Blizzard HALVED The Grind! 5 War Within Updates You Should Know
Summary
TLDRThis week's Warcraft news covers the launch of Season 1, including Mythic+, Mythic raid Wing two, and LFR story mode. Players can now access a redesigned Anere boss in story mode, offering a stress-free experience and rewards like the Enchanted Runed Harbinger Crest for crafting high-level gear without using runed crests. Mythic+ sees a significant increase in participation, with nearly 730,000 runs recorded in the first 24 hours. The PTR introduces updates like the new judgment tier and classic time-walking vendor. The 20th-anniversary event on the PTR features character updates, a 20% XP and reputation buff, and a detailed celebration. Quick tips include a hotfix for Relic blood of Zar and an efficient way to earn Valor stones by defeating Zack on one question mark difficulty.
Takeaways
- 🎮 The 'Warcraft' game has introduced a new feature where players can earn near-free heroic gear and farm for Valor stones and crests.
- 🌟 Season 1 of the game is officially launched, including Mythic+, Mythic raid Wing two of LFR, and story mode.
- 📖 The story mode's first version is out, offering a simplified boss fight that's easier than LFR and provides an enchanted runed Harbinger Crest.
- 🔨 Crafting gear with the crest from the story mode doesn't require the usual 45 runed crests, saving players resources.
- 📊 The game's new scoring system for Mythic+ is less grindy, requiring only one key per dungeon to achieve full score.
- 📈 Initial data shows a significant increase in Mythic+ runs at the start of the new season, almost doubling the previous season's numbers.
- 🎉 The 20th-anniversary event on the PTR includes a 20% XP and reputation buff, with additional 10% refreshable through daily event participation.
- 🏆 Keystone Master achievement is now more accessible, requiring completion of eight dungeons at a higher average level.
- 🛡️ The PTR update introduces a new judgment tier variant with trousers instead of a robe, catering to player preferences.
- 💡 A hotfix has resolved an issue where learning 'Relic blood of Zar' would prevent other curios from dropping upgrades.
Q & A
What is the significance of the new content release in the Warcraft game?
-The new content release in Warcraft is significant as it introduces a variety of new features and updates, including the start of season 1, Mythic plus, Mythic raid Wing two of LFR, and story mode, providing players with fresh challenges and rewards.
How does the redesigned Anere boss in story mode affect gameplay?
-The redesigned Anere boss in story mode is designed to be simple and low-stress, making it more accessible for players who typically avoid raids. It also allows players to experience the content without the usual raid mechanics, and rewards players with an enchanted runed Harbinger Crest.
What is the benefit of completing the Anere boss encounter in story mode?
-Completing the Anere boss encounter in story mode rewards players with an enchanted runed Harbinger Crest, which can be used to craft level 619 gear without needing to use runed crests, saving players resources and gold.
What is the player's reaction to the introduction of story mode in Warcraft?
-Players have mixed reactions to the introduction of story mode, with some viewing it as a laudable first attempt at a feature they've wanted, while others consider it a paid beta test due to some technical issues and the UI throwing errors.
How does the timing of the raid's release in relation to the main campaign affect the story in Warcraft?
-The timing of the raid's release has led to some confusion in the game's narrative, as it was revealed that the raid takes place before the events of the Hall of the Fallen, which was not clear to players before.
What is the impact of the new scoring system in Mythic plus on player engagement?
-The new scoring system in Mythic plus has been well-received as it reduces the grind by allowing players to achieve full score for a dungeon with just one key, motivating players to push for higher levels and rewards more efficiently.
What are the early statistics showing about Mythic plus participation in the new season?
-Early statistics indicate a significant increase in Mythic plus participation, with almost double the number of runs compared to the previous season within the first 24 hours.
How does the PTR update affect the Judgment tier and what does it offer to players?
-The PTR update introduces a new variant of the Judgment tier that offers trousers instead of a robe, catering to players who prefer not to use the robe appearance, and also brings back the classic time walking vendor with various mounts and transmog options.
