Shadowlands Patch 9.2 Systems Roundup - Everything We Know So Far About Tier Gear, Legendaries and Class Changes

PTR Posted 2021/11/16 at 9:30 AM by Squishei

Patch 9.2 Interviews

Gamerbraves Interview with Steve Danuser and Morgan Day

Inven Interview with Steve Danuser and Morgan Day

Buffed with John Hight and Jeremy Feasel

Millenium with Ion Hazzikostas and Sara Wons

Everything About Tier Sets in Patch 9.2

Has 2 set and 4 set bonuses. These set bonuses will " fun and unique benefits for a certain playstyle" and are trying to get rotations to become more fresh and unique.

Raiders will get their sets more quickly than everyone else from Bosses in the Raid.

If you don't raid, you will still be able to interact with the system through the Cypher system on Zereth Mortis, which will eventually unlock the Forge of Creation system.
This system allows you to earn a new currency, and spending it will allow you to take any item of appropriate item level and upgradable and turn it into a Tier set piece.

This allows all players to engage with the Tier system.

Progenitor Tier AppearancesLeft to Right: Shaman, Rogue, Monk, DK, Priest, DruidLeft to Right: Hunter, Warrior, DH, Mage, Warlock, PaladinEverything About Legendaries in Patch 9.2Double Legendary

This will not be available at the start of the Patch and needs to be unlocked from the Cypher of the First ones system on Zereth Mortis.

When equipping two Legendaries, one of them must be the Covenant Legendary, and the other Legendary can be anything.

This unlock is account-wide.

Torghast No Longer Required

Legendaries can be upgraded to a higher item level once again.

The currency that is needed to upgrade Legendaries will also come from Zereth Mortis, leaving Torghast as completely optional.

Torghast will get new mounts and new appearance rewards, with a difficulty increase with new mechanics and enemy types.

Sepulcher of the First Ones Raid

There are 11 bosses in the raid:
This includes Anduin (8th boss) and the jailer Zovaal (11th boss).

Other bosses include the forces of the Jailer, Dreadlords, an Algalon=-like being called the Consular.

The following week, all 11 bosses are available on Normal, Heroic and Mythic.

Class Changes

There are no plans to change soulbinds in Patch 9.2. They will still function.

Updates to Conduits are coming.

Solo Queue PvP Brawl: Solo Shuffle

It's a 3v3 arena where players will fight in every possible combination (assuming one healer on each side).

They want to see if it's a feature they can permanently add.

Holinka tweetZereth MortisZone Progression

There are seven stages of content unlocks.

Content includes World Quests and Daily Quests.

Cypher of the First Ones

As you upgrade the Cypher of First Ones, you'll eventually be able to translate some of the unknown language that appears everywhere, including on text boxes.

Progression unlocks include:
The ability to equip two Legendaries

The ability to fly in Zereth Mortis.

Unlock the Forge of Creation system, which allows you to craft Tier Set pieces.

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Comment by corvettesloverFirst! Haha can’t wait to read about what’s coming next!Comment by sztruksik1Interesting changes, can't wait for solo queueComment by swords4twoNice!Comment by coolfreezerI bet Arthas will be present at (or be) boss 9 or 10. Or maybe he will play a role in a possibel Jailer mythic-only phaseComment by Dejo93Liking these changea so far
As for the Tier set looks, the Cloth is rather disappointingComment by LanduskLiking this so far, and Hey I Hear you can fly in this zone It all bad here.Comment by SilentStorm182I really hope that the gating on crafting a second legendary won't be to bad, ideally before the raid opens up. But if it is the only "System" that has player power realated to it than 9.2 has some promise to itComment by IgniDo we know if there are new Legendaries or Conduits?

In order to forge a brand new Legendary in 9.2, will we still need Soul Cinders and Soul Ash?Comment by deathgoddkI would love to see arthas to come in the raidComment by Rhyneyan Algalon=-like being called the Consular.speciestellarComment by ervingreyLove the idea of learning a new language over time and text becoming clearer over the weeks as you get better at it — what a great RPG element to have!Comment by GilbieI bet Arthas will be present at (or be) boss 9 or 10. Or maybe he will play a role in a possibel Jailer mythic-only phaseComment by Stalker92We can be sure as hell that if players won't kill Anduin, Zovaal will do it, so Turalyon can take over leadership in the Alliance

And actually I hope so. Then we could expect probably the first time when the Alliance starts another pointless at this point in history faction war, that most probably will turn into another war with another cosmic threat (you know, Alleria, Sunwell, Void. This definitely asks for ripping open a portal for Void Lords into reality).Comment by nyubeFrom what it seems from the video and the images, Zereth Mortis seems like a pretty big zone! From what I understand it should be of the same size as Nazjatar, but maybe it looks even bigger, and I like that it has different biomes! Two things I hated of Korthia were the very small size of it and its poor variety of environments, so I really look forward to this!Comment by theslidersYou had me until the new system. I'm done with systems and as long as you keep adding new ones I will not resub. I miss playing but I don't miss the stupid systems.Comment by Elle-Comment by Xmenttora lot of classes have cool synergies when equipping double legendary. It'll be a shame to have it strict with covenant's legendary only.Comment by VelkhanCorvHunter set made me quitComment by FroschlampiWhoever is responsible for this skins deserves a medal. /iComment by Raven1172You had me until the new system. I'm done with systems and as long as you keep adding new ones I will not resub. I miss playing but I don't miss the stupid systems.

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