Dragonflight 10.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Cheezits]

I mean, that thing in the pictures with Galakrond is probably the disc containing Tyrs memories, that the Infinites (!) threw into the timeways, isnt it?
Perhaps it was corrupted by them while doing that, so when we use it to bring Tyrs mind into his newly crafted body, hell be in a corrupted state.

Oooooor hes actually the creator of the Infinites from the start. Both are possible atm

Or Iridikron is downloading the mind of Tyr into Galakrond!!!

[Houle]

Or Iridikron is downloading the mind of Tyr into Galakrond!!!

Thats so stupid, i could see Danuser go for it.

[Darkarath]

This is quite a lot for a .5 patch. Cannot wait for the PTR stuff that we will see tonight.

The most important thing above all is, by far, the Evoker spec. For me, the Augmentation spec confirms that in 11.0 we will get several new specs for current classes, most of them focused on this new support style.

As for the dungeon, there is no way that Iridikron dies there. What I see possibly happening is that, either he unleashes Galakrond into our timeline, or he gets the Decay power out of him and becomes the new Undead threat that WoW needs after SL killed the charm of The Plague.

Unless something really surprising happens, there is no way in which we are dealing with all the Incarnates in this expansion.

About Tyr, he just could be like Morchie. Another Tyr from another timeline that got corrupted. Too soon to speculate there. Although It is clear that Tyr was not as good at the Aspects think.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

I would advise against jumping to conclusions on the infinite Tyr concept art. It could be any number of things.

I would hope so. I am a bit not too keen on this Anti Titan angle. Interesting as it is.

As for the dungeon, there is no way that Iridikron dies there. What I see possibly happening is that, either he unleashes Galakrond into our timeline, or he gets the Decay power out of him and becomes the new Undead threat that WoW needs after SL killed the charm of The Plague.

Unless something really surprising happens, there is no way in which we are dealing with all the Incarnates in this expansion.

About Tyr, he just could be like Morchie. Another Tyr from another timeline that got corrupted. Too soon to speculate there. Although It is clear that Tyr was not as good at the Aspects think.

Specualtively I had thought Decay is sorta slightly related to Death in terms of Magic and I do kinda like the idea of the Scourge theme and such staying onwards since its so iconic to the series, hard to let it go.

[BaumanKing]

With lightforged warlocks we're one step closer to void elf and forsaken paladins. This is good news. Hopefully draenei will also get man'ari skins.

[Dracullus]

As someone who just started professions on alts, I hope Renown to become truly account wide. Its no fun to see pattern you want locked behind 20 Renown after you already grinded it first two months of expac.

[Cheezits]

"I’ve removed the reference for now since it’s not directly about facing Galakrond directly but facing the fallout from Galakrond’s demise. We’ll share more details about the mega-dungeon a bit later in development in a stand-alone article."

Oh he dead dead

Nice that they were honest about it. Hopefully he does come back or is involved in the fight somehow.

[Nymrohd]

This is quite a lot for a .5 patch. Cannot wait for the PTR stuff that we will see tonight.

The most important thing above all is, by far, the Evoker spec. For me, the Augmentation spec confirms that in 11.0 we will get several new specs for current classes, most of them focused on this new support style.

This definitely opens up so much speculation. You cannot just add ONE supporter spec into the mix. Sure you start with one to check if it works (and if it doesn't they can always turn it into a more conventional dps with strong support elements like an Enhancement shaman). But if the experiment is successful, I absolutely could see 2-3 classes getting an additional spec that works as support. I'd say Shaman and Paladin are obvious choices and I could see them touching on some of the pures like e.g. a Bard spec for Rogues.

I am guessing the PTR will go live with just Augmentation for at least a couple of weeks.

[micwini]

Looks like regular ol' Iridikron is the final? boss.

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Maybe Galakrond isn't a real boss? I can kind of see why.

Is that Iridikon standing in front of..... himself?

[Cheezits]

This definitely opens up so much speculation. You cannot just add ONE supporter spec into the mix. Sure you start with one to check if it works (and if it doesn't they can always turn it into a more conventional dps with strong support elements like an Enhancement shaman). But if the experiment is successful, I absolutely could see 2-3 classes getting an additional spec that works as support. I'd say Shaman and Paladin are obvious choices and I could see them touching on some of the pures like e.g. a Bard spec for Rogues.

I am guessing the PTR will go live with just Augmentation for at least a couple of weeks.

I can see Bard appearing in some way but otherwise? I don't see how supporter really fits into many of the existing classes that already heal.

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Is that Iridikon standing in front of..... himself?

