Questions of a returning player

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Hello everybody

After returning from quite a break I have some basic questions on current meta and mechanics. Hope somebody feels like giving me some quick infos.

  • are attributes still tied to armor? (+ x strength on some armors, + y agility on others etc) or did they remove this with another system
  • what armors do you encounter most in PvP (I left about 1 month or two after black legion nerf)
  • is spear still meta?
  • did other weapons receive significant buffs to now be viable?
  • is archery still a joke?
  • are explosive jars still the only useful way to raid or have there been introduced alternatives?
  • is target lock-on disabled on most servers? (recently encountered some that do so)
  • is the axe-leap-attack (while having a shield) animation still buggable (you know, the trick in which you don’t do the animation on the enemy’s screen and suddenly float to him quite unpredictably)
  • are high agility builds still the go-to?
  • how much did they improve thralls (reaction time, behavior, viability in combat, etc)
  • are bosses still way too easy? (talking about farming keys for legendaries)
  • are legendaries repairable (is the t4 thrall now obtainable through the purge or does he still not show up)

I guess that’s it for the start, thanks for the answers.