What is the significance of the 20th anniversary event in Warcraft and what does it offer to players?
-The 20th anniversary event is significant as it celebrates the game's history with detailed character updates, narrated reenactments, and a 20% XP and reputation buff. It also includes a daily refreshable 10% buff, encouraging player engagement with the event.
What are some quick tips provided for players to optimize their gameplay in the current Warcraft content?
-Quick tips include being aware of the hotfix that allows Relic blood of Zar to drop other curios, taking advantage of the time walking event for badge farming, and challenging oneself with the one question mark difficulty for fast Valor stone farming.
Outlines
🎮 'Warcraft News' - Updates on Season 1 and Story Mode
The script discusses the latest developments in the 'Warcraft' gaming world, highlighting the launch of Season 1, the release of Mythic+, Mythic raid Wing two of LFR, and story mode. It introduces a new, simplified version of the An'ere boss for story mode, which is more accessible and less stressful for players. Completing this mode rewards players with an 'Enchanted Runed Harbinger Crest', which can be used to craft level 619 gear without the usual requirement of 45 runed crests, thus saving resources. The script also touches on the community's mixed reactions to the game's new features, suggesting it could be seen as either a 'paid beta test' or a commendable first attempt at fulfilling player desires. It concludes with a discussion about the timing of the raid's release and its narrative implications within the game's lore.
📊 'Mythic Plus Stats and PTR Changes' - Insights and Updates
This section delves into the statistics of 'Mythic Plus', noting a significant increase in runs since its introduction, with nearly 730,000 runs recorded in the first 24 hours. It compares these numbers to the previous season's performance and speculates on whether the current season can surpass the record of 36 million runs. The script also addresses changes to the 'Mythic Plus' scoring system, which now allows players to achieve full rewards for a dungeon with just one key, reducing the need for the weekly flip between Tyrannical and Fortified affixes. Additionally, it mentions the introduction of a new 'Judgment Tier' variant and the return of the classic time-walking vendor. The script concludes with a discussion on the 20th-anniversary event, which includes character updates, a 20% XP and reputation buff, and various engaging activities. It also provides quick tips, such as a fix for the 'Brands Curios' issue and a strategy for efficiently farming Valor Stones by defeating a challenging boss.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Time Walking
💡Valor Stones
💡Mythic Plus
💡Raiding
💡Story Mode
💡Enchanted Runed Harbinger Crest
💡PTR Changes
💡20th Anniversary Event
💡Delves
💡Keystone Master
Highlights
Time walking guide provides free progress for players.
Introduction of near free heroic gear and good farm for Valor stones and crests.
Season 1 officially out with Mythic plus, Mythic raid Wing two of LFR and story mode.
Story mode V1 is out, featuring a follower raid with a redesigned final boss.
Players can start the story mode in Azetroth with a short quest line.
Completing story mode provides an enchanted runed Harbinger Crest and access to level 619 gear.
Discussion on the game feature being either a laudable first try or a paid beta test.
Unlocking story mode after finishing the max level campaign provides clarity on the raid's timeline.
Mythic plus has seen a significant increase in runs compared to Dragonflight season 4.
New scoring system in Mythic plus is less grindy and requires fewer dungeon completions.
PTR changes include an updated judgment tier with a new variant for trousers.
Time walking is currently active, allowing for faster badge farming.
20th anniversary event includes detailed character updates and a 20% XP and reputation buff.
Quick fire tips include a hotfix for the issue with Brand's curios not dropping upgrades.
Zach on one question mark difficulty can be a fast way to earn Valor stones.
