In my opinion, this is it, this is the best SoD will get.
Phase 3 has less and worse dungeons, no big juicer talents, no mount, no upgrade from leather to mail or mail to plate. Hintherlands is flat and boring for a PvP zone, Maraudon will be cool but Gnomer will be better and more creative than it, and there are no new BGs in phase 3 AFAIK.
The runes seem good in a few cases but they’ll start to feel bloated. Warlocks getting Fel guard is neat but also makes a lot of the other pets obsolete for instance. Mobility arms race continues to get out of hand with mages having triple blink. So on and so forth.
I would love to be wrong but I’m skeptical. Phase 3 will not be a big hit and phase 4 will start to feel like a decline into Era with a return to Molten Core.
just have to hold out hope that phase 4 will be worthwhile, phase 2 and 3 are both going to be TRASH
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yes, lvl 50 is nothing special, so they better have a lot in store for phase 3. just adding another 10 man raid is going to be a snoozefest.
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Phase 4 adds Kara Crypts which is the only glimmer of hope I have for that phase.
We will likely get a PvP event in Burning Steppes and that zone is just… not it. These flat boring zones suck so the event would have to be nuts to be comparable to STV and I’m skeptical.
But level 40-50 has some of my favorite dungeons. 
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Some specs do come online in p3. Warlocks will have access to death coil and be able to spec into a proper SL spec with instant corruption. Hunter will have access to 31/0/10 for a juiced up melee spec or 0/11/30 for a good survival ranged spec. The biggest issue of last phase was the amount of time it took to release p2. If they speed up the releases towards p4 I think it’ll work out better to keep the pacing right. p1 went about a month too long.
Lots of opportunities to make something out of nothing for p3 with the 40-50 zones being relatively forgettable. Tanaris would be a great spot to make something cool. A pirate raid in the cove to the south would be awesome.
For me phase 3 may be a catch up time. So a bunch of classses I want to level 1-50 will be nice without having to do a hard stop at 40.
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I expect p2 and p3 to last 3 months. Not sure how long p4 will last to be honest, as we know nothing about p5.
Yes, please. by 50-75%, or just drop phase 4 now.
You kidding me? ZF next phase and still BRD to look forward to? I’m pumped!
ZF, Mara, ST, Ulda(Full run), Starting BRD,… one of those will be the raid… they are some of the peak dungeon experience…
BRD is already pretty raid like, liked by players, has good stuff, and is more of a 50-60 dungeon.
My money is on Sunken Temple which a lot of people do not like and honestly feels a little empty for its size. Could be Maraudon too. I don’t see ZF or Ulda as their pick.
If we’re to go by their choices up to now, they picked BFD and Gnomer. Two dungeons that a lot of people did not like, skipped and needed a little more oomph.
In an interview they said they want their picks to have “epic spaces” and “not feel cramped” which I feel locks Maraudon in as the pick. It just screams to be a raid.
To be honest I expect the Maraudon raid to be good, I just don’t think it can carry a phase for 3 months.
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There is no dungeon that can be cleared 10 times in a row (in a poopsocking fever to get to max level ASAP) and still be considered fun.
Talents can still shift for some classes, making them feel completely different. Hit and miss here.
Runes were less exciting in p2 and what makes it worse - the acquisition for most of them became “check discord”, in p1 I’ve collected like half without looking stuff up. In p2 it’d be impossible for one person to find them all just playing normally.
Regarding mounts - it’ll be the first phase where we get to use our mount for questing, so there’s that.
Mara is 9 bosses… if you do them all…
Wonder how they would handle the staff quest for the skip…
Absolutely. The dark riders are not something you would ever complete alone. Still, I enjoyed it for what it was.
The peak of SoD… so far!
Who knows, things could get much better.
I’m actually pretty hyped to see what plans they have for P3.
I hope the next PvP event is a return to factions instead of being a FFA, I loved the clashes in Ashenvale, and would like more big battles like that.
I’m predicting Sunken Temple will be a lvl 50 raid.
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Has the Hinterlands been confirmed as the next PvP zone?
I’d bet that it is a clash in Hinterlands and Blizzard will add rep rewards to the dwarf and troll factions there.
Confirmed? No. Likely? In my opinion yes.
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When do we get the good horde fishing pole? Is that phase 3? I’m so excited!
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