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Greetings, BFA ! It's been a month and a half since TEP's 2nd wing got released, and it is now time to press on! We're going to release the Eternal Palace's 3rd and Final Wing, 'The Circle of Stars' on Wednesday, October 21nd! Some unforeseen issues had us delay this release, to make sure it gets shipped on Sethraliss in the best state possible. Only the Mythic mode will be left, before the 8.2 content is fully available. We also wanted to take this opportunity to discuss with you what's next: the 8.3 client & content update, but also the next expansion: Shadowlands in a devblog kind of post. We thank you for your continuous interest! ETERNAL PALACE 3RD WING: THE CIRCLE OF STARS The third and final wing of the 8.2 Raid, Azshara's Eternal Palace will be released in LFR, NM & HM difficulties: it's time to put an end to the Queen's evil plan! The 'Circle of Stars' wing will include the last 2 bosses: Za'qul Azshara's Eternal Palace Raid Strategy Guide, a 4-phase encounter where you will be dragged to different realms: this is a mechanically complex fight, and you will need a great understanding of the boss abilities! Queen Azshara Azshara's Eternal Palace Raid Strategy Guide, herself, another 4-phase encounter with 2 intermissions. Keep the Ancient Wards energised to survive! On the 'Queen Azshara' fight, you will be able to loot Aqueous Reliquary, just like on Radiance of Azshara and Queen's Court from the first and second wings. Around the end of November, the full Mythic Mode of TEP should be released, where bosses will reveal their true potential: take the time to assimilate their Heroic stategies as well as possible until then! 8.3 UPDATE - VISIONS OF N'ZOTH With the Eternal Palace raid coming to a closure, we'll have wrapped up the 8.2 content, which means it will be time to look forward to the last patch of the Battle for Azeroth expansion: Visions of N'zoth! Since our client is currently in 8.2 version, it will require a client update, to the 8.3.7 version. Then, the content will be released progressively, to follow retail's - and our usual - order. Our developpers have switched their focus to the 8.3 for a little while now, and things are already in a pretty advanced state, so we expect a release early 2021. Here is how we're standing right now: The Horrific Visions system has been scripted: those are scenarios designed for 1-5 players taking place in alternative versions of Stormwind or Orgrimmar where N'Zoth's corruption thrives. You need to hold as much as possible before losing all your sanity! The legendary cape Ashjra'kamas' questline is being scripted: this item can be upgraded through Visions and will offer protection against sanity loss, and against Corruption on equipment, a new feature of 8.3! The Mythic+ Season 4 Affix: Awakened has been prepared: the obelisk system & spawns are fully done in all dungeons: next step is scripting the Commanders Assaults development is still in the early stages, but work has started Operation: Mechagon will now be splitted in two (think like Return to Karazhan in Legion) and available in Heroic & Mythic+ difficulties. The developper who scripted the dungeon is working on it right now. The first wing of the new raid: Ny'alotha has already been scripted, and the testing session will begin shortly. As with every client update, some class changes occured: those are being worked on and tested by the QA team. The work on the 2 new allied races (Vulperan & Mecagnomes) has started: their stats, starting zone, and heritage armor are scripted. We still have to work on their racials ! The new system that replaces titanforging, called Corruption has not been worked on yet. Once it's done, the spells themselves will have to be scripted. The reworked Auction House has been scripted! There are still some important systems to work on, but as you can see we already worked on quite a lot of the big changes patch 8.3 brings. We'll be able to share more in the near future, so stay tuned! SHADOWLANDS ON FIRESTORM Many of you must be wondering, and the answer is yes: Firestorm will release Shadowlands! The early work on it has already been started, but it's obviously way too early to share anything concrete right now. Although, as soon as the 8.3 gets released on Sethraliss, you can expect the development team to slowly shifts to SL. As we did with BFA, we do not intend to rush things, and would rather be able to offer you a great release, much likely after an open PTR phase. As for the 8.3, as time goes by we'll be able to share more details, so again stay tuned! In the meantime, we hope you will enjoy the release of TEP's 3rd wing, and good luck for the first Heroic kill on Queen Azshara! The Firestorm Team

Greetings, BFA ! It's been a month since our 8.2 content update, and things are looking really good now: our team has ensured that all the important issues were dealt with rapidly, while everyone could enjoy a lot of new things on Sethraliss, our BFA realm. Well we've got some more content for you: after a year of tease & announcements, it's time for us to kill the meme! Island Expeditions are now available on Sethraliss! On top of it, the 2nd wing of Eternal Palace's raid will be released next week, on Wednesday September 2nd! ISLAND EXPEDITIONS Assemble your party of 3, and set sail to a mysterious Island on your ship, with a simple goal: gather as much Azerite as possible, as fast as possible ! This new content is an efficient way to obtain Azerite for your Heart: you can do it PVE style, or PVP, battling another 3 players party in an Azerite hoarding race ! Currently, 8 islands are available: The Dread Chains The Rotting Mire Verdant Wilds Ungol Ruins The Molten Cay Skittering Hollow Snowblossom Village Whispering Reef Soon to come: Crestfall Each week, 3 different islands will be available, taken at random from the pool. Visit the Expedition Map to see which ones are up this week ! To unlock island expedition, you need to progress in your war campaign until you have 2 footholds done, and you need to be level 120. You will then receive a quest that will guide you to the Expedition Map NPC. There are several difficulties available when queuing, each rewarding a different amount of Azerite on your weekly progress bar: fill it to obtain Treasure Maps, Azerite for your Heart, and even an essence: Volatile Worldvein ! We are still working on improving the system, and all of its content: more islands will be released later as well ! For a more in depth look of this special BFA feature, you can read this guide. ETERNAL PALACE 2ND WING: DEPTHS OF THE DEVOTED The second wing of the 8.2 Raid, Azshara's Eternal Palace will be released in LFR, NM & HM difficulties! The 'Depths of the Devoted' wing will include 3 new bosses: Lady Ashvane, a 2-phase encounter where you will need great coordination to work around the Hardened Carapace mechanic Orgozoa, which can cause Heart-Stopping Paralysis ! The Queen's Court is a 2-boss encounter, periodically altered by Queen Azshara's decrees, which you must by all means follow ! On the 'Queen's Court' fight, you will be able to loot Aqueous Reliquaries, just like on Radiance of Azshara from the first wing: this will help get the raid essences faster, as you will now have 2 encounters who can loot them. The third and final Wing, 'The Circle of Stars' which include the Queen Azshara's battle will be released in late September / early October, while the full Mythic mode on the whole raid will follow a few weeks later, as announced last time ! We hope you enjoyed this release, and are hyped about Island Expeditions coming along (better late than never right ?), as well as 3 new raid bosses. Our developpers have started working on the 8.3 client & content, but we'll share more in a future devblog, so stay tuned! In the meantime, we wish you all a nice day, and happy Azerite hunting ! The Firestorm Team