The Hammer Is About To Drop: 10 Things You Must Know

It's time for the Warcraft news! We have a date for Season 4, a specific timeline for The War Within Alpha, and lots more! Get early ad-free content, Lorewalking Podcast & support our team at www.bellular.games
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Major Upcoming Dates & Events
03:22 GM John Hight Take On More Warcraft
06:35 Shrinkflation Strikes Again!
08:36 6 Years of Content
09:58 Many PSA's!

[@BellularGaming]

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[@captain_context9991]

Hang on... Didnt Warcraft just apply AI to upscale all the textures (and maybe also models) to modern standards ?

[@CosmicCleric]

Hey, have you all considered also being available on Nebula? I ask because I have a sub already, but would love to see the full content you have, but just can't really justify another sub.

[@captain_context9991]

@@POTATOEMPN Ever heard of Ibelin? The movie filmed in the warcraft game. Its on cinema right now. Its about a kid that died. His grave stone is in Elwyn forest.

[@gornur8292]

I would have preferred a duck mount over a carpet mount.

[@Tyradriknows]

And a duck druid form for druids... because the guy was a druid duck..

[@BritGirlJay]

Flying duck mount? Yes. yes indeed. Btw I got my carpet mount on my SECOND kill of the day pre-buff, so it's possible.

[@publicguy1664]

That would make more sense with all the other duck stuff, but they had that green carpet ready years ago and probably just wanted to save time.

[@HaterOfReddit]

Short videos with straight to the facts is always great! Keep up the great work Bellular!

[@christopherdaffron8115]

I would definitely prefer that type a video over the meandering videos where the two chat about a range of topics.

[@The86Ripper]

@@christopherdaffron8115 Most of those (if not all) come from actual livestreams, i think its great because you quickly can make out what the subject is and click away if it is not of interest to you. For normal videos i would also like them to be shorter however i would understand how some people need to have things explained to them in more detail, especially if they are new to the game or dont know each game system to the fullest yet.

[@christopherdaffron8115]

@@The86Ripper Actually, I typically have a different experience with the Bellular clip videos. Yes, they give them a VERY specific title so if it doesn't sound interesting you don't bother clicking on them. However, if you do find the title interesting and click on the video, you then have to patiently wade through the banter until FINNALY getting to the point in the conversation that is relevant to the title. It typically is only a small portion of the entire video, and you have to wonder why they even chose that topic for the title?

[@SLSAMG]

shut up, zoomer.

[@talscorner3696]

I think Blizz can pull off a series of cinematic short stories much better than a movie (hell, as you mentioned, Old Soldier was *a kick in the guts of the feels* and I loved it to bits for that!)

[@bobbythefish4836]

Agreed, I would love to see a Blizzard produced cinematic movie. I don't trust them to do a live action one again though. It is a very different ball game to produce a movie with actors, casting, filming and props than it is to make a full CGI animation. If I saw a trailer for a new Blizzard movie that resembled cinematics like we saw in BfA I would be all in for it.

[@Dajova]

@@bobbythefish4836 To be fair, the Warcraft movie is a bit of a cult classic nowadays, but yeah... Would like it more if they took less liberty with the actual lore.

[@talscorner3696]

@@bobbythefish4836 Yeah, the old movies wasn't a masterpiece... but it could've been *much* worse xD I honestly enjoyed it, even after pretty much growing up with Blizzard games.

[@HM-qf8ml]

I was about to type this. Agree!!

[@JulianaBlewett]

Wow's full motion cinematics are top class and their team is better than a majority of the teams out there.

[@smittenmittens1364]

I think the new dungeon progression system is a major step towards better endgame

[@UltimateGamerCC]

agreed, the Mythic schwedies still can push their keys as high as they can, and everyone just seeking gear wont have to push far to start getting it.

