made holy priest dps. 😊

[@ivyr336]

For sure. Can't believe they haven't introduced a holy/disc dps rune

[@Dapperplatypus]

I'm pissed because this guys month of January then the entirety of the last three years for me

[@axl4394]

14:15 this argument is the same idea of hacking. Why can't blue team security specialists just "fix" the hacking problem? Because as much as a blue team member can fix a problem, the red team (hacker) will develop a new method to infiltrate systems. Same situation with bots. They can ban every bot and the methods botters use, but they're going to return at some point with harder to detect systems

[@Victor-iz5dw]

regarding the GDKP situation. gold buyers will outbid normal players by a large amount so the most reliable way to get gear in GDKP is by buying gold. Since all the gold is distributed among all the other non gold buyers this sort of hyper inflates a servers economy. Bots farming gold create way too much gold for a normal economy and gold buyers sort of white wash that gold into among all the other players and before you know it gold is worth so little that pots are selling for 10 gold a piece. The real issue here are the bots farming gold and the people buying it. Blizzard is reducing 1 of the main reasons to buy gold. (you can still buy BOE items from the auction house so this wont completely remove that demand)

[@QurikOfficial]

Love Gnomer!!! I can’t wait to get in there!!

[@flensdude]

I wonder if instead of GDKP where you spend money in a bidding competition whenever loot drops, people will now in advance spend their gold hiring people/guilds to clear raids, or to buy a higher rolling priority within a raid. Like, I feel like people will just become more creative in how they spend their real-money-transfered gold in order to get loot, and they will challenge whatever gray area surrounds the definition of a gold-for-loot raid.

[@ivyr336]

This isn't law though. You can't abuse some loophole in the rules and laugh as the legal system can't do anything about it. If blizzard think you are breaking the rules then they can punish you.

[@freaaak02]

GDKP and the botting problem (to RMT) is directly connected to each other. Most of the gkpd'ers buy gold for real money to then invest into gear. Of course there are few people benefitting of this to make gold. I'm sure there are many players making their gold via AH flipping and then participating in gdkp runs, for those this change hurts. But overall - for the game - i think its better to ban gdkp, to make it less appealing for botters to farm gold (on sod).

[@loremastertaruzai2066]

I would like to hear more about the things you've done away from the PC. It looked very cool!

[@michalistsantiris2241]

What do you mean profession quests? it was just aimless walking back and forth and only leatherworking was the true useful item since the others were replaced with tier sets

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

sucks that people are legitimately afraid of doing group content. really as a long time player i understand why, oh i do. i just figure its a shame that the fact toxic people exist is enough to turn someone off group content completely. i rarely run into genuine toxicity in my groups and when it does its usually related to the occasional loot dispute (muh class uses leather u can use mail). but yeah.. its unfortunately just something ya gotta deal with because its never gonna change.

[@zuldo8577]

Even if you havent done a GDKP its pretty obvious that it is fueled by buying gold, which drives inflation for everyone playing on the server

[@666evo666]

People claiming they saved up all their gold to enter a GDKP is not harmful is like getting into a vehicle while your friend is stealing it then trying to tell the cop you are innocent and it was not you who stole the vehicle. You are an accessory to the crime and that is how the judge will see it, There is a reason lady justice has a blindfold on and whether you think its fine or not simply taking part in a GDKP is helping to fund the underworld. What do you think they will do with your innocently made gold once you have bought your item? It gets sold in a RWT...So stop trying to tell every one your hands are not covered in blood and you didn't do the crime because lady justice does not see it like that. GDKP is absolutely bad for the community / economy / grouping and in game chat.

[@gleadr6869]

Couldn't agree more, love armor sets in mmo's. Not just endgame sets. I wish this stuff came out years ago, would have been more fun for me. Gnomeregan is horrid for sure, have hated that place since '04.

[@Noggx4Games]

they should add an good prof quest not just for the crafting jobs. i mean im a collector for my guild so i want to have an epic quest too .D for my flowers to pick :D

[@KhairulAnwar-mp8lo]

Yes! Professions!

[@fuzzyface4515]

Do people like Gnomeregan as a dungeon? I've literally never met anyone who was stoked to get it, and my experience with it with dungeon finder is people just abandoning group immediately because it's just bad. I like the idea of it, but my god it really shouldn't have been a dungeon. I'm glad they've learned from the Ashenvale PVP and by not having an arbitrary and completely pointless "progression" percentage that has absolutely no bearing on anything since there's no benefit to getting to 100% first. Making the STV on a timer helps alleviate the annoying layer hopping that people have been doing for min-maxing and making it a free-for-all fixes the faction balancing issue. Hopefully they implement or have implemented some sort of protection to stop people from farming the same few people, since it is an FFA it seems like it'd be wildly easy to coordinate farming, regardless of being able to group or not. I think the biggest thing about GDKP is that it means people often are using real world money to buy power for their character, which removes the equality of players inside the game. Big Joe forks out $100 to Isellgold for his 5,000 gold and then buys his way into a raid and then buys six pieces of loot. Little Frank can only afford his monthly sub, so he doesn't buy gold. Because of this he goes into a non-GDKP raid and loses the roll for every drop he needed. Big Joe is now significantly ahead of Little Frank simply because he has more real life money. Big Joe is now also helping the gold farming bot market stay healthy. I wouldn't care about GDKPs if the gold being introduced into the games economy were obtained through legitimate means, but except for a few people who are good at playing the AH, it's almost always just gold players bought. Don't get me wrong, I'm not deluded enough to say GDKPs are the only cause of botting, nor do I think that everyone who has lots of gold is just buying it with real money.

