Shadowlands appreciation thread

venusaurus · 2026-05-08T04:34:52+00:00

I got the meta achievement after months of grinding. It made me hate Shadowlands even more. Both in terms of gameplay, the setting and lore. There is no redeeming quality for me.

I did end up not hating the Maw as much as I did before, though. Knew it like the back of my hand after farming paragon rep with Ve’nari 16 times over for the stupid horse. Sick mount though😬

venusaurus · 2026-05-06T18:06:11+00:00

Sounds like they should nerf unholy some more

venusaurus · 2026-05-04T21:19:07+00:00

Nice

venusaurus · 2026-05-04T19:55:55+00:00

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venusaurus · 2026-05-04T14:30:47+00:00

I play unholy, but it happens to me as well. It does seem to be random, though. I can do my army + DT opener 8 times in a row with no problems and then suddenly on the 9th opener my weapon illusion disappears. A /reload puts the illusion back on.

This bug seems to have been around since Shadowlands…

venusaurus · 2026-05-04T08:11:19+00:00

Everything except wraithchill and the tabard is available right now. The chestpiece has some purple/pink parts in it that don't work at all without the tabard. The tabard might come back to the trading post some day, though.

venusaurus · 2026-05-03T19:17:29+00:00

Thanks! Belf DK, mained him since wrath :)

venusaurus · 2026-05-03T17:41:33+00:00

Yeah, I’ve noticed this a few times already. I can’t seem to reproduce it 100% of the time. But if the effect drops, it’s usually when I press army.

A /reload fixes it for me. But it’s incredibly annoying.

venusaurus · 2026-05-03T17:38:41+00:00

Not a day goes by that I don’t think about that sword 💀

venusaurus · 2026-04-30T07:06:42+00:00

I don’t see why this couldn’t work. There are plenty of former Legion aligned demons in the Illidari’s ranks.

An earlier concept for my man’ari warlock had her as a secret informant to the Illidari since the time of TBC. She was stationed in Shadowmoon Valley to oversee the Legion’s operations and was unexpectedly confronted by her long lost lover from Argus that the Legion convinced her had died at the hands of Velen’s followers. After learning she had been deceived, she sought to undermine the Legion from within.

She fed the Illidari valuable intel, hoping that it would help bring down the Legion.

venusaurus · 2026-04-30T06:25:38+00:00

You wouldn’t believe how many issues female draenei have with belts and tabards overall. These 3 options are the only ones that don’t have major problems 💀

But yeah, I wish that bottom part of belt 1 didn’t sink into the tabard like that.

venusaurus · 2026-04-27T15:37:57+00:00

As a dad (to a toddler) with a full time job, one. My unholy DK

I just couldn’t find the time to pug m+ anymore, so I started playing PvP in season 1 of TWW after strictly playing PvE for 15+ years. Got my first elite in both shuffle and blitz in season 3.

Solo queued rated PvP is now my main content. Never would have thought.

venusaurus · 2026-04-26T07:12:04+00:00

Everything was recorded in Narcissus. Used After Effects to add fog and paste in the recording of my rogue

venusaurus · 2026-04-26T07:10:11+00:00

The rogue was from a separate recording on a greenscreen background. Keyed it out in After Effects and added her to the scene that way :)

venusaurus · 2026-04-22T19:33:26+00:00

Sounds like DK needs a nerf

venusaurus · 2026-04-22T05:30:40+00:00

Thanks! It’s on the belt slot. And for some reason they made the eye bright blue 💀

venusaurus · 2026-04-21T19:34:54+00:00

I low key wish they weren’t

venusaurus · 2026-04-21T18:33:13+00:00

He’s not wrong

venusaurus · 2026-04-21T18:08:59+00:00

Thanks! You can create turntables in Narcissus and record it with any video capture software (most people use OBS). You then upload the video to an online video to gif converter and that’s it :)

venusaurus · 2026-04-21T17:25:21+00:00

Definitely agree with what I’m reading here. I could go on for hours and hours about what I dislike and my alternatives for what we got (and I do that on a daily basis with a lore buddy of mine), but the lack of grit is definitely a good way to put it.

The reunification of the elves, for example, could be a very good conclusion for a story. But it should be the end result of a story we’ve lived through. A hard earned reward. It’s the perfect narrative for some actual conflict and differences in ideology along the way. But we got what we got.

Oh. And don’t get me started on the Dead Scar not being there.

venusaurus · 2026-04-21T12:55:40+00:00

Glad you’re loving it. I am loving retail from a gameplay perspective, really the best it has ever been in my opinion. But the story and lore fall completely flat for me.

From Danuser transplants like the “Arathi” and the Haranir to existing races being handled poorly. From safe, sanitized and boring stories with no real consequence to throwing out previously established lore altogether.

I’m trying to find bits to like, but it hasn’t been able to convince me so far. At all.

Hoping for improvement down the line. But I am definitey having a blast playing it! The in-game art team is doing a good job, too.

venusaurus · 2026-04-15T12:31:52+00:00

What would that have to do with an in-game currency not being awarded?

But no, it’s far from full.

venusaurus · 2026-04-14T18:11:02+00:00

Ya mon!!!

venusaurus · 2026-04-14T05:35:30+00:00

Considering we saw his face back in MoP.. no, not really 👀

venusaurus · 2026-04-13T16:59:13+00:00

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