Transcripts
welcome back to the warcraft news it's a
pretty big week and if the time walking
guide that we published isn't enough
like free progress for you well there's
another bit of near free heroic gear for
you and an absolutely insane good farm
for Valor stones and crests that's all
pretty fun and it all matters because
season 1 is properly out Mythic plus
Mythic raid Wing two of LFR and story
mode and S so let's get into everything
that's happened first up story mode so
V1 of the mode is out and it's
essentially a follower raid but it's
only the last boss and she's had a bit
of a redesign essentially anere is
simple enough to be zero stress and
likely more friendly for the follower
system AI now you can start this in azet
you do a short quest line it ties up a
few loose ends and after that you go
straight to the an boss along with five
algar Expedition members as your NPCs if
you're a Raider it's not even a fight
zero friction easier than alfr what it
will do though is get you a kill for
anak and it will get you the final cut
scene so if you're somebody who doesn't
touch raids at all it basically means
you see that content but also for your
effort you'll get an enchanted runed
Harbinger Crest these combined of course
with a spark let you craft up to I level
619 gear that's pretty damn big but it's
also great because crafting one of those
normally means you need to use 45 runed
crests in this case you don't have to
use those crests so for the rest of us
we basically get a bit of heroic crafted
gear but we don't need to use the crests
and it saves us some gold as for the
game feature uh I would say it's either
a laudable and pragmatic first try of
something people have wanted or it's a
paid beta test basically take your pick
I mean hell it even causes Blizzard's UI
to throw up an error and the great Vault
counts it as a kill but uh the great
Vault has got no idea what story mode
difficulty is so that's a bit awkward
now you unlock this after you finish the
max level Campaign and it narly gives us
an answer to a very bizarre question so
we didn't actually know when the raid
takes place as it turns out now aner and
her simps are all put down well before
zatat raid on hallof fall so if you conf
confused why zotth was screaming in Rage
in one cinematic but then next week's
cinematic had her just be cool Cam and
collected well um yeah that's basically
why anorak happened before hallof fall
now that is straight up extremely sloppy
story telling I think I know why they
did it though so time getting the main
campaign is something that has angered
people for a while I've got a feeling
they just didn't want to time gate the
campaign but for other reasons The Raid
came out when it did so that's maybe why
it happened anyway that's the 11.0 story
wrapped but if you want an idea of
what's coming next we just released an
episode of the lore walking podcast on
exactly that and you can get it link
below Val their do games members of
course get loads of things over there
and one of them is the lur walking
podcast dozens of episodes over 40 hours
of content and this time it is all about
the harer they played a small role in
ashad but they will be playing a far
larger role in the future so enjoy the
PO you can sign up down below and let's
talk about some numbers Mythic plus has
been out for a few days and that means
that our nightstalker has put together
some data and shared it with us it's
already days yet of course I promise a
full dive into the stats soon but for
now he's basically spotted that runs
have almost doubled dragonflight season
4 within the first 24 hours of Mythic
plus so as of Thursday night EU time
there were about 730,000 runs on the
leaderboard which is pretty damn
explosive uh there's 1.5 million
characters on the leaderboard as well
just for like unique characters that's
just the first two days and it's only
people doing Mythic Plus and I don't
know about you but I feel like I have
less reason to do it as an example
almost nobody in my guild has done
Mythic plus yet uh with delves with raid
and the world content stuff well we just
haven't got round to it though loads of
us are planning at the weekend so I
wonder if those numbers will Spike even
more the big question is if War within
will be able to beat the dragon flight
season 1 record of 36 million runs in
147 days that'll be interesting to see
but do remember Mythic plus is in a way
a bit more n now Mythic zero of course
is the old Mythic plus 10 so quite a lot
of dungeon gameplay that would have been
counted in Mythic plus statistics is no
longer going to well fall in those
statistics and then many people are just
doing delves instead because they give
you great gear and to a lot of people
with no timer but still a degree of
challenge they're a lot more fun anyway
that means that if Mythic Plus numbers
even keep up with dragonflight even
though Mythic plus is a relatively
smaller slice of the endgame pie like
that would be damn good news for the
game and that's even with it having a
