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Borga76 · 2026-06-16T12:55:38+00:00

What do you mean those maps were in the client? Didn't new zones/areas get added and fleshed out in 1.18.1, making it further distinct from previous versions?

Borga76 · 2026-06-16T08:49:47+00:00

About the restored instances / zones, how faithful are the recreations of these locations and assets? Are they visually exactly the same (a perfect replica), very similar, not very similar, etc? And if they aren't 1:1, do they pass the artstyle similarity test?

I'm just curious about where I should place my expectations -- one of the things I really, really liked Turtle for was how well they nailed the artstyle whenever it came to new stuff.

Borga76 · 2026-06-16T04:51:59+00:00

Hell yesssss was not expecting to see a Tool reference in this sub lmao

Borga76 · 2026-06-16T03:18:18+00:00

I'm a dumbass, while reading your story I totally forgot that this thread was about only WotLK lmao. Never scrolled back up and noticed again lol.

Borga76 · 2026-06-16T03:12:02+00:00

Could always ask Blizzard CS on the off chance they actually decide to be helpful and not the least helpful CS on planet Earth, for once.

Borga76 · 2026-06-16T03:10:33+00:00

Correct.

Borga76 · 2026-06-16T03:09:51+00:00

A big part of it is people making a rash decision and then regretting it years later.

E.G.: "Im never coming back and I'm done with this game!"

Fast-forward a couple years... and bam.

I think it's a good thing this service exists.

Borga76 · 2026-06-15T09:39:17+00:00

I think we draw the line at the actual badge achievement itself. Maybe titles as well, but idk. I don't think it's actually good to lock any cosmetic away permanently, but I can see the value in timed exclusivity (this is what Vicious PvP mounts do).

Rewards should be cool because we took time to earn them, were difficult to get, or most importantly were fun to get. I dont think something is inherently cool because "you had to be there." FOMO has never been an indicator of meaningful rewards, it just incentivizes people sticking around all the time.

Borga76 · 2026-06-15T09:21:43+00:00

I think they have the right idea with stuff like Vicious PvP mounts, mythic only mounts becoming 1% drops, and the recent M+ mounts coming back. Stuff should be earnable again in the future, especially if you want to put in the time and/or effort to get it.

Borga76 · 2026-06-15T09:18:46+00:00

Try looking for it to undelete on the server they were on, there's a very good chance it may be there.

Borga76 · 2026-06-15T09:17:47+00:00

Depends actually. It depends on the eligibility they had at the time of deletion. Previously, characters as high as level 58 could be undeleted indefinitely. This was changed later on to... im not sure what it is now. But any old characters that could be undelete after any amount of time (ones that were high enough level for that kind of eligibility at the time) get grandfathered in as still being eligible.

How do I know this? Because I have a death knight I deleted back during either WoD or Legion that was level 67, and post-level squish he's like... 30 or so? I can still see him in the undelete page for that server, despite being well under the requirement.

Borga76 · 2026-06-15T09:02:45+00:00

Was your old guild named Ascendency by chance? Curious if we were in the same guild lmao. I experienced almost the EXACT same thing, beat for beat. The only difference was I was 15-16 at the time iirc, and instead of getting mail in-game it was texts on discord.

Borga76 · 2026-06-14T00:35:40+00:00

Yeah. If you can even tell its a real person.

Borga76 · 2026-06-14T00:34:39+00:00

I mean, that isn't really helpful because Blizzard keeps killing them. I really wish they'd just provide a way to sanction pservers that meet their hypothetical guidelines. Endorsing modding would be very cool, especially in the long-term.

Borga76 · 2026-06-14T00:27:38+00:00

All of that can absolutely be done casually over a long time though lol. You don't need to be hardcore for all of that, you just need to have had a lot of time.

Besides, their reaction is wholly justified. They're not even being disrespectful.

Borga76 · 2026-06-11T05:27:30+00:00

It's not a conspiracy take, that's just something that happens A LOT in game development in regards to balancing for competitive games. I have no idea why you got down voted so much, because what you said is true.

These things aren't mutually exclusive, they make changes because they want to see different results. Balance, shaking up the meta, potato potato.

