Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Wyrt]

Heck bitch shaved her eyebrows completely which changes her face radically.

lol

I didn't even notice that. What were people saying about the picture being too good with small details to be AI?

[JDBlou]

Regarding the possibly fake cinematic model renders.

Azshara can, and has with us as witness, appeared in game to people in an elf form while a naga. If she was appearing in Silvermoon to take over, she would appear in a form the elves would be more comfortable around to trick them. Just like how dragons do.

It's not hard to imagine, it's not lore breaking, it makes complete sense.

It's not confirmation it's real, but don't try dying on that hill.

Can we not assume the elves as a whole, especially in light of the events of Nazjatar have some vague impression of what she looks like as Queen of the Naga?

[Auxis]

https://www.youtube.com/live/74oh7zD_jxI

Yep, in the Battle.net client.

Kewl, thankies!

just 500 minutes left

Excellent! I'll wake up before work tomorrow and have stuff to look forward to rather than doomscroll :]

[Enrif]

Yeah or "classic remix".

oh, classic remix... with Atiesh and T3 alone being more easily available, the scarab mounts be usable outside of AQ, the removed transmogs...

dang, Classic remic before a real old world revamp would work wonderfully

[Nibelheimy]

Do we not assume the elves as a whole, especially in light of the events of Nazjatar have some vague impression of what she looks like as Queen of the Naga?

Do we all not know what dragons look like, and yet, they still appear humanoid to make mortals more comfortable.

There is reasonable justification and precedence for her to appear this way.

I don't understand how this is the thing that people have an issue with out of it all.

[Nymrohd]

lol

I didn't even notice that. What were people saying about the picture being too good with small details to be AI?

In all artwork before Azshara had massive eyebrows in both elf and naga forms. White eyebrows longer than her face in elf form and even more severe black eyebrows that frame her eyes and divide her face between elf and old god features in naga form. Strong eyebrows make the face more expressive and more able to show drama.

[Ochinko]

I spent some time waiting for tonight in trying the ?? Delve boss again after only getting her to 39% last week.

I am happy to say that I managed to beat her today as Dev Evoker. It was really frustrating but so rewarding at the end. An extremely well done encounter and one of the coolest things I've done in WoW.

[Wangming]

Warcraft: Midnight
Class Ascendencies - Make class look different but not play different
Character Creation Revamp - Choose character background, influence options for customs
Northeron → Amani Hills → Ghostlands → Eversong Woods → Silvermoon City
New Allies System - make new friends or more than friends
Void trolls raid
Outlands destroy, people find new home

I think this might be it, guys.
Let's think about it. It doesn't go into details that a leak wouldn't know. The character creation revamp could be the tribes mentioned in the enshrouded leak, if we accept that as real.
The leak supported by the DH screenshot also mentions something similar to what Class Ascendancies are here.
Also if we have fel orc demon hunters it makes sense to have Outland destroyed and them migrating to Azeroth. Also Outland ties in to the, well, tie in novel.

If there are inconsistencies between the leaks it could just be a case of lost in translation, outdated info or hearing something from a friend of a friend in a long convoluted chinese whispers game.

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I spent some time waiting for tonight in trying the ?? Delve boss again after only getting her to 39% last week.

I am happy to say that I managed to beat her today as Dev Evoker. It was really frustrating but so rewarding at the end. An extremely well done encounter and one of the coolest things I've done in WoW.

Congrats on your win. Also missed opportunity to call it Devoker.

[Andromedes]

It looks nothing like her old dress.

Sure it doesnt look like her old elven dress, but it really closely resembles her naga one, even to small details. Or it looks like mixture of both really. Except that her corset is not that revealing in the new image, but that doesnt contradict with Blizzard's track of hiding female skin in later years.

[Hearthfinder]

"Apocalyptic confrontation between the forces of the Light and the forces of the Void"

"You will be returning to the Old World, to the fabled lands of Quel'Thalas. There, the forces of the Void have invaded Azeroth intent on snuffing out the Light of the Sunwell, and plunging the world into darkness and fear. You will not only help reunify the scattered elven tribes of Azeroth, but you will make your stand with the forces of the Light and banish the Shadow forever."

