Midnights LARGEST Update Is Bigger Than Players Realize 12.0.7 | WoW Midnight

[00:01] how important patch 12.0.7 actually is for the future of World of Warcraft. Blizzard is very obviously experimenting again, and some of the things testing here could massively change the direction of modern WoW moving forward.

[00:14] harder openw world content with actual rewards, Mythic Flex raiding, ritual sites evolving into a real endgame system, and the outdoor world actually starting to matter again in a way we've never seen. So, as somebody that

[00:28] Blizzard gets it right, this is the kind of stuff that gets me excited, and I in this video, I want to break down all the major systems, new zones, myth flex, raid testing, heroic world tier, ritual sites, and just pretty much everything

[00:42] of Warcraft moving into the next season and beyond. So, first up, we have probably the biggest thing in the entire patch, and that's going to be these new showdown zones alongside the heroic world tier. Now, this right here is

[00:55] where Blizzard starts getting really experimental. So, in patch 12.0.7, we're getting two new mini zones called Val and Nyall. These are essentially void controlled areas connected directly to the void storm. And the idea is we're

[01:09] instead of just defending against invasions like we've been doing all around Elwin Forest and Zullemon at this point. Now, at first glance, these kind of look like your typical openw world event zones, but the difference here is

[01:22] that Blizzard is tying actual meaningful progression to them. There's going to be rares, treasures, world quests, world boss, currencies, gear progression, and more importantly, an actual difficulty setting tied to all of this openw world

[01:35] content. So, when you enter these zones, there's going to be a menu similar to delves and ritual sites where you can choose between normal and heroic world tier. That means Blizzard is literally experimenting with scalable openw world

[01:49] endgame difficulty for the first time ever. Now, the second I saw this, I instantly thought back to stuff like Legion Assaults and even in Legion Remix with outdoor content and MMO progression where the world itself actually felt

[02:01] very dangerous because let's be honest, for years now, the outdoor world in just pretty much fly through in like 10, 15 minutes on whatever activity you do, and then you move on. So, not only are these zones rewarding things like field

[02:14] accolades, champion and hero crest, key shards, and warbound gear, but there's also a new weekly whirl bos style quest tied to heroic world tier that rewards myth track loot progression. So, suddenly players are going to be

[02:27] content. They have a meaningful route for progression when it comes to champion, hero, and even potentially myth track gear when you get to that we've seen so far, these zones seem a bit more active than your typical kill

[02:41] one elite and leave style event. They're constantly spawning rares, treasures everywhere, rotating objectives, uh, world quest, world boss tied to each zone. So, instead of just being a oneanddone checklist, it feels like

[02:53] in these areas for a while. And I'm going to be honest, this is exactly the type of experimentation I want to see Blizzard do more of in these.5 and 7 the outdoor world feel dangerous, rewarding, social, and worth grinding

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[04:40] Blizzard is expanding the system a bit in the new patch. Now, if you didn't know already, ritual sites are a bit of side content where you can go in there solo or in a group similar to delves. But beforehand, there are affixes tied

[04:52] to your run that are similar in style to things like horrific visions, just not as annoying or punishing. So, first things first, ritual sites are getting a unlike before where these mostly just

[05:04] tier six is now directly tied into endgame progression and content in a pretty big way because now you can get myth track crest from them whenever you want. And because you can do them completely solo and spam them, that

[05:18] to live inside mythic plus or you just want to do things alone or casually, you progress your character in the peak endame entirely alone. Before this, of on what they can do when it comes to progression and, you know, getting your

[05:33] myth track crest and the final bit of endgame. But now, this makes an actual solid route completely solo if need be for you. Now, the way tier six actually works is you need at least six affixes active at once to enter in it. Meaning,

[05:46] these ritual sites are becoming a bit more difficult and chaotic than lower affixes and mechanics, scaling enemy difficulty, and then, you know, more starts to get pretty hectic. On top of that, the rewards are getting juiced up

