On This Day: World of Warcraft Patch 8.3: Visions of N'Zoth was released 2 Years Ago

Live Posted 2022/01/14 at 3:26 PM by Paryah

Patch 8.3: Visions of N'ZothBattle for AzerothWrathionNew Raid: Ny’alotha, the Waking City

Delve into where nightmares dwell in Ny’alotha, the Waking City, a 12-boss raid set in the Void-shrouded heart of the ancient Black Empire. Confront mad heralds and inscrutable horrors, and ultimately go eye-to-eyes with N’Zoth himself in a fateful battle for Azeroth’s survival.

Maut

Shad'har the Insatiable

Drest'agath

Il'gynoth

Carapace of N'Zoth

N'Zoth

M+ Affix: AwakenedAwakenedAllied RacesAssaults in Uldum and Pandaria

The Old God N’Zoth has been freed from his titanwrought prison, unleashing destruction and terror across Azeroth. N’Zoth’s forces are gathered to lay siege on the titan facilities in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms. If these ancient defenses are ruined, N’Zoth will turn his nightmare visions into reality.

Horrific Visions of N'zothCorrupted Gear, Essences, and the Legendary CloakAshjra'kamas, Shroud of ResolveDeepwind Gorge Battleground

And more...

Preordering Shadowlands allowed a player to create a Death Knight of any race.

The Auction House got an overhaul, making both buying and selling significantly easier.

New Brawl: Teeming Islands, a large scale 10v10 PvP Island Expedition on the Havenswood and Jorundall islands.

New Pet Battle Dungeon: Blackrock Depths.

Mage Tower bear form got its own /dance animation.

New Heritage Armor: Worgen and Goblin.

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Comment by MetalchicOh god its already been that long? The years really do start coming and they don't stop coming.Comment by KaesorOh god its already been that long? The years really do start coming and they don't stop coming.Comment by Raynurui have to say. The Allied Races were the only good thing BFA brought us.
To bad they skipped one in 8.3.5 and that N'zoth was not used to give us an Old God expansion...
Heck BFA should have been all about the War of Horde and Alliance
Then after that a Naga Expansion
After that Black Empire
and then Shadowlands..
but now..had to cram three potential Addons all into one..and lackluster at that...
Still i do enjoy my Vulpera Shaman, wish we could have gotten more Allied Races..
Ogers, Hozen, Jinyu, Arrakoa, Sethrak, Mogu....
Taunka..Tuskar..
*sigh*Comment by PassionButtAs bad as the patch was when it started out, if you actually committed yourself to getting the corruptions you wanted, BfA was actually fun in the end.Comment by wtfmangBFA and Wod > ShadowlandsComment by OldGrommMy top 3 things I hated about this patch:

Having to go to warmode while doing the Vale/Uldum daily quests because it drops more coalescing visions. If you wanted to upgrade your cape as fast as possible and/or you failed an attempt or two early on, you were required to do this.

Getting azerite power when doing a bonus roll. I'm ok with getting AP on a boss fight in addition to a piece of loot, but that was just insulting.

The paranoia mechanic in the N'zoth boss fight. I'm ok with boss mechanics that require me to act on my own correctly. However, this mechanic is attaching a debuff on two random players, and they're each expected to group up instantly or else suffering a sanity loss. Meanwhile, everyone else has to get out of the way. How exactly is this a proof of skill? Between this and having to learn a route as a tank for Psychus made N'zoth a terrible boss to pug, and even in a regular group. (I do respect any mythic players who managed to get the kill on him for that reason though, moreso than any of the Shadowlands bosses)

Comment by ZtinktoofBest patch ever. No cap.Comment by CalphrichamI'm glad I'm not the only one who likes these patches.Comment by Lostsinclair2 years later and mechagnomes are still the ugliest thing to grace WoW. The only tolerating factor of their entire existence is the blocked out armor slots that can open the door for other races with similarly non humanoid bodies.Comment by DairboiWhere 9.2Comment by ElyrionVisions of N'Zoth was a pretty cool patch after they added skips to the storylines and account-wide essences. Corruption was a very interesting system and it was funny to watch how creative some people were. Also, Awekended was the best M+ affix ever!Comment by dabone1337My top 3 things I hated about this patch:

