Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[justwatching]

i thought the same thing about may 16th for remix launch date when it showed up on the calendar last week

Except July doesnt line up with the roadmap at all(unless you believe they would do a 2+ Month prepatch) and May 16th lined up perfectly. They can let SoD breathe over the Summer and its all good.

Better argument for it would be TWW Beta that should arrive around late June and fill gap, but this is only for Epic edition. But aain, 3 month gap at the end isn't even big deal to begin with.

Yeah its not a big deal at all. SoD level 60 is releasing in June they arent worried about subs for that period.

[Makorus]

i thought the same thing about may 16th for remix launch date when it showed up on the calendar last week

I mean, they have two end dates, and one makes sense and one doesnt

[milkmustache]

if u see my above post there is another date on the alpha calendar that says mop remix ends on july 9th

Which if Remix ends on the 9th and prepatch beings the following week on the 16th, we have a 2 phase 4 week prepatch ending on... August 20th. Which seems completely reasonable.

[justwatching]

Which if Remix ends on the 9th and prepatch beings the following week on the 16th, we have a 2 phase 4 week prepatch ending on... August 20th. Which seems completely reasonable.

No its not reasonable. Because on the Roadmap TWW launch sits firmly on the border between Summer and Fall. The beginning of Fall is in the last Week of September.

There is also the fact that 11.0.5 seems to coincide with the 20th anniversary which is in November.

It's for sure no coincidence that working back 4 Weeks from the beginning of Fall gives you exactly the Week that Remix ends in the Alpha.

[Eldryth]

The roadmap is nowhere near precise enough to really judge any of this. It has TWW spanning from the middle of summer to the start of autumn (not firmly on the border, it runs from the second M in summer to the A in autumn) and any time during that timeframe would fit it.

With the Remix dates on the Alpha, though, I can only see three real possibilities.

1: The prepatch launches on August 20th (the day after Remix ends). The pre-launch event and release follow in the next few weeks. However, that'd leave a gap for a couple weeks where there's no relevant content, so I think they might try to avoid that.

2: The pre-launch event starts on the 20th, with the prepatch itself launching before Remix ends. The ideal situation imo, since that avoids a content gap and lets players do the event content on their new characters if they want.

3. The expansion itself launches on August 20th, with Remix characters going directly into it and the pre-launch event running alongside Remix. Would be great for those of us who have already been playing Dragonflight, but the returning players they want to draw back in with Remix- who are encouraged to bring these new characters into TWW- would miss out on the event entirely unless there's an option to transfer over early. I wouldn't have even considered this before today, but given how many things Remix's launch is overlapping with, I'm not sure it can be ruled out entirely.


Of course, all of this assumes TWW is finished on schedule. If they end up needing extra time, it could obviously change whatever plans they have internally.

[Merkader]

I would rule out August 20th for TWW release just because of Gamescom. Its a bit of attention there and maybe Blizzard is there on a huge Microsoft booth.
Also the last 2 times an Expansion launched around Gamescom it was never the week of it. Instead it was one week later with Legion and one week before with BfA.
So my guess would be 27th if the pre-patch launches while Remix is still going.

Pre-patch on the 20th could still be possible if it comes this late. Also with Remix possibly ending on the 19th it would leave a week do to pre-patch event for new transfered characters if pre-patch launches while Remix is active.

[Reive]

someone said this is on the alpha. @Marlamin can you confirm it? pls

[Stonecloak]

someone said this is on the alpha. @Marlamin can you confirm it? pls

Oh man, if that's true I think my main class just changed.

[Lady Atia]

someone said this is on the alpha. @Marlamin can you confirm it? pls

It says "added in patch 11.0."

https://www.wowhead.com/beta/spell=415488/the-gladiator

[Nymrohd]

someone said this is on the alpha. @Marlamin can you confirm it? pls

it is indeed in the beta
https://www.wowhead.com/beta/spell=415488/the-gladiator

[Reive]

don't give me hope...

[Usagi Senshi]

Holy shit, Gladiator is back (hopefully)!

I would indeed play my warrior more often

[Scyth]

I'm super excited for Remix so I'm glad we are getting it so soon but I was also planning on playing a bit of Cata Classic. Those plans are now ruined lol

Surprised they launch it a few days before Cata though, guess they don't care about it at all.

[Chickat]

Im alive. What did I miss in the last 4 or 5 days?

[Khaza-R]

Im alive. What did I miss in the last 4 or 5 days?

Glad you're procedure went well. Honestly nothing juicy.

Mostly people just speculating on the pre-patch and TWW release date now that 10.2.7 has been announced.

[Gregoronsen]

lots of spells have been added in the alpha that most likely arent ever getting used and are just old hero talent ideas, remember paladins getting a leap with wings of liberty?

[johnnyd2]

lots of spells have been added in the alpha that most likely arent ever getting used and are just old hero talent ideas, remember paladins getting a leap with wings of liberty?

yep x-x
still hurts. to this day......

[Chickat]

Glad you're procedure went well. Honestly nothing juicy.

Mostly people just speculating on the pre-patch and TWW release date now that 10.2.7 has been announced.

I tried to keep up with it as best I could so sounds like I didnt really miss anything. Guessing we are getting a new alpha build tomorrow or Wed.

[justwatching]

It says "added in patch 11.0."

https://www.wowhead.com/beta/spell=415488/the-gladiator

Holy fuck imagine that on a Tauren.

[Kathranis]

They are going to have to radically change some aspects of it because Northrend is very, very similar to chunks of Dragonflight.

Also Dragonblight will probably have... uh... more going on.

This is what I was imagining... scale everything way up and combine the existing zones into larger regions with distinct subzones:

Borean Expanse: Borean Tundra, a staging ground with human, orc, goblin, and (mecha)gnome settlements. Sholazar has Cenarion Circle activity. Coldarra is where the Kirin Tor and Blue Dragonflight are set up, preparing to face Iridikron's forces.

Eastern Strand: Howling Fjord is now a stronghold of the Forsaken, while Grizzly Hills is controlled by the worgen, and the troll tribes are working to reclaim Zul'drak. Odyn and the vrykul have set up here too.

Greater Dragonblight: Iridikron amasses his forces here, with his stronghold beneath the ruins of Wintergrasp. The elven tribes have reclaimed Crystalsong Forest.

Azjol Empire: Icecrown is sundered, opening sinkholes that reveal the ancient nerubian empire of Azjol-Nerub, which is in the midst of a civil war. Sire Denathrius and the nathrezim attempt to cross the veil into Azeroth in order to carry out their own machinations.

Stormcrown: The prologue/endgame patch zone, where the titans return and establish their base, transforming the Storm Peaks and Ulduar into a massive fortress.