Bastion
Shaman, Priests, and Paladins rejoice! World Boss Valinor, the Light of Eons, has finally spawned In Bastion!
Finally, after so many weeks -- three, technically -- of other World Bosses dropping their guaranteed Legendary Runecarver Memories, it is time for Paladins, Priests, and Shamans to have their week in the sun.
Covenants, the cause of and solution to all of my problems
Now that I have two characters at 60 and have started catching up on Renown -- level 6 today yay -- I'm really coming to realize I had absolutely no idea what I was doing when it came to getting my Covenant systems in place.
Which zone or Covenant has surprised you the most so far? Have your plans changed by leveling?
I admit it: Despite Jellycat existing, I hated Maldraxxus for months.
The Queue: Are we lost?
So yeah, my wife and I finally got to run around in Bastion and even got some Maldraxxus in last night, and we’re both level 55 heading towards the final stretch. Leveling definitely feels less painful this time around, which I think is an excellent thing — I expect when I get to my alts, I might just level them through the questing again, it’s been fun.
Some actual lines from our time playing together include “She’s awfully proud of her job as Death’s mall cop” and “Who would ever want to come here? No one. No one wants to come here, but we’re stuck here so we might as well make the best of the blasted, undead choked hellscape.”
How do you feel about the linear leveling experience in Shadowlands?
It's been a while since we had a linear leveling experience in World of Warcraft, where the game's story took you from Zone A to Zone B with no decision on your part. Warlords of Draenor had a single starting zone for each faction, but you could more or less decide which zone to go to next after that, while Legion and Battle for Azeroth both allowed you to pick and choose which zone you wanted to run.
How much do you care about Covenant balance?
I've seen people discussing Covenants in World of Warcraft's upcoming Shadowlands expansion and how they don't feel like they can choose one based on the aesthetics or storytelling -- the fact that the Covenants add real, tangible power to a character means that they will always be subject to balance issues.
Who is Devos? How did Uther the Lightbringer corrupt the Paragon of Loyalty?
Shadowlands brings back a lot of previous well-known World of Warcraft characters, but there are newly introduced characters to explore, too.
First Shadowlands Afterlives animated short tells the hidden history of Bastion and Uther the Lightbringer
If, like me, you've been wondering how Uther the Lightbringer could have been in Bastion this whole time, and have been at Icecrown Citadel when we first saw Frostmourne, well, it turns out a lot happened to the soul of one of Azeroth's first Paladins.
Uther the Lightbringer — his history on Azeroth and his future in Bastion in the Shadowlands
Uther is the epitome of Paladins, of the Light, of goodness triumphing against evil.
How do you feel about Covenants as endgame play?
When you hit level 60 in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, you will likely be spending a great deal of your time following one of the four Covenants -- doing the storyline quests, leveling up your reputation with them, and so on.
