Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[ralilioth]

Is it weird to not have a blizzcon schedule yet? I feel like the released them earlier.

It is quite late, normally its like atleast 2+ weeks before blizzcon. Was wondering as well why its taking so long.

[Woke it Up]

Comparing the size of the Dragon Isles to Kalimdor you can fit A LOT of Kalimdor zones into the size of a modern dragonriding zone. You combine Darkshore, Moonglade, Hyjal, Felwood, Winterspring and Ashenvale into one big zone with a gradual natural elevation up to Mt. Hyjal and call it "The Kaldorei heartlands" or something like that. Combine Stonetalon, Desolace, Mulgore, Barrens and Durotar into one big zone which progresses from desert in the east to savannah to plains to mountains in the west and call it "The Plains of Honor" etc. This would require the continent to essentially be re-imagined with regards to mountain barriers and elevation and such, but it'd make the zones feel both fresh and familiar at the same time.

Please no more botani, least warcraft race, and even less inspired

[GhostPanini]

It is quite late, normally its like atleast 2+ weeks before blizzcon. Was wondering as well why its taking so long.

Yeah definitely! Hopefully the late schedule release means something big is at this blizzcon and they are waiting for the announcement rather then them just taking forever

[pacotaco]

I'm still kinda shocked by this. Where could this have come from?

After seeing Q'onzu, my guess is a future Loa based on Bastet (dauther and guardian of Ra, the god of the Sun)

[Woke it Up]

If you mean this cat, no:

Looks kind of like the fox skeleton

[Teriz]

except Dire Maul was when we went there in classic until they left in Cata unlike Strath which wasn’t in classic and they al died.

and again none of the others are conceived as dungeons or raids before before they were in game, so your point is moot.

You seem a bit confused here. When Grim Batol was in the concept stage it was conceptualized to be a dungeon in cataclysm. When Dire Maul was in the concept stage, it was conceptualized to be a dungeon in vanilla.

When Undermine was in the concept stage, it was conceptualized to be the homeland of a neutral playable race.

You can't see the difference?

So we agree it wasn’t in the quote.

Actually it was;

Blizzard originally wanted to include Undermine in the original World of Warcraft along with goblins as a playable race, with Johnathan Staats describing it as "tinker town" and "crazy". However, as the team did not have a lot of goblin art assets, building the goblin homeland would have required "a ton" of work, leading to both Undermine and playable goblins being cut from classic WoW.[15]

then go ahead and site the explicit ones about undermine from dragon flight.

https://www.wowhead.com/item=204302/...e-clam-chowder
https://www.wowhead.com/ptr-2/spell=...r-trackers-kit
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com...cruit-a-friend

[Pinksocking]

New "Eclipse" leak and another pic from matijwow:





Full image can be found here:

https://imgur.com/oYcqjO8

Race is called Mantir.

is this real

[ercarp]

is this real

Doubt it. I think @matijwow is just bored of the lack of any real leaks and is having a bit of fun. Their earlier image "leak" was confirmed to be AI generated and I was able to somewhat replicate it using Bing.

[Azalar]

Why Mantir having Mantid already huh?

[ralilioth]

Yeah definitely! Hopefully the late schedule release means something big is at this blizzcon and they are waiting for the announcement rather then them just taking forever

Must a be reason for it, feel like else it would have been posted. Even the year Overwatch was announced the schedule was known and there were like gaps in between slots irc.

[Hitei]

Must a be reason for it, feel like else it would have been posted. Even the year Overwatch was announced the schedule was known and there were like gaps in between slots irc.

The times for everything in the schedule are a code that spells out the name of the expansion so they're hiding them.

[Dragon ANX]

Are the "revamp" people part of a cult?

Yes, how did you know?

we are legion, we are eternal

YES YES YES

[ercarp]

Why Mantir having Mantid already huh?

I wouldn't particularly like having an insectoid playable race anyway. I hate bugs.

[Kiivar86]

If you mean this cat, no:

That's the one, yeah.

Curious where its assets came from.

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

I doubt Bobby took their whiteboards, its just a bit of fun. I don't see Blizzard making the same mistake with another race when it comes to Armor.

[Lady Atia]

The new owlbear can fly! I repeat, the cute new owlbear is able to fly!

[ercarp]

That's the one, yeah.

Curious where its assets came from.

I remember people thinking it was part of an Eversong Woods revamp.

Personally I don't think it looks like it belongs in the Warcraft universe at all. It's cute, but it doesn't mix well with anything in the game.

[ChronoSul]

I wouldn't particularly like having an insectoid playable race anyway. I hate bugs.

I think thats honestly the problem with a insectoid playable race I know in MoP the guild i was in had our best healer quit because she was afraid of prey mantis. I think there are easy ways to make one work as their are A LOT of pretty moths/butterflys we just got a winged race so who knows

[rainhard]

Are the "revamp" people part of a cult?

Only because its inevitable and we will win, maybe next expansion maybe the other maybe 6 years into the future but you cannot take our dream away!

[Lorgar Aurelian]

You seem a bit confused here. When Grim Batol was in the concept stage it was conceptualized to be a dungeon in cataclysm. When Dire Maul was in the concept stage, it was conceptualized to be a dungeon in vanilla.

you are the one who’s confused.

Grim Batol was conceptualized as a lost Dwarven keep the horde used as a base and locked the dragons up in all the way back in WC2.

Dire Maul was conceptualized as an one of the elven city in there trilogy.

Either were originally meant to be dungeons in wow.

You can't see the difference?

there is none, there original concepts aren’t what we got in wow which holds true for undermine which will be added in who knows what state.

https://www.wowhead.com/item=204302/...e-clam-chowder
https://www.wowhead.com/ptr-2/spell=...r-trackers-kit
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com...cruit-a-friend

Tanaris/shredders =\= undermine in any way.