Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Thinkpad]

Lol, "too accurate".

It doesn't even have the domination runes on him, it's got his collar structure completely wrong, and his chin isn't the correct color.

Almost like an in game model looks different from a fully rendered one

[Ersula]

His gauntlet beads are spot on, too accurate for AI.

Y'all know you can feed existing images into AI generation now? That's how it gets an outfit correct. The signs of AI are in the face & weird outer glow.

And Azshara is wearing a new outfit. If AI is using models why would Azshara have a new outfit but Turslyon and Lorth are the same??

No she isn't. Its her Cata model outfit.

This is an elf expa so it's logical that they have new customizations.

Do we remember that minor patch in DF where it marketed "new blood elf customizations" & it was literally just one green haircolor? I expect that amount of new customizations.

These are just regular blood elves.

Did you know? Blood Elves are High elves who just changed their name.

[Chickat]

Btw people are bummed about having to wait 2 and 4 days for panels, but we will surely be getting interviews and definitely be getting an overload of housing videos since its going to be playable there. It wont be quite as info dense as blizzcon but i dont think its going to be as sparse as some think.

[milkmustache]

Has the Orc/Velf/Drae image been confirmed as fake yet?

A seperate account followed up with a picture of an orc in Marduum, but it was obviously a private server type of situation. This led to the original sort of being written off, but I'm still holding out for it. They haven't followed up yet.

[Thinkpad]

The renders are debatable, but this is laughable. The gilded chin isn't there, the environment doesn't reflect cinematic quality, the lighting and shoulders aren't consistent, etc.

The Jailer as a character being used in a leak is simply rage bait. It also doesn't fit with what we now know - Xal present with Lor'themar and a Voidstorm.

The setting could easily change between shots, Xal can teleport anywhere she wants.

[Hitei]

Almost like an in game model looks different from a fully rendered one

Yeah, bud. They sat down and made a fully rendered model, and y'know, forgot to include the thing that literally made the Jailer the Jailer, a feature so intrinsic that even when he dissolved back into an otherwise featureless and blank robot, it still had runes carved into it.

[elderu]

In expansion where the Sun might go dark, titled "Midnight", I'd sure expect some nocturnal-creature-based vampiric villains like the Nathrezim.

[Samin]

Midnight would be the absolute perfect time for Blizzard to bring back Archeology revamped. It's tailor-made for Housing to collect and display artifacts and hell yeah, let's dig up a freakin' bed made out of bones!

Midnight is thematically a bad fit because it's all about a world ending threat. Not really the time to go digging around for old vases.

TLT would be a better fit, there might not be an imminent world ending threat, but even if there is, it will lean more into digging into the the history of the Titans on Azeroth.

[Rhlor]

I wonder if anyone at Blizzard remembered that there were originally two Windrunner brothers, as stated in the novel War of the Ancients, and that in WC3 there was a Blood Mage Sylvos Windrunner. At least one Windrunner should be a Blood Elf.

[13last]

Has the Orc/Velf/Drae image been confirmed as fake yet?

It will in 3 hours and a bit. It's to low quality and the autoplay being on as Marl pointed out are the biggest red flags to me.

[Thinkpad]

No she isn't. Its her Cata model outfit.
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No it's not, look at it again, it's completely different.

It's like how Alexstraza had a new outfit for the DF posters.

[Vakir]

The setting could easily change between shots, Xal can teleport anywhