Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Nyel]

Microsoft are investing in RTS. W4 has never been more possible than now.

How could this even work if it’s not a prequel? Right, it couldn’t. Anything related to the future of Warcraft story will happen in WoW unless they retread some former WoW storylines like Legion.

[Marlamin]

I'm not familiar with the person who rides a griffon while wearing a horned helm and a shoulder piece, who are they?

You better sit down for that one.

[Kiria]

"Construction."

They're assembling a few monitors and putting up some stands, not building a skyscraper.

This is a bad take, there's alot more to setting up than just "a few monitors and stands", I find your post hugely disrespectful sorry.

[Vakir]

"Construction."

They're assembling a few monitors and putting up some stands, not building a skyscraper.

Tell me you know nothing about a large con without telling me.

The amount of man hours and technical setup for this shit is colossal. It's why Blizzcon is a net monetary loss for Blizzard every time they do it.

[Woke it Up]

No matter what other people say, it is absolutely worth putting your job at risk to get us some leaks.

Cool points won't pay your rent, but you will be living rent free in our minds.

Godspeed brother/sister.

When they reveal their badge and it turns out it was Chris Metzen all along it will be a second end of an era.

[Cheezits]

The "sultry" voice is definitely Magatha Grimtotem.

[Eldryth]

My theory involving playable Ethereals & K’aresh as a starter zone/patch zone is that Xal’atath will try to get something like a part of Dimensius that was left behind on K’aresh.

Could tie in with Scaleface’s leaks.

Now that they've brought Dimensius up again- apparently as the Harbinger (probably Xal'atath)'s backer- I wonder if Blizzard might be planning to flesh him out and build him up as a Sargeras-level Void antagonist. Give us a recognizable Void Lord as the endgame threat rather than keeping them as a faceless group.

Though if this is the case, I hope it's drawn out over a few expansions. As much as I'd love to go to K'aresh, even as an Argus-scale patch region, I'm worried that they might rush though the whole Void threat in a single expansion with something like tier 1 Iridikron, tier 2 Xal'atath, tier 3 Dimensius.

[Zazajin]

Now that they've brought Dimensius up again- apparently as the Harbinger (probably Xal'atath)'s backer- I wonder if Blizzard might be planning to flesh him out and build him up as a Sargeras-level Void antagonist. Give us a recognizable Void Lord as the endgame threat rather than keeping them as a faceless group.

Though if this is the case, I hope it's drawn out over a few expansions. As much as I'd love to go to K'aresh, even as an Argus-scale patch region, I'm worried that they might rush though the whole Void threat in a single expansion with something like tier 1 Iridikron, tier 2 Xal'atath, tier 3 Dimensius.

Yeah, I think it needs to be drawn out and have him built up, as if I remember rightly he was just a quest boss?

[Jastall]

"Construction."

They're assembling a few monitors and putting up some stands, not building a skyscraper.

Blizzard, and convention organizers the world over for that matter, dearly wish it were that simple and inexpensive.

[Teriz]

Thats good, Personally im sitting back and just reading whats going on, some rubbish is spouted and the binary stuff had my eyes rolling but it's all part of the fun I suppose.

I think for me, I’m looking forward to talking about the new continent, new features, and finally getting some questions answered. After awhile you’re tired of guessing what’s inside the mystery box and just want the damn thing opened.

[Varodoc]

Now that they've brought Dimensius up again- apparently as the Harbinger (probably Xal'atath)'s backer- I wonder if Blizzard might be planning to flesh him out and build him up as a Sargeras-level Void antagonist. Give us a recognizable Void Lord as the endgame threat rather than keeping them as a faceless group.

Though if this is the case, I hope it's drawn out over a few expansions. As much as I'd love to go to K'aresh, even as an Argus-scale patch region, I'm worried that they might rush though the whole Void threat in a single expansion with something like tier 1 Iridikron, tier 2 Xal'atath, tier 3 Dimensius.

Replace Dimensius with the Old Gods, and make 12.0 about the Void Lords.

Perfect.

Relegating the Void Lords and K'aresh to mere Patch content would be a mistake. It was a mistake to do that for Sargeras and Argus. In the immediate moment, there was "Legion fatigue" going on since WoD, so it seemed like a good decision back then; but, in the long run, we see that it was disastrous for the setting to get rid of Sargeras and Argus so quickly.

Sargeras and Argus could have EASILY carried a separate expansion from Legion.

This is the perfect plan:

Expansion 11.0: Underground expansion with Khaz Algar
Tier 1: Iridrikon
Tier 2: Xal'atath
Tier 3: Old Gods
Expansion 12.0: Void Lords and K'aresh

[Nyel]

The only plausible scenario for Avaloren to be real now is imho if it‘s indeed 10.3 and we’re getting the next expansion not until 2025 because it contains a world revamp and is too ambitious to release next year. I think most players would be fine with this if the next expansion really is bombastic and delivers on all fronts like Legion back in the day. That’s really the only plausible scenario where a 10.3 Avaloren makes any sense.

[Kiria]

I think for me, I’m looking forward to talking about the new continent, new features, and finally getting some questions answered. After awhile you’re tired of guessing what’s inside the mystery box and just want the damn thing opened.

Absolutely true.

[Vakir]

Yeah, I think it needs to be drawn out and have him built up, as if I remember rightly he was just a quest boss?

Honestly, if they just have Xal or a villain-batted Alleria (because the meltdown would amuse me) standing in front of the silhouette of him, it would still be 200% more setup and believability than the entirety of the Jailer.

[Eldryth]

Yeah, I think it needs to be drawn out and have him built up, as if I remember rightly he was just a quest boss?

In-game, we've only seen him as a named quest target in BC.

But that was only a tiny piece of him, and he destroyed K'aresh, so he has the potential to be a much bigger threat than we've seen so far.

[Raetary]

"Construction."

They're assembling a few monitors and putting up some stands, not building a skyscraper.

... No honey.

It's a big convention, they are constructing a whole bunch of things.
It's not just setting up a few monitors and stands.

[Mrpms]

When they reveal their badge and it turns out it was Chris Metzen all along it will be a second end of an era.

"He got me," Ybarra said of Metzen's leak. " That fucking Metzen boomed me." Ybarra added, "He's so good, " repeating it four times.

[Eldryth]

How could this even work if it’s not a prequel? Right, it couldn’t. Anything related to the future of Warcraft story will happen in WoW unless they retread some former WoW storylines like Legion.

It might be a controversial idea, but personally, I'd like to see them continue the Draenor story in an RTS. They could show us the truth of how things got to what we saw in BFA- and how it ends- with Lightbound, Mag'har, and Gorian factions. Maybe Arrakoa too if they want to do four factions again.

Then afterwards whoever survives can cross back into WoW.

[PFKlax]

I think Avaloren, K'aresh and a World Revamp are all inevitable and coming sooner rather than later.

In which order they'll appear and how they string together is the question...

[milkmustache]

"He got me," Ybarra said of Metzen's leak. " That fucking Metzen boomed me." Ybarra added, "He's so good, " repeating it four times.

Who thought I'd see an r/nba copypasta in the 11.0 speculation thread