[06:01] field accolades, more void light moral, hero crest, myth crest, coffer key shards, and everything goes way up pretty much. This also ties directly into another massive change, which is the accolades vendor. Because now

[06:14] instead of just gambling random gear on cashes over and over, Blizzard is adding specific hero track slot cashes you could target directly with field accolades, which is obviously a really good change. The RNG loot box crap they

[06:28] this opportunity, which is great. Not only that, but there's also data for another potential ritual site coming later in Herendar called the Blinding fresh instead of just farming the same couple over and over again. Once again,

[06:43] going with this thing. I think ritual sites were a pretty big sleeper pick for this patch, and it's sad to see that it's sort of gotten like muddled down by Like I said, reminds me a lot of horrific visions and delves combined

[06:57] this coming around and expand on it leading into the future. Now, another this patch that could have a way bigger implications than people realize is the brand new Sporefall raid and the mythic flex testing attached to it. So, first

[07:12] up, Sporefall. It's a basically a one boss raid taking place over in Herendar where we fight Rottmeer, a giant fungal void monstrosity. Now, the boss looks pretty cool and there's cosmetics, mounts, random loot, and uh, you know,

[07:25] not only is it really awesome that Blizzard's adding a brand new raid in reason people are talking about this testing something the community has debated for years, which is flexible

[07:39] mythic raiding. So, for the first time ever, Blizzard is testing Mythic Raid ever, Blizzard is testing Mythic Raid scaling from 15 to 25 players instead of the strict fixed 20man requirement we've had forever. Meaning, if you don't

[07:53] understand, mythic difficulty will dynamically change the scale and difficulty based on your raid size, similar to heroic and normal. Now, if you aren't aware, this is a massive deal. This could potentially change

[08:06] high-end raiding longterm if Blizzard commits to it forever. Now, one of the years has been roster management. It's been an absolute nightmare trying to maintain exactly 20 really good players consistently every week. You know,

[08:21] somebody quits, somebody gets sick, somebody rerolls, and you know, suddenly you're either have to pug or you know, your guild ra is just sadly over. So, Blizzard's finally stepping in and saying, you know, hey, let's test out

[08:33] Mythic Flex rating in a.7 patch. And I think it's an absolute W. Of course, I will say there's a lot Blizzard has to figure out before this could ever become permanent, which is probably why they're testing this on a one boss mini raid in

[08:45] 8.7 patch. Still though, the important part is is that we're finally, you know, could be an option moving forward. And honestly, just this alone is a very big deal and I'm very very excited for the future. Now, moving on from that, we

[08:58] also have some borrow powered system in a 12.0.7 variant as well called the Omnium Folio. Surprisingly, uh, Blizzard handled this one pretty smart. I thing ever. Basically, it's a mini talent tree that gives your character

[09:12] passive bonuses over time. You unlock it through a short quest line, and then and more power for your character. Stuff like extra damage procs, healing effects, absorb shields, secondary stat boost, uh, movement speed, things like

[09:27] that. The big thing here is that Blizzard played this system very very borrow power where it just gets out of control pretty quickly. Um you're not, you know, replacing your entire sets of gear. It's literally just its own

[09:40] progression path on its own UI. Almost like a mini artifact weapon system. The system itself definitely isn't the most exciting thing ever. It's just a little bit boring if I'm being completely honest. Most of the system boils down to

[09:53] simply you get stronger, your numbers go up. It just is what it is. Now, it's not a problem. It's playing safe. They're already taking enough risks as is, and for us in the 7 patch, which I'm not entirely against. Now, moving into the

[10:08] story side of the patch, Blizzard is very clearly starting to set up patch 12.1 and the next major direction for Midnight. And if you're somebody that trolls, Zolomon, or honestly just the overall world building of WoW, there's

[10:21] some pretty cool stuff here. So, for this lore walking in 12.0.7, 0.7 Blizzard is very obviously planting the seeds of the story for the next season. A lot of this new story content dives deeper into the origins of trolls and

