SHOWDOWNS! Full Val & Naigtal NEW Zone Overview in Patch 12.0.7

[00:00] Hello there and welcome back to another

[00:01] video. Today we're going to talk about

[00:04] showdowns, which is the name that

[00:05] they're using for the two new mini zones

[00:07] of patch 1207 for Val and Neatol. Uh in

[00:12] this video, we're going to go through

[00:13] everything that you need to know about

[00:14] these zones, what they look like, what

[00:16] do you do there, what are the rewards,

[00:18] all that good stuff. But before we jump

[00:20] into that, I do want to let you know

[00:21] that I am streaming on twitch.tv/mrgm.

[00:24] If you want to see me stream World of

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[00:30] Right, so showdowns. Showdowns are an

[00:32] extension of the void assault system

[00:34] from 1205, and they have come in the

[00:37] form of two new mini zones called Val

[00:39] and Neatol. These might be recognizable

[00:42] names to you cuz these two zone

[00:43] locations were previously used in the

[00:46] Argust invasion point system, but they

[00:48] have been extended and changed to be

[00:50] adapted into void invasions. But they

[00:52] are still the same locations, though.

[00:54] They're not pretending it's somewhere

[00:55] new. So, you are going back to these

[00:57] locations that were previously inhabited

[00:59] by the Legion. Let's talk a little bit

[01:01] more about the zones and how they kind

[01:03] of work. So, to enter the zones, you

[01:05] unlock them through a fairly short quest

[01:07] line, which will be available at the

[01:08] start of 1207. And once that's complete,

[01:10] your ults will be able to skip straight

[01:12] to the zone. The entrance to the zones

[01:14] is located in the voidtorm in the

[01:16] Howling Ridge or in Silver Moon by the

[01:19] void assault area. And these zones do

[01:22] rotate weekly, so only one zone will be

[01:24] up at any given time. Now, if you ever

[01:26] want to check out the maps for the

[01:28] zones, they are just attached to the

[01:29] voidtorm map. So, similar to like the

[01:31] siren aisle and things like that, we've

[01:32] had it in the past. These zones are

[01:34] primarily designed for level 90s, but

[01:36] you can come here on a level 80 to 90 to

[01:39] level. The zone does reward XP through

[01:41] world quests and bonus objectives and

[01:42] rares and things like that. So, it could

[01:44] potentially be a unique way to level.

[01:46] Now, Val is an icy world once inhabited

[01:49] by the Legion and is now where a

[01:51] powerful Dominar has established his

[01:53] bastion of power. Negat is a fungal

[01:56] arcane rich world now occupied by the

[01:58] insidious ethereal faction known as the

[02:02] Halh had. Now, when entering these

[02:04] zones, they do use the delve and ritual

[02:06] site UI. And this is where you choose

[02:08] whether you want to enter it on normal

[02:09] world tier or heroic world tier. More on

[02:12] that in a bit. So, let's talk about what

[02:15] is going on in these zones. What are you

[02:16] actually up to? So, these zones do have

[02:19] quests. Each zone will have a selection

[02:21] of one-time quests. There'll be three

[02:22] main quest lines in each of the zones

[02:24] and then seven side quest lines between

[02:27] both of the zones. The side quest lines

[02:29] are a combination of new story beats as

[02:31] well as just setting up things in the

[02:32] zone and teaching you about different

[02:34] zonewide systems like setting up the

[02:37] different flight path teleporters,

[02:38] acquiring a new toy called the light

[02:40] veil recall beacon. This is kind of a

[02:43] flight master's whistle of sorts which

[02:44] will port you back to the base camp with

[02:46] a 15-minute cool down and it will also

[02:48] direct you to a vendor where you can

[02:50] purchase zone specific flasks and buffs

[02:53] which can help you out in the zone. Now

[02:55] each zone will have a bunch of rares

[02:57] with 10 rares in Val and eight in natol

[03:01] as well as world quests. There'll be 14

[03:03] unique world quests in Val and 11 in

[03:05] negat as well. So tons of different

[03:07] world quests and res to do. Alongside

[03:09] that there will be some bonus

[03:10] objectives. The zones are covered in

[03:12] treasures and each of the zones will

[03:14] have a world boss you can kill once per

[03:16] week. So, I mentioned it earlier, world

[03:18] tiers. Yes, there will be two different

[03:20] world tiers for the zones, a normal

[03:23] world tier and a heroic world tier.

[03:25] There was data to suggest a mythic world

[03:26] tier, but it doesn't look like we're

[03:28] getting that. So, normal world tier, the

[03:30] recommended item level is 219, and this

[03:32] is a pretty standard difficulty for most

[03:34] players. When doing the activities in

[03:36] the zone, these will reward field

[03:37] accolades. void light maul coff shards.

[03:40] You also get one out of six warbound

[03:42] champion gear from the rares in the zone

[03:44] and champion crests as well as a

[03:47] warbound champion piece from the world

[03:49] boss. So for heroic world tier, this is

[03:51] actually unlocked by killing one of the

[03:53] world bosses in any of the two zones. Uh

[03:55] and this will unlock it for both of the

[03:57] zones. So obviously when it launches,

[03:58] just go in there, kill the world boss,

[04:00] and that will unlock heroic world tier.

