Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[doledippers]

everybody tryna get a piece of that leak clout

[matijwow]

Deinitely looks void themed. Either Elunahir or the 5th Old God. Aren't they represented in art as roots and shit?

I was looking over the 5th Old God evidence and the best case, I think, is that the artwork from Chronicle depicts the 4 Old Gods and a 5th Cthulhu looking head instead of C'Thuun. But it looks like a C'Thrax head going by the new models.

[Nymrohd]

lol, yeah the faces look very AI

crazy stuff nonetheless!

I love that people stop at the faces when there is a chair that is missing half its parts

I mean all those efforts to reproduce it with AI which have very obvious flaws should just make it more likely it is true.

[kavikor]

im the blizzcon coffee fetcher and when i went to deliver ion his coffee i ran in too quickly
i spilled coffee all over the place and ruined his shirt and he screamed at me but he said something very intriguing that i thought u guys might want to hear

"awesome, freak, you ruined my purple and gold themed void expansion shirt where we were going to get playable ethereals and arrakoa with a brand new void-themed class, also it was going to have a world revamp! now im going to have to go get a new purple and gold themed void expansion shirt, you idiot"

make of this what you will

[ercarp]

@ercarp
I mean, I can see obvious issues with these. Unnaturally bent legs, broken pallets, that "chair"

You can see those same issues with the original image that was shared, so...

[Kiria]

if you want some actual inside info, there is nothing that i have seen over the weekend that has given me an indication of what 11.0 is. all merch and pamphlets etc arrive on thursday afternoon.

we just have stages and set pieces here now

Can you clue is in on what the set pieces look like?

[Cheezits]

IMO, they will try and cover for the next expansion continent being lazy with a new feature as their standout. Whether that is a Torghast 2, housing, or a revamp is up in the air, but given the "Frontiers" stuff in the files I think it will be housing which would line up with the lack of structures in the zone pictures (more room to place/build your house/settlement)

Frankly despite wanting housing I don't want it on a shitty brand new continent that suffers as a result of it.

[Marlamin]

IMO, they will try and cover for the next expansion continent being lazy with a new feature as their standout. Whether that is a Torghast 2, housing, or a revamp is up in the air, but given the "Frontiers" stuff in the files I think it will be housing which would line up with the lack of structures in the zone pictures (more room to place/build your house/settlement)

There is a single model in the files called the Frontier Inn, it's not multiple things.

[Cheezits]

There is a single model in the files called the Frontier Inn, it's not multiple things.

Are the "build a wall" orc and human assets not tied to the name Frontier?

[Sondrelk]

Heck yeah.

Btw just so none of these example photos get passed around as the real thing, here are the rest of the results as well as the prompts I used to get them.

"photo taken backstage at blizzcon showing cardboard boxes and set pieces. there are stone pillars with roots around them and in the background there is some world of warcraft concept art. there are workers moving around and a forklift"

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"shaky photo taken backstage at blizzcon showing cardboard boxes and set pieces. there are stone pillars with roots around them and in the background there is some world of warcraft concept art"

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The second image from the second prompt is what really gets to me, the roots seemingly growing out of the boxes.

On a slightly related note. When you ask for boxes the AI really doesnt take that lightly. There really are boxes everywhere. All shapes and sizes. No chairs or tables though, I guess they are still inside the boxes waiting to be unpacked.

[matijwow]

Wait... I just had a crazy thought.. what if Avaloren doesn't exist in the present?

But in the past?

Avalon is the island where King Arthur was taken to heal when mortally wounded and the legend is he would return, so the IRL lore is kind of like a magic time island.

[Marlamin]

Are the "build a wall" orc and human assets not tied to the name Frontier?

Nope, just "Wall" or "Tower" and stuff like that.

[Sondrelk]

im the blizzcon coffee fetcher and when i went to deliver ion his coffee i ran in too quickly
i spilled coffee all over the place and ruined his shirt and he screamed at me but he said something very intriguing that i thought u guys might want to hear

"awesome, freak, you ruined my purple and gold themed void expansion shirt where we were going to get playable ethereals and arrakoa with a brand new void-themed class, also it was going to have a world revamp! now im going to have to go get a new purple and gold themed void expansion shirt, you idiot"

make of this what you will

Big if true.

[Gloriandus]

Surely the next expac is going to be a big deal, being that it will likely release during the 20th anniversary of WoW. Surely they would want to "kitchen sink" it, right?

[Well Done Steak]

Heck yeah.

Btw just so none of these example photos get passed around as the real thing, here are the rest of the results as well as the prompts I used to get them.

"photo taken backstage at blizzcon showing cardboard boxes and set pieces. there are stone pillars with roots around them and in the background there is some world of warcraft concept art. there are workers moving around and a forklift"



"shaky photo taken backstage at blizzcon showing cardboard boxes and set pieces. there are stone pillars with roots around them and in the background there is some world of warcraft concept art"

Interesting how none of the boxes in this are open or any garage on the floor, while the leak does.

[Cheezits]

Nope, just "Wall" or "Tower" and stuff like that.

Weird, but I'm very suspicious of a good chunk of the new Human assets having that "tied by ropes" aesthetic.

[Murlocos]

Surely the next expac is going to be a big deal, being that it will likely release during the 20th anniversary of WoW. Surely they would want to "kitchen sink" it, right?

WoD was the 10th anniversary expansion, so I wouldn't go off that alone given precedent.

[Tanthalason]

The more I look at it the more I see things that don't make sense, so yeah... AI seems far more likely; the open cardboard box with another box inside is just weird, and so are many of the angles on that picture.

Oh good grief, people put boxes inside of boxes all the time...it's a way to ship something more securely instead of using a smaller box and packing peanuts or something, you just essentially double the cardboard thickness.

[Nymrohd]

You can see those same issues with the original image that was shared, so...

I mean I can't. I've seen things people suggested, they were nowhere near at the same level and can easily be explained by the blur.

[allifeur]

It's interesting that the tree in the vid actually matches the tree that's actually there, but there is not a building in sight... at least not yet.

Is this our first look at a Durotar revamp?

Unlikely, but it's fun to speculate

It would be funny if it's Chromie and Nozdormu, looking to remove spoilers from the Durotar Synthwave playlist.
Alternatively, they just like to listen it to chill.