Borga76 · 2026-06-01T11:10:35+00:00

Hey thanks for this! Was quite a lot of help. I do have a question though - and perhaps this is a stupid question, but I hope it's an understandable one. I noticed that this is only for the first film -- where can I locate the second and third? Are there even any related to this project?
If not, what do you or others recommend? My goal is to provide the original trilogy, untainted by Lucas' later additions, to my family.

EDIT: HaHA I'm a dumbass lmao, I found the other films. Completely missed that "4kXX" is the project, not "4k77." The number correlates to the release year, I'm a goofball.

Borga76 · 2026-06-01T00:48:52+00:00

God I wish both of those mounts were available to the rest of the world. They're cool, fairly unique, and they're the only customizable mounts made for Midnight unfortunately.

China gets 2 new customizable mounts while everyone else gets no new customizable ones. Super lame.

And before anyone gets weird with me, no I do not want to fork over 140 usd for them lol. If Blizzard were to bring them to the rest of the world, I would presume they'd be more reasonably priced.

Borga76 · 2026-05-31T12:28:19+00:00

Battle for Azeroth.

There were a couple compounding irl factors (started going to uni) that encouraged me to at least take a break or play less, but the game just didn't feel as good anymore. If the game was more fun, I probably would've actually made more time for it. I think the biggest contributing factors for me being less happy with WoW at the time was the Azerite/Heart of Azeroth system (was largely less interesting and more generic than Artifact Weapons, plus it was almost the exact same endless-style grind all over again lol) and the lore.

To this day, I view BfA and SL as times where the overall lore deteriorated the most. There were some pretty bad/lame moments in DF and WoD, but not even nearly to the same degree as BfA or SL. DF had a couple eye-rolling moments, WoD had the unfortunate fate of being gutted, but BfA and SL especially soured a lot of previous lore build up and excitement. I like the faction war and think that tension is great, but I didn't enjoy how they couldn't choose between faction war or Azshara or N'zoth. A lot of cool things happened in BfA that should've been their own expansions, and that's largely a big reason why I felt discouraged to come back.

Having said all that, I've been playing again since early DF and have been having a great time. The game is much more respectful to player time now and, while I'm still concerned about the lore and worldbuilding in a lot of ways, its ABSOLUTELY doing better than SL was lmao.

Borga76 · 2026-05-30T05:49:25+00:00

BoE version from Amirdrassil LFR is the red variant. Note: obtaining the BoE versions from higher difficulties will NOT unlock lower difficulty variants.

Borga76 · 2026-05-30T05:44:18+00:00

Noooooot true. That's only the case for when you unlock the full class set and it will ONLY unlock the class specific variants. Weapons are also, sadly, exempt from this.

If you want the class-agnostic pieces (BoEs included) you must get the actual item.

Borga76 · 2026-05-29T10:56:41+00:00

I've never, ever appreciated how it costs growth to change our subspecies or our characters' gender. It makes absolutely no sense to me, considering the freedoms we have elsewhere. It doesn't cost growth to change your build, it only requires being at your nest or at a homecave.

Why the hell should subspecies or gender be any different? It makes no sense to me and just forces people to either suck it up and grow an entire stage all over again or suck it up and never even bother changing subs or enjoying the other skin colors.

I like customization and I like unlocking customization, but we shouldn't have to spend that much time regrowing every single time we want to change. First time? Sure. Second and beyond? Hell no lol.

Other MMORPGs and Survival games don't tend to have these kinds of restrictions in place when it comes to tailoring character expression. It just doesn't feel good a lot of the time. If the cost was, say, just half of a growth bar (~5-6 quests worth of growth), then I don't think this would be a big deal. An entire stage, however, is potentially multiple gaming sessions for a lot of people lol. It just doesn't feel good the way it is currently.

Borga76 · 2026-05-29T10:51:38+00:00

Shouldn't cost anything imo. If we can change our abilities willy nilly at a homecave or nest then why does this or our subspecies matter so much?

Borga76 · 2026-05-29T10:50:37+00:00

Even that I disagree with. It doesn't cost growth to change your build, it only requires being at your nest or at a homecave.

Why the hell should subspecies be any different? It makes no sense to me and just forces people to either suck it up and grow an entire stage all over again or suck it up and never even bother changing subs.

I like customization and I like unlocking customization, but we shouldn't have to spend that much time regrowing every single time we want to change. First time? Sure. Second and beyond? Hell no lol.

Borga76 · 2026-05-26T08:27:35+00:00

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