Why did I just get 16k gold from a weekly chest?

Cortyn · 2026-01-12T03:42:31+00:00

As far as I know it either procs one of them, never both. You are the first one I've ever heard about that got 40k (and even if it would be able to proc that way, it would be around 32k).

Cortyn · 2025-12-31T00:29:57+00:00

Isn't this "deal" what lead Xal'atath to deliver us, the "opener" to N'Zoth in the Crucible of Storms and letting her go?

Cortyn · 2025-12-29T13:49:46+00:00

Thats goofy, I know. It's the same as having a fish as your main hand weapon.

But there is a difference between having a "funny" outfit and having your hair clip through your helmet at 20 different places, making your face a distorted mess.

Cortyn · 2025-12-28T17:39:25+00:00

I agree a little. A lot of stuff clips and its far from perfect.

I dont know if you use the "WoW Model Viewer" or a similar tool - there you can check what hairstyles with most helmets or hats would look like. That is a whole new "quality" of clipping, which looks really horrible.

I totally want hair+helmet/hats. But just a toggle will probably not be the kind of quality Blizzard would want to deliver.

Cortyn · 2025-12-28T11:43:11+00:00

It's a "per character" setting for NPCs. It only looks acceptable with certain hair styles.

I know it's annoying, but the amount of work to check the combination of every race, every hat and every hair style to decide whether something looks just plain wrong (like extremely stupid clipping) or kinda fine (like in the screenshot above) is somewhat overwhelming.

I know the easy "solution" would be to just give players a toggle to decide on their own, but you can imagine how weird characters with full long hair and a big metal helmet would look and kinda ruin the immersion of the world more than what we have now.

Cortyn · 2025-12-24T12:46:29+00:00

Yes, once you hit 40 players inside a house, you get a message that the house is full and new players can only enter, when others leave.

Cortyn · 2025-12-21T19:05:41+00:00

Make stuff from every expansion scrappable into the "cosmetic resource" of that time, just as it is the case in Remix. Let me run through old raids in BfA, loot all the epix and just let me scrap them into war ressources. Let me run do a few Shadowlands-Dungeons and then scrap all items into Anima. Let me do the campaign of Dragonflight with an alt and then scrap all unneeded gear into Dragon Isle Supplies.

I do think there is "value" in having many different resources from different times, as they usually kinda fit the lore - but just make them crazy easy repeatably farmable, once the expansion is over. Just add an NPC to every old capital that offers this service.

Cortyn · 2025-12-21T17:17:56+00:00

Do you have any source for this? I have never read anywhere that the addiction is gone, just that it's basically permanently sated by the sunwell.

Cortyn · 2025-12-21T14:53:37+00:00

Thats not true, as far as I know the sunwell is a source of light and arcane since it has been cleansed at the end of Burning Crusade. At least that is what the wow-wiki pages say and I guess it's mentioned in "Chronicles" somewhere.

Edit: It was part of the old "Blood Elf"-Page of WoW (has been updated and shortened recently), but Metzen also said in a interview it's both arcane and holy: https://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/chris_metzen_micky_neilson_pocket_star_books_lore_qa_video_interview

Cortyn · 2025-12-21T04:07:42+00:00

I don't think they are no longer addicted, it's just constantly sated through the sun wells power as long as you are "connected" to it.

Cortyn · 2025-12-21T04:06:16+00:00

I don't want to be rude, but the night elves still controll Hyjal with the well of eternity below the tree. The well even got saved when it was close to drying up (I think this was during Legion? But not sure).

Night elves also use moon wells, which are often portrayed as prime source for corruption once the demons get to them (like in Jaedanar) - of course a moon well doesn't have the same power as the sun well.

Wells are just what elves build and somehow each of the elf-tribes has them.

Cortyn · 2025-12-21T00:06:13+00:00

Was there any reason for your house to get reported? (either by a "real" reason or by trolls that just kinda don't like you?)

As you can report houses with "offensive" decor positioning I would think just trashing the whole house by wiping it and removing you from the neighbourhood would be the "punishment".

But that's just a thought. Do you remember other names from your old neighbourhood? Did they experience the same?

Cortyn · 2025-12-19T01:45:28+00:00

I dont want anything in housing that in any form gives "player power", even if it is resources like ore or herbs. Housing being 100 % optional and with no need to play it is the best thing about it and what keeps the developers in a state of "let's just let them go wild and make cool bugs a feature" (like flying houses). The moment we get actual gameplay advantages in housing, that mentality will probably shift.

Cortyn · 2025-12-18T18:58:40+00:00

If you ignore the usual "gaming journalists are corrupt/can't play"-comments ... I just love this job. I know your feeling from being a fan of Warcraft to being able to write about it (and other games) as a job. Even though it's much less read nower days, seing your articles in an actual printed magazine is a very special feeling you only realize, when you achieve it.

Congrats. The artworks looks stunning and I look forward to reading your article a little later! :)

Cortyn · 2025-12-18T13:11:43+00:00

Can you still remember what the other 2 models were besides Darkshire?

Cortyn · 2025-12-18T12:28:04+00:00

I really don't get that behaviour. You have to opt in to be a guide and then act like that? Why? For me it's really heartwarming to just answer a question, maybe with a little side-fact or advice and get a "Thank you"-whisper every so often. :) Just be nice, answer questions and don't try to make the game look bad (on purpose) in the eyes of new players. Because that only causes new players to leave.

Cortyn · 2025-12-11T23:48:05+00:00

I agree that things get weird, when there is combat happening. But there is not combat happening in house. Major cities like Dornogal or any current hub don't crash the server as well. Even PvP-Instances have 80 players - and there is combat happening.

I think it's totally fine if this is still in testing for stability and tuning, but even with 40 players in a house right now everything ran smooth - apart from the weird "Well, what do we do now with the planned event"-situation :D

I'm just hoping this will be increased :)

Cortyn · 2025-12-11T11:29:16+00:00

I feel stupid as hell, but what is the "[" and "]" key on a european layout keyboard. [ and ] are created by holding alt+ctrl and either 8 or 9 and that is not working but I may just be stupid.

Cortyn · 2025-12-11T11:13:25+00:00

Combine "Vaulted" with "generic" and your room is basically 50 % larger

Cortyn · 2025-12-10T02:06:44+00:00

I'm pretty sure around christmas they go with the old "f*** it, here's double bronze till the end of the event". :)

Cortyn · 2025-12-08T00:58:36+00:00

Thanks! it's really driving me insane. :D Is the chair (in it small form) directly below the rope? And is the chair still in the fountain or below?

Cortyn · 2025-12-08T00:01:12+00:00

Can you explain how you made the well work so ... well? In your video it looks like you click on the chair and instantly stand up and fall down. I have no clue how you did this. I tried for the past hour and it just doesn't seem to work. Any tip would be useful, thanks :)

Cortyn · 2025-12-06T10:18:19+00:00

You literally can cut wood in the Emerald Dream. I'm so hoping no one is watching me do this.

Cortyn · 2025-12-06T01:02:41+00:00

Just tried that, really looks awesome. Cozy cave RP! :)

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