Lots to talk about today. First off, some breaking benies-blogs.com news.
Turns out that the 2.2 patch for Elite Dangerous will be released…on the same exact date as Legion’s 7.1 patch (the 25th). That is pretty cool. That also means, I’m going to have my hands tied checking out two forms of content on the same day.
However, ED’s new content will likely be first, as Blizzard will very likely do maintenance on patch day (as they usually do).
So that means for ED, we’ll very soon have ship-launched fighters (which will be very useful to me for scouting missions), the new Beluga-class ship will be released along with new passenger hauling missions. And for explorers, there will be geysers on planets and moons where its data says they’ll have them. And lastly (which from what I heard is still up in the air), we were going to have a 3D view of scanned planets. But FDev decided to go back to what it is currently (possibly due to whining about how “it’s too easy”).
The last thing is unfortunate, but…what can you do?
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And now we move onto something I had sweared to a lot that Blizzard is deliberately doing, and that’s forced dungeon content. However, I’ve reached a conclusion. Maybe it’s not as much of being “forced”, as it could be “encouraging”.
Or… it could be the fact I JUST DID MY FIRST EVER MYTHIC DUNGEON!! 😀
See, Kalygos came to the Order Hall last night to send me a message; to meet him at where the last of the Blue Dragonflight are in Azsuna. I didn’t really recognize him at first. He’s now named ‘Archmage Kalac’. So clearly what Alexstrasza said at the end of Cata of “we must now see through mortal eyes”, he’s doing. He’s obviously retired as the new leader of the Blue Dragonflight. And this was his way of reminiscing of the good times of being a dragon.
Anyway, Senegos tasked me to recover an artifact from the Eye of Azsuna dungeon. The trick…was I had to do it in Mythic difficulty. I felt I was fucked as there’s no way to queue for a dungeon. Checking Wowhead, I found a way via the Premade Group Finder.
This, including wiping for… 10+- times on Serpentrix(I seriously lost count), were the major hurdles I had to face. There was one time I felt I was done and had to try tomorrow. Yet praise Elune for giving me a solid enough group that knew the fights. And we DID IT! 😀 I got the artifact and completed the dungeon, on Mythic! I also got my first Mythic Keystone.
And before you ask.. NO! I am NOT doing that shit again on Mythic+! I went through pure hell. I think I burned through 1/3rd of my gold just on repair bills. What made the fights tough, was this annoying wind mechanic that forces you to think while casting (it pushes on the group, forcing them to counter it). It was especially hard on the healer.
So, to say “dungeons are ‘forced’ on the player”? …I dunno anymore. It encouraged me to get out of my comfort zone and try something new. And that’s always a good thing.
Good going, Blizzard. You just might make a raider out of me yet.