[@amartian2]

The storms are broken, only spawning one at a time, if at all

[@talisredstar1543]

Bellular is correct, Old Soldier was amazing. Frankly most of the BFA cinematics were good, it was just the systems and acquisition that brought it all down. Jaina's story from BFA, one of my absolute favorites. They, but I understand. Frankly I loved Warcraft the movie, but I also recognize that as a massive Warcraft fan, that movie was made more for me than the general audience.

[@bobbythefish4836]

BfA had so many good cinematics. I would love to see some Old God stuff make it to the movie theater someday.

[@laoch5658]

so youre saying the cinematics were good but the game sucked? welll then it sucked

[@talisredstar1543]

@@laoch5658 I'm saying the aquisition of the games system's sucked. Most of the systems were good, like corruptions. people still wish to have that stuff back, but they don't want to have to go through the chore riddle grind.

[@PandoraNYC1]

I got the Carpet mount three times in one day. The dress - just ONE dress - , what I truly wanted, took four days and 20 alts to finally get.

[@bobbythefish4836]

Same. Got two carpets, one on my second attempt of the day. Getting a Spring reveler's shirt seems to be an impossible dream though. I got so many freaking hats and shoes though.

[@blairkrantz4118]

Liking the new direction of your videos. Please keep it up.

[@gregoryshinn9805]

Thanks for the video

[@SbsGrinth]

Gen-ai could be nice for some things that people want. The thing I want is "cropped" robes basically taking robes and only having the torso portion. Robes remove a lot of tmog opportunity because robes cover so much.

[@jordansweet7738]

Varian movie. That's what I'd do. Something that happens outside of the game but isn't really major or ties in closely with the books. Varian has a lot of really great ideals you could portray on screen and get people to like him. Idk just my two cents. There are definitely plenty of ideas, but a Varian movie might not dive too deep into wow lore to scare off your regular movie goer. Just lean more into the real world related side of things and less into Wow lore tie ins. The less people feel like they have to play the game before they see the movie the better imo

[@syatek]

i hope timerunning adds a ton of timewalking raids

[@d3m0bst3r_swe]

The gladiator set will be blue on the trading post so if u want the red one u have to buy it in the store :)

[@stuffd97]

I didnt try the nobelgarden event until friday, killed the boss once and got the mount on turn in. I had no idea what was going on and got a mount.

[@Paveway-chan]

Harder heroics? Unironically great change, might even come back and smell the flowers a little

[@braulio9tt]

In the meantime SOD has turned into retail 😂😂

[@gleren37]

Holy shit, not only did you add timestamps to one of your videos but you've barely said "you know" throughout it (if at all). Much appreciated.

[@andreasmuller4666]

As someone who has HATED m+ ever since they put it in (because i hate timer preassure) Blizz gies more and more towards a mythic instanz content that i actually agree with.

[@joebumbler9430]

So, once again the best and most efficient way to play is to wait until the last patch of the expansion. Cool.

[@deiske25952]

It's almost like no one wants to be as weak at the end of an expansion as they are at the start of one. What a wild concept.

[@joebumbler9430]

@@deiske25952 I agree with you that we SHOULD be powerful at the end of expansion. But the massive amount of catch up mechanics make the everything prior to the last patch pointless. Meaning the best way to play wow is to wait until the last patch goes live.

[@Vaishino]

On the other hand, it's a fun game and playing it for fun is better than min maxing play time for efficiency.

[@SicilyRose-No.1Fan]

@@Vaishino Oh sweet summer child...

[@LuminateTheWorld]

It baffles me how anyone thought it was going to be any different.

[@patrickvandelft1634]

Not coming back to wow, unless war within is so amazing but even then i will wait a few months before going in, and see what other people think.

[@Sturmcrow]

Hilarious that you mention two storms when it has gone back to a single storm up within the last day

[@Sedatephobionix]

It's such a scam. I need Thunder in Thald and Plains and all I've seen is a firestorm in Azure Span...

[@BoomyNation]

My beard is ready!!!!

[@luayma8266]

When are they going to stop plunderstorm?

[@daximil]

Since the main boss of this event is Duck Druid, I would like to have seen a new Duck Druid form drop. /shrugs. Oh well.

