Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Zaganite]

Anyone else see in the travel log achievements for this month there's an event called Final Surge and it's the end of Oct into start of Nov and it ends just before blizcon.

10.2 release date 7th/8th November?

[Marlamin]

Content creators did get to play DF alpha early
Some framed it as a break
Others framed it as being sick

Yeah, but not before the expansion's announcement, that'd be a first.

[Ersula]

Content creators did get to play DF alpha early
Some framed it as a break
Others framed it as being sick

Yeah, but that's because its announcement wasn't tied to a Blizzcon. Shadowlands had a playable build at the Blizzcon, with them even letting certain people download a playable build to their personal computers. They'll just do that again at Blizzcon.

[Makorus]

Anyone else see in the travel log achievements for this month there's an event called Final Surge and it's the end of Oct into start of Nov and it ends just before blizcon.

10.2 release date 7th/8th November?

That's a new mechanic they introduced for the Trading Post, where there are tasks at the end of the Month that give loads of points.

https://news.blizzard.com/en-gb/worl...s-trading-post

INTRODUCING FINAL SURGE
This month, new activities are available to help players catch up on their activity bar. These events will begin one week before the end of the month.

[Valhalladin]

They are not almost identical, they only share the nine.

The number 19 is not close to 20 because they don’t share any of the same numbers. 1000iq logic.

[ZyntosAran]

Anyone else see in the travel log achievements for this month there's an event called Final Surge and it's the end of Oct into start of Nov and it ends just before blizcon.

10.2 release date 7th/8th November?

Thats just bonus tasks for the end of the travel log month.
Was already in last month.

[Samin]

It would be cool if they added one new zone on each continent to have a reason to travel everywhere on Azeroth,

Khaz Algar= Northrend, Frostborn, Yogg
????= Pandaria, Jinyu, Yshaarj
Under Silithus= Kalimdor, ????, Cthun
????= EK, ?????, Nzoth??

And if you wanted to include the islands, you could do Zuldare and something new for Kul Tiras.

As someone still playing on a HDD - please no. Not the excessive loading screens.

I really didn't like the disconnected nature of Shadowlands, I hope we get contigous zones, at least at release.

[Catastrophy349]

It would be cool if they added one new zone on each continent to have a reason to travel everywhere on Azeroth,

Khaz Algar= Northrend, Frostborn, Yogg
????= Pandaria, Jinyu, Yshaarj
Under Silithus= Kalimdor, ????, Cthun
????= EK, ?????, Nzoth??

And if you wanted to include the islands, you could do Zuldare and something new for Kul Tiras.

Yes because it was awesome having disconnected zones in both Cataclysm and in Shadowlands. Pretty sure the community responded well to it.

[huth]

Anyone else see in the travel log achievements for this month there's an event called Final Surge and it's the end of Oct into start of Nov and it ends just before blizcon.

10.2 release date 7th/8th November?

There was actually the same last month. It's to help people get the bar filled if they start late, nothing more.

[Radioactive]

"Azeroth is home."

Imagine an expansion where they announce Old world revamp as a massive terrain for player housing.
And Avaloren / Other Side of Azeroth as the new leveling/dungeons/MSQ etc continent.

This way they won't have to develop thousands of quests to fill a revamped EK+Kalimdor, but "only" some events or other features to support the new Housing system.

Then Cataclysm Classic will serve as a backup of the pre-revamp.

And cherry-on-top would be something to do with classes, like 4th specs or class skins (Necro for locks, witch doctor for shamy, drust magic for druids, etc)

[Sondrelk]

"Azeroth is home."

Imagine an expansion where they announce Old world revamp as a massive terrain for player housing.
And Avaloren / Other Side of Azeroth as the new leveling/dungeons/MSQ etc continent.

This way they won't have to develop thousands of quests to fill a revamped EK+Kalimdor, but "only" some events or other features to support the new Housing system.

Then Cataclysm Classic will serve as a backup of the pre-revamp.

