Patch 7.2 New Artifact Traits and AP Use
With 7.2 bringing new artifact traits Blizzard have explained how exactly the current AP system will interact with the new traits. Long story short: use up all your AP tokens now, put all your AP into the 34+ trait without regret as it won't make a difference if you "save up". Oh and there will be a quest to upgrade the weapon to the new traits! Check out the full statement below.
There's also a warning about some weird plans people have made:
@WarcraftDevs how about if you don't put your 54th point in, and put 10s of millions of AP in at 53? Is there a cap to consumption per weap?— Jordan Hurley (@jordantoine) January 25, 2017
In this (very odd) case, you'd lose the additional AP - please don't do this. https://t.co/z4Y5PWDqUP— WarcraftDevs (@WarcraftDevs) January 25, 2017
Here's Blizzard has to say:
As many of you have noted, Patch 7.2 will be introducing several new traits to Artifact Weapons. We'd like to clarify how these traits will unlock so that you can best prepare for them.
After Patch 7.2 is available, players who have an Artifact Weapon of at least rank 35 will be able to further empower that Artifact through a short quest chain. Completing this quest chain will consume any ranks beyond 35, increase the overall power of your Artifact Weapon (to ensure that losing ranks 35+ isn’t a downgrade), and unlock access to the new 7.2 traits. Any Artifact Power spent on traits beyond 35 will be refunded and you’ll immediately be able to spend that refunded Artifact Power on the new traits.
Note that any Artifact Power tokens acquired before Patch 7.2 will not be usable on an Artifact Weapon that has had its new traits unlocked. If you’ve already reached Rank 54, feel free to use any tokens you earn between now and then on alternate specs; there is no need to stockpile those tokens for Patch 7.2. We’re also planning to apply a hotfix in the near future that will allow the current Artifact Power tokens to be sold to vendors.
Group Finder Queues Changes
Starting February 1, Spanish realms will be assigned to English queues. This decision was made, because of Ashran queues that have been a problem since the launch of Legion. Blizzard is confident that the change will provide the most positive results.
I disagree. because there's going to be a lot of players who will refuse to communicate in English and grouping up people with a language barrier is all but "positive". It's already happening on NA realms. Anyway, here's the official announcement of Blizzard:
Since the launch of Legion, we've been keeping an eye on the challenges facing characters on Spanish realms when trying to enter Ashran. Some players have had trouble accessing the zone—due in most part to long queue times—and we've been monitoring the situation to find the best solution.
After considering our options, we feel that adding Spanish realms to the English queues for group content is the most appropriate fix. Not only should this get players into Ashran faster, it’ll also help with another minor but unpleasant problem—long queue times when using the Dungeon or Raid Finder tools.
So what does this mean for you? After maintenance on February 1, when a character from a Spanish realm queues for PVE (dungeons and raids) or PVP (battlegrounds, including Ashran) content using the Group Finder tool, they might be teamed up with players from both Spanish and English realms.
We understand that this solution may not appeal to everyone, but after strong consideration, we’re confident it’ll provide the most positive results.
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