How We Retire Artifact Weapons (7.3.5 Spoilers)

PTR Posted 2017/12/02 at 6:12 PM by perculia

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The sword of Sargeras is poisonin' the very lifeblood of the world.
The only vessels capable o' containin' that kind o' power...
are the mighty weapons you wield.
Raise them up as one.... draw out the corruption from the Dark Titan's blade!
Together, champions! For Azeroth!

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You must acquire the main tint of the Mage Tower Appearance before Legion ends. You do not need to acquire the other tints during Legion in order to get and use them for transmog.

One of the tints of the "Balance of Power" style requires Keystone Master. You must get Keystone Master achievement before Legion ends to unlock and use that specific Balance of Power tint for transmog. You do NOT need to complete Balance of Power before Legion ends for the Mythic tint. If you just have the Mythic achievement during Legion, you can complete Balance of Power after Legion, and the dungeon tint will automatically unlock.

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Comment by avatarofshadowCan we just toss our garrisons in there ?Comment by kpmkwhat happens to the cannon like what is thrall with out doom hammer? how will this fit in the lore?Comment by offspinnerKhadgar - "I have determined that exactly 5,971 Ashbringers must be cast into this crater to heal Azeroth's wound. Fewer will not suffice. Any more would be absurd."

Magni - "Aye."Comment by DarthTagnanLol what a joke. I literally made satire posts saying this was how they were going to do this only they involve Khadgar.
Khadgar: Champion! The Legion's acquired a power capable of wiping out Azeroth and the only thing capable of containing it just so happens to be your artifact!
Me: *Holds Ashbringer close* Get bent, Khadgar...Comment by MakorusYou don't actually lose them.
You just stop using them story-wise.
Jesus christ people.Comment by XanaxusI wonder how many hows players have put into their artifact weapons just to get rid of them for lore sake. Thanks for testing out our game mechanic expirment guys, we want you do now test out and empower three more items for the next expansion, here is your reward for all those AP grinds now, take this T-shirt.Comment by Rokubi01I`d like to ask something. When the new expansion drops and we level our new characters, will they be able to obtain the artifact weapons that we are currently using in Legion so that later we can use the transmog ?Comment by SoeroahI'm surprised how many people are upset about us "throwing our artifacts away after putting so much into them".

It's just like any other piece of gear; at the end of the expansion, better stuff comes out and we replace it. The only difference is we've had the one weapon all expansion and it has some lore behind it.

You didn't put that much more work into it than in previous expansions where you replace and upgrade weapons every raid tier, it was just more spread out and took a bit longer if you, for some reason, wanted to be cutting edge progressed.

I can understand being upset at the lore or the various effects (I want them to make EVERY trait for EVERY spec baked into the class at 111) but being upset at essentially the same thing that happens every expansion in terms of gameplay?Comment by SoeroahI`d like to ask something. When the new expansion drops and we level our new characters, will they be able to obtain the artifact weapons that we are currently using in Legion so that later we can use the transmog ?Comment by vindurzaand all I can say it is better than I expected seriously thought they'd just be thrown to the side like we've done with big plot elements in the past "examples garrosh killing someone for using a mana bomb, bolvar using the lich king powers to stop the scourge not make it stronger, etc" but I am still not a fan especially when it involves destroying one of the biggest horde symbols the doomhammer.Comment by pmkabooAfter the artifacts, the regular weapons will be a huge letdown in many ways. Hope they have some other ways to compensate. Also, I hope we don't need to do the Tower quest for EACH class...because that would be insane.Comment by zknm7They probably get morphed into the new fancy neck piece, wondering what we'll do for weapons after.Comment by zknm7and all I can say it is better than I expected seriously thought they'd just be thrown to the side like we've done with big plot elements in the past "examples garrosh killing someone for using a mana bomb, bolvar using the lich king powers to stop the scourge not make it stronger, etc" but I am still not a fan especially when it involves destroying one of the biggest horde symbols the doomhammer.Comment by genericguy73I have to disagree about Thrall. Who else but Illidan has killed a pit lord by himself in Warcraft lore.
Another (minor) concern - when we give up our weapons, do we get demoted from Highlord, deathlord, grandmaster, etc.? Probably should happen as a dose of reality since we can't all be king.Comment by Jader13Uh, no, we can't ASSUME that the Wound is changing in 7.3.5. We KNOW it's changing to this.Comment by Random771452that makes sense for weapons used by goody two shoes classes like paladins, holy priests and druids. But the shadow priest weapon, all lock weapon, DH and DK weapons? Healing? Containing? What?Comment by Random771452when we give up our weapons, do we get demoted from Highlord, deathlord, grandmaster, etc.?Comment by N0083rP00Fwhen we give up our weapons, do we get demoted from Highlord, deathlord, grandmaster, etc.?Comment by KurtosisRegarding the last paragraph on artifact appearances, don't you also have to have to unlock the hidden PvP tint as well (win 10 rated BG's after unlocking the Mage Tower appearance)? I thought that part was going to become unavailable after Legion too.Comment by SoeroahRegarding the last paragraph on artifact appearances, don't you also have to have to unlock the hidden PvP tint as well (win 10 rated BG's after unlocking the Mage Tower appearance)? I thought that part was going to become unavailable after Legion too.

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