[@Marevrick]

stop bro...

[@leonardceres9061]

I love the gladiator said that was on sale. I think it’s cool I had no problem paying for it.. it would be great if it was obtainable within the game but I feel like there is a team who have the sole purpose of creating items to go on the store. They will always exist. There is absolutely nothing nothing nothing anybody could do about you could say oh stop buying items. But that will never happen. Box is open it cannot be closed. They will always be somebody to buy these items. So therefore, let’s stophaving a hissy fit every time an item goes on the store. If you like what they make and it feels worth it for you then purchase it if you don’t then just leave it alone that’s your only option.

[@Rainbow_Jellyfish]

I think it will be available on the post like a lot of the store stuff has been lately. People need to relax with being mad when tmog isn't immediately available or not at all. People get so upset over digital clothes it's ridiculous.

[@Tyradriknows]

@@Rainbow_Jellyfish Well when you pay a monthly sub + the newest expansion people are allowed to be upset about that. Why should they fork up more money for something they want, they are paying for the game already let them earn it.

[@leonardceres9061]

@@Tyradriknows because wow has been out for almost 20 years and it is not had an increase in the subscription amount. how would you feel if you never got a raise in 20 years and the only way you made more money was to attract other players? at some point any video game company is going to hit a wall the only way they can go over it is by introducing different means to monetize the game. We are getting more updates to the game now than ever those things cost money. None of these items in the game would be there at all. If there wasn’t some kind of extra motivation and incentive for the developer to make them there are already a ton of different things that you can earn in the game as is I have gotten more transmog items that had nothing to do with the store during this expansion then I have ever gotten in a single expansion. The trading post is full of items that any subscriber can purchase with free currency that’s given to them every month . as well as a travel log that gives players the ability to earn a little bit more by doing every day activities. the minute put a cash shop item up for a few dollars then people get upset. And then you get these yo-yos like Bellular who are just stirring the pot up. I’m sorry I don’t think anybody has a reason to get upset.

[@nathejustice5297]

Next Video: "Blizzard, where is the war within alpha?"

[@brenohenrique9383]

you're one of the best wow channels out here my man!

[@Lizardon9762]

The teeth of the Voyaging Wilderling Mount in this video, are so bugged, haha, hopefully that has been fixed with the launch.

[@Racerguardguy]

I liked M+ in Legion but havent enjoyed it since. Sounds like they are reverting back to how M+ was in Legion. M+10 was the highest for the vault each week in legion then they changed it to 15.

[@billytheweasel]

Feels like Blizz is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Give eSports elite players the option to be punished and transmogs, mounts, titles, etc. And give people that have played for 18 years who now have real life commitments and little time - some consideration too.

[@deiske25952]

Wow players really will find any excuse not to play the game they pay a montly subscription for. "This event has too much grinding," "drop chances are too low," etc.

[@user-fv7jd4xj5n]

I miss seasonal affixes. People who complain about thundering, complain because someone in their team probably didnt even read the affix. The pride one from shadowlands was amazing.

[@TechmanComputer]

I paid for a 1 year sub to play The War within got the most expensive expansion I played over 250 US for that but I HATE PVP blunder game not needing any transmogs stuff I dont want any classic stuff either I love the game now moving forward with a focus on a single player game with the new skills and I use the new way of playing WoW solo with the fixed all rep and war banks delves the game begins when can play the alpha cant wait! oh add pets and mounts are not needed if the mount had added different specs then that be cool also!

[@zoldlen883]

This was a hard read.

[@TheNewOption]

Dennis Villanueve Warcraft Movie!!!!

[@ninjaturtlesoup2769]

Wake me when War Within comes out

[@UltimateGamerCC]

enjoy your break, and stop frowning.

[@osamudazai579]

The new mythic dungeon changes really wont impact someone like me. The only difference is that my key numbers will be a lower number and itll be a little easier to get io score up for alts.

