wow New Torghast Video Sneak Peek: Ratings System, New "Affixes" aka Torments, Two Bosses, ILvl Requirements, New Boss and More

[Starym 3,800]

 

We have a great sneak peek into the new Torghast mechanics from Moudi, who managed to accidentally get into the tower before the recent changes Ion Hazzikostas talked about went live! It happened by accident, as the tower has been closed the past 2 weeks on the PTR, but Moudi was doing a quest to talk to the Runecarver and managed to get in anyway!

There's a lot to see in the video, with some changes being exactly what Ion talked about earlier today, but some might also be either bugs or unfinished, and likely to be fixed when the new build hits the PTR (probably also later today). Here's what's covered in the video:

• We see the new star/gem rating system in action.
• New floor looks.
• New affixes aka Torments, with 3 on layer 8 and 6 on layer 12.
  • These range from stats modifiers for players and mobs (+15% physical damage to both players and enemies, +10% damage to enemies if more than 5 of them are within 10 yards) and the bigger ones, more like actual Mythic+ affixes, like Reinforced Doom Conduits, which summons 2 fixed position orbs which send out beams that rotate whenever you engage an elite (basically exactly like Diablo 3's arcane affix).

• Item level requirements for layers 9-12 (200-230).
• There are now 7 floors in regular 1-8 layer runs (and presumably 9-12 as well), with two bosses, one on floor 5 and one on floor 7, with the final boss Moudi ran into being a brand new one. It's possible this is more of a bug and the new layers getting mixed in with the old, however.

Definitely check out the video itself, as there's plenty more to see, especially the visuals for the stuff mentioned above:

Source.

[Bobbis 208]

I suspect the 7 floor thing was a bug, no reason to deviate from 6 in this weird way, and the 2 floors were from the new wing(s). the torments look interesting, will be good to see how they work together. If the 15% phys dmg to all is a torment, be cool to see the blessings, 15% more phys for melee/tanks sounds like a boon, and with no drawback for tanks really. The 2nd one for 5+ enemies do more damage could get nice n spicy though.

 

Side note, why does this guy talk to us like we're 5 and was dropped as babies? I'm not good with streamers at the best of times but that was infuriating...

[Dreamcatcher 66]

I mean this is a step in the right direction but can they add mounts and pets cosmetics as rewards like Mythic+ and Raid and tie it to weekly reward ?

[Starym 3,800]

6 hours ago, Dreamcatcher said:

I mean this is a step in the right direction but can they add mounts and pets cosmetics as rewards like Mythic+ and Raid and tie it to weekly reward ?

I hope that's the plan, I mean they did have 2 toys and a mount in Twisting Corridors so it's obviously on the menu at least. The weekly reward is never going to happen though, they won't add actual loot for Torghast aside from the legendary upgrading.

[Ixa 48]

I'm not really feeling this, because it's got Horrific Visions 2.0 stamped all over it with the 'torments'. If they wanted to add this to TC, then cool? But Idk... putting it in all the maps feels really icky. YMMV and all that, though.