[10:33] elves and the history surrounding Zulleon and where the story could be heading next. This has you revisiting places like Zularak, Zulgar, uh the sunken temple, Dark Spear Isle, and a bunch of other troll uh you know related

[10:46] this is the kind of content I love seeing in WoW. The Zolomon focus you know, it feels like we're bringing back those darker ancient Warcraft vibes war with everything going on there. And if AOL tech really does become, you

[11:03] you know, everyone's pointing toward that being the case, this patch is definitely going to do a solid job of building some hype early on. Now, on top of the new story content, we're also getting Dragonflight Time walking in

[11:15] 12.0.7, 0.7 which feels weird to say because dragon flight somehow yesterday but 5 years ago at the same time. Now this new time walking rotation is bringing back dungeons uh from of course dragon flight like Algathar

[11:29] stuff is going to be great for gearing up alts and leveling them up whatever time walking leveling is super efficient. We also have the turbulent time ways adding on top of that which can give you a 25% XP boost as well as

[11:44] rotating rewards and cosmetics and stuff like that as well. Meaning we're probably going to get another stretch where alt leveling, gearing, and farming old rewards becomes insanely efficient for like 6 to 8 weeks straight. But then

[11:57] here for the first time ever, there's going to be a bunch of new mounts, cosmetics, toys, dragon flight appearances we've never seen before, and really, really awesome to check out all this stuff, get some bonuses, and get

[12:10] all of this going. Now, lastly, we also have some smaller housing and UI updates that aren't exactly like expansion changing or anything, but they're for housing. Blizzard is increasing the outdoor decor limits pretty

[12:24] substantially, adding over 100 new decor items, and most importantly, finally allowing outdoor lighting placement, which sounds small until you realize half the housing community has basically been begging for this since Midnight

[12:36] launched. On the UI side, Blizzard is continuing this slow push toward making the base UI actually competitive with add-ons. The in-game damage meter is getting some more customization, which is nice. smaller sizing options, better

[12:48] visibility settings, and the personal resource bar is getting a ton of customization, too, with scaling, opacity, class colors, separate resource toggles, all that kind of uh, you know, fun stuff. None of these are like

[13:01] incredibly game-changing headline features, but together they keep pushing Wild toward feeling more modern and customizable without a bunch of add-ons being needed to install into the game. Now, with all that said though, when it

[13:13] comes to outro and some I would get I would say basic concerns, I would say Blizzard needs to be a little bit careful moving forward because while I love all the experimentation happening here in the 7 patch, there's definitely

[13:25] a world where some of these systems are just a bit too much. The biggest concern I have just reward inflation and it's just it's just mind-numbingly easy to get rewards this season. I just think Blizzard is becoming a little bit

[13:38] dangerously too close to making parts of the game obsolete too quickly for for example like Delves and Prey. They're very exciting at launch and I think they're excellent forms of content and I want to do them longer. I want a reason

[13:50] to go inside of Delves and Prey. I want a reason to go inside normal and heroic raids. Like I outscaled these forms of content in terms of gear score within 2 3 weeks of the season opening up. So I just think there's a ton of systems uh

[14:04] the Omnian folio, the ritual psyches, heroic world tier, delves, prey, uh what do you call it? Field accolades, void light moral. I mean it it sparks, it goes on and on. So I think we just need to tune it down with how many things

[14:19] we're getting, but increase the quality at which we get these certain things. I will say overall though, I think patch 12.07 looks incredibly promising. I like the experimental stuff. I like the scalable outdoor progression, meaning,

[14:33] you know, like solo content is an option. I like the flexible myth rating, things coming. More than anything though, it finally feels like Blizzard things again, which has me excited. And for the first time in a long time, the

[14:46] game actually feels like it's evolving. Hey everybody, thanks for watching. If subscribing or check out one of the videos you see on screen here to stay up to date on all things Warcraft. My name is Sky for the Comeback Kids. It's an

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