[@LittleFullLotaSap]

Much larger chance so, from 0.1% chance to 0.15% chance. That's a 50% increase in chance! Huge and minuscule at the same time...

[@jbz7675]

Going forward all content will be easier for everyone, and the days of needing a professional gamer guild to clear the hardest content will be a thing of the past. It's gonna upset the hardcore players but as far as casual chill content.,. that's the future of wow

[@samuelmeisterw]

hello

[@Captain.AmericaV1]

It's just the typical seasonal scaling of gear with the difficulty of the respective mythic plus, heroic, and mythic 0 dungeons to match. No different to previous seasons except its capped at plus 10 instead of 20.

[@Syntari]

I feel like I dread new seasons and patches. It’s so deflating knowing that all the fun I had gearing up at the beginning of the expansion gets worse, and worse, and worse, as you do it over and over again.

[@Voidenergy1814]

They will give duck mount in wow shop,just wait and you will see.

[@hornerca]

Oh man, the raids this expansion is not something I would like to repeat. I got aotc on all three, there is no reason to reprog them lol.

[@bakerz7269]

How excited are us New players getting new raids months before xpac! Excited

[@viberaider6852]

Im a pvper at heart, but i love the world content and pushing the raid once or twice, and KSM for mounts. I love the fated seasons, but it would have been cool to see them attempt another dragon riding raid boss. Like the whelps we turn into at the ruby dragon pools for a quest with pretty solid projectiles! Even a timewalking revamped occulus or something. Either way though DF has been a fun expansion and the borrowed power (dragon flying) is one of the best yet!

[@MaribuStork]

Storms are broken again, along with cartographer WQs and fishing holes. I would love to see a video on all the bugs that people at BLizzard can't or won't fix in WoW. It would be a 3 hour video.

[@nobutseriously764]

Quack! Quack!

[@georgeindestructible]

I haven't had amazing time lately in wow, kinda cause of kinda cause some runs in m+ which is my main focus have been very rough, while others being very good very polarizing, as Fortnite wow mode is not my thing either i care about its tmog or any other rewards it has, at all.

[@hifgames7076]

The dungeon change is something I've been waiting for for soo long. I love dungeons, I love hard content. But the raeson I love wow is because it's relaxing. Timers ruins everything to me. It's just not always pleasurable. I play more classic/sod now because the gameplay is hard but still relaxing. more tactical, Less execute perfect rotation while multitasking 10 things

[@Jach28]

ST is a raid now!???!!! Yesssss 🙌💯

[@Spectre1Gaming]

@Bellular I can't stand Mythic+ but then I use Dungeons as a by-product to Raiding once I can Raid I don't go near Dungeons they are boring to me.

[@andrewlatil9614]

Still not playing retail wow due to the overwhelming ability bloat.

[@robertaslanian2564]

Skyrim styled Warcraft game Please!!!

[@Gwyned]

Get peter Jackson to do it

[@bovilexic]

Blizz: we’re very picky and selective of who we would partner with to license Also Blizz: let’s understaff and underfund and submarine our partners’ ability to create WC3: Reforged. Sure, math adds up. Piss off spin doctors.

[@JoacinoDaGona]

I have been say that Blizzard should restore baseline difficulty for entry level content to BC levels for years. A better skilled player base to recruit from will do wonders for raiding.

[@mikedarling905]

wish they didnt have catch up gear, to be honest so gear has more value like in classic.

[@zoldlen883]

Go play classic then, loser.

[@Foretelling]

Dude. I’ve said for years. Vermintide 2/Darktide but in Warcraft. Imagine playing as Illidan or Malfurion or whoever, carving through hordes of demons during the War of the Ancients, or hordes of scourge at Icecrown. God. STOP WASTING THE IP BLIZZARD

[@sardonicspartan9343]

Unless there is an awakened LFR, this is a waste of time.

[@BellularGaming]

I believe LFR is awakened!

