BfA Patch Speculation thread (8.3 and later).

[dcc626]

I know Cata left a sour taste in some players, but I absolutely loved it, and would love another. The world needs it, and it'd be a great time to add max level story to those zones(Especially with all the new level scaling tech), actual WORLD quests, events, etc. I am here for it.

im just worried they are going to repeat the problems of cata doing this. and by problems i mean not having any use for most of the world revamp once ou are max level.

[Syegfryed]

i see a long boy, not a serpent kappa, regardless, it don't look like its him in the story. the events and how he was handles don't match

[formerShandalay]

She should look in the mirror, she won't last long if she continues making enemies with everyone. >.>

I keep remembering Arthas in Rise of the Lich King, saying 'We may never know, I intend to live forever' ... and now look where he is, in exactly that special place of hell that Uther wished upon him.

[Renley]

im just worried they are going to repeat the problems of cata doing this. and by problems i mean not having any use for most of the world revamp once ou are max level.

I'd hope this time it would be different. With the world revamp, we get a level squish. New quests in all the zones, that scale to max level, with scaling rewards, etc. World quests can cycle through ~5 or whatever zones every day, emissaries and all that. New puzzles, secrets, reps, etc. It'd be a HUGE undertaking, but they've been bragging about their much larger team now, and they have pumped out content pretty quickly recently, that has been high quality(talking about assets here).

[huth]

im just worried they are going to repeat the problems of cata doing this. and by problems i mean not having any use for most of the world revamp once ou are max level.

Well, they did ramp up using the old world quite a bit with BfA. Still, it's nowhere near justifying a full-on Cata style world revamp.

[Explicit Teemo Nudes]

Reading Wowhead's article about datamined death knight skins for allied races, I can now see why Blizzard employees have been hyping this year's Blizzcon.

Some 8.3 talk.
Some Classic talk.
New expansion announced.
Maybe the story will be that we need to fight alongside the Scourge to fight off the Void or whatever, and that's how we get risen allied races as death knights. So they'll announce that in the pre-patch to 9.0 we will be able to unlock death knight for these races - something many players have been asking for.
Maybe even more?

[Jamie081]

Well, they did ramp up using the old world quite a bit with BfA. Still, it's nowhere near justifying a full-on Cata style world revamp.

I thought that the old world zone revamps for Warfronts were hinting at a Cata 2.0, but Warfronts have been (rightfully) dead in the water after Darkshore in 8.1.

[Hugnomo]

Okay, I just wanna say that I freakin called it since Mekkatorque got frozen in Battle for Dazar Alor, He got a freaking Tony Stark reactor chest thing. I freakin called it. Now to look for the months old comment I made ...

[Aeluron Lightsong]

I thought that the old world zone revamps for Warfronts were hinting at a Cata 2.0, but Warfronts have been (rightfully) dead in the water after Darkshore in 8.1.

Thing is as an idea I like them. Azerite armor....I won't miss it.

[huth]

I thought that the old world zone revamps for Warfronts were hinting at a Cata 2.0, but Warfronts have been (rightfully) dead in the water after Darkshore in 8.1.

I don't think they ever seriously worked on more than those two. Not because they didn't work, just because they didn't plan to do more than that.

[Hugnomo]

I called it and nobody can take it away from me!
Also, he's in mechagon now and he gives the first quest to mechagnomes, as king of both gnomes and mechagnomes

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Inb4 he gets a new suit called Iron Tinker.




<.< >.>

[Varolyn]

I don't think they ever seriously worked on more than those two. Not because they didn't work, just because they didn't plan to do more than that.

There was, and still is, a Barrens warfront map that was datamined during BFA’s beta. I think there may have also been traces of a warfront happening in Mulgore too. I think blizz had bigger plans for warfronts, it was a major selling point of BFA after all. But it didn’t turn out as they envisioned so they just stuck with 2 and added a heroic version and called it a day.

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

https://i.imgur.com/1C2wAyF.png

I called it and nobody can take it away from me!
Also, he's in mechagon now and he gives the first quest to mechagnomes, as king of both gnomes and mechagnomes

His revival was already datamined last build.

[Hugnomo]

I get a feeling that Mekkatorque being the leader of both Gnomes and Mechagnomes, having himself a small mechanical augmentation like the Mechagnomes but being mostly gnome (representing both), I think gives a little insight into how they'll approach Calia leading Forsaken and whatever allied race comes along with her. Maybe she'll lead both, even if they are horde and alliance, if restrictions on factions change.

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His revival was already datamined last build.

I called it that they were going to make him a Tony Stark style chest reactor in his reviving process. Not the revival itself, I am aware that has been known

[Nagawithlegs]

oh god that iron man reactor, shame on blizz! LOL

[huth]

There was, and still is, a Barrens warfront map that was datamined during BFA’s beta. I think there may have also been traces of a warfront happening in Mulgore too. I think blizz had bigger plans for warfronts, it was a major selling point of BFA after all. But it didn’t turn out as they envisioned so they just stuck with 2 and added a heroic version and called it a day.

You never made a test version of something to try things out?

[Nagawithlegs]

I get a feeling that Mekkatorque being the leader of both Gnomes and Mechagnomes, having himself a small mechanical augmentation like the Mechagnomes but being mostly gnome (representing both), I think gives a little insight into how they'll approach Calia leading Forsaken and whatever allied race comes along with her. Maybe she'll lead both, even if they are horde and alliance, if restrictions on factions change.

The vibe I got from Voss's dialogue is that while she'll be the seat on the council in Orgrimmar and act as a diplomat, Calia will be presented as the overall entire ruler of the Forsaken.

So in "Horde Territory" it'll be a standard looking Forsaken (something more traditional), but wherever Calia takes the rest of the Forsaken (likely back to Lordaeron) she will be their leader in full force. So best of both worlds.

[Buliwyf the Omen]

I called it and nobody can take it away from me!
Also, he's in mechagon now and he gives the first quest to mechagnomes, as king of both gnomes and mechagnomes

All of this work, just to introduce these little guys as an allied race...?

Hmmm...

[Yarathir]

I called it and nobody can take it away from me!
Also, he's in mechagon now and he gives the first quest to mechagnomes, as king of both gnomes and mechagnomes

Blizzard really loves their capeshit.