Island Expeditions & TEP 2nd Wing !

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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