I’m now officially back in WoW. Got my subscription re-established and Legion purchased. As for what version I purchased, I got the Standard edition. I looked at the Digital Deluxe edition very carefully, but went with my gut. Mainly because the ‘bells and whistles’, 3/4 of them were for games I don’t (or plan to) own. I felt if I really wanted the ones for WoW, I could just buy them on the pet store. So why waste $30 more for something I can’t even use?
FYI, this did not come from “Blizzard doesn’t deserve it”. I made a decision not based off from hate, but an informed purchase.
Watched the climatic. From the start to the end, it seemed that WoD’s timeline was non-canon. Plus, how did the Burning Legion get to Azeroth? Obvious answer would be Gul’dan. It was good to see King Lane actually trying to be a hero (instead of get fat while sitting on his throne). And seeing Sylvanas being a badass with her bow was pretty cool.
Also I heard that King Lane dies in the climatic. It clearly shows he’s all “FOR AZEROTH!!” at the end, and is still very much alive. So, either everyone who heard this happen was trolled, or he actually dies (but later on).
Everything to me, as I said, clearly had WoD’s timeline being non-existent. It seems as this happened some time after WoD’s timeline (yet no sighting of Hellscream who went “I LOVE you Alliance people!” after the final raid).
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Logging in was shockingly quick. I only saw the main title screen for something like a few seconds and then I was able to select a new class (didn’t even have to log in, as if they store your info on your computer now). However, my existing chars on my primary still exist. Logged in and I was back in my house, where I logged off two years ago.
Started getting bombarded with achievements (I assume late game achievements that were created in either WoD or Legion). This stopped for a bit, then started up again with these weird achievements (I assume transmog-based).
In the Interface, I noticed a distinct lack in the number of options. Either that or they have been turned into a Neutron Star (when you play ED a bit too much…).
I didn’t see the option to disable or enable the displaying of Guild titles or any of that, which bothers me a bit. Either they forced-enabled or disabled that.
When it comes to abilities, I spent about 20 or so minutes using an old picture from the WoD Beta to set my spellbars. And I notice 4 abilities are missing;
Arcane Shot, Kill Shot, Camouflage, and Traps. Arcane Shot and Traps, I read about this earlier in the year in a video about them getting removed. But removing Kill Shot..one of the most used abilities of mine?! Not cool, Blizzard.
So instead of giving me more buttons to push and complicate my rotation, they gave me less buttons and it’s still complicating my rotation!
Arcane Shot alone used to be the opener for my rotation. Without it, I honestly don’t know what the fuck I’m going to do. Of course I’m going to have to learn a whole new rotation. It almost feels that Blizzard is literally forcing me to learn my class.
It seems Dire Beast is going to have to replace Arcane Shot. They also removed that ability they had in WoD, which was (to me) a Serpent Sting replacement. Wonder why they did that.
Another undesired change, is Aspect of the Cheetah has been completely changed from what it was since Vanilla. It’s no longer a way to travel faster when you can’t mount, but a way to avoid attacks and stuff. Because of this, Aspect of the Pack is gone. That’s really all I can say; undesired.
Overall, it feels like BM Hunters got fucked in the ass without lube by the nerf hammer. Hell, it feels like an entire new spec from what it was in Vanilla.
Undesired. Forced. Those are the only feelings I have for this. :/ And trying to look for help on Youtube, there is only one video for use in PvE with BM Hunters (with no guarantee it’s been updated for the latest patch). The majority are PvP.
And I hear Warlocks got it much worse.
Yet I believe I’m also forgetting about the Artifact weapon I’m going to be getting once I start the Legion questline. This could change my rotation once again (maybe for the better).
There’s also this new “Honor Talents” thing which is unlocked at Level 110 (which seem to possibly replace the fact there is no Level 110 tier in the talent tier list). They look PvP in nature, having a medallion mentioned several times.
So maybe your artifact weapon is your Level 110 abilities? If so, what an interesting mechanic.
So… for now, I’m going to have to be forced to learn a completely new rotation wherever I want to or not (by going to my Garrison and practicing on the training dummy), and maybe solo a dungeon or two with it (just to see what to use and when in certain situations). Also looking into mods, but the really helpful one I used in WoD and years past appears to be abandoned since last year. That is very unfortunate, but there’s nothing I can do about it.
I did find an alternative, and I hope it helps with my new rotation.