Patch 9.1 in World of Warcraft came out this week. I've been going to some lengths to avoid spoilers, so it was pretty much all new to me.
It looks like it is continuing the Shadowlands max level content strategy of having several areas of content with separate currencies, and the bulk of the rewards coming from weekly quests. I like this strategy a lot, and the resulting pacing, so I'm happy that 9.1 continues with it.
The new story line still isn't that good, but it's serviceable, I guess. We'll see if Blizz manages to improve in the next few chapters.
The new zone, Korthia, is interesting. It's not as bleak as the Maw, but still kind of drab. So far the quests seem okay. It feels a lot like Rustbolt from BfA. Though there seem to be a lot of unusual complaints on Reddit. Today everyone was complaining that doing one daily where you had to pick up some animal was impossible. I logged in and it seemed perfectly reasonable to me.
I did try level 9 of Torghast solo. I scored 2 out 5, but I died twice. If I hadn't died, it would have been 3/5. I guess I need to go faster to get the better scores. But then there's also this Deck of Many Things which boosts you as you fill it out. Probably end up like Horrible Visions where it gets significantly easier to score higher as you fill out the talent tree.
All in all, Patch 9.1 looks good so far. Nothing really stands out, but it continues the steady pace. I'm looking forward to the new raid and dungeon.
There was a hotfix for that quest announced, I had finished it and it seemed fine but my guildie had done it a few hours earlier and was very upset that he didn't get it done during his entire lunch break.
ReplyDeleteHmm. Maybe I did it after the hotfix then. Oh well, these sorts of small issues get sorted very quickly, and don't seem to be worth the amount of angst you see online.
DeleteKorthia is indeed Mechagon 2.0, with visitor quests, respawning rares and treasures, and tons of junk to litter your bags. Not as convenient without flight, however.
ReplyDeleteI don't think flight is really necessary in Korthia. It's very compact and events spawn near you a lot, and seem to repeat fairly frequently. Maybe if it turns out like Mechagon where there were a couple (Rustfeather) which you wanted to camp and had longer spawn timers.
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