BfA Patch Speculation thread (8.3 and later).

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Is... is that Egyptian Darth Vader?

At least I wasn't the only one.

[Drekmar]

Is... is that Egyptian Darth Vader?

Lmao, it is. Even got the Empire symbol on his belt.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Put that egyptian picture into what wow armor looks like, meaning remove the cape, have the helm awkwardly clip all over the place and the chest stuff weirdly stick out in a static manner and .. yea. No thanks.

[Nathanyel]

Not particularly. Warfronts are inherently PvE and the rotation is mostly automatic, so there's no reason you couldn't have a warfront where the enemy side is N'zoth's forces.

Heck, they could even offer players a choice* between e.g. Light (fanatical faction) and Void**, assisting either side in the Warfront. This could be a first preview of cross-faction gameplay.

* permanent, or with a long cooldown of, say, a month, and/or only taking with the next re-start of the cycle (faction A taking control) to prevent tactical switching for double loot
** which admittedly people had been expecting since the Netherlight Crucible

I totally think that'll be coming up in 8.3, likely as part of the Goblin Heritage Armor quest. Curious who will take over if Gallywix goes. Especially with Gazlowe part of the Steamwheedle Cartel, I'm not sure who would be in line unless either Gazlowe left Steamwheedle or merged the two Cartels together.

Gazlowe is definitely the top candidate in regards to popularity and establishedness, but since this would be Goblin-only content, it wouldn't be too far-fetched to re-introduce and thus elevate characters from the Kezan intro. Megs Dreadshredder and Sassy Hardwrench were important employees of the Kajaro Trading Company, the player character's subdivision of the Bilgewater Cartel. One of them could be named CEO of the Cartel.

Or what about this: the new Trade Prince of the Bilgewater Cartel could be: You.
You already were the head of a company, you were instrumental in the exodus from Kezan and saving everyone involved, yet Gallywix always claimed credit for that. Once deposed, calls arise for the true hero of the Bilgewater to lead them. Or you just snatch all of Gallywix's belongings in a twisty heist.
Either way, the de-facto leader of the Bilgewater becomes this unnamed Goblin, represented ingame/to players from other races by their second-in-command (Sassy)
If ingame cinematics with faction leaders lining up happen, other races see that representative, while Goblins would see themselves in that location. Bonus points if this is account-wide, after completing the Heritage questline, you see your highest-(i)Lvl Goblin on other races. But I phantasize.

Guys, guys, can we all stop arguing here and agree on something for once?
I think we can all safely say it's now glaringly obvious that Sylvanas got her newfound powers from the legendary Black Magic Specialist Baba Ji!

As the self-proclaimed top spam reporter on Wowhead, I'm triggered by this. Well played.

[Black Rider]

@Marlamin
No signs of 8.3?

[liandroa]

The raid would begin when the goblin cannon, which we STILL haven't fired as promised, is used to blow an opening in his carapace.

I could actually see the cannon being using in the Goblin heritage armor quest. You go around and enlist a bunch of the well known goblin npcs, and collect stuff to build special ammunition or something. And then it misfires and explodes comically or something.

[FlubberPuddy]

Is... is that Egyptian Darth Vader?

At least I wasn't the only one.

Lmao, it is. Even got the Empire symbol on his belt.

Lmao, I didn't even realize at first, just googled "egyptian armor" in images and picked the first one that looked really cool.

I love Vader tho so that makes it even more awesome!

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Static images always look better then what ends up ingame. Back t o Ny'alotha... it seems to be referenced to more then N'zoth's personal playing ground. So I wonder what that even means. It would be a bit disappointing(But still enjoyable obviously) if they made it seem like it was N'zoth's playing ground because the puzzle box of Yogg mentions it, Y'shaarj remnants talk about it and even Xal'atath talks about it.

[Blayze]

Had a thought earlier; Ji's helping to heal Baine, right?

Is that the first time this expansion a panda has done something?

[Nyel]

You don't think we'll get a new landmass like 7.2, 7.3, and 8.2?

No, after 8.2 being so huge I expect 8.3 to happen in/around Silithus or Stormwind. It all started in Silithus it makes sense to end it there. Legion started at Broken Shore and we went there back to "finish" the Azeroth part of its storyline. We haven't done that in BfA yet.

I think the final raid will be (at least parts of it) in/around the Heart Chamber.

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I really hope it isn't Ny'alotha. Because that would mean that Blizzard officially gave up on N'zoth, and are intending to shove him out of sight quickly instead of letting him be the villain he was built up to be. Where else do you go with N'zoth after Ny'alotha?

I'm sure we won't see Nyalotha yet. Even if we deal with N'zoth I think Nyalotha might be one of the goals Sylvanas has. It makes no sense to be part of/get wasted in 8.3 imho.

[Marlamin]

@Marlamin
No signs of 8.3?

I mean, give it a week or two before actually asking that question. They're still hot-fixing 8.2.5 for heaven's sake.

[Directionalk9]

Had a thought earlier; Ji's helping to heal Baine, right?

Is that the first time this expansion a panda has done something?

Yes, yes it was...unless you consider Aysa meditating on the Alliance ship in Boralus as something.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

I mean, give it a week or two before actually asking that question. They're still hot-fixing 8.2.5 for heaven's sake.

Wait for them to announce it too for Pete's sake.

[Drekmar]

Yes, yes it was...unless you consider Aysa meditating on the Alliance ship in Boralus as something.

Ji is on horde ship too, wants to punch dinos.

[Taeldorian]

The problem is not that Sylvanas has to be defeated in a complete way, the problem is that N'zoth close to nothing to do with the faction war storyline which is BfA main story. Sylvanas could survive to be a villain in the next expansion as well no problem. More specifically the problem is one of a narrative failing, Sylvanas is the villain of the expansion, and even if we don't fight her directly, she is the villain of the main story, and she didnt really make N'zoth the villain of the faction story, she just ran away and meant that the faction war ended before the ending of the expansion, which make about as much sense as Arthas running away before the final raid on ICC.

Still though, i have mostly given up on explaining this, it just gets tiring after a while, and since changing it is futile, we might as well just accept it.

There can be more than one villain though. I think you’re logic is just too straight forward honestly. You can certainly have more than one villain and not every villain you have needs to be dealt with in the same expansion they were introduced as the villain. I’m not sure why you think just because we have multiple villains means the story is incoherent or why just because we may not be killing one of them also means it’s incoherent. The faction war storyline was really bad imo but not for this reason.

[EbaumsTipster]

https://twitter.com/holinka/status/1177686440903360512

So, I'm not going to give anything away, but god damn Blizzcon is going to be hype. The WoW team in general is doing amazing stuff, but I'm extra proud of the work my team has been doing lately. I think players are going to love it.

5 weeks.

[Syegfryed]

https://twitter.com/holinka/status/11776864409033605

clearly just 8.3 and nothing more

[Nyel]

Is that some kind of secret tweet because when I click it there's nothing.

[Directionalk9]

Ji is on horde ship too, wants to punch dinos.

What... I’ve not seen him, and I roam around... clearly not enough.

[Syegfryed]

Is that some kind of secret tweet because when I click it there's nothing.

https://twitter.com/holinka/status/1177686440903360512