That's Chromie.

[Revamp Man]

Ebyssian is so annoying this patch.

I'm ready for his inevitable death and sacrifice to save wrathion from Sabellian. Yeah both want the aspect power but Sabellian is....he's just a dick

[guro-tchai]

night elf fucking warlocks. seething, coping, malding.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

they'll tweak some legacy raids to make them more accessible

Maybe they will finally fix the Siege of Orgrimmar gate bug after a decade?

Article up, Fractures in Time.

Thanks.




Dragonriding in Kalimdor, nice. Will it apply to all continents?

It is very disappointing to hear the Black Dragon powers will not be used for a tank spec, but another damage spec. The animations look cool, though.

Oooo facing Galakrond!! I love that!!!

Looks like it's in Northrend so it could be his dead body.

Doubt we kill him.

I can see Iridrikon sacrificing himself for the success of the Incarnates' plans.

Evil Chromie is a thing btw:

Hopefully Chromie is not Eternus. Still makes no sense.

So, it looks like Iridikron is probably going to eat some of Galakrond and become a Decay Monster to attack the Dream. I know this has been theorized several times but why else would Iridikron be here?

Soooooo.... Vyranoth? Maybe its a swerve and Vyranoth is the final boss after all?

Could be Vyranoth and Fyrakk together. A fire and ice themed fight.

So I guess the Iridikiron we fight is gonna be PAST Iridikiron, unless he somehow allied with the infinite.

Perhaps he is trying to take out one of his archenemies, the Dragon Aspects, by turning Nozdormu into Murozond. If Iridrikon and Nozdormu are taken out of the picture, then it's two Incarnates vs three Aspects.

Galakrond seems to be alive in this screenshot:


So, maybe he'll just be a boss mechanic in Iridikrons encounter.

From the looks of it, only his head can be seen, so he might be fought like the Elder Dragons Jormag and Primordus from GW2. That would be quite a shame. The Elder Dragons in GW2 were gargantuan but the engine had a short draw distance and usually could not render their entire bodies without the devs resorting to trickery like shrinking players down to 1/10th of their normal size to maintain scale, which GW2 only did for a scripted Kralkatorik fight.




WoW's engine is capable of a far greater draw distance so it should be able to do a full sized Galakrond fight, provided that WoW's designers and programmers are able to work out how to actually fight him. Ie, colission on his body so you can run around on top of him Kralkatorik (or a grander Spine of Deathwing), or give players platforms around him with which to fly to and attack him on like against the Mouth of Mordremoth (or a grander Madness of Deathwing with mounts).


Imagine a phase where you are chasing Galakrond to the next fight location on your dragonriding mount, dodging stuff he throws at you!

[Nymrohd]

night elf fucking warlocks. seething, coping, malding.

I mean, the Shen'dralar very much were warlocks.

[Ersula]

You cannot just add ONE supporter spec into the mix.

Like we said a year ago, Feral has been a "low" dps spec for over *a decade* so its definitely possible. And culturally, the game needs more specs that might parse low but are desirable for other reasons.

[Houle]

It is cool we're basically seeing Galakrond's undecayed corpse. Like, we're seeing the Dragon, but right after his death.

Weve seen his corpse/bones for years. All we get now is basically the same thing, with an updated model. Nothing really new about it. Its not even a reveal of his updated look, since that already happened in both the artbook and the aspect video.

If its truly just his corpse in the background, it would be just dissapointing.

[Cheezits]

I think my biggest disappointment so far is, unless the press kit is a very limited view of the dungeon, a good chunk of it seems to be floating platforms.

With Iridikron being a boss here, I wonder if the Primalist Future was actually a hint that Vyranoth takes over in the end?

[Nymrohd]

Like we said a year ago, Feral has been a "low" dps spec for over *a decade* so its definitely possible. And culturally, the game needs more specs that might parse low but are desirable for other reasons.

While I agree that several specs could be converted, after Survival I'd be very wary of doing that if I was a Blizzard dev.

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I think my biggest disappointment so far is, unless the press kit is a very limited view of the dungeon, a good chunk of it seems to be floating platforms.

With Iridikron being a boss here, I wonder if the Primalist Future was actually a hint that Vyranoth takes over in the end?

Yeah it seems it's random assets on top of the existing assets from Thaldraszus. Given how much effort went into Tazavesh and the second half of Mechagon, this seems underwhelming.

[ChairmanKaga]

I would have prefered some type of encounter with Galakrond but based on the scale in those images I can understand going this route.

[huth]

Lightforged Warlocks lol.

Yeah, that one makes absolutely zero sense.