Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Meh short. They're still doing the bad modern Hollywood music schtick too. Blizzard had good shorts with MoP and WoD, and then last their mojo after. Gul'dan was sorta okay, and Jaina was good, and that was it. The rest of the Legion/BFA/Shadowlands/Dragonflight shorts were forgettable.

I don't like that the Nerubians look like humanoids now. Should have stuck with their WotLK designs.

[Santandame]

Meh short. They're still doing the bad modern Hollywood music schtick too. Blizzard had good shorts with MoP and WoD, and then last their mojo after. Gul'dan was sorta okay, and Jaina was good, and that was it. The rest of the Legion/BFA/Shadowlands/Dragonflight shorts were forgettable.

I don't like that the Nerubians look like humanoids now. Should have stuck with their WotLK designs.

The Azshara and Ardenweald shorts were very good. Bastion’s was decent. The rest were average though.

Jaina’s remains the best.

[allegrian]

Jaina is the best by far, khadgar's in legion is pretty cool and Uther's in SL was epic and basically the best thing out of SL, which happenned before it even came out lol.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

I don't like that the Nerubians look like humanoids now. Should have stuck with their WotLK designs.

Oh, absolutely. They don't even look like spiders anymore.

[Golden Yak]

We gotta get Xal'atath outta there, so nerubian classic can come back.

[Joshuaj]

We gotta get Xal'atath outta there, so nerubian classic can come back.

You mean that fodder? Nah let them have Xal'atath

[Doffen]

Meh short. They're still doing the bad modern Hollywood music schtick too. Blizzard had good shorts with MoP and WoD, and then last their mojo after. Gul'dan was sorta okay, and Jaina was good, and that was it. The rest of the Legion/BFA/Shadowlands/Dragonflight shorts were forgettable.

Khadgar's Harbinger in Legion was the best of them all. Its so good I've listed it as top 3 cinematics of Blizzard. The voice actor is so darn good! Going to miss it...

I think about it every day, and that is why I don't accept your conclusion(sorry the geek in me took over, this was based on his dialogue in his Harbinger short)

The Gul'dan one was also very good.

And yeah the list goes on, Azshara, Jaina and especially the Ardenweald one was great!

I dont remember the MoP ones, but WoD was good too.

[Cheezits]

The Ascended Nerubians are actually a minority in game and in lore, you work with regular nerubians to take them down.

I would like a redemption for them to make them playable but it is definitely not that way at launch.

[Nightshade711]

Blizzard sorta answered how they’re going to handle Dracthyr racials when they’re expanded to other classes.

https://youtube.com/shorts/fpycftYGu...npxFG6k5F80bO4

I personally like this idea, they’ll probably increase the racial CDs to 3 mins. I might change my mage to a Dracthyr. The knock up & blast wave combo would be sick in Arathi Basin.

[Ersula]

The Shadowlands short for Ardenweald was dedicated to a character who died during the Ardenweald campaign. Denathrius was also only intended to be around for one patch, before Blizzard decided to flip the script and keep him around due to fan reception, allegedly.

The shorts being dedicated to short-lived characters isn’t uncommon.

This is quickly becoming apocryphal: It was the devs admiration themselves for the character is why they eventually decided to keep him around: As they obviously decided to not kill him in the same tier he first appears. How could they have decided that before fans even got to react to him?

[Santandame]

This is quickly becoming apocryphal: It was the devs admiration themselves for the character is why they eventually decided to keep him around: As they obviously decided to not kill him in the same tier he first appears. How could they have decided that before fans even got to react to him?

I stand corrected. But I assume the animated shorts, Revendreth’s short especially as it was voiced by Denathrius himself, would have played a large part with Blizzard’s admiration for the VA? I think it’s fair to assume that most of the VA was done around the same time so during the concept of Revendreth’s short the plan was still for Denathrius to kick the bucket in the first raid?

Either way, some of the shorts being dedicated to characters who aren’t that long lived isn’t uncommon and definitely isn’t a new thing with The War Within. I’m guessing the next two are going to be Hallowfall and Earthen related, if so I think it’s fair to assume the Earthen short may follow the Earthen fella who ends up dying in the campaign.

This is when we get a curveball and the remaining two shorts are dedicated to the Kobold Candle King and the Venture Co.

[Hitei]

Blizzard sorta answered how they’re going to handle Dracthyr racials when they’re expanded to other classes.

https://youtube.com/shorts/fpycftYGu...npxFG6k5F80bO4

I personally like this idea, they’ll probably increase the racial CDs to 3 mins. I might change my mage to a Dracthyr. The knock up & blast wave combo would be sick in Arathi Basin.

I'm just hoping they get shamans. Honestly, I wish they'd all-race them already, it's pretty minimal art effort and goblins already trivialized any lore barrier 15 years ago.

[Santandame]

I'm just hoping they get shamans. Honestly, I wish they'd all-race them already, it's pretty minimal art effort and goblins already trivialized any lore barrier 15 years ago.

I don’t see how they wouldn’t make sense either considering both Shamans and the Dracthyr’s/Dragon’s ties to the Elements.

[Houle]

Oh, absolutely. They don't even look like spiders anymore.

Eyyup. The "Evolved" Nerubians look like they might as well be an entirely new race, and not in a good way.

But not just them. If i have one major complaint about the short, its the queens design. They made them look too humanoid. Compare them with Anub'arak, the ruler of the other nerubian kingdom, and their design seems pretty meh.

[Auxis]

That is a lie.

Any conjured food/water will disappear upon zoning into an arena. You absolutely can buy certain food/water to take into arena to replenish mana.

This is the water currently used in arenas.

https://www.wowhead.com/item=197771/...ragon-spittle#

And there has always been an equivalent in past expansions. You cannot take conjured water in.

Spittle? Who on earth thought it would be a good idea to try drinking dragon spit? And is there just a group of dragons dedicated to farming spit from their mouths and selling it?

[Foolicious]

Eyyup. The "Evolved" Nerubians look like they might as well be an entirely new race, and not in a good way.

But not just them. If i have one major complaint about the short, its the queens design. They made them look too humanoid. Compare them with Anub'arak, the ruler of the other nerubian kingdom, and their design seems pretty meh.

They are just a female version of the nerubian mages who have been part of the nerubians since forever.

[huth]

Spittle? Who on earth thought it would be a good idea to try drinking dragon spit? And is there just a group of dragons dedicated to farming spit from their mouths and selling it?

I'm going to assume that's just a metaphorical name.

Though AFAIR you can use conjured food in arenas - you just have to have a mage in the team to conjure it on the spot.

[Houle]

They are just a female version of the nerubian mages who have been part of the nerubians since forever.

You mean the nerubian viziers?

Because no, those look quite, quite different.

[loras]

They are just a female version of the nerubian mages who have been part of the nerubians since forever.

You are correct about the general layout of the design, but those humanoid lips are just entirely out of place.
Contrast her with Shek'zeer empress of the mantid and you'll know exactly what he means.

[Valysar]

There are no world quests in Azj Kahet ?