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Tova:
So... any news from the WoW expansion? What's to like/dislike?

TheEvilDog:
From the Alliance side, I'm really liking Kul Tiras. Got a nice Wrath feel to it.

- So far, the new monsters are nice and the new skins for the old ones make them look better.
- Questing feels like Blizzard has finally gotten into a smooth transition between areas; the quest giver is usually near where the quest is, rather than you having to trek halfway across the region.
- You have a new mode of fast travel in addition to portals and gryphons; you can now use ferries, just need to get a license, which is one of the first things you do when the expansion starts proper.
- Haven't unlocked any of the allied races yet, but from the looks of it, the Kul Tiran humans are going to be on the hefty side (think Circus Strongman).
- The follower missions from Legion and Warlords are back. That said, I think Blizzard have reduced the cost of missions but have also reduced the resources and confined them to treasure chests.
- Armour and weapons look good, and the Heart of Azeroth item has really made things interesting (You only ever get 3 types of armour that can be used with the Heart; helmet, chest and shoulders, but when you get them, you really notice the difference between them and the "ordinary" equivalents.
- Stat squash was a bit of a pain, but in another way, what you get really has noticeable effects. It went into the expansion with 25,100 health on my warrior. At 114, he's got twice that, including 2 Heart of Azeroth items.

That said, the fact that you have to reach exalted with the respective faction in order to unlock them as an allied race, is something of a pain.
And there are quite a lot of cutscenes, not a bad thing, but they come up quite a lot and without warning.

Neko_Ali:
The really bad part is that the 6 allied races currently in the game are all Legion races. So if you want to unlock them and aren't at Exalted yet, you have to go back and do the old content. It's caused a fair bit of back and forth. People who played regularly don't see it as a big deal because they already hit Exalted or near to it. So it was a trivial or non-existent issue to get the races unlocked. People who took a break and missed the end of Legion though... If they want to play the races that were touted as a Battle for Azeroth feature have to go back and spend a lot of time grinding for rep in old content, instead of spending their time playing the new expansion. It's worse for people who skilled Legion and level boosted a character to 110.

The BfA Allied races, the Kul Tirans and Zandalari trolls don't appear to be available yet in game. So even if you hit exalted with them, I don't think you can play them yet?

TheEvilDog:
Yeah, that is the major point of frustration now. Honestly, I would have thought Blizzard would have given some thought to raising reputation, especially for people who boosted or people who took a break, but it seems they want people to go back and forth between expansions.

Kul Tiras Humans and their Troll counterparts are, according to Blizzard, "coming later in the expansion". So I presume, their respective recruitment will be tied to the first major raid addition to the expansion. Which could be a misstep for Blizzard.

Tova:

--- Quote from: Castlerook on 16 Aug 2018, 00:47 ---Yeah, that is the major point of frustration now. Honestly, I would have thought Blizzard would have given some thought to raising reputation, especially for people who boosted or people who took a break, but it seems they want people to go back and forth between expansions.

--- End quote ---

I am certain that they gave it quite a fair bit of thought. Ever since the introduction of achievement points, enticing or even coercing players to go back to old content has been a firm part of their business model. I wouldn't be surprised if they are deliberately targeting players who quit each expansion half-way through and pick the game up again at the start of each new one.

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