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Storming Added to Shadowlands Affix Rotation - Skittish & Teeming Possibly Removed?
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22/08/2020 à 02:25
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Squishei
Changes to the Affix Rotation appear to be coming in Shadowlands, with the recently datamined Storming affix being added to the rotation and we speculate that Skittish and Teeming have been removed and replaced by Inspiring and Spiteful.
Shadowlands Affix Rotation
Disclaimer: The speculation below is based on what has been seen and datamined from the Shadowlands Beta so far. It is not confirmed and may change at any time, but based on the data, we can speculate on what this means, if intentional.
Storming Affix Added
After completing a Mythic dungeon on the Shadowlands Build, a normal weekly
Clé mythique
will drop just like on live servers. The
Clé mythique
appears to have been updated to Shadowlands' dungeons.
The Keystones that players have been receiving this week on the Shadowlands Beta have the very unique affix combination of:
Fortifié
Détonant
Tourbillonnant
Obviously,
Tourbillonnant
wasn't present in the BFA affix rotation, considering it's not implemented on the Shadowlands beta yet. However, it is interesting to note that
Tourbillonnant
is listed as the 3rd affix, indicating that it will be a level 7 affix.
Tourbillonnant
- While in combat, enemies periodically summon damaging whirlwinds.
Skittish & Teeming Removed?
On the Shadowlands Mythic+ scrolls vendor, there are scrolls for every Battle for Azeroth affix, except for Teeming and Skittish. This could be nothing, but these are some of the affixes that haven't gotten any changes in the
recent tuning
and are some of the affixes that some players don't find as fun.
Speculation
Alone, that's probably not enough evidence to come to this conclusion, but combine the fact that Storming is added to the rotation and the above affixes are missing on the Keystone vendor and it's a reasonable assumption.
In Battle for Azeroth, there are currently 11 affixes in total, separated into level 4 and level 7.
Level 4
Level 7
Déchaîné
Fébrile
Galvanisant
Volcanique
Sanguin
Nécrotique
Détonant
Explosif
Grouillant
Aggravé
Sismique
Since the affixes are currently on a 12 week rotation, this means that each affix is repeated twice, except two affixes from the Level 4 category are rotated three times. It's been a little weird, but that's how it's worked for the latter half of Battle for Azeroth, hence why they might be changing it coming into Shadowlands.
With 3 new datamined affixes being added to the rotation and the removal of Teeming and Skittish, it would mean an even 12 affixes into the rotation, allowing each affix to be chosen exactly twice in a new rotation. This could just be a coincidence but it does seem a little intentional.
Inspirant
Malveillant
The new affixes could be set up like this with an even 6 in each level. Again, this is only speculation.
Level 4
Level 7
Déchaîné
Tourbillonnant
Galvanisant
Volcanique
Sanguin
Nécrotique
Détonant
Explosif
Inspirant
Aggravé
Malveillant
Sismique
So what will the Shadowlands Affix rotation look like if this is the case? We won't be able to know until many more weeks on the Shadowlands Beta.
Affix Weeks consist of a hand picked Level 4 and a Level 7 affix, paired with Tyrannical or Fortified. Based on the Battle for Azeroth rotation, Blizzard has some general trends that the affixes seem to follow so that things aren't too punishing.
Bursting is never paired with Grievous.
Raging is never paired with Fortified.
Necrotic is never paired with Fortified.
Grievous is never paired with Tyrannical
What do you think -- Are these new datamined affixes going to replace some old ones, or just added? Is this a happy coincidence or intentional? Let us know in the comments below.
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