Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Nightshade711]

Faction war, pronouns... what's next, Sylvanas and Garrosh?

We pull Garrosh and Arthas from the realm you go when you die in the shadowlands… Shadowlands²

[Randris]

Real talk, are we going to get the survival game announced?

I think so. There are some long gaps in the schedule so I think there has to be something new announced to fill those gaps. There's always a possibility it's some other game we don't know about though. But either way I think something new is announced.

[Cheezits]

Pretty ballsy of them to have WoW as the first announcement if the leaked screenshots are true. Unless it's because F2P announcement.

[Sondrelk]

Nice to see that we have already reached the point in the thread where following it is basically impossible unless you refresh constantly.

Hopefully I won't miss anything important. So far seems like I just managed to avoid the woke debate.

[Murlocos]

Real talk, are we going to get the survival game announced?

I'd be a little surprised if it wasn't. When it got announced, the buzz from some of the people working on it indicated it was in a playable state. Jez Corden of Windows Central, while not a 100% reliable leaker overall, has more credit in the Microsoft space and has claimed that it's near completion earlier this year. LinkedIn credits indicate it's been in development since 2018.

[Harbour]

Any bets on F2P WoW starting with 11.0?

[Chickat]

Nice to see that we have already reached the point in the thread where following it is basically impossible unless you refresh constantly.

Hopefully I won't miss anything important. So far seems like I just managed to avoid the woke debate.

I mean it seems like only 3 pages per hour. Not that fast.

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Any bets on F2P WoW starting with 11.0?

No. That's 10 years away imo.

[Tanthalason]

Any bets on F2P WoW starting with 11.0?

Doubt

/10 char

[Cheezits]

Any bets on F2P WoW starting with 11.0?

50/50 considering the new pace of expansions being smaller and apparently low sales of SL and DF.

[Kiria]

Any bets on F2P WoW starting with 11.0?

Why F2P is when they can gamepass it?

Not that I think it would happen but it would make more sense for them to put it on the higher tier GP if they were to go that route.

[Cheezits]

Why F2P is when they can gamepass it?

Not that I think it would happen but it would make more sense for them to put it on the higher tier GP if they were to go that route.

F2P would have a "subscription mode" like ESO where you have benefits, so maybe that would just be lumped into gamepass.

[Zankai27]

And what you have now is so much better.../s

Unironically yes

[Cheezits]

We will probably get another legitimate-looking leak today.

[Kiria]

F2P would have a "subscription mode" like ESO where you have benefits, so maybe that would just be lumped into gamepass.

Good way to kill the game imho, people have had a subscription for so long they wouldnt want that degrade in quality by shifting to f2p.

[Cheezits]

Good way to kill the game imho, people have had a subscription for so long they wouldnt want that degrade in quality by shifting to f2p.

The massive amount of players who would start playing with F2P almost always outweighs the people who leave. Especially with subscription/costly games going F2P (AKA it would effect WoW much more than something like OW going F2P because WoW is so much more expensive to play)

[Ashapls]

Any bets on F2P WoW starting with 11.0?

100%. Added to game pass with expansions included. free to play with purchasable expansions as normal outside of game pass.

[bruxx]

I have nothing against a F2P model at the base, provided it is properly protected against bot bullshit and it doesn't become another Lost Ark

[Nyel]

Any bets on F2P WoW starting with 11.0?

As long as there is a paid battle pass or some kind of season you can buy for 29.90 per year, yes.

[Harbour]

Good way to kill the game imho, people have had a subscription for so long they wouldnt want that degrade in quality by shifting to f2p.

Blizzard won't be that dumb to make subscribers feel like they loose value.
With instruments like Trading Post they can encourage subscribes to continue being subscribers, while F2P players will be able to play the game fully but, for example, get less monthly cosmetic rewards, less tendies etc.
I always thought Trading Post was the first bird foreshadowning F2P. It's very suitable tool to monetize the game without removing base game kit.

[Valysar]

As long as there is a paid battle pass or some kind of season you can buy for 29.90 per year, yes.

Or per season like OW and Diablo