[@BIacklce]

who liked BFD before the change?

[@short72hp1]

Welcome back

[@zazikswan8204]

Idk seems like boosts will just take over if they remove GDKP; since you could 5-man BFD, you could just 7-man it and bring 3 buyers (Mail, Cloth and Leather)...

[@ivyr336]

And that's totally fine. GDKP bids up gold, there isn't a static cost for a run so you want to bring as much gold as possible. Organizer's put whales against each other so they would bid up on items. GDKP massively incentivized gold buying.

[@TailsProwerOfficial]

what you think about palworld

[@bgh12g]

while crafting adds a great element to the game, if I wanted a full time job, id stop playing a game and go outside. for some its great, others its just not interesting. I hope you get what you want!!!

[@OmPoeta]

00:06 were you practicing meditation?

[@eviltobi100]

They said each class is getting 6-7 runes

[@philw6209]

Is it too late to get started with a new toon?

[@keldor8302]

No. In fact, it will feel better when you get to 25+. Everyone rolling with full bfd gear going into next phase. Are going to find they have no gear upgrades for a long time. As the bfd gear is overtuned as hell. Especially caster gear. Which has spellpower on it equivalent to lvl50+ dungeons (just lower base stats). I intentionally stopped playing and avoided gearing out in bfd. So my gear doesn't trivialize other dungeons and content. But people will still be running bfd post-25. For the weekly quest and world buff for other content. As well as snagging overtuned gear as they continue to level. So, you'll still get to run that. If that's part of your concern.

[@matthewadams8294]

Thank you for the reply there. I have a lvl 20 toon I kinda forgot about, seems like if I want, coming back won’t be an issue!

[@cameronroberts4296]

Sounds like its just gonna be a bunch of super optimized 5 man groups running around and probably even guildies will run side by side groups in tabards and not kill each other. I hope this is fun but I have a feeling if you are alone or in an undergeared 5 man you arent gonna have as much fun.

[@ivyr336]

Will probably be an addon for tagging players as being on the same team and warning if you target a teammate.

[@Zutang777]

95% of gold purchased rmt goes to GDKP runs. GDKP isn’t inherently bad or wrong. But with the reality of gold sellers and gold inflation. GDKP only then increasing the incentive to buy gold like 1000x Banning GDKP might seem unfair but in reality it’s not going to effect 90% of the player base and it actually combats the gold sellers and Bots.

[@Moonshainu]

As i've said, i love classic because it separates the sweat ridden players from retail so...

[@RoseFox_x]

GDKP's encourage people to buy gold. More gold buying encourages more Botting. Whales will buy ass tons of gold online to get all the gear. Peoples get butt hurt losing to whales in a GDKP's... so they buy more gold. More gold buying encourages more gold selling, making botting a very profitable service. More Bots then. It becomes this vicious cycle between players and whales all buying gold, and the game becomes swipe to win. More Bots. This devastates the social fabric of the game because all the high prices encourage even more gold buying, and the game economy is ruined. You have to buy gold just to keep up with the high prices. The game becomes pay to win even further. More bots... The higher demand for gold requires more even more bots to keep up. The game becomes flooded with bots. MOAR BOTS!! You level an alt Death Knight in Wrath Classic because you just want to PvP, but all of a sudden there's no people. Only Bots. They chose DK's, because they start an higher level and can do alot of damage easily. This is how the WoW Token became introduced in Wrath Classic. This is why you have to buy gold in Wrath classic, just keep up. This is why you saw so many bots in Wrath. This is why I quit playing. And this is why GDKP's, Botting, gold buying, and gold selling should all be banned. And you think those botting accounts and hardware just went away? Nonsense poopy pants! The bots are still there.. lurking in the shadows,... waiting... for a new phase for Season of Discovery to launch.... and the cycle, to begin again... more money... more gold... more GDKP.... more bots... more money ... more gold ... more GDKP... more bots... more money .. more gold... more GDKP... more bots... MORE MONEY ..M ORE GOLDEE MORE GDKP MORE BOTS MORE BOTS MORE MONEY MORE GOLD MORE GDKP MORE BOTS MORE BOTS!! AAAAHHHHHAMOPQEO GU9QWP9EFJ[QEFJE[AQW What? There's only Bots and RMT in this game? F this I'm quitting for Final Fantasy XIV

[@88Vrus88]

Gave a like after you said i dont like gnomeregane

[@Deadmeatsz]

I do not like that important abilities are random world drops.