[@mikedarling905]

i would like ai npcs, interacting with you

[@Val_ayh]

Blizzard's MTX recently are getting far too obnoxious. The fact some of the "rewards" you get on Warcraft Rumble are to buy overpriced MTX, is absolutely fkn insane.

[@breikio]

The big red flag of TWW alpha means it can start AFTER the start of s4 too.

[@bosssavage3325]

People who feel “forced” to play Plunderstorm to get those Tmogs wont bat an eye at a cash shop Tmog.

[@deiske25952]

They are just mad they have to do pvp and WORK towards a reward instead of blizzard giving it to them for logging in.

[@rd9102]

They keep doing this stupid shit where they put armor sets on the store and they want way too much money for it. It's kind of mind boggling, they want almost 1/2 the price of an expansion for this stuff, who has a clue at Blizzard? It's hard to say.

[@JayJoestarr]

Varians Lo'Gosh armor for 20bucks is an absolute rip off.

[@laoch5658]

sweet baby inc detected

[@mallusdarkblade]

Blizz continues to monetize the shit out of wow. I don't care if they keep doing it as long as they get rid of the sub, otherwise they run the risk of frustrating/angering their player base.

[@josquinlanglois2554]

haven't played retail in like a year and then i get mythic+ ptsd from bellular as soon as the video starts, same old dungeon, making jokes about thundering. I'm out for another year lmao.

[@Kronical69420]

Hey Bell, you getting paid to cope?

[@zoldlen883]

Yes. Yes he is. It's his job to make wow look good even if it's boring as hell. Dragonflight is just as bad as shadowlands.

[@zlan1684]

Don’t like mythic plus I don’t even care if they change it

[@chasedogman2032]

That's good for you then because dungeons outside of mythic+ now reward better gear

[@WhataboutBingo]

Zzzzz

[@Rainbow_Jellyfish]

Regarding the people who hate Plunderstorm: Then don't play it. Tired of the fomo excuse. You don't need the tmog that bad. You'll wear it for a week then wear something else that's shiny. Stop making yourself miserable for something you don't need and then make an excuse for it like you are being forced to get it. I do not like to PvP either but I have just accepted it for what it is. I play a few games a day. If I make it to 40 before it ends great but if not, I will live.

[@HH-hd7nd]

You didn't just put "great Dungeons" and Court of Stars in the same sentence did you? Man that dungeon is so annoying. It's nice to do once for the story and because it is different, but doing it over and over again is the worst. It is the worst Legion dungeon by far and I really don't understand why they don't switch it out for one of the other dungeons like The Arcway, Maw of Souls or even Cathedral of Eternal Night.

[@aaronburnett1131]

Idc what anyone says. Plunderstorm sucks

[@deiske25952]

Let me guess. "It's too grindy and has pvp." Right? 😂😂😂

[@darthrevan2081]

I don't care for it either.

[@SethBring]

Sounds like someone can't win

[@LuminateTheWorld]

@@SethBring sounds like someone thinks to highly of himself. it's a battle royal in wow, not everyone is going to enjoy that. Has nothing to do with getting that chicken dinner or not, just a genre that is a bit outdated at this point.

[@SethBring]

@@LuminateTheWorld find another person who can't win

[@albertmassingo4249]

Mythic is never ever good news for me. No matter what they do I would still rather have new dungeons. Not once in a while a mega dungeon. I hate mythic Plus.

[@leonardceres9061]

I don’t like the whole Mythic plus system I do enjoy some harder content sometimes like a little challenge to test how good my character is. That’s about it. I have run a few low mythic plus dungeons, but running the same thing over and over again just to get better gear is boring to me that’s why I don’t play Diablo games past the completion of the storyline .

[@ctk4949]

Have they said when Plunderstorm will be over??

[@Tyradriknows]

Said end of april roughly

[@deyandobrev4945]

This game on retail has become a total abomination

[@Mrfirstmonth]

Until I hear "addons are banned" Im not returning.

[@CallieCEntertainment]

Ok. I mean like, the game is designed for add-ons... Banning them would be cutting off their nose and throwing away their wallets.

