Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Paula Deen]

in case anyone missed something
here is
tl;dr of this sub (1500 pages) :d

quickly do we know the names of the cloud elementals in this photo? They could be the key to all this

Edit: I fixed the quote I snipped.

[Ferlion]

quickly do we know the names of the cloud elementals in this photo? They could be the key to all this

I think I've heard it's labeled as MC Cool Cloud.

[Bsirk]

https://x.com/MrGMYT/status/1712240566908457454?s=20 3 weeks and 2 days!

Three weeks for me! I'm flying out to California on the 1st.

[Thomir]

I hope we get 10.2.5 news at Blizzcon. I want to know if they're adding more druid or paladin races.

[Cheezits]

Somehow, ercarp returned.

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The druid customization option overhaul becoming available for testing (that dev worked on customizations for DF).

Probably that, but I like to think it was the reveal of the augment rune as well (for its implications)

[Catastrophy349]

I hope we get 10.2.5 news at Blizzcon. I want to know if they're adding more druid or paladin races.

10.2.5 is going to be SO big, we won't even need an 11.0 announcement.

[Paula Deen]

10.2.5 is going to be SO big, we won't even need an 11.0 announcement.

Ideally we get a new roadmap with multiple patches leading into the expansion launch in Summer...ideally.

[Ferlion]

10.2.5 is going to be SO big, we won't even need an 11.0 announcement.

10.2.5 is the real world revamp.

We'll never see it coming.

[Marlamin]

Ideally we get a new roadmap with multiple patches leading into the expansion launch in Summer...ideally.

Yeah, would not be surprised given the current road map ends with 10.2, suspiciously leaving out 10.2.5 which we know for a fact was at least planned to exist way back in 10.0.5. A new roadmap starting with 10.2, then 10.2.5 and a possible 10.2.7 (depending if they moved stuff around or not/have pre-expansion things to announce) leading into 11.0 would be my bet with a post 11.0 roadmap appearing after 11.0 releases. Can't wait.

[Palapop]

10.2.5 is going to be SO big, we won't even need an 11.0 announcement.

det copium.

[Catastrophy349]

Unfortunately, sarcasm is a lost gem.

[Ersula]

Yeah, would not be surprised given the current road map ends with 10.2, suspiciously leaving out 10.2.5 which we know for a fact was at least planned to exist way back in 10.0.5. A new roadmap starting with 10.2, then 10.2.5 and a possible 10.2.7 (depending if they moved stuff around or not/have pre-expansion things to announce) leading into 11.0 would be my bet with a post 11.0 roadmap appearing after 11.0 releases. Can't wait.

The Roadmap has said "2023" all year. I think December would be too soon for 10.2.5



This is also why I expect 2024's roadmap to be similar. "10.2.5" in winter. "10.3" between Spring & Summer. Pre-patch in Fall. Expansion release & Anniversary celebration same time as 10.2 but next year. I don't know why they'd try this new content release schedule where they put all non-seasonal content in minor patches just to resign themselves to having the same content drought as normal, especially when that content drought equates to loss of subscribers. Finding a way to avoid that biannual sub loss would be my #1 priority if I were Blizzard but that's just me.

[KayRule]

Isn't that just the Naked Rexxar model but with bits on top now?

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Also the text is filled with errors. Defense is misspelled in the first sentence.

[Ferlion]

Isn't that just the Naked Rexxar model but with bits on top now?

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Also the text is filled with errors. Defense is misspelled in the first sentence.

Defence is technically correct.

I.E. It's a feasible mistake to see defence get through a spellcheck and and initial proof read.

It's fake, don't get me wrong. But that isn't, on it's own, a deal breaker.

[KayRule]

There's numerous grammatical errors, on top of using EU preferences spellings like "defence", that just stuck out to me even more because it's right at the start.

[Ferlion]

There's numerous grammatical errors, on top of using EU preferences spellings like "defence", that just stuck out to me even more because it's right at the start.

I mean, I'm almost positive the background is a zoomed in and cropped version of the Dragon Isles

[KayRule]

I hope we get 10.2.5 news at Blizzcon. I want to know if they're adding more druid or paladin races.

100%, if there is more content after 10.2, we will be hearing about it at Blizzcon.

[justwatching]

The Roadmap has said "2023" all year. I think December would be too soon for 10.2.5



This is also why I expect 2024's roadmap to be similar. "10.2.5" in winter. "10.3" between Spring & Summer. Pre-patch in Fall. Expansion release & Anniversary celebration same time as 10.2 but next year. I don't know why they'd try this new content release schedule where they put all non-seasonal content in minor patches just to resign themselves to having the same content drought as normal, especially when that content drought equates to loss of subscribers. Finding a way to avoid that biannual sub loss would be my #1 priority if I were Blizzard but that's just me.

Everything points to 10.2/10.2.5 being the end of the expansion and if you want to talk overall health of the game than the absolute best thing they can do is move on to 11.0 as fast as they can.
By every source of data that we have DFs playercount is not much higher than the darkest days of SL and pretty much the only thing that brings back lapsed players are expansion releases.

As for Subscriber loss in the first half of 2024..you can expect 1.15(Vanilla fresh/Classic+ whatever they will call it) possibly releasing as soon as December but definitely early in 24 and Cataclysm classic probably in the late spring.

[flan1337]

Three weeks for me! I'm flying out to California on the 1st.

I will be there on the 31st to be spooky

[milkmustache]

I know that Wavewhisker mount as 11.0 speculation has heavily simmered down, but I just realized it's "Elven Saddle" is nearly identical to the saddle from the Silver & Purple armor option on the Windborne Velocidrake. Not that there was much weight to that speculation still, but that should cool it off nearly entirely.