Shadowlands 9.1 PTR Build 38627 Recap - More Covenant Legendaries & Interview with Sloot

PTR Posted 2021/05/17 at 1:00 PM by Archimtiros

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Priest Covenant Legendaries Discovered: Two of the Priest covenant legendaries have been revealed, with the other two datamined.

Warlock Covenant Legendaries Datamined: All four Warlock covenant legendaries have been datamined, but are still unconfirmed.

Hunter Covenant Legendaries Datamined: Three of the four Hunter covenant legendaries have been datamined, but are still unconfirmed.

Shaman Covenant Legendaries Datamined: The Venthyr and Night Fae Shaman covenant legendaries have been datamined, but are still unconfirmed.

Sanctum of Domination Raid Updates

Painsmith Raznal & The Nine: Testing on the PTR reveals some interesting mechanics for the Painsmith Raznal and The Nine encounters.

Sylvanas & Her Val'kyr: The Nine encounter starts off with some special dialogue between Sylvanas and her Val'kyr.

Encounter Journal Changes: The 9.1 Encounter Journal has been updated with some new encounter mechanics.

Dungeon Updates

Tazavesh First Look: We get our first look at the Shadowlands Mega-Dungeon - Tazavesh, the Veiled Market, located in the space between Revendreth and Ardenweald.

New Loading Screens: Brand new loading screens for Sanctum of Domination and Tazavesh, the Veiled Market.

Torghast Updates

Conduit & Socket Upgrades from Torghast: The Adamant Vaults bonus floor of Torghast will be one of several ways of gaining Season 2 Socket & Conduit Upgrades!

Reputation & Zone Updates

Catch-up Gear with Stygia : Stygia can be used to purchase item level 200 gear.

Korthia Gear: Additional gear can be obtained from daily quests within Korthia, upgradeable to item level 233.

Socket & Conduit Upgrades: Season 2 Conduit and Socket upgrades can be obtained from a new faction in Korthia, the Archivist's Codex.

The Archivist's Codex: The Archivist's Codex is a semi-unique reputation which uses Ranks instead of normal standings.

Story & Lore Updates

Astarii Starseeker: Upon completing the Chains of Domination storyline, Night Fae players can return to the Heart of the Forest and trigger a small event with Astarii Starseeker.

Model Updates

Sylvanas Quiver & Tryande Model Updates: Sylvanas has a new model which includes the her Ranger quiver, while Tyrande's new model has brightly glowing eyes.

Transmog Updates

Covenant Mounts and Transmog Rewards: New Renown Rewards have been found, unlocking two new mounts and two transmog tints for each Covenant.

Misc updates

Win 10 ARM64 Support: Shadowlands now has support for Windows 10 ARM64, allowing World of Warcraft to run on various advanced mobile devices.

Sunshaft & Glare Options: New global strings identify video options for sunshaft and glare envrionment lighting.

Interview with Morgan Day

Interview Live Coverage: Sloot conducted an interview with Lead Game Designer Morgan Day, covering a wide variety of community questions and concerns.

Soul Ash Catch Up: The amount of Soul Ash obtained per Torghast run will increase by 50%, with repeat runs also rewarding Soul Ash for catch up purposes.

Sanctum BoE's: Sanctum of Domination will have less BoE drops, covering three equipment slots instead of four.

Renown Catch Up: There will be a catch up system allowing players to reach 40 renown quickly and start in on new content sooner.

Torghast Leveling: Torghast leveling won't be coming in 9.1, but the idea has been well received and could easily make it into a .5 patch.

Comment by NeusiokHas there been any lore or current in game discussion with the Brokers and a relationship with Ethereals?Comment by RenoxyIt is still an orbital joke that Rogues literally received no changes at all in PvE. They want to bring Outlaws into pvp when there is a literally one shot spec for that. Who the hell would take Outlaw over Sub for pvp hello? RTB is still in the game, what a joke, that mastery is beyond trash and still in game since Cataclysm.. I mean Blizzard wake up already and bring back combat rogue. We dont even need damage changes or buffs at all, just either remove RTB totally or just take it off GCD. Same goes for Blade Flurry, just take it off of GCD and remove their energy costs and the class would be flawless.. Well, but I guess we have to deal with this until 10.0. :)Comment by ParnassMonk exists Blizzard, just saying.Comment by DiehexeMonk exists Blizzard, just saying.Comment by 528074It is still an orbital joke that Rogues literally received no changes at all in PvE. They want to bring Outlaws into pvp when there is a literally one shot spec for that. Who the hell would take Outlaw over Sub for pvp hello? RTB is still in the game, what a joke, that mastery is beyond trash and still in game since Cataclysm.. I mean Blizzard wake up already and bring back combat rogue. We dont even need damage changes or buffs at all, just either remove RTB totally or just take it off GCD. Same goes for Blade Flurry, just take it off of GCD and remove their energy costs and the class would be flawless.. Well, but I guess we have to deal with this until 10.0. :)Comment by hamhelth213Has there been any lore or current in game discussion with the Brokers and a relationship with Ethereals?Comment by bl00dflyIt is still an orbital joke that Rogues literally received no changes at all in PvE. They want to bring Outlaws into pvp when there is a literally one shot spec for that. Who the hell would take Outlaw over Sub for pvp hello? RTB is still in the game, what a joke, that mastery is beyond trash and still in game since Cataclysm.. I mean Blizzard wake up already and bring back combat rogue. We dont even need damage changes or buffs at all, just either remove RTB totally or just take it off GCD. Same goes for Blade Flurry, just take it off of GCD and remove their energy costs and the class would be flawless.. Well, but I guess we have to deal with this until 10.0. :)Smoke BombComment by EridianA lot of the nonsense is going away with new talents. Combat / Outlaw is also deadly if people know what they are doing. Assassination puts out just as much pressure as us Subtlety rogues and now with Hemotoxin will be even more wicked. All the gimmicky flavor things are going away for us Subtlety so lots of people are going to jump ship. Master Assassin received some serious tuning (good) so the "one shot" nonsense will be better controlled. A One shot is fel-reaver kicking you in the booty hole back in BC, this trendy word has spread a lot of nonsense over the years and needs to chill out. Cold blood is gone now too and I'm cool with that as well as the nerfed Dagger in the Dark has been live for weeks (only a tooltip was updated for ptr notes).

We don't need any crazy buffs, we don't need any changes. We are all performing similarly but with different strengths and that is all that any actual rogue should want.Comment by Rose1969the torgats curse/bless thing just makes me want to do torgast even less.bad blizz, bad.Comment by ArchimtirosIt is still an orbital joke that Rogues literally received no changes at all in PvE. They want to bring Outlaws into pvp when there is a literally one shot spec for that. Who the hell would take Outlaw over Sub for pvp hello? RTB is still in the game, what a joke, that mastery is beyond trash and still in game since Cataclysm.. I mean Blizzard wake up already and bring back combat rogue. We dont even need damage changes or buffs at all, just either remove RTB totally or just take it off GCD. Same goes for Blade Flurry, just take it off of GCD and remove their energy costs and the class would be flawless.. Well, but I guess we have to deal with this until 10.0. :)Sub got a bunch of tuningComment by verossatosMonk exists Blizzard, just saying.Comment by BlackSackclothThis is wow. Around and round it goes. Every expansion.Comment by RenoxyI mean you might have misunderstood me, I don’t want rogues to get buffed here, because they are in a decent spot. All I wanted to say is that it would be a great thing to have Blade Flurry / RTB off of gcd and no energy cost. Although I’d be happy with a new mastery aswell…