Having to go to warmode while doing the Vale/Uldum daily quests because it drops more coalescing visions. If you wanted to upgrade your cape as fast as possible and/or you failed an attempt or two early on, you were required to do this.
Getting azerite power when doing a bonus roll. I'm ok with getting AP on a boss fight in addition to a piece of loot, but that was just insulting.
The paranoia mechanic in the N'zoth boss fight. I'm ok with boss mechanics that require me to act on my own correctly. However, this mechanic is attaching a debuff on two random players, and they're each expected to group up instantly or else suffering a sanity loss. Meanwhile, everyone else has to get out of the way. How exactly is this a proof of skill? Between this and having to learn a route as a tank for Psychus made N'zoth a terrible boss to pug, and even in a regular group. (I do respect any mythic players who managed to get the kill on him for that reason though, moreso than any of the Shadowlands bosses)

Unlike most others, I was ok with corruptions. It had some interesting risk/reward dynamics to it at the very least. And the vendor, while not offering every corruption at all times, did gave us the option to customize our builds.Comment by ymarinovIs there any1 who wants to have that information? or some1 finding this "back to the past jump" useful? funny?Comment by kabookiejoeI miss you Twilight DevastationComment by ShadockAll the ideas about what Ny’alotha / N’zoth “could’ve been” aside, I still enjoyed seeing N’zoth’s influence and his mechanics. To this day I still like to recite his lines with that deep voice.

While Ny’alotha could’ve indeed been a separate area, I find it kind of cool and fitting that it’s rather an insane dimension of the real world. I thought Visions and their progression systems were really cool, and actually felt challenging to the right amount by allowing you to control how challenging you wanted it to be.

Awakened in my opinion was a game changing affix that I really enjoyed. I still think it was the best one so far. The dungeons in this season definitely felt completely different than other seasons even though they are the same dungeons. Same for PvP, it was a completely unique season.

I actually liked the corruption mechanic. I’m sad that it’s disabled now. It sucks that some RNG elements made the experience worse for a lot of players, but I really loved the concept of it and the creative possibilities you could achieve by balancing risk & reward.

I’ll be honest, I didn’t even mind the N’zoth cinematic. I agree that there could’ve been a narrative with story progression within the cutscene, but I was OK with this being the conclusion too. Plus, it was cool to have a big moment where the Heart of Azeroth shows it’s power, channeled directly from within the core of the planet itself.

All in all, while not everyone might agree on how good the patch was for their taste, I think most can agree that it was definitely a memorable one.Comment by MikhailovI miss you Twilight DevastationComment by kabookiejoeI miss you Twilight DevastationComment by BreskettoI think you're right about BFA should be only about conflict between Horde and Aliance, but Azhara and Ny'alotha have to be in one addon for story integrity. And Shadowlands... I guess it's not what we should have gotten in the first place...Comment by couchpotato2013Unironically send me back to that time. I loved WoW from 8.2 through 8.3. After all the stalled out quality of life changes in the earlier patches, they finally dropped a big meaty patch for 8.2 and then expanded it with 8.3. Had plenty of reasons to login then, chiefly because of the rank 4 essence grind for azeroth’s champion. Which even though I failed cause I going from melee dps to pvp healer (guess which class) would have been the easiest path given the healer’s dominance in pvp cause of ineffable truth, it still was just a big jump. However I wouldn’t trade the failure for anything, enjoyed my time in this patch.

Just a shame they waited until hall of fame closed to finally start putting the much asked QoL in the game. I can’t imagine how much better BFA’s patches would have felt had all the stuff been upfronted. Would have loved to finish up the fire mage/destro lock I was trying to get started on.

Also where the hell have 2 years gone. My time awareness is already so poor that covid happening just trashed it completely.Comment by AarkanDid that Island brawl ever happen? I don’t remember seeing that in game

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