new scoring system that's actually less
grindy so let's talk about that one
thing blizzard didn't tell us is how
Mythic plus score would change with this
expansion now we knew it had to because
we don't have the full weekly flip
between tyrannical and fortified 4 our
dungeons thankfully though they've not
came up with a new and inventive way to
squeeze more gameplay out of us they've
actually done what we wanted you've only
got to do a key once to get all of the
score for a dungeon so there is no more
waiting until next week for the fix the
flip just so you can get score that
means you can just go in start blasting
as high as you can and you can
immediately achieve your rewards rather
than feeling like and it's pretty
demotivating that you want to get
Keystone Master you're actually doing a
bunch of plus 10s or whatever but well
you got to wait till next week for the
fix to flip now this does seem like a
relatively minor change but what it
means is you need to do eight dungeons
instead of
16ish right get all eight dungeons at
plus seven on average and you'll get
Keystone Master instead of having to do
16 at that level and if you get KSM
you'll get this lovely magne inspired
suit and if you've not already down
heroic an or reached 1600 PVP rating
doing that will also get you a basically
a token that you can turn in for a piece
of heroic gear so it's probably worth
doing if you can just watch out though
because when you look at the data some
dungeons are giving real headach So
based on that data Grim Bal Stone Vault
and Siege of baralis one that the Mythic
plus community loves deeply they are
kicking asses right now but on the other
hand the dawn Breer is rather
surprisingly to some pretty much a free
win next up then PTR changes the big
cover story today is that the updated
judgment tier is coming with a new
variant that gives you a trousers
instead of a robe so pretty good if
you're I don't know a paladin who just
um doesn't feel like they can Crusade
wearing a dress then the classic time
walking vendor is in as well and that
means we can see mounts and absolute
stacks of pretty damn expensive old
school transmogs that you'll want to be
farming badges for time walking by the
way is currently active it's an ideal
time to get Farming and as compared to
the Past you can make literally months
of progress in your badges in days I
know that sounds like clickbait it
literally isn't and you can check out
our time walking guide next to learn all
about that the PTR itself is now
protesting and the new event for the
20th anniversary is full of detail there
are characters that we've basically not
seen in years here that are actually
giving us updates on what they've been
up to the best one I'd say so far is L
Walker Cho people absolutely love him
but uh well it's been over a decade
since Pandaria right we're trated to
excellently narrated reenactments of
character stories throughout Wow's
history they got Jim Cummings back to do
the voiceover for the character it's
lovely and the event will also have a
20% XP and reputation buff just as we
expected but this time it's a bit
different because you get a flat 10%
buff just for the event being on but
then you've got to refresh the other
another 10% by doing a daily now all of
it just takes like a few minutes of
engaging within the event it's zero
effort but a pretty good opportunity to
enjoy the celebrations honestly it's a
neat event Full Of Love full of flavor
so thumbs up and let's finish it off
with some quick fire tips some things
that you should absolutely be aware of
number one if you were wondering why you
suddenly stopped finding upgrades for
Brands curios there's a line of the hot
fixes for you here it is fixed an issue
where learning Relic blood of Zar would
prevent other curios from dropping so uh
that was bad and uh now that those
curios are actually dropping with
upgrades your delves should get a bit
more manageable and finally for this
week a fresh way to hurt yourself but
get a lot of Valor stones for doing so
it's not ready for the faint of Hearts
so Zack on his one question mark
difficulty can be a very very short
fight indeed that's of course if you've
got the gear if you're you know good at
doing DPS and you know the tactics he
can go down in as little as 2 minutes
and for beating him you get 25 Valor
Stones 25 Valor stones for two minutes
is really fast theoretically that's like
500 Valor Stones per hour and the more
damage you do the faster that will be in
our testing we've been getting closer to
like a 100 Valor Stones every 15 minutes
or so but that still is with plenty of
mistakes being made and not a fully
tricked out character certainly if it's
just Vier Stones you want that's a hell
of a lot faster than spamming Mythic
plus if you feel up for it we've got a
quick Zack fear guide in our Del's video
from earlier on this week it's a great
way to fill up your Vault and if you
want to know why time walking is super
powerful check out that video as well
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