Dragonflight 10.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[doledippers]

It means nothing. In shadowlands he kept hinting 10.0 could be a whole new world which obvs was totally wrong.
Hes doing the same thing now, you really think Blizz is gonna allow him to give any info at all?

yea ofc it means nothing lol, its so vague that the expansion could pretty much be just about anything and he'd technically be correct with what he said here LUL

[Well Done Steak]

towelie teasing us again https://twitter.com/towelthetank/sta...08256925847620

what could this mean

Haha,

"Somewhere else",

It's either avaloren or Karesh.

If we get avaloren before DF ends then HANDS DOWN 11.0 will take place in Karesh. That's where the light v void war will be staged. Due to dimensius causing a rift that Yrel and the light mother will attempt to exploit for the light and xal / Iridikron for the void.

If I'm right then I called two expansion in a row.

That's right I knew we'd go to the dragon isles before SL was even announced.

I'm a fucking prophet

[doledippers]

"Somewhere else",

this is all u need, ur bases are covered. ur gonna be right no matter what, omega brain play

[Well Done Steak]

this is all u need, ur bases are covered. ur gonna be right no matter what, omega brain play

Well he didn't specify anything, that was just a tease on his end. If anything it's just that 11.0 isnt nautical, which we already knew.

[Luck4]

https://twitter.com/towelthetank/sta...08256925847620

what could this mean

That means click-baiting.

[Teriz]

towelie teasing us again https://twitter.com/towelthetank/sta...08256925847620

what could this mean

It could mean Undermine.

Undermine was originally a planned landmass in vanilla. It even shows up on older WoW maps as a continent sized landmass in the south seas.

Blizzard also hinted at an underground expansion when they released Zalarek Caverns. Further an Undermine expansion could explain that Goblin-looking armor in Tanaris.

The only thing that gives me pause in that regard is that Undermine should have a Tinker class alongside it, and we just got Evokers. Though even that could occur if Blizzard wants another class with a support spec available for players to work alongside Augvokers. Blizzard released a new spec mid-expansion, nothing stops them from releasing classes back to back.

[Loreguy126]

I usually like Bel's content but that video, oh boy, is just full of toxic masculinity. Dragonflight is the best Expansion since Legion, and easily on par with MoP, but all he does is crying about it being not "brutal enough" and how guys would have prefered the ugly Draconids instead of the Dracthyr? WoW doesn't need to change "direction", it's already on the right track, all they need is a nostalgia bait expansion to bring back a mass of players similiar to WoD/Shadowlands (which had a huge number of new/returning players but didn't manage to retain them unlike Dragonflight).

Definitely got weird hypermasc vibes too… like what does he mean by “gushy” stuff and “heartwarming”? Hopefully not an attack on inclusion efforts… the world needs more games to be positive, and Blizzard definitely does, at least with WoW. So any other takes on that are <WRONG>

[Cheezits]

towelie teasing us again https://twitter.com/towelthetank/sta...08256925847620

what could this mean

undermine baybeeee

World of Warcraft: Tinkerclysm

Could be a nod to Khaz Algar as well.

[Teriz]

undermine baybeeee

World of Warcraft: Tinkerclysm

Could be a nod to Khaz Algar as well.

I’m sure the usual people will roll their eyes, but it’s a very real possibility. There’s more than enough lore there to support an expansion, and Blizzard stated that it was something they wanted to do, but didn’t have the resources to pull it off at the time. There’s also Gallywix running around as a potential low-level antagonist and a potential need for another support class if Blizzard is going in the direction it appears to be going with support.

[Makorus]

Blizzard literally just clarified their stance on Goblins/Gnomes being joke-races, so Undermine is out of the picture.

[Kiivar86]

Poor pvp players would be confused if a spell could change colours.

But for real though. A revamped glyph system would be an absolute win. But i just don't see it. They never expanded on the idea of green fire like quests, they slowly got rid of cosmetic glyphs other than druid forms and weapon transmogs. Evoker doesn't even have glyphs.

Not saying that customizing spell effects has to be tied to glyphs, but it would make it more interesting than using the transmog npc or barber.

I suppose, though I still think it'd be a neat idea. A fireball is a fireball no matter the color.

I'll hold out hope!

[Teriz]

Blizzard literally just clarified their stance on Goblins/Gnomes being joke-races, so Undermine is out of the picture.

Could you elaborate on this clarification? Unless Blizzard specifically said “we’re never doing an undermine expansion”, it can’t be ruled out.

[Cheezits]

Not sure how you can take Towellie's hint as anything but an underground thing, tbh. Or underwater.

[Teriz]

Not sure how you can take Towellie's hint as anything but an underground thing, tbh. Or underwater.

I think he even said it’s not water.

[Makabreska]

Could you elaborate on this clarification? Unless Blizzard specifically said “we’re never doing an undermine expansion”, it can’t be ruled out.

Blizz never says "never" anyway. Only "we do not plan on doing it at the moment".

[Teriz]

Blizz never says "never" anyway. Only "we do not plan on doing it at the moment".

I got ya, but what did Blizzard do or say that makes them believe they’d never do an undermine expansion?

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

To be fair everything could be a joke from Blizzards side of things when it comes to that quote. Like what expansion concepts fit that people think of beyond Revamp within that framework.

Like I mean I guess you could look over every past expansion through that lense and figure out a criteria of concepts that would fit but yeah thats' about it.

I think it is a bit too much reading into it past the Emerald Dream/Old God part of the quote.

[Nebron]

It could mean Undermine.

Undermine was originally a planned landmass in vanilla. It even shows up on older WoW maps as a continent sized landmass in the south seas.

Blizzard also hinted at an underground expansion when they released Zalarek Caverns. Further an Undermine expansion could explain that Goblin-looking armor in Tanaris.

The only thing that gives me pause in that regard is that Undermine should have a Tinker class alongside it, and we just got Evokers. Though even that could occur if Blizzard wants another class with a support spec available for players to work alongside Augvokers. Blizzard released a new spec mid-expansion, nothing stops them from releasing classes back to back.

I'd take Undermine over Light vs. Void expansion a thousand times. The first one offers a lot of diversity and freedom in theme, since tinker thing may only be a part of the whole set, while light and void narrows down the storytelling opportunities pretty drastically, even if zones could provide some variety in style.

Going after cosmic stuff again after it's poor reception is just revisiting a lost cause. There is literally no reason, from the marketing point of view, to go hard on exploring these topics again, especially on a expansion-wide scale. Just because there's plenty of void stuff in Dragonflight, doesn't necessarily mean that void expansion is to follow. They simply create some loose-ends, so that when the right time comes, the seeds were planted and they'll be ready to just reap the harvest later on.

[Polybius]

Blizzard literally just clarified their stance on Goblins/Gnomes being joke-races, so Undermine is out of the picture.

They're such a joke they were a feature in the Battle of Dazar'alor! Don't forget the pandaren, who were ignored into an expansion.

[Cheezits]

I really doubt it and I feel like it would probably kill the fanbase for two years but there are enough different themes for an entirely underground expansion. Undermine is obvious, Khaz Algar dwarf zone, Uldaz for titan shit, Old God/Anub'arak type thing, etc.

I think more likely than that is a revamp with those being new zones. But if its literally only an underground continent we are definitely going maintenance mode.