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LEGION HYPE!Normally I would start my rants about upcoming WoW features with "Call me a cynic, but..". But there is honestly not a whole lot to complain about this time around.
*cough* random legendaries *cough*I'm still recovering from the Gamescom reveal of patch 7.1 called Return to Karazhan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fAtcpvJ6lc), but much of the announcements and information that we have so far is giving Legion the impression of becoming the best expansion to World of Warcraft by a fucking landslide. Not only will we be guaranteed to have a whopping 18 (http://www.wowhead.com/zone=8026/the-emerald-nightmare)+10 (http://www.wowhead.com/zone=8025/the-nighthold) raid encounters at the start, we will also be given another small raid that is supposed to be in between those two raid instances. (http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/5910-Gamescom-Legion-Stream) Also, everyone that has had access to the Legion Beta knows that there will be plenty of shit to do as soon as the game launches.
I'd also like to take a moment to reflect on these quotes from Gamescom this week:
- There was a period where the team focused on faster expansions, sacrificing things that they shouldn't have. This made the experience worse.
- The team is never going to rush an expansion, they will be released when they are done.
- Raid tiers should last around 4 to 5 months.
- This time around there won't be a content drought - "Don't worry, we got you!"
Sauce (https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/5910-Gamescom-Legion-Stream)
Am I in the fucking twilight zone right now? I already know this level of optimism is almost certainly going to leave me disappointed, so please control your shitposting. But fuck me, this is as promising as it's ever going to get.
This is also going to be the most exciting expansion launch for Iron Edge. We already know that at least 4 separate LAN-parties are going to be held (Scotland counts, too!). Let's hope our new Discord server (https://discord.gg/gST9cZr) can hold us all, but it's probably more convenient to go on TS when we have that many people :P.
I'm looking forward to celebrating this launch with you all. See you on the 29th!