Is Carapace Spine Crossbow available in Phase 1?

Eladgage-tichondrius · August 19, 2019, 4:24pm

Topic.

According to this:

Carapace Spine Crossbow was added in the dungeon loot update after Dire Maul, which added many rare drops and changed some of the bad uncommons into decent rares for some higher level dungeons.

The crossbow in question will not be available in phase 1.

Ogderawm-proudmoore · August 19, 2019, 4:29pm

You answered your own question there bud!

But really, I dont know. There are several items that are in P1 that were not originally in the game at that time. Warrior quest axe is one of them IIRC, ice barbed spear is another. I really dont know what blizz’s reasoning is for having some “later added catch up weapons” to P1 and not others. shrug

Cabernét-destromath · August 19, 2019, 4:33pm

Yeah, I’m preparing for the worst but hoping to be surprised that they still left some post 1.5 or even some 1.10 stuff in Phase 1.

Ogderawm-proudmoore · August 19, 2019, 4:40pm

I really wish they would leave some of the old items alone with their old abilities, like Invulnerable Mail xD

Eladgage-tichondrius · August 19, 2019, 5:07pm

Well the comment I posted was from a user, not a Blizzard poster. So I’m wondering if there has been any official word for this question. Because it could be interpreted ambiguously.

Thundathys-amanthul · August 19, 2019, 5:14pm

Don’t worry about it tbh.

All it’s going to do is slightly change your pre-raid BiS

Eladgage-tichondrius · August 19, 2019, 5:43pm

Found info that definitively answered my question, for anyone else who is curious:

(Search WoW classic content plan)

We’ll launch Classic with content from original WoW through patch 1.2.x, then the second update will include content that was in original WoW 1.3 and 1.4, the third Classic update will have 1.5 and 1.6 content, and so on.

The crossbow in question was released in 1.4 according to an itemization dot info website.

Ogderawm-proudmoore · August 19, 2019, 6:48pm

Yes, but they are also releasing items that were after those patches in the first phase. They arent consistent in their implementation.

Venger-cenarion-circle · August 19, 2019, 7:02pm

They’re restricting some of the items that were released in later patches due to them being overpowered for earlier patches, however most of the statement revolves around either the dungeons being released in the correct order or the 1.10 itemization change. The Titanic Leggings were one of the examples given of a 1.10 item that will be too overpowered for the earlier phases. If the crossbow was added in 1.4 to a launch dungeon then it will probably be in either phase 1 with the rest of the launch content or phase 2 which is when the 1.4 content is being implemented. I’m pretty sure that only the devs know the specific details at this point.

Classic Content Plan

Along the way, we’ve taken a close look at items that provide the biggest power gains, many of which were introduced in 1.10 as part of a sweeping dungeon itemization pass. That patch was when Tier 0.5 gear was introduced, and Relics were added to the drop tables of many bosses. It also adjusted drop rates and drop locations of a lot of gear (to make room for the Relics). We’ve gone back and reconstructed many of the most heavily affected drop tables as they existed prior to the 1.10 patch, and we’re planning to update the drop tables alongside the Ahn’Qiraj War Effort. Prior to the Ahn’Qiraj unlock, most of the drop rates and locations will look as they did in the patches prior to 1.10, with exceptions—there are lots of little changes made in earlier patches that don’t have a big effect on player power, and in those cases, we’re planning to use the 1.12 drop rates and locations.