Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Harbour]

She doesn't get all of them right I think, but she makes a point.

https://twitter.com/ObviouslyZelryn/...22061714006305

Yes, thats good one. No one is saying Blizzard would reuse assets. The problem is that in this specific pic there are too many details that are reused. The piece of Triceratops neck thing taken from some absolutely different object literally seals the deal. Blizzard wouldnt design the creature in that specific way.

[ercarp]

looks like a private server image to me. there is no avaloren in 11.0

Give us one in-game screenshot and I'll go back to believing you.

[Cheezits]

Yes, thats good one. No one is saying Blizzard would reuse assets. The problem is that in this specific pic there are too many details that are reused. The piece of Triceratops neck thing taken from some absolutely different object literally seals the deal. Blizzard wouldnt design the creature in that specific way.

They aren't even the same swirl. Titan designs just use similar aesthetics.

[Teriz]

Yeah, for the players who've been around for WC3.

Just because odyn has no merch doesn't mean the players base doesn't recognize him as a lore figure.

Again, why do you think a company creates merchandise for certain characters and zero merch for other characters? They've been making merch for Chen for almost 20 years now. You know why? Because it sells.

You know why they've never made merch for Odyn? Because nobody cares about Odyn.

Plus who's to say Odyn will be our familiar anchor to avaloren? What about Tyr???

Tyr is even worse off than Odyn. Keepers don't move expansions because they're lifeless automatons. People care about actual (mortal) characters.

[Dragon ANX]

I can't read what it says, but this one definitely looks the most "Real" in regards to a picture on a computer screen (to me)

I'm not saying the image was faked, but that the text has some problems and that could be an indication that the site is real in the sense of existing, but is just a fake site.

[22mage22]

Give us one in-game screenshot and I'll go back to believing you.

i dont reveal much since i have no images taken. only what i see. i could go into a private server and fake images, but i do not post fakes.

[Fahrad Wagner]

Highkeeper Odyn has invited you to Ulduar.

Now Zhu Li... DO THE THING! *smashes the reorigination button*

[justwatching]

The twitter post reeks of people trying to discredit the dracthyr based on pixels

Yeah this is my vibe too like seriously looking at this:

https://imgur.com/a/JPoVKAQ

I cant make out enough Details there to really say its those exact stairs or not Titan stairs number 34579957788. Same with the golem

https://imgur.com/JbDTmow

[PotHockets]

Yes, thats good one. No one is saying Blizzard would reuse assets. The problem is that in this specific pic there are too many details that are reused. The piece of Triceratops neck thing taken from some absolutely different object literally seals the deal. Blizzard wouldnt design the creature in that specific way.

Just like how Blizzard wouldn't design the Dracthyr the way they did right?

[Hitei]

i have none i post none. i dont post fakes.

And yet somehow you keep managing to post updates, new information, and comments on how things look.

[Azalar]

Can someone translate?

It's some generic worldbuilding mumbojumbo. It could be summarized to something like "after the Sundering the sea serpent seas remained silent until now" or "the mountains of ancestry keep the secrets of the ancient races of Azeroth, with the Sundering the mountains shook and unearthed threats new and old".

[Sinstrike]

She doesn't get all of them right I think, but she makes a point.

Folks did the same kind of deep analysis on the Dracthyr model, as well as the in-game screenshot of the new UI with the reagent bag slot. I'm not saying that automatically proves it's legit, but if you have to squint at some of the comparisons, you're probably grasping at straws.

Also, many of the model comparisons in the initial tweet are a big stretch. The staircase in the leaked screenshot is so far back in the environment you can't really tell. Also the bronze neck piece on the direhorn is the same/similar texture to the railing, but it's an entirely different shape.

As far as some of the smaller stuff like butterflies and the titan golem; there have always been re-used models and props in new expansions to a certain extent. Blizzard has never made an entirely new suite of assets for every existing thing in a new expansion before. The same concept applies to the titan architecture. Why make new titan assets for a titan pillar with an orb on top if you have a version of the same thing you made for Dragonflight?

[ercarp]

Yes, thats good one. No one is saying Blizzard would reuse assets. The problem is that in this specific pic there are too many details that are reused. The piece of Triceratops neck thing taken from some absolutely different object literally seals the deal. Blizzard wouldnt design the creature in that specific way.

The battle pet version has a similar collar.

[22mage22]

And yet somehow you keep managing to post updates, new information, and comments on how things look.

i only reveal a little each time of what i seen. there is no trailer i have.

to whoever made the fake: at least you didnt make it AI... not real but its nice to see after many bad ones.

[micwini]

The albatross in the spanish images is omega scuffed. Seems AI.

[Harbour]

First time I'm seeing these and I'm supposed to be the leak collector...

Can you point me to the original source for these?

4chan /wowg/ thread unironically

[Dismayxz]

Yes, thats good one. No one is saying Blizzard would reuse assets. The problem is that in this specific pic there are too many details that are reused. The piece of Triceratops neck thing taken from some absolutely different object literally seals the deal. Blizzard wouldnt design the creature in that specific way.

A titan-esque triceratops's neck embelishment would not be coherent with their recently newly established ways of embelishing anything titanic.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

Pandaria had Chen Stormstout and the Pandarens; One of the most popular characters from WC3, and one of the most requested races in WoW per Chris Metzen.

Mop was also the worse selling expan ever and lost a lot of subs.

It’s looked back on fondly now but it’s pretty undeniable that it wasn’t as popular as any other expan idea.

Dragon flights lack of sales numbers not withstanding of course.

[justwatching]

The battle pet version has a similar collar.

Looks exactly like a small version of the Screenshot.

[Marlamin]

The butterflies are all right to re-use, no big deal. But Marlamin suggested earlier I think that we only had green ones so far, or something like that? Correct me if I'm wrong Marlamin.

There's various colors of butterflies including blue ones, but not as blue as the ones in the screenshot.