[04:02] Now I find heroic world tier to be

[04:03] pretty difficult on your own. The

[04:04] recommended item level for heroic world

[04:06] tier is 274, which yeah, is pretty high.

[04:10] Now, when you're in heroic world tier,

[04:11] this will contain different affixes.

[04:13] Creatures will spawn with additional

[04:14] abilities. There'll be more elite

[04:16] creatures around the zone, and you'll

[04:18] get random ambushes similar to prey or

[04:20] delves, but yeah, these are a lot harder

[04:23] and don't actually reward anything, so

[04:24] keep an eye out for those. Now,

[04:26] obviously, more difficulty, more

[04:27] rewards, so you're going to get tons

[04:29] more field accolades. Unfortunately,

[04:31] there is no increase to void light mal

[04:33] in heroic world tier, which is a shame

[04:35] because once again, you will be needing

[04:37] a lot of this for the rewards. You are

[04:39] going to get more coffee shards. You're

[04:41] also going to get four out of six

[04:42] warbound champion gear from the rares in

[04:44] heroic world tier. These rares will also

[04:46] drop hero crest and you will get a

[04:48] warbound hero piece from the world boss

[04:51] as well. Both of the world tiers do

[04:53] share world quests and bonus objectives,

[04:55] so if you do complete them on normal,

[04:57] they won't be there on heroic. So, make

[04:59] sure you're keeping that in mind. The

[05:00] difficulty of heroic multi is pretty

[05:02] tough and personally I don't see the

[05:04] point of the rewards with the increased

[05:05] difficulty beyond doing achievements and

[05:08] maybe some hero crest. But maybe people

[05:10] will find it fun. I think as well

[05:11] obviously testing on PTR being pretty

[05:13] much on my own the whole time did make

[05:15] it extremely hard. So, obviously once

[05:17] this launches there's going to be a ton

[05:18] of people around and maybe that will

[05:20] make the difficulty a little bit more

[05:21] manageable. So, yeah, really it's up to

[05:23] you whether or not you want to play in

[05:24] normal or heroic world tier. but it's

[05:26] nice to see it coming in as an option.

[05:28] So, let's talk about the rewards. These

[05:30] zones have a myriad of rewards, ranging

[05:33] from power to cosmetics. There are tons

[05:35] of cosmetics for you to collect here.

[05:37] So, let's start with the weekly quest.

[05:39] These zones will feature a weekly quest.

[05:41] Now, there is one for each tier of

[05:42] difficulty, but if you do choose to do

[05:44] the heroic world tier one without doing

[05:46] the normal one, you'll actually get the

[05:48] normal tier rewards from your heroic

[05:50] cash, so you don't have to do it twice.

[05:51] Now, the normal weekly quest rewards

[05:53] gold, 15 hero dawn crest, 200 void light

[05:56] m, 75 field accolades, and 100 kofaki

[06:00] shards. If you complete the weekly in

[06:02] heroic world tier, this will reward you

[06:04] gold, 15 myth dawn crest, 250 void light

[06:07] mile, 100 field accolades, and 125 kofi

[06:11] shards. Now, one thing that's

[06:12] interesting here is that once you've

[06:13] completed the weekly, there'll be a new

[06:15] dialogue option that gives you the

[06:16] choice to do even more activities, like

[06:18] completing world activities or defeating

[06:20] rares in the zone. And each of these

[06:22] will also reward another cash with the

[06:25] same rewards. So, really, if you do all

[06:27] of them, you can get up to three cashes

[06:29] a week from each difficulty. So, it's

[06:31] definitely going to keep you busy. The

[06:32] zones also feature a one-time quest in

[06:34] Heroic World Tier to obtain four void

[06:37] commanders emblems. Now, these can drop

[06:39] from either of the world bosses in

[06:41] Heroic World Tier, but it also looks

[06:43] like these do come from the Heroic World

[06:45] Tier weekly quests, all three of them.

[06:47] So, you should be able to obtain this in

[06:49] one week if you complete all the weekly

[06:51] quests and kill the world boss. This

[06:52] actually rewards a myth track piece,

[06:54] which is the first time getting Myth

[06:56] Track in World Content. You'll be able

[06:58] to choose between a cloak, waste, or

[07:00] braces. So, that's definitely a first

[07:02] for solo players. There's also been some

[07:04] pretty substantial updates to Marane

[07:06] Silverwing in Silver Moon. So, this

[07:08] vendor will now sell specific hero track

[07:11] caches at 750 field accolades each and

[07:14] has cashes for specific armor slots.

[07:16] Also, weapons, rings, and trinkets. So,

[07:19] you can specifically get some of those

[07:21] hero track pieces for 750 each. She also

[07:24] sells specific slots for champion as

[07:26] well for 100 field accolades. Now,

[07:28] unfortunately, as of the recording of

[07:30] this, field accolades are not warbound,

[07:32] so they are still character specific.

