Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

Did people already discuss the permanent augment rune and it being another sign of there not being a 10.3?

Yeah, it was brought up. Again, I think this decision is crazy to confirm at Blizzcon but thats what they intend to do it seems.

Not much else to say, honestly until it is confirmed.

[ZyntosAran]

Did people already discuss the permanent augment rune and it being another sign of there not being a 10.3?

yes /10char

[Cheezits]

Yeah, it was brought up. Again, I think this decision is crazy to confirm at Blizzcon but thats what they intend to do it seems.

Not much else to say, honestly until it is confirmed.

I think they are VERY confident that 10.2.5 and/or 11.0 will be SO GOOD that people aren't in uproar over it.

Or they don't care/cut DF because not enough revenue.

[flan1337]

Yeah, it was brought up. Again, I think this decision is crazy to confirm at Blizzcon but thats what they intend to do it seems.

Not much else to say, honestly until it is confirmed.

I totally agree with you that even though this xpack had some really interesting characters the fact it feels like Fyrakk isn't the big bad kinda sucks. We should have seen him do even more crazy stuff ,but so far we barely interacted with him. Instead we see him get the shadowflame, kinda set a zone on fire(this event is completely dead also) and then work the the druids of the flame ,but all the while we are only watching.

I am honestly stumped how 10.2 is going to wrap up the primal incarnates storyline.

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I think they are VERY confident that 10.2.5 and/or 11.0 will be SO GOOD that people aren't in uproar over it.

Or they don't care/cut DF because not enough revenue.

You know if it leaks or gets confirmed that DF got cut because not enough revenue - I might actually quit wow again. At what point does blizzard management ask themselves if they have to cut/scrap half of the roadmap each time maybe then should start each xpack with a much smaller scope? Hell give us the full story then day one of the xpack then.

[Gurahk]

Dwarf looking ogres?

Isn't that just Rexxar's model?

[Cheezits]

You know if it leaks or gets confirmed that DF got cut because not enough revenue - I might actually quit wow again. At what point does blizzard management ask themselves if they have to cut/scrap half of the roadmap each time maybe then should start each xpack with a much smaller scope? Hell give us the full story then day one of the xpack then.

I really doubt it got "cut" as most stuff is more or less wrapped up from the Isles besides Tyr. If anything got cut it was Vakthros and devs making additional islands/stuff to attach to the Isles.

[Tinnhead]

What does the "storm" mean in the Dragon Rider's Gear set bonus? Too new to post links yet

[Makabreska]

Did people already discuss the permanent augment rune and it being another sign of there not being a 10.3?

No 10.3 is pretty much guaranteed at this point, with where story is going, Blizz not confirming 10.2 ain't final and devs saying that WoW will take most screen time during Blizzcon.

[milkmustache]

What does the "storm" mean in the Dragon Rider's Gear set bonus? Too new to post links yet

If you're referring to this, I'm unsure. Could be a good find. Storm is capitalized. Maybe the Primal Storm events? It looks like it was added in 10.0.

[Makabreska]

Dwarf looking ogres?

Image and keyboard not even trying to align, peeps ain't trying with them fakes. Where is Rise of Ashara logging screen quality?

[Marlamin]

If you're referring to this, I'm unsure. Could be a good find. Storm is capitalized. Maybe the Primal Storm events? It looks like it was added in 10.0.

Yeah, I would assume it means the Primal Storms (prepatch stuff).

[Nightshade711]

I totally agree with you that even though this xpack had some really interesting characters the fact it feels like Fyrakk isn't the big bad kinda sucks. We should have seen him do even more crazy stuff ,but so far we barely interacted with him. Instead we see him get the shadowflame, kinda set a zone on fire(this event is completely dead also) and then work the the druids of the flame ,but all the while we are only watching.

I am honestly stumped how 10.2 is going to wrap up the primal incarnates storyline.

So… given the context that Fyrakk is (likely) the final boss of the expansion, I have the opinion that Dawn of the Infinite should have been a raid.

That way we still could have gotten the Iridikron “final boss” but we ended up deciding/having to change those events and save Nozdormu/prevent Murozond from rising.

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

Fyrakks Death Cinematic if it is the final raid is said to have a very epic ending by the Lead Narrative Designer Steve Danuser. So something will inevitably happen that isn't just Fyrakks' death and collapse on the floor. (Could be referring to 10.2.5/10.2.7 stuff tho)

[flan1337]

If you're referring to this, I'm unsure. Could be a good find. Storm is capitalized. Maybe the Primal Storm events? It looks like it was added in 10.0.

Odd it says in the storm and not "during a primal storm" unless we could get another zone event called storms? Maybe older zones will get a prepatch like event.

[Baraden]

I hope to god it isn't Avaloren because there is nothing more lame and boring than a "new landmass we didn't know about" asspull - we have Azeroth, we have outland, we have northrend and pandaria - why can't they devote the resources that goes into making new landmasses that will be utterly deserted in 2 years time into creating content within these existing zones that actually updates and tells a decent story

Avaloren and Dwarves - this will be another snoozefest expansion if that really is the case, and I like dwarves

[Ersula]

No 10.3 is pretty much guaranteed at this point, with devs saying that WoW will take most screen time during Blizzcon.

Considering after Shadowlands reveal, they basically had nothing to show, I doubt that. The Warcraft coverage will be split among talking about the new expansion & showing off 10.3. The Augment rune is likely due to the last reputation of the expansion being added in 10.2 and I expect 10.3 to have a raid like Dragon Soul.

UPDATE: The Rune is twice the price of the normal perma-rune. Who wants to bet that's because it's supposed to last 2 raids instead of 1?

[Tinnhead]

If you're referring to this, I'm unsure. Could be a good find. Storm is capitalized. Maybe the Primal Storm events? It looks like it was added in 10.0.

I was referring to that yea. If it did mean the primal storms, wouldn't there be information on how the gear is acquired? IE sold by a vendor or etc. Some wowhead comments talk about how it hasn't appeared in game yet. You can also see the set existing on live in the adventure guide -> sets tab as a cloth wearing class

[Baraden]

Considering after Shadowlands reveal, they basically had nothing to show, I doubt that. The Warcraft coverage will be split among talking about the new expansion & showing off 10.3. The Augment rune is likely due to the last reputation of the expansion being added in 10.2 and I expect 10.3 to have a raid like Dragon Soul.

Honestly we'd have a lot more patches with tangible content if blizzard and players agreed we don't need a new zone every patch, because we really don't

[KyleEverett]

On PTR you can't mount up as a Moonkin anymore.

[Well Done Steak]

There is no support role, it's just a DPS that does its damage differently.

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Enhancement and Elemental both utilize all 4 elements. Restoration is the only spec that's really focused on an element

All shaman specs can utilize all 4 elements. But each spec so far is represented by one primarily, as you can see with ascendance.

Enh is air, ele is fire, and resto is water. So we're missing earth.

It's kinda like how monk specs are represented by the celestials yet have spells for all 4.

WW has FSK for example despite being modeled after Xuen