Battle for Azeroth Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Same, makes me play the game much more than I used to.

For example MoP was an amazing expansion but since 5.2 I spent most of the time afking, a bit of raiding and mostly doing nothing...
If it has something like artifact system and WQ instead of dailies, I'd play it much more.
It's fun to have this sort of progression path again, and when you get the time to level alts, it feels fresh and very unique and interesting to do the same for them too.

It did have it's drawbacks, especially if the progression starts slowing down.

[skannerz22]

This almost confirms the Rise of the Naga Empire expansion that was leaked on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comment...e_naga_empire/

everyone knows expansion leaks are always wrong

[Hitei]

everyone knows expansion leaks are always wrong

You're replying to a post from 577 pages and more than two months ago.

[Drekmar]

everyone knows expansion leaks are always wrong

Nope. We had legion and wod leaks.

[Blayze]

we can find hints about disjoint zones

The problem with the disjointed zones in Cataclysm was you couldn't see one from the other; you were just going to isolated new hotspots across the world.
I don't think you'll get that same effect even if we're going from island to island, because you'll (hopefully) be able to see them from a distance and maybe from each other, and ideally the sea itself is content... but let's just hope it's better than Wind Waker tried to make it.

[Hitei]

The problem with the disjointed zones in Cataclysm was you couldn't see one from the other; you were just going to isolated new hotspots across the world.
I don't think you'll get that same effect even if we're going from island to island, because you'll (hopefully) be able to see them from a distance and maybe from each other, and ideally the sea itself is content... but let's just hope it's better than Wind Waker tried to make it.

Would be pretty nonsense if we assume Zandalar is one and Kul Tiras is another. At that point you'd be able to see Pandaria from southern EK and Kalimdor and Northrend from the northern ends of both, as well as the Broken Isles from Northrend and EK.

If the tech on argus is anything to go buy, expect teleports into localized Flightpaths. If it really is an island expansion you'll probably have a "ship" that docks in an area, say near the maelstrom, and then you have access from the ship to all the FPs for Zandalar, Kezan, Tel Abim, etc. And then if you want to do Kul Tiras and Dragon Isles stuff, you'd sail your ship north and dock up there (a screen like the one you get when using ships/zeps, and then have access to the flight paths there. Similar to how the Vindicaar moves from zone to zone.

[Blayze]

Would be pretty nonsense if we assume Zandalar is one and Kul Tiras is another. At that point you'd be able to see Pandaria from southern EK and Kalimdor and Northrend from the northern ends of both, as well as the Broken Isles from Northrend and EK.

If the tech on argus is anything to go buy, expect teleports into localized Flightpaths. If it really is an island expansion you'll probably have a "ship" that docks in an area, say near the maelstrom, and then you have access from the ship to all the FPs for Zandalar, Kezan, Tel Abim, etc. And then if you want to do Kul Tiras and Dragon Isles stuff, you'd sail your ship north and dock up there (a screen like the one you get when using ships/zeps, and then have access to the flight paths there. Similar to how the Vindicaar moves from zone to zone.

Wouldn't surprise me if they painted glimpses of distant continents onto the skybox like they did with Argus.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Wouldn't surprise me if they painted glimpses of distant continents onto the skybox like they did with Argus.

I assume they'll use that kind of tech in the future but not in the regular parts of Azeroth.

[TriHard]

Nope. We had legion and wod leaks.

Did Legion leak? I can't remember it being leaked.

I do remember MoP and WoD getting leaked though.

[Soulwind]

We usually get a new race and or class with each expansions.
So what is the consensus this time? People have any credible ideas? =o

This is probably the worst way to look at it, but a couple years ago I predicted the DH class colour (kinda). Leaving only a dark yellow/gold colour available, unless they go for less easily identifiable tones of green or blue. That colour would work well for Tinkers and Bards, but not for Dark Rangers or Necromancers.

I don't think they'll add a new class right after DHs, but who knows.

As for races, Ethereals hadn't been relevant for a while, but they've come back in Argus, if the next expansion is indeed a Void-themed one, and specially if it's K'aresh, Ethereals would be an obvious choice. They're neutral by nature, so they could get away with only adding them for both factions.

If it's a sea/island expansion, then they could get more creative. Evolved murlocs, a rogue naga faction, the Tortollan from Hearthstone... anything, really. Any random island could be home to a brand new humanoid race that hadn't been discovered before, and any sea-creature could be anthropomorphized.

Or they could finish what they started in WoD and give us a lot of customization and subraces. I don't think it's as strong of a selling point, but it's one of the more lacking areas of the game right now.

Did Legion leak? I can't remember it being leaked.

I do remember MoP and WoD getting leaked though.

It leaked alright. It's just that nobody cared about a random short leak when huge walls of (fake) text were popping up everyday.

[Highwhale]

Justin Gross signed new contract with Blizzard.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Justin Gross signed new contract with Blizzard.

For relevance, this is the guy that voiced Arthas in Warcraft III, Steve Rogers in the Ultimate Avengers and Ryu Hayabusa in the Ninja Gaiden series.

[Jorah]

For relevance, this is the guy that voiced Arthas in Warcraft III, Steve Rogers in the Ultimate Avengers and Ryu Hayabusa in the Ninja Gaiden series.

What the fuck Blizzard?

[Soulwind]

For relevance, this is the guy that voiced Arthas in Warcraft III, Steve Rogers in the Ultimate Avengers and Ryu Hayabusa in the Ninja Gaiden series.

It could mean something, or it could mean nothing. Maybe he'll voice the next Overwatch hero...




...who happens to be a zombie knight with a greatsword

[Blayze]

Considering Blizzard couldn't even be bothered putting enough of a filter on Rakeesh's voice so that he didn't sound exactly like Garrosh, Gross could be voicing any random character at all.

[TriHard]

It leaked alright. It's just that nobody cared about a random short leak when huge walls of (fake) text were popping up everyday.

No wonder why I never saw it.

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It could mean something, or it could mean nothing. Maybe he'll voice the next Overwatch hero...

Probably this.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

I mean if he did just get contracted I doubt it'll be for X7.

[Blayze]

I mean if he did just get contracted I doubt it'll be for X7.

Doesn't voice work get done late on in development? I mean, otherwise you'd have to keep hauling the VAs back in as story shit changes.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Doesn't voice work get done late on in development? I mean, otherwise you'd have to keep hauling the VAs back in as story shit changes.

I assume it's done early but that's only speculation on my part.

[Blayze]

I assume it's done early but that's only speculation on my part.

Can't be; back in Mists the Jade Forest storyline got almost completely shitcanned and replaced with a new version. It'd be way too expensive to re-hire all those VAs.