[@Silzos]

If banning gdkp will decrease gold buying you should ban boosting too !

[@IllegalHelios]

The problem with wow is not only blizzard but the players. I came back to wow last week to play sod and because i came back late i was gate kept out of raiding bfd because i didnt have bfd gear😂 I couldnt even pug it because peoplr wanted you to have an ilevel over 300. I was in pre raid bis, or almost bis for some item slots and my ilevel is 220. What they dont seem to understand is not only is ilevel not a good way to evaluate how much damage someone will do, because there are a lot of high ilevel gear that is trash, but also the players with the gear might not be that good. I experienced this is in legion raiding. I had to organise my own raids to get curve, while teaching players with curve how to do antorus.

[@adox8574]

GDKP would be great to have but it would require blizz to deal with bots from day one. The ecconemy is alrady to screwed at this point for it to matter. But while I like the concept of GDKP runs it's horrible without proper enforcement because then you have to either buy gold or wait to be drip fend gear as gold buyers gear out their characters. And yes even non gold buying players make gold in runs to use to buy gear the problem is they can't compete with unlimited gold fueled by a credit card. And as time goes on their gold is devalued as gold floods the game from gold buyers.

[@coldpulse]

Will hpals be useless healers again😢

[@killabillfltv1956]

I seen a lot of people farming this shit but I keep trying it and I never have fun and never stack the blood. Just annoyed to max with it.

[@amyhuntingwolf387]

GDKP has always made bots and gold selling a big problem because GDKP raids always ends up with gear going for 1000s of gold they are a blight on all versions of wow its the equivalent of buying a wow token and paying a guild for a mythic raid boost

[@greedfox7842]

Gnomer has always been a raid... you know because someone steps on the circle and everyone dies. :/

[@insanemang9983]

I would say ban the IP for botting, but then they'll just use VPNs if they're not doing it already.

[@billyhawj9150]

We got to stop listening to people who dont even play the game. lol

[@vitorfray]

I never did a GDKP either. I'm too poor to be spending actual gold in gear I need.

[@TheZeagon]

The idea is you find a group/ pug then make gold from gdkp after you have gear

[@aimscoes5756]

I have up after a few weeks in SOD. It was fun but the people are killing it. Bad community for many reason. Same for retail. No thanks anymore.

[@11Karlarsch]

You could be like the American version of the German "Drachenlord" :=) only from the looks though

[@KarjiZz]

this aged like milk

[@strakermidwich9679]

So basically ALL they have added are 6 more runes that will be idiotic to collect and 1 raid thats just a rehash of an already existing dungeon. No ACTUAL NEW content like a new dungeo or a new zone or new mobs or new quests!!!! LOW EFFORT by Blizzard once again!

[@Spinevoyager]

Nixxiom, do you listen to a lot of folk metal?

[@golvellius6855]

15:45 😂

[@rolawrence036]

can you imagine if Blizzard added a quality rating to materials for example Iron ore being rated 201-399 and using a better rating ore make the final product you make better quality by higher armor and stats??...

[@MultiAlig]

Idk i don’t want crafted gear to be better than the raid. Fine with them being decent as prebis but I’ve always thought crafted gear in my bis felt bad.

[@BIacklce]

if they didnt make trade armor bis for raid phases, it would disincentive any reason to do any gear crafting tradeskill on a main.

[@MultiAlig]

@@BIacklce what? That’s where all my money comes from.. tf you mean…

[@BIacklce]

@@MultiAlig very rarely is a gear trade better than alchemy from a gph perspective. Especially as a phase goes on.

[@arissp4950]

They dont do anything about bots because they gain money from their subs. simple as that

[@koopk1]

gdkp has nothing to do with gambling

[@dillyt9185]

Gdkp’s inflate the prices of everything on the ah

[@ivyr336]

Only two phases so far but noticing a pattern... Phase 1 expanded quite a bit on the old god and void(Xalatath) presence in SoD. Phase 2 with the blood moon is hakkar themed, as in the blood loa. There's also a secret new boss in Gnomer... They seem to not just rehash content but commit to world building of classic. Like setting up future threats.

[@ryanguba9241]

Literal god.

[@eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee882]

Botting will never be completely abolished. Next phase they are going to introduce an A.I. detection system (most likely) which can be easily out maneuvered based on other anticheats that are using the same concept. All bot devs have to do is add randomness (I.E. take breaks at random intervals, take slightly different paths each time, check mail randomly) and bam, A.I. defeated. The only thing that Blizz has ever done to put any actual dent in botting is through legal means.

[@lilhaxxor]

You are so funny. Why would they stop gold farmers if they get more money from allowing it ?

[@crisdanai]

I have always hated Gnomer also

[@antihero8603]

Nice.

[@Thickoatmeal]

That ending. kek