BfA Patch Speculation thread (8.3 and later).

[Yarathir]

Uh oh, if there’s gonna be a Sylvanas pet I bet you some people will pick choice names for it.

Grrglthas
10chr

[Drekmar]

Anyone looked around on PTR to check for minor changes in the world?

[DeicideUH]

Anyone looked around on PTR to check for minor changes in the world?

I've took a look but found nothing noteworthy.
Biggest change was removing the faction leaders from the embassies...

[George Costanza]

Anyone looked around on PTR to check for minor changes in the world?

Only noticed some new colors in durotar but i am not sure how it is on live as i mostly play classic atm.

Like durotar is very bright on ptr but i am not sure.

[DeicideUH]

Maybe the war campaign will phase over areas of the world, so the changes are invisible for us in PTR.
@Marlamin , are there any datamined map files, altered or added, encrypted or not?

[TheFirstOnes]

I want Murkgeras. :I

[Sondrelk]

I want Murkgeras. :I

The burning legion are so boring though, what about Murk'zoth? And Yogg-mrrgl

[TheFirstOnes]

The burning legion are so boring though, what about Murk'zoth? And Yogg-mrrgl

The Burning Legion is the best. Hush you!!!

[Marlamin]

Maybe the war campaign will phase over areas of the world, so the changes are invisible for us in PTR.
@Marlamin , are there any datamined map files, altered or added, encrypted or not?

The encrypted map that is encrypted together with the Saurfang stuff is indeed a modified version of Durotar.

More details:

I've been able to map these encrypted files (except for the db2, ignore that) based on the hash of their content being the same as regular Durotar files (colored).



I haven't been able to map other files (greyed out) which is a good indication of the terrain of the rest of the map being from slightly to very different.

[Black Rider]

@Marlamin
Good job!
What else is encrypted?
Any news with cinematics?

[TheFirstOnes]

Durotar?

Yeah, this is going to be the end of the faction conflict...

[Marlamin]

@Marlamin
Good job!
What else is encrypted?
Any news with cinematics?

Nothing about the cinematics other than what I already posted about the ones added last build possibly being the already released Saurfang cinematics.

[DeicideUH]

The encrypted map that is encrypted together with the Saurfang stuff is indeed a modified version of Durotar.

More details:

I've been able to map these encrypted files (except for the db2, ignore that) based on the hash of their content being the same as regular Durotar files (colored).

https://marlamin.com/u/2019-09-15_19-01-53-5N1F65bW.png

I haven't been able to map other files (greyed out) which is a good indication of the terrain of the rest of the map being from slightly to very different.

That's seriously awesome!

So, Durotar may be turned into a (open-world) warfront-esque map after all.

I was hoping for something less MoP-like for this finale, however... But I'll take whatever we can get at this point.

[Marlamin]

That's seriously awesome!

So, Durotar may be turned into a (open-world) warfront-esque map after all.

I was hoping for something less MoP-like for this finale, however... But I'll take whatever we can get at this point.

That or it is just a scenario. There are a ton of other files under that key though so a Warfront seems pretty likely.

[Nyel]

So the endgame isn't Thunder Bluff it's Orgrimmar. I mean why not, Sylvanas wasn't enough of Garrosh already.

[Khaza-R]

So the endgame isn't Thunder Bluff it's Orgrimmar. I mean why not, Sylvanas wasn't enough of Garrosh already.

Or likely that it starts in Thunder Bluff and ends in Orgimmar

[Shoggoth]

If the war campaign is over shouldn't we also be getting the "reward" for staying loyal to Sylvanas in this patch? Just wondering if there's some toy or mount that hints at it.

[DeicideUH]

So the endgame isn't Thunder Bluff it's Orgrimmar. I mean why not, Sylvanas wasn't enough of Garrosh already.

TO me its pretty obvious that Sylvanas will escape from this and not make her last stand there.

[Dracullus]

Stop with this warfront shit, they won't make another one. It's failed feature and they would rather want to test it. Durotar will be used for war campaign finale, unless it's bait from Blizzard to keep us occupied.

If the war campaign is over shouldn't we also be getting the "reward" for staying loyal to Sylvanas in this patch? Just wondering if there's some toy or mount that hints at it.

I think at this point Sylvanas loyalist deserve at least separate scenario, when they will be on the other side of the fence.

Unless we will have quests from Nathanos "You have to keep disguise and pretend to work with Baine", Baine: "Nathanos head 0/1", Nathanos "Oh wait, I am Nathanos".

[DeicideUH]

Stop with this warfront shit, they won't make another one. It's failed feature and they would rather want to test it. Durotar will be used for war campaign finale, unless it's bait from Blizzard to keep us occupied.

I said Warfront-esque, no Warfront. ANd I meant the open world phasing that happens in zones with Warfronts, not the instances.