wow Patch 7.3.5 PTR Dev Notes - Ulduar Timewalking, More

[Starym 3,800]

 

There's a new PTR build up, bringing with it Ulduar Timewalking and an even larger focus on the new 1-100 level scaling mechanics. Blizzard are asking for help in testing the questlines in some specific zones as well, so get on there and test!

Build 25700 (source)

This week, we’ve implemented a new build that primarily brings bugfixes to the PTR. Our biggest focus for testing remains the new level 1-100 zone and dungeon scaling we’re introducing with 7.3.5. This is an extensive change to how loot, quests, and creatures work in the open world, so we continue to look for as much feedback as we can get about how things are working out.

Thank you so much for all of the feedback you’ve provided so far on leveling in Azeroth. We hope you keep the feedback coming, and we’d like to ask you to especially focus some of your testing on the questlines in these specific zones:

 Blade's Edge Mountains
 Duskwood
 Hellfire Peninsula
 Icecrown
 Kun-Lai Summit
 Nagrand
 Storm Peaks
 Terokkar Forest
 Vashj'ir
 Wetlands

Feedback on the difficulty, pacing, and most importantly, any bugs you might find while completing quests in the above zones would be most helpful. Please post your level scaling feedback here.

We now have Ulduar Timewalking available for testing, and it should be available for the next four days or so. Please post Ulduar Timewalking feedback here.

Also, a heads up—We’re planning a scheduled playtest of the new Seething Shore PvP Battleground. Get ready to Play With The Blues on the PTR on Tuesday, December 19 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. PST. The Seething Shore is a 10v10 race to gather Azerite on an island near Silithus, and we hope you’ll be able to join us there and test it thoroughly on Tuesday.

As always, thank you very much for participating in the PTR!

In case you need more info on what's coming with Patch 7.3.5, you can check out our ongoing coverage:

• Alleria & Turalyon Return to Azeroth
• Allied Races Heritage Armor
• Allied Races Mounts in Battle for Azeroth
• Call of the Scarab Micro-Holiday Mounts
• Faction Embassies in Patch 7.3.5
• Highmountain Tauren Druid Forms in Battle for Azeroth
• Development Notes: Build 25600
• Seething Shore Battleground Preview
• New Zones in Patch 7.3.5
• Uninstanced Version of the Nighthold (Allied Races Hub for the Nightborne)
• Zone Scaling & Zone Level Caps in Patch 7.3.5

[Starym 3,800]

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[TheKaiser 0]

What about soloing the new level scaled raids ? I heard, that as a past expansion for soloing it is gonna get downscaled for mount runs and stuff, but is this mechanic now going to get rid of being able to solo run or will you just be downscaled, if you are in a raiding group or if you specifically sign up for timewalking ?

And how will the level scaling affect higher level players ? Because this whole mess of having strong and eliete enemies everywhere, making the world not "feel more hostile", but annoying, like in Legion didn't invite for much world exploration and didn't make it feel like another world, but merely a fight simulator with dragged out fights, that took forever and weren't challenging just very annoying as already mentioned.

[Starym 3,800]

1 hour ago, TheKaiser said:

What about soloing the new level scaled raids ? I heard, that as a past expansion for soloing it is gonna get downscaled for mount runs and stuff, but is this mechanic now going to get rid of being able to solo run or will you just be downscaled, if you are in a raiding group or if you specifically sign up for timewalking ?

And how will the level scaling affect higher level players ? Because this whole mess of having strong and eliete enemies everywhere, making the world not "feel more hostile", but annoying, like in Legion didn't invite for much world exploration and didn't make it feel like another world, but merely a fight simulator with dragged out fights, that took forever and weren't challenging just very annoying as already mentioned.

Afaik they haven't mentioned anything about level scaling raids at all, it's just world and dungeons. Could be wrong tho

[TheKaiser 0]

Hm but will you still be able to go for solo transmogg runs in dungeons when you are max level ?

[Stan 5,240]

9 hours ago, TheKaiser said:

Hm but will you still be able to go for solo transmogg runs in dungeons when you are max level ?

I don't think soloing old content will be affected by the stat squish or zone scaling.

[TheKaiser 0]

16 hours ago, Stan said:

I don't think soloing old content will be affected by the stat squish or zone scaling.

Oh ok thx, but how about the old mythic raids in the future ?

Will they be downscaled so you can do transmogg runs ?