WoW "leak" from a developer on 4chan(lol)

[Lupinemancer]

So earlier tonight a person claiming to be a developer did a Q&A on 4chan's /v/ board. Now I know your immediate thought is that it's nothing, but I found it interesting enough to share here. Some sounds plausible, but some of it is information that has been thought up by the community. Also for the sake of making a readable thread title pretend I put about 50 quote marks around developer in the title.

Some highlights:

• Claims that WoW will be implementing something akin to ESO's leveling system.
• The level cap in 9.0 will be 60 and we'll be questing to level 70.
• Claims that he's working on a faction merge prototype at the moment and testing how warmode could still leave PvP intact.
• On the faction merge they're TALKING about letting people interact with the other faction as long as warmode is off. Orcs in SW and Night Elves in Horde guilds and so on.
• The next allied races are Vulpera and Mechagnome and the ones after that are Lightbound Undead for the Alliance and some sort of Boar creature that uses the Worgen rig for the Horde
• High elves are doa.
• No Sethrakk
• Sylvanas survives into the next expansion, right now she's trying to stop N'zoth and after he escapes we'll fight her and reseal N'zoth as the final boss of BfA
• After Sylvanas leaves to do her thing Lilian Voss is slated to become the new Forskaen leader although if "faction stuff" is scrapped then Calia with be the leader. (Whatever "faction stuff" means...maybe dissolving the factions gameplay wise? Or storywise?)
• In 8.3 we "defeat" N'zoth but he isn't gone forever
• Allegedly 8.3 was going to include Tyrande's revenge but since people were dissatisfied with the start of the expansion it got bumped forward
• Baine and Anduin make peace and Sylvanas loyalists go into hiding
• The next expansion will deal with the resurgence of the dragons (Wrathion finally comes back) as well as dealing with the forces of Death. Elune, some sort of aspect of the Light, has become "frenemies" with Death. Naturally the kaldorei are devastated that their goddess worked towards/allowed Tel'drassil to burn
• Says that Bwonsomdi's boss is a "she", no name yet
• Something about an orb we're getting as the new artifact/azerite system and a bunch of quests related to it? (Is this something on live?)
• New class is Tinker with prestige classes along with it. Prestige classes being "class skins" you would have to unlock with Necromacer, Dragonsworn, and Dark Shaman in-progress at the moment.
• Dragonsworn are a Driud skin and he gave the example that flame and frost would replace lunar cycles
• Prestige classes are a seperate class. So if you played a Druid and unlocked Dragonsworn you would then have to make a new character rather than slap a skin on your Druid
• Tinkers start at level 50. Tank/Healer/DPS that use mail armor. Tanks use power armor, Healers use healbots inbetween dpsing, and the DPS se stealth, bombs, mines, and guns
• Player housing is forever in development hell

Anyway those were the most salient parts. There are bits and bobs in the screencaps below so take a look. And I swear to god if someone else made a thread about this as I was typing this up...

Imgur album for the screencaps: https://imgur.com/a/etFZctZ

I see it's time for another "I want to try and convince people of fake leaks knowing it's pointless" game. Sounds fun.

[Cosmic Janitor]

/shrug

Since this already includes hints for the next patch releases as well we will know earily how BS the whole thing is. Prestige skins sound kinda nice though, but that is where I smell the biggest bullshit. This wouldn't fit any of the current druid races at all, where something like necromancer as a warlock skin would literally be what warlocks actually are (WoW's version of necromancers for players).

[withpuppys]

/shrug

Since this already includes hints for the next patch releases as well we will know earily how BS the whole thing is. Prestige skins sound kinda nice though, but that is where I smell the biggest bullshit. This wouldn't fit any of the current druid races at all, where something like necromancer as a warlock skin would literally be what warlocks actually are (WoW's version of necromancers for players).

i believe blizzard has spoken about class skins before, this "leak" is just taking a bunch of things that blizzard has said before and mixing it with community ideas and passing it off as all factual behind the scenes info when its not

[Gadzooks]

[*]New class is Tinker with prestige classes along with it. Prestige classes being "class skins" you would have to unlock with Necromacer, Dragonsworn, and Dark Shaman in-progress at the moment.[*] Dragonsworn are a Driud skin and he gave the example that flame and frost would replace lunar cycles[*]Prestige classes are a seperate class. So if you played a Druid and unlocked Dragonsworn you would then have to make a new character rather than slap a skin on your Druid

Well, we know the person who wrote that watches Teleisin & Evitel's show on Youtube. That's a straight copy of the idea they had on there.

And, I don't buy a tinker class. At all.

[Cosmic Janitor]

i believe blizzard has spoken about class skins before, this "leak" is just taking a bunch of things that blizzard has said before and mixing it with community ideas and passing it off as all factual behind the scenes info when its not

True, it also doesn't really say much about 9.0 to begin with. Still the idea of prestige classes is a new one to me, at least in that form. But I don't keep up with knob-gobblers like T&E.

