🔍 How it works:

• To leave a dungeon without penalty, a vote to abandon must be initiated.
• If the group agrees, all players may leave without any rating loss or consequences.
• Players who leave frequently without a vote will be flagged in the Group Finder as someone who quits often.
• The flag can be removed by successfully finishing runs or properly using the abandon vote system.

🧠 Expected impact:

• This isn’t an account-level punishment, but a social deterrent—flagged players will be clearly marked and less likely to be invited to groups.
• The system is similar to DOTA’s low priority queue, where poor behavior leads to isolation until players improve.
• It encourages leavers to improve their behavior in order to clear their mark.

❓ Unanswered questions:

• What happens if someone leaves before initiating a vote?
• Do disconnects count as leaving?
• How many unsanctioned leaves does it take to be flagged (Blizzard likely won’t reveal this)?
• Can players exploit the system to remove the flag by queueing and instantly leaving?

🌿 Setting and Themes

• The dungeon is set inside an ethereal dome filled with magical wildlife and preserved nature.
• These ecological domes have appeared before (e.g. Eco‑Dome Midrealm in Netherstorm).
• Key narrative questions arise: Why this dome? What do the Wastelanders want from it?

⚔️ Bosses and Structure

• The dungeon features 3 total bosses.
• Encounters blend natural and ethereal themes, involving both Void invaders and Wastelander forces.

🕒 Availability

• The dungeon will be available at the launch of Patch 11.2, in the following difficulties:
• Normal
• Heroic
• Mythic 0
• It will be part of the Mythic+ rotation for Season 3.

🧵 New Artifact: Reshii Wraps

🧭 What is the Reshii Wraps?

🌌 Feature Highlight: Phase Diving

• Transforms your character into a pure energy form.
• Allows you to access hidden spaces and layers in K’aresh, as well as in dungeons, Delves, and raids.
• Lets you experience the world through Ethereal perception, revealing secrets and alternate paths.

🔍 “You’ll see the world through the eyes of the Ethereals.”

🏰 Gameplay Applications

• Manaforge: Omega (Raid)
• You’ll use the cloak to bypass the arcane intake filtration system, enabling infiltration and a confrontation with the Warden, the first boss.
• Delve: Archival Assault
• The cloak unlocks hidden gateways, leading to boss rushes or elite challenge rooms.
• Outdoor Exploration in K’aresh
• The Reshii Wraps is essential for interacting with hidden environmental elements and completing zone-specific secrets.

🔄 Weekly Upgrade System

• Warbound System
• Progress on the cloak is shared across your Warband.
• ➤ You can upgrade it on one character and use that progress on alts.
• Weekly Upgrades
• The cloak upgrades week by week, using a currency earned from:
• Mythic+
• Raids
• Delves
• General PvE activities
• Catch-up System
• If you miss a week (e.g. vacation, break), you’ll be able to catch up later without penalty or falling behind friends.

🗓️ A Change from Previous Seasons

🎙️ "We want players to have something to do right away, not just wait around for the raid or Mythic+ to open." – Blizzard Dev Team

📦 Content Available on Day 1

• Non-Bountiful Delves Available right away, with Season 3 tuning already applied.
• Mythic 0 Dungeons Baseline versions open from the start – perfect for gearing up early.
• Heroic Dungeons Updated and scaled to match Season 3 difficulty.
• World Bosses Spawn immediately and drop seasonal loot.
• Tazavesh Returns Back as a narrative hub and key location.
• New Delve Nemesis: Ky’veza Introduced as the seasonal boss in the new Delve experience.

🏅 Champion Gear Available from Day 1

• All the above content will drop Champion-level gear right away.
• Players can begin powering up before the official start of Mythic+ and the Manaforge: Omega raid.

❗ Note: This content will be more challenging than usual, as it's already scaled to Season 3 difficulty.

⚙️ Hardmode Format: A Timer-Free Mini-Raid

• Entering Tazavesh on Mythic 0 automatically activates Hardmode.
• The dungeon is tuned like a Mythic+ 10, with comparable loot rewards, and may even contribute to +10 Great Vault progression.
• Designed as a “mini-raid” experience without a timer, where group coordination is key.

🗣️ “We want to provide that mini-raid feel. People really love megadungeons, and we want to make it worth your time.” – Drew De Sousa

🔁 Split Wings for Mythic+ Rotation

• Streets of Wonder – 4 bosses
• So’leah’s Gambit – 4 bosses

🧠 Emphasis on Communication Mechanics

🎯 Example: The boss Hylbrande will feature a more complex mechanic in Hardmode, requiring coordinated decoding efforts, while in Mythic+ it will be simplified (e.g., the code is visible to all players).

“We want mechanics that feel like raid encounters—requiring a few pulls with your friends and real teamwork. Hardmode is the right space for those.”

👑 Returning Boss: Timecap’n Hooktail

🔍 What is Phase Diving?

• An outdoor activity that lets you access a hidden overlay phase of K’aresh (and also in dungeons, raids, and Delves) .
• In this phase, you encounter exclusive objectives, world quests, rare mobs, mechanics, and much more.
• Warrants: missions from the Tazavesh constable to hunt monsters visible only while Phase Diving.
• Social aspect: party members can see your Phase Diving, you can leave messages for them, and even view where they died .

🕹️ Where to Phase Dive

• Outdoors in K’aresh
• New Dungeon: Eco‑Dome Al’dani
• New Raid: Manaforge Omega
• New Delve(s)

🎮 How It Works

• Blizzard introduces a permanent overlay layer for the first time.
• This is reminiscent of Shadowlands Rift portals, which granted access to special realms and rewards