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Greetings Everyone!
Following our latest news regarding the 1st content update on Sethraliss, here comes the release announcement, including detailed information on what's to come, as well as the shipping date: Wednesday, May 8th at 11:00 AM server time!

Note: With this release, the realm ilvl cap will be increased to 385.

We also received a message from Boris, who returned from a dangerous adventure around the world. He asked us if he could come and say hi, and we didn't dare say no to an old friend! He'll be joining us on all expansions from Friday, May 3rd at 6 PM to Monday, May 6th 11:59 PM (both server time)

In this post, we'll be reviewing in detail everything that's gonna be released.
Are your seat belts fastened? Alright, let's go!

ULDIR

Uldir will be fully released (all 8 bosses) in Normal & Heroic Difficulty, plus the 1st wing of LFR: The Halls of Containment (which will include the first 3 bosses listed below). 
As opposed to what was stated in our previous post, we chose to release the LFR version of the raid wing by wing rather than all at once. The 2nd Wing should be released 2 to 3 weeks later, and the 3rd and final wing 2 to 3 weeks after the second one, alongside the full Mythic difficulty.
The ilvl of gear is as follows, with a hard cap at 385 as stated in the introduction: LFR 340 / Normal 355 / Heroic 370 .
As a reminder, only non-azerite gear can proc.

Bosses:

• Taloc
• Mother
• Zek’voz, Herald of N’zoth  
• Vectis
• Fetid Devourer
• Zul
• Mythrax the Unraveler
• G’huun

MYTHIC SEASON 1

Mythic will be added: this means tougher challenges, new affixes, but also better rewards! Push your key to get the best possible gear at the end of the dungeon, and in your weekly chest. Some changes have been made to the MM system, here is a list of the most important ones:

• Azerite armor pieces (Head - Chest - Shoulders) can only be obtained in the Weekly chest, you cannot get them in the end-of-dungeon chest.
• You cannot swap gear inside the MM , so you will have to choose your gear prior to entering the dungeon.
• You can now Bonus roll inside the MM : the rolled bonus can contain a random piece from the current dungeon, taking into account the key level to define the base ilvl (item can still proc).

On top of the system changes, the affixes themselves underwent some changes (including balancing). Here are the most important ones:

• Tyrannical and Fortified become lvl 2 affixes, which means they will be present on every key now.
• There is now one special lvl 10 affix each season of MM . The first one is Infested: every key of lvl 10 or higher will include this affix during the course of the first MM season
• The affixes present on the first week will be: Tyrannical (2) / Raging (4) / Volcanic (7) (number in parenthesis is minimum key level for the affix to be active).

The reward system is in essence similar to the one from Legion: The weekly chest reward is based on your previous week best completion, while the end of dungeon reward is based on the current dungeon's key level.
Rewards will be as follow. As a reminder, all looted gear except azerite ones can proc, with a hard cap of 385.

Rewards:

If you want more information about the Mythic System, you can check here.

DREAD GLADIATOR PVP SEASON 

For those of you that thrive in the heat of PvP fights, start climbing the ladder in 2vs2 and 3vs3: face your opponents on the arena and prove your worth as a champion of Azeroth!
This will be the first PvP season and will last until the second raid, Battle of Dazar’alor is released (expected duration is 4-5 months). Here is a list of the most important features of this system:

• At the end of an arena match, you will have a chance to get a piece of gear, with its ilvl scaling based on your current rating (see below)
• Winning a rated arena match, or winning your first rated battleground of the day fills up your conquest progression, and will earn you some gear pieces at specific breakpoints: it starts off at an LFR-level and scales up as you progress.
• If you fill up your conquest bar entirely for the week, you will now be able to get a weekly PvP cache, with its rewards depending on your highest PvP rank (see below): Everything you need to know can be found here.

List of rewards for Season 1: (again, only non-azerite gear can proc, up to a hard cap of 385):

*EoM = End of Match, occasional
**Cache = Weekly PVP Chest, available at Hook Point / Mugambala PVP Hubs

WORLD BOSSES

Each week (rotation happening on Wednesdays), you will get a new World Quest regarding a World Boss: team up with other people to bring them down, and get a chance to loot a 355 piece of gear!
A different one will be available each week, you can learn more about them here.

List of scripted World Bosses:

• T'zane, The Soul Terror
• Azurethos, The Winged Typhoon
• Hailstone Construct
• Ji'arak

BORIS

On top of that, Boris will be visiting all of our realms the weekend preceding the update!
From Friday, May 3rd at 6 PM to Monday, May 6th 11:59 PM (both server time), once per account per expansion you will be able to talk to him and ask him for a free boost.
This boost will get you to max level (except on Sethraliss, our BFA realm where you will be put lvl 110), and will include some gear and a bit of gold so you can hop straight into the action!
 

This is it, our first update on Sethraliss!
We hope everyone will enjoy all the new content that is being released.
You guys still have 1 week to fully prepare, so don't waste your time, and let's see which guild climbs the ladder first, which 5 man groups hold the best key record for high MM keys, and who's gonna be the uncontested dread gladiator!

PS: Following our latest roadmap, and for those interested, there has been some progress!

• War campaign is almost fully scripted and needs testing now, alongside Siege of Boralus. King's Rest is already fine.
• Stormsong Valley and Vol'dun are both at around 3/7 chapters done. Testing sessions will begin shortly.
• Arathi Outdoors is close to being finished as well, and will then need testing. (scenario is not included)
• Islands Expeditions have been started!

Again, there is no set date for now: it's just to give you guys an idea about what's being done behind the scenes development wise! As you can see, all those new contents need testing before being shipped to the live realm; If you're interested in giving a hand, you can apply to become a member of our Quality Assurance team here.

That's all for today!
We hope you're excited about all this and wish you all good fortune in the wars to come! (And fun too. Fun is important).
The Firestorm Team.