[Oswen]

With so many fan favourites like Mok'Nathal, Forest Trolls, Saberon, San'Layin, Sylvanas clones and many others that have been requested for years Blizzard would go out and invent Boarmen for the Horde...just immediatly after little fox people?
Is becoming a zoo the Horde's endgame?

Alliance is whatever, Dark Iron dwarves are the only good allied race they have.

[dewd]

who cares about any of these. none of these points mention new systems/talent/abilities. what good are these lore points if the vehicle you experience them, in other words the spec you play has terrible gameplay ever since the bfa prepatch and couldnt be more undesirable to play.

not one point there even if true interests me because its just lore shit im not reading anyway. i do those quests for achievements/toys/pets.

[withpuppys]

True, it also doesn't really say much about 9.0 to begin with. Still the idea of prestige classes is a new one to me, at least in that form. But I don't keep up with knob-gobblers like T&E.

T&e idea of class skins was like racial themed class skins, like a worgen warrior skin where they are all feral and use their claws and stuff like necromancer

[Dakara]

It's plausible enough to be true.... perhaps that's what makes it a good lie! Or perhaps, the dev told the truth knowing we'd think it was lie so they could tell the truth knowing we wouldn't believe it

Anyway, a lot of it is stuff we kinda already knew/suspected such as allied races, potentially tinkers, Sylvanas survives because she's totally not garrosh 2.0 while other bits such as AP 3.0 and having to level (buy boost) new class skins are inline with the current development.

If it is true, I'll be re-rolling a Dragsworn Druid in 9.0

[Drusin]

[*]On the faction merge they're TALKING about letting people interact with the other faction as long as warmode is off.

Why does this even still exist? It's not 2004, it's incredibly easy to speak to the other faction now. Accounts aren't locked to a faction per server anymore, discord exists, Facebook realm groups exist, Btag friends aren't faction specific, I just don't see a point in it anymore.

[Rozz]

It sounds plausible, but only because 3/4 of this list is stuff people have speculated on almost all year amassed as a 'leak'. Some of it may happen (like Sylvanas surviving) but I doubt the source is any more credible than the top posts of wow forums each month.

[Cosmic Janitor]

With so many fan favourites like Mok'Nathal, Forest Trolls, Saberon, San'Layin, Sylvanas clones and many others that have been requested for years Blizzard would go out and invent Boarmen for the Horde...just immediatly after little fox people?
Is becoming a zoo the Horde's endgame?

Alliance is whatever, Dark Iron dwarves are the only good allied race they have.

Just to humor the thought, but the horde has always been about unlikeable mosters. I mean people wanted Helfs and got Velfs, most people don't give a shit about crippled amputee midgets or fat humans either. Blizzards selection of races has always been more aimed at the fetishes of some unknown Blizzard employee for all we know, certainly not the popular demand, otherwise we'd already have Ogres and other rubbish. That is probably the most believable part about the whole thing .

[pacotaco]

[LIST][*]Says that Bwonsomdi's boss is a "she", no name yet

On spanish (or I bet on other languages with m/f pronouns) Bwomsamdi refers to his boss as a male. And knowing Blizzard plans the story at least 4 years in advance, I seriously doubt that at the moment they implemented those lines they weren't sure who's his boss. So, I say this part is 99% bullshit.

[parasight]

Way too much stuff to be real.

This list reminds me of GoT nerds who post videos on their Youtube channel with wild, complicated, and convoluted theories when actual reality turns out (as usual) to not nearly be that developed or extensive.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Why does this even still exist? It's not 2004, it's incredibly easy to speak to the other faction now. Accounts aren't locked to a faction per server anymore, discord exists, Facebook realm groups exist, Btag friends aren't faction specific, I just don't see a point in it anymore.

While I agree, there is also alot of hardcore opposition to the idea because they fully bought into the faux hate that Blizzard promoted between the two factions.

[justandulas]

So it isn’t Warcraft anymore. It’s peace craft

Pathetic

[Darknessvamp]

0/10 Dev didn't know about the Dance Studio

[justandulas]

While I agree, there is also alot of hardcore opposition to the idea because they fully bought into the faux hate that Blizzard promoted between the two factions.

The entire experience of wow is built around us vs them. Ally vs horde. It is what makes the game tick and always has.

Take that away, and wow has nothing left. The people who support one faction are out of their minds

It’s like autobots and deceptions joining up

[Resheph]

I can live with almost all if it's true, except two things:

- removal of factions is unacceptable. I don't want that scum in my beautiful Stormwind.

- Player housing is the only thing I really, really, really want in WOW. I will play perpetually if they add a system similar to LOTRO with supporting professions.

[ddsad2212]

Most of this sounds like the fan theories that have been making the rounds based on the current stuff that came out. If this pre-dated the level squish email then it would be interesting. Tbh the faction thing sounds wrong to me on a core level but I guess the game has changed so much that honestly it might not be a bad idea. So far in you'd think it'd make sense at this point that the factions make peace.