[@Mrfirstmonth]

@@CallieCEntertainment Or, and this is just a thought, maybe design the new stuff in a way that addons aren't required. There have been some steps in the right direction lately, like the UI revamp for example, or the addition of some weakauras natively. Requiring addons to execute content is proof of bad design.

[@ManCubuSWoW]

@@Mrfirstmonth U don't have to use 25 addons to enjoy the game but couple of them are very crucial.

[@yokaidokena3659]

If they can lose money on this DEI woke crap they put out these days, they can certainly stand to lose a bit of money putting out an awesome fan focused Warcraft movie built around Arthas and his rise/fall. Thats what eveeyone wants. Thats what most people have wanted since day one.

[@anba9499]

Hard usub from me, these changes brig little to nothing to the end game. Very lazy see you in the next xp

[@Hertacles]

I'm sick of pirate stuff being shoved down our throats. Seriously. I get it. We're going to be on boats and stuff but ENOUGH ALREADY!!!! Also, if you're going to make time grinding mounts purchasable they need to update the skins and graphics.

[@RandoCDN87]

The Pirates aren't gonna hurt you bro. Let them be, Arrrrr...right. You don't even need to be on the poop deck, ya scarvy shark bait.

[@Matt-ci1yl]

Blizzard keeps wanting more money while providing less content, service and respect to its customers.

[@kosdes4814]

It's the same old shit, do mythic+ to over gear raids to clear raids...boring.

[@cole8834]

I FUCKING HATE THESE "COSMIC FORCES" NARRATIVES it erases ALL PERSONAL CONFLICTS/MOTIVATIONS and makes everything impersonal and basically a NONSTORY. If everything thats happening is just "cosmic forces" duking it out then the plot is basically a nature documentary devoid of all pathos.

[@viberaider6852]

The gladiators ragged armor is disgraceful. I still love the game but mtx will kill it for me. I pay a sub so theres ideally less mtx.

[@MSDGAMEZ]

Next expansion please. Dragonflight is so boring

[@Aaron-zl5gq]

plunderstorm killed my desire to even play. Dont care about the reused content for S4, not grinding that shit again , monotization dial is getting pushed hard, idk i am a lot more concerned about war within , blizzard does not seem to be letting up on this FOMO give us money shit.

[@Rainbow_Jellyfish]

Fomo is such a crock excuse. You don't have to play Plunderstorm. Why do you care about missing out on a tmog you'll probably never use? Or another mount just to make the number go up. Plunderstorm was not needed to advance in the game. So fomo of what? Just don't play the mode. So silly 🤣 Monetization? Why because they added another tmog to the store like always that will be available on the post in a few months? What exactly, besides a sub, do you HAVE to pay for? Nothing.

[@ColeTheChosen]

Gonna cry?

[@timar6868]

"blizzard makes games not movies," thats why warcraft movie was shit..blizz should have made it the cgi was dog crap and so was the story. "I wouldn't get movie people to make a warcraft game, thats why the warcraft movie SUUUCKED

[@imthrillz5255]

Ashes and riot’s mmo will kill WoW. Shit is too old with wonky ahh animations and in game cinematics.

[@Tyradriknows]

riots mmo has been scrapped and there is no mention of the company getting back on that project atm. Ashes is in development STILL. Even if both of those MMOs were released today would wow players abandon the game they've been playing for 10+ years, 10 years of achievements and collecting stuff is a hard ball chain to break man.

[@imthrillz5255]

@@Tyradriknows If WoW2 was announced today, everyone would be hyped and not mind starting over.

[@zoldlen883]

Dragonflight is just as bad as shadowlands. Change my mind, liberals.

[@Skeletongamer420]

The amount of phub bot comments is astonishing

[@greasynutwax8443]

What's the point of mythic plus?

[@bakerz7269]

Only need a5 man group instead of raid sized group for those of us want a more difficult pve experience. And it has a difficulty slider