Lothos Riftwaker

[Therrah-aerie-peak]

So i was watching some vanilla wow videos while i was supposed to be working today lol. They were talking about Lothos Riftwaker, the NPC that teleport’s you to MC. According to wowhead he wasn’t added until 1.11.1.7272. So will he be there when classic launches? Or will we have to wait until a later phase? If so does that mean every wipe we have to do a lava run lol?

[Dealloc-dethecus (Dealloc)]

1.12. So expect him to be there. You should still be able to jump through the window if you wish. But if it’s like it was in vanilla it won’t work half the time.

[Aryxymaraki-earthen-ring (Aryxymaraki)]

Or if you’re a tauren, you might not fit half the time.

[Eloraell-moon-guard]

Lothos was given the ability to teleport us because regularly we would jump out the window, land in lava and die. Which is pretty bad if you’ve spent 40 minutes gathering world buffs beforehand.

Also, a couple of corrections:

• Lothos Riftwalker was added in 1.3.0. Don’t believe WoWHead for any patch additions prior to about 2.3.
• Originally you had to go through the window. Taurens had great trouble, and often used Deviate Fish or World Enlargers just to fit.
• Around patch 1.4 or 1.5, they added the ability to just talk to him due to the window issues. Many people still jumped through the window.

[Therrah-aerie-peak]

1.12. So expect him to be there. You should still be able to jump through the window if you wish. But if it’s like it was in vanilla it won’t work half the time.

Ya with their progressive itemization answer, it makes me wonder if quests like the MC Attunement will be there in a later phase?

[Cyberteamsix-azgalor]

I’d presume the attunment and porting feature will exist in the 1.12 state. Getting 8 Lava Jump runs going and pulling in replacements halfway through the same way would be miserable, but it would definitely make it harder lol.

[Eloraell-moon-guard]

Ya with their progressive itemization answer, it makes me wonder if quests like the MC Attunement will be there in a later phase?

The attunement is a system. Also, it was added in the equivalent of CP2, and BRD will be capped at 5 players from the start.

Without the attunement, there’s no way for a raid group to get to MC in CP1.

[Belegar-draka]

Everything on WoWhead is no earlier than 1.11, since that’s when WoWhead was created and the database uses that patch for everything that existed at the time of creation. Only stuff added later has it’s appropriate patch.

[Zeliek-moon-guard (Zeliek)]

BRD will be capped at 5 players from the start.

They have yet to specify about this yet.

[Mogar-stormrage (Mogar)]

Everything on WoWhead is no earlier than 1.11, since that’s when WoWhead was created and the database uses that patch for everything that existed at the time of creation. Only stuff added later has it’s appropriate patch.

Was going to say this. It’s quite misleading.

[Eloraell-moon-guard]

They have yet to specify about this yet.

Systems will be 1.12 from the outset, thus BRD will be 5, UBRS will be 10 etc. BWL and MC attunements are required because otherwise you can’t get everyone through the prelude dungeon.

[Zeliek-moon-guard (Zeliek)]

They asked our opinion on the matter waaaay back and have yet to mention what they decided. Concluding that it would be 1.12 at this point is more likely, but stating the opposite wouldn’t be unfounded.

[Eloraell-moon-guard]

@Zeliek-moon-guard

Concluding that it would be 1.12 at this point is more likely, but stating the opposite wouldn’t be unfounded.

You haven’t been keeping up with current blue posts then. Its 1.12. They’ve said it over and over again.

@Kaivax

So rather than try to recreate a specific experience from 2005 that can never fully be recaptured, our aim has been to accurately and fully restore the original game’s mechanics and stats to their final and most polished state from before The Burning Crusade. That mission has been a pillar of WoW Classic’s design from its inception.

This means that while content will be unlocked progressively to allow for each raid tier to shine, systems such as class design, battleground mechanics, and stats on existing items will all be set to their final 1.12 conditions. That should take the pressure off players to be constantly figuring out what we might do next to remain exactly in line with how the game once played out, and we can all focus a little more on community building and enjoying the experience together.

Literally they want us to be able to expect what they’ll do. And that expectation is BRD is 5 man, and Lothos Riftwalker will exist.

[Airc-shattered-hand (Airc)]

Systems will be 1.12 from the outset, thus BRD will be 5, UBRS will be 10 etc. BWL and MC attunements are required because otherwise you can’t get everyone through the prelude dungeon.

I thought I read that they were going to call it a theoretical patch “1.13” (even though it didn’t exist). Is that just something I dreamt up? Anyone?

Not that it really matters. It’ll be pretty much 1.12 anyhow, mechanics wise.

[Balindrakk-feathermoon]

Without the attunement, there’s no way for a raid group to get to MC in CP1.

Warlock summons. But yeah im assuming the attunement and teleport will be there

[Eloraell-moon-guard]

I thought I read that they were going to call it a theoretical patch “1.13” (even though it didn’t exist). Is that just something I dreamt up? Anyone?

The “patch number” is 1.13. That’s confirmed, because it has to be different from an existing patch release number. But the content will be what 1.12 was, reworked on new architecture.

I imagine that we’ll also see 1.14 (CP2) 1.15 (CP3) etc.

[Narya-kirin-tor (Narya)]

Warlock summons.

Can’t summon people into instances from outside in Classic.

[Balindrakk-feathermoon]

Did not remember that.