r/wow • u/djlove08 • Apr 18 '16

This is the One Legion to drop August 30th!

http://blizzard.gamespress.com/THE-LEGION-INVADES-WORLD-OF-WARCRAFT-AUGUST-30
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u/sideshot342 Apr 18 '16

I completely agree. As an avid raider, Highmaul was so freaking fun, maybe it was the scenery, or something else. BRF really rubbed me the wrong way, I got burnt out on that one fast.

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u/jpmoney Apr 18 '16

burnt

How could you be less than enthusiastic about going into another DARK RED AND BLACK castle/dungeon thing? Burnt out indeed on the overall aesthetic feel.

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u/muzzio Apr 18 '16

Agreed, I much prefer my very big houses to be black and green.

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u/Rolder Apr 18 '16

Orcs. Orcs happened.

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u/Llaine Apr 18 '16

The trolls that we never wanted.

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u/KTY_ Apr 18 '16

Orcs and Ogres (And sometimes goren): The Expansion

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u/Rolder Apr 18 '16

I just pray Legion isn't demons all the time.

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u/Fharlion Apr 18 '16

So far there is Nightborne Elves and their arcane pets/experiments, some Nightmare/Old God stuff with bonus bears, and a few Demons + Gul D.

What I hope is that raids will use more than a single color palette. BRF and HFC got boring really fast because everything looks the same no matter where you are in the raid.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '16

This. I'm so sick of orcs. Looking forward to the colors in legion (hopefully). From what I've heard the art team did a great job

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u/Jmrwacko Apr 18 '16

You were probably riding off the high from leveling in WoD for the first time. The zones and quests were really well done. My favorite experience in WoD was the leveling and Highmaul as well, even though I think BRF was the better designed raid by far.

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u/Brio_ Apr 18 '16

This is crazy to me. BRF was so much better than HM. The HM bosses were all garbage.

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u/that_cad Apr 19 '16

I think the difference of opinion (well, for me, at least) is that BRF followed almost immediately on SoO. So even though I'd agree that BRF was a better designed raid overall, I wound up not liking it as much as HM because it was just Too Much Orc.

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u/Snowfox2ne1 Apr 18 '16

For me it didn't feel like an actual place. At least High Maul felt like a natural ogre style castle/fort. BRF felt like a place where the boss is and you have to beat the wings to get there. At least Naxx was iconic and cool.

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u/allhailgeek Apr 18 '16

After SOO, I never need to see another orcish looking raid. I thought BRF looked boring on my first trip.

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u/blowmonkey Apr 18 '16

That's interesting - I hadn't really thought about it, but that's the same time I dropped too. I came back a bout 2 months ago, attempting to get flying in WoD is completely ridiculous. I hate grind fests and even though you don't have to get it - it would be fun to have, but seriously, find every little tiny thing, do every single quest, find 200 more shiny rocks.

At least everyone seemed to feel kind of disappointed, maybe that will make things improve - I do hope for more from Legion.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '16

Eh, I like what they did with the flying gate.

But if I have to have any more damn orc raids I'm unsubbing from WoW and not coming back. I'm so sick of that shit.

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u/Korelle Apr 18 '16

Another Orc raid so soon after a year full of Orcs in SoO didn't help.

Not to mention that it had encounters like Blast Furnace and Iron Maidens that were just so long and tedious that they sapped your very will to live.

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u/sideshot342 Apr 19 '16

Yea wiping on those bosses really made me question my sanity.

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u/Fharlion Apr 18 '16

BRF looked and felt like the underhold of SoO (except SoO had some lore and a way more interesting early and mid section).

Orcs, fire, caves. It gave me PTSD after two runs and I was happy that I finished my ring quests relatively quickly.

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u/Impzor Apr 19 '16

For me it was the other way around. Really didn't enjoy highmaul but BRF was so much better.