"Of course, BlizzCon, it is Azeroth. Things may not go to plan. Things may just spiral wildly out of control, leading us to the third part of the Worldsoul saga: World of Warcraft: The Last Titan."

Metzen really paints a picture, doesn't he? Apocalyptic confrontation doesn't sound like a regional skirmish.

[Wyrt]

Sure it doesnt look like her old elven dress, but it really closely resembles her naga one, even to small details. Or it looks like mixture of both really. Except that her corset is not that revealing in the new image, but that doesnt contradict with Blizzard's track of hiding female skin in later years.

The AI forgot her eyebrows, so I think that puts this leak to rest.

[Fahrad Wagner]

Is this the expansion we finally find out that Jaina is a Dreadlord? The bigger thing the Jailer warned us about was her all along

AYO Shadochi is back everyone! The party can begin!

[Dvalin]

"Apocalyptic confrontation between the forces of the Light and the forces of the Void"

"You will be returning to the Old World, to the fabled lands of Quel'Thalas. There, the forces of the Void have invaded Azeroth intent on snuffing out the Light of the Sunwell, and plunging the world into darkness and fear. You will not only help reunify the scattered elven tribes of Azeroth, but you will make your stand with the forces of the Light and banish the Shadow forever."

"Of course, BlizzCon, it is Azeroth. Things may not go to plan. Things may just spiral wildly out of control, leading us to the third part of the Worldsoul saga: World of Warcraft: The Last Titan."

Metzen really paints a picture, doesn't he? Apocalyptic confrontation doesn't sound like a regional skirmish.

Think Broken Isles, but with the Void. Still plenty of different (uncorrupted) biomes.

[Wangming]

"Apocalyptic confrontation between the forces of the Light and the forces of the Void"

"You will be returning to the Old World, to the fabled lands of Quel'Thalas. There, the forces of the Void have invaded Azeroth intent on snuffing out the Light of the Sunwell, and plunging the world into darkness and fear. You will not only help reunify the scattered elven tribes of Azeroth, but you will make your stand with the forces of the Light and banish the Shadow forever."

"Of course, BlizzCon, it is Azeroth. Things may not go to plan. Things may just spiral wildly out of control, leading us to the third part of the Worldsoul saga: World of Warcraft: The Last Titan."

Metzen really paints a picture, doesn't he? Apocalyptic confrontation doesn't sound like a regional skirmish.

Yet people are clenching their buttholes cause Silvermoon and Quel'Thalas might burn.

[Alanar]

Sure it doesnt look like her old elven dress, but it really closely resembles her naga one, even to small details. Or it looks like mixture of both really. Except that her corset is not that revealing in the new image, but that doesnt contradict with Blizzard's track of hiding female skin in later years.

Ye, I pointed that out as well couple pages back. It does resemble her bfa armor and markings.

Would be something, if this is real.

[Andromedes]

The AI forgot her eyebrows, so I think that puts this leak to rest.

Well i really hope so. Because i dont like that design one bit.

[Ochinko]

I can hear the playerbase moaning already if we spend a whole expac with void skies lol

[Wangming]

AYO Shadochi is back everyone! The party can begin!

Way ahead of you. I've been blasting Minutes to Midnight for an hour now.

[BaumanKing]

Sure. Thrall, Sylvanas, and Anduin get new models in each expansion, but Turalyon and Bob stay the same. Well, at least Bob's model from BfA is perfect. But Turalyon should definitely ditch those stupid naaru crystals and put on something that looks more like classic knight armor.

[Dvalin]

Yet people are clenching their buttholes cause Silvermoon and Quel'Thalas might burn.

To be fair, Blizzard posted some new Silvermoon concept art with it looking fine and undamaged.

Sure, some (sub)zones will probably be heavily assaulted by the forces of the Void. And the devs might do something with the Beledar phase-shifting for the new zones. But I doubt a second (third?) Elven genocide is going to happen, and they want to have some uncorrupted lands for variety's sake, too.