And cherry-on-top would be something to do with classes, like 4th specs or class skins (Necro for locks, witch doctor for shamy, drust magic for druids, etc)

I imagine that would still feel underwhelming for those that actually want content in the old zones.
Housing is a perfect fit for old zones sure, but players would still want to know what is actually happening in the zones.

[Nymrohd]

"Azeroth is home."

Imagine an expansion where they announce Old world revamp as a massive terrain for player housing.
And Avaloren / Other Side of Azeroth as the new leveling/dungeons/MSQ etc continent.

This way they won't have to develop thousands of quests to fill a revamped EK+Kalimdor, but "only" some events or other features to support the new Housing system.

Then Cataclysm Classic will serve as a backup of the pre-revamp.

And cherry-on-top would be something to do with classes, like 4th specs or class skins (Necro for locks, witch doctor for shamy, drust magic for druids, etc)

I mean sure it would be amazing. I can imagine that. I can also imagine winning the lottery.

[Darkarath]

"Azeroth is home."

Imagine an expansion where they announce Old world revamp as a massive terrain for player housing.
And Avaloren / Other Side of Azeroth as the new leveling/dungeons/MSQ etc continent.

This way they won't have to develop thousands of quests to fill a revamped EK+Kalimdor, but "only" some events or other features to support the new Housing system.

Then Cataclysm Classic will serve as a backup of the pre-revamp.

And cherry-on-top would be something to do with classes, like 4th specs or class skins (Necro for locks, witch doctor for shamy, drust magic for druids, etc)

I think that new specs in 11.0 is practically guaranteed.

Regarding your idea of a world revamp, I do not think that housing would be able everywhere. It would probably be instanced content, as the Garrison was.

Focusing on the revamp, you bring some interesting ideas. It is an endless discussion how the revamp would happen. I think that we might get it in 11.0 in different ways:

- Old world is revamped from zero and it is the main focus of the expansion + Khaz Algar as a new zone somewhere.

- Old world is revamped from zero + Khaz Algar as an endgame zone and at the same time as the first zone of a new continent that would be expanded in patches and expansions.

- We get the usual new continent with Khaz Algar as a new zone + Some Old world revamped zones from zero. The Old world revamp would continue through patches and expansions while telling a new story and acting as evergreen content.

I just do not see a world revamp just for housing. Maybe as a base for future content, but again, having seen the zones already without a questing experience would be very detrimental to the feeling of exploration IMO.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Knowing that an Earthern city is going to be part of 11.0, is it finally time for them to take the lessons of Deepholme and Zaralek and make a full-underground expansion?

You know, like underneath a revamped old world?

Glowy red holes optional.

[Zers Editor]

Theory: the Mother Oathstone was never meant to respond to any of the Aspects in the first place, but to Tyr himself.

[Dracullus]

It would be cool if they added one new zone on each continent to have a reason to travel everywhere on Azeroth,

Khaz Algar= Northrend, Frostborn, Yogg
????= Pandaria, Jinyu, Yshaarj
Under Silithus= Kalimdor, ????, Cthun
????= EK, ?????, Nzoth??

And if you wanted to include the islands, you could do Zuldare and something new for Kul Tiras.

Don't see what's cool about it, absolutely horrible idea. This is return to completely disjointed expac area from Cataclysm and Shadowlands. Don't only it means loading screens on every corner, but also you wouldn't visit any old continent anyway, cause you always would go straight to new zone.

I think that new specs in 11.0 is practically guaranteed.

Or maybe there would be way to transform any DPS spec into support through new talents or something else. Pure support spec turned out to be huge headache for people who work on tuning.

[vintage79]

So... it's time to summarize the whole topic

[Fahrad Wagner]

So... it's time to summarize the whole topic

You know what, that's a pretty good sum up

[Valysar]

For those who haven't seen, Keyboardturner datamined a gryphon texture back when the 10.2 PTR first came online.

This reminds me this :



or this :

[AOL Instant Messenger]

This reminds me this :

I can see it, certainly. Definitely a necromantic kind of vibe.