[07:34] Now, while on the subject of updated

[07:36] vendors in 1207, you also be able to

[07:38] purchase the loss armament weapon

[07:40] cosmetics from a vendor for 150 dark

[07:43] particles. If you know about these

[07:45] items, right now they are only obtained

[07:47] at an extremely low drop rate from void

[07:50] assaults, or you can purchase them on

[07:52] the auction house for insane amount of

[07:54] gold. So really cool to see them being

[07:56] available from a vendor as of 1207. Now

[07:58] back to the zone. The zone will also

[08:00] feature a blue version of the prey armor

[08:03] and weapons. Now these can be purchased

[08:04] from a vendor for various amounts of

[08:06] field accolades and void light maul. Now

[08:09] they cost barely any accolades but tons

[08:11] of void light m. So I hope you've been

[08:13] saving. However, you can save yourself

[08:15] some currency because if you come to one

[08:16] of the zones on a level 80 plus the

[08:19] world quest in the zone will actually

[08:20] reward the appearances from this vendor.

[08:23] Also, the rares in the zone also have a

[08:24] chance of dropping these items as well,

[08:26] so you might not need to spend as much

[08:28] on the vendor. In Val, you'll be able to

[08:30] acquire a purple version of the noble's

[08:32] winter attire. This is a low drop chance

[08:35] from chest in Val. The good news here is

[08:38] if you don't like RNG from chess, you

[08:39] can purchase these pieces from the

[08:42] bulging winter pack for 250 accolades.

[08:45] Negat will also have something similar

[08:46] with brand new weapon appearances. These

[08:48] can drop from chess in negat, but they

[08:50] can also be purchased from the vendor

[08:52] from the bulging ethereal pack for 250

[08:56] field accolades from the same vendor.

[08:57] You can also purchase the swamp dwellers

[09:00] night staff for field accolades and void

[09:02] light maul. There's also some new light

[09:04] forge weapon appearances. All of these

[09:06] cost 60 field accolades and void light

[09:08] mal. So firstly, you can purchase the

[09:10] arsenal light forge armaments. This

[09:12] contains a two-handed sword, a pole arm,

[09:14] and a offh hand. You can also purchase

[09:17] the light runed crystal beacon, which is

[09:19] a one-handed mace, and the light veil

[09:21] argonite blade, which is a one-handed

[09:24] sword. There is also some light forge

[09:26] housing decor. You've got the D-powered

[09:28] light forge siege breaker for 500 mile.

[09:31] The grand artifific's light forge

[09:33] console for 250, the light veils

[09:35] transport pad for 250, the luminant

[09:38] soldiers war banner for 150, the

[09:40] luminant defenders golden barricade for

[09:42] 150, and the luminant scouts golden

[09:45] fence for 150. There's also three pets

[09:48] which are available to purchase. You've

[09:49] got Frosticus Maximus for 750, Sento for

[09:52] 750, and Fishstick Keith for 250

[09:56] Cinderize Swarmers and 30 Field

[09:58] accolades. There's also three mounts

[10:00] which are associated with the zone. You

[10:01] got the Nether Forge null frame, which

[10:03] is a void mech mount. You've got the

[10:05] Voidmancer's Star Carver, which is a

[10:08] void surfboard mount, and the tortured

[10:11] gorgger, which is a void themed gorgger.

[10:14] Now, it's worth noting here that a lot

[10:15] of these rewards do require achievements

[10:18] to purchase them. For example, some of

[10:20] the mounts are attached to the meta

[10:21] achievement of each of the zones, which

[10:23] is a great segue to talk about

[10:24] achievements. So, there are tons of

[10:25] achievements in each of the zones which

[10:27] have been added to the void assault

[10:29] section. Now, these achievements range

[10:31] from killing the world boss, killing

[10:32] rares, completing world quests,

[10:34] defeating a certain amount of creatures

[10:36] with certain affixes, and various things

[10:38] like that. And as mentioned, there is a

[10:40] meta achievement for each of the zones.

[10:42] And this is the requirement for the

[10:43] Nether Forge null frame and the void

[10:46] mantis star carver amount. So, tons of

[10:48] things to do, tons of things to collect,

[10:50] and tons of gear to acquire if you are

[10:52] chasing some of those hero track pieces.

[10:54] So, yeah, that is showdowns. Those are

[10:57] the two new mini zones of 1207. Let me

[11:00] know in the comments your thoughts on

[11:01] these zones. Let me know your thoughts

[11:03] on heroic world tier. Personally, I

[11:05] think heroic world tier would be better

[11:06] suited for like the start of a patch.

[11:08] obviously when people are using kind of

[11:10] world content to gear, but I think

[11:11] people will probably enjoy having the

[11:13] option to go in there. There's tons of

[11:14] cosmetics to collect as well. So, it's

[11:16] definitely going to keep people very,

[11:18] very busy until we get to 12.1 in

[11:20] August. So, guys, thank you very much

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