Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Cheezits]

They are definitely thinking about fleshing out Fel/the Nether some more with the idea of Zereth Tumult. Just the idea that the force is seemingly produced by something and MAY have an organic pantheon (as opposed to the manufactured/Ordered Legion that Sargeras made) is enough new wiggle room for them to explore Demons further beyond the Legion.

[Santandame]

I actually feel like a dumbass for not realizing this, but Vakthros is LITERALLY a "mage tower" (at least with the Arcane connection) and it would explain the "class weapons" that have been datamined this patch. Vakthros would make perfect sense as the Mage Tower 2.0 location and the class themed weapons are likely the reward.

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Unrelated to Vakthros but Blizzard really nailed it with the breaking up of characters for flights and patch focus. People won't shut the hell up about the Black Dragon group and it's smart to focus on them specifically this patch while the other patches will probably all deal with a specific flight: it means the same characters won't be spammed every chapter like BFA and Shadowlands.

Though it seems likely the Red will be shafted and the Blue won't get a specific patch. But I would love to be proven wrong and 10.3 is Red vs Decay.

If Decay is related to Galakrond and Yogg Saron then I do believe the final patch will be Red and Green in the Dream fighting against a decay infused Iridikron behind has absorbed Galakrond’s essence.

Could harken back to the DK scenario in Legion in which DK’s invaded the Ruby Sanctum as well as that DK in Drustvar in BfA fighting against the red flight. I know Zovaal was influencing Bolvar via the helm but a plot point could also be raised that Yogg was also influencing the DK’s via saronite - with this particular point being a point of contention in a red vs decay story.

[AngerFork]

Cool. Then last minute predictions:

My predictions:

- Temporal Conflux Megadungeon
- An event setup similar to Primal Storms throughout old Azeroth that instead deals with time-based conflicts. Perhaps a void Garrosh who won or stuff like that.
- Heritage Armor quests featuring the Forsaken & Night Elves in preparation for a new World Tree.
- Warlocks available to all races
- A handful of new customizations
- A new item for cross-faction guilds. Maybe the ability to queue for LFD or LFR cross-faction?

[AngerFork]

Quick thought: I wonder if the blog post will be more than just 10.1.5 focused. It's meant to discuss what's coming next for the expansion I think? Could just be a general update to the Roadmap, with some additional details about 10.1.5 but also a few clues about what to expect in 10.1.7 and 10.2.

For example, they could add "Night Elf & Undead Heritage Armor" to the 10.1.7 listing tonight, to keep us excited for what's ahead.

I'd love to see them do something similar to the Argus tease that they did back in Legion. Just a small last minute image or hint at something coming in 10.2 to make us excited for where the story is going.

A screenshot of a frozen Emerald Dream could bring a lot of hype.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Quick thought: I wonder if the blog post will be more than just 10.1.5 focused. It's meant to discuss what's coming next for the expansion I think? Could just be a general update to the Roadmap, with some additional details about 10.1.5 but also a few clues about what to expect in 10.1.7 and 10.2.

For example, they could add "Night Elf & Undead Heritage Armor" to the 10.1.7 listing tonight, to keep us excited for what's ahead.

I mean they need to do a some kind of announcement if 10.3 is a thing and so for whatever is going on in 2024 for WoW. That is assuming they are doing the road map thing again.

[Kiivar86]

Article up, Fractures in Time.

Megadungeon is infinite based, Dawn of the Infinite.

Third evoker spec, Augmentation.

Dawn of the Infininite mega dungeon has you facing Iridikron and Galakrond.

Warlocks expanded to other races. yes, Draenei included. New imp customization.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Mega Mythic Dungeon. Ok, cool and apparently....Iridakron?

[Raetary]

Holy shit, they really are getting a third spec.

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The Warlock Class Expands to New Races

In the Fractures in Time content update, the Warlock class will become available to Night Elves, Draenei, Lightforged Draenei, Pandaren, Kul Tiran, Tauren, Highmountain Tauren, Mag’har Orcs, and Zandalari Trolls.

Warlocks will also be able to undertake a new quest line starting with the quest "Beginning Impositions,” which will unlock a new imp pet customization. Players will also be able to visit the Barbershop to customize their pets.

Holy shit.

[Nymrohd]

Oh god, they really hate logs. I guess ranking is really dead.

[AngerFork]

New evoker spec?!? Wow! It's like an actual buffing class. Time will tell whether this will work and/or if this was a better idea than a tank spec, but kudos for bringing out such a surprise.

Dungeon looks pretty cool, though seeing that Iridikron is listed as a boss is a bit of a surprise.

[Raetary]

We'll face Galakrond and Iridikron:

The Infinite Dragonflight, long-standing enemies of the Bronze dragonflight, have worked hard to see their ultimate goal of triggering the transformation of Nozdormu, the Aspect of Time, into Murazond. This eight-boss Mythic-only mega-dungeon will take players across the timeways to stop the Infinite Dragonflight from succeeding. You’ll face Iridikron and Galakrond, among others, as you work to sustain Azeroth’s timeline and put things to rights once more.

[Kiivar86]

I'm quite happy with draenei being warlocks, always wanted that. Hope they can get some fel-y customization to include it. I expect some people to be pissed though, heh.

I'm a bit skeptical about that Kalimdor Grand Prix if only because the title just makes me think it'll be like...instanced or something. But interesting either way.

Also is kinda neat the Augmentation spec continues on that legendary's whole smart targeting buff thing.

[Nymrohd]

Mega Mythic Dungeon. Ok, cool and apparently....Iridakron?

Doubt we kill him.

[Super Dickmann]

Lightforged Warlocks lol.

[Nymrohd]

Dragonriding in KALIMDOR?

Kalimdor works for Dragonriding, it has several high points. EK is far more flat.

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Lightforged Warlocks lol.

I'll hope they at least add some NPCs to explain wtf is going on.

[Raetary]

Evil Chromie is a thing btw:

[Kiivar86]

Reading the Augmentation article, they talk about how its a new playstyle, the whole supporting buffs stuff. That does kinda open the door now to other ideas (hope I'm not opening a can of worms here, heh). Neat stuff.

[Cheezits]

So, it looks like Iridikron is probably going to eat some of Galakrond and become a Decay Monster to attack the Dream. I know this has been theorized several times but why else would Iridikron be here?

Soooooo.... Vyranoth? Maybe its a swerve and Vyranoth is the final boss after all?

[Nymrohd]

Evil Chromie is a thing btw:

Well at least we get to kill some version of that annoying gnome.

[Super Dickmann]

Kalimdor works for Dragonriding, it has several high points. EK is far more flat.

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I'll hope they at least add some NPCs to explain wtf is going on.

The whole recent class freedom thing has been an unmitigated carfire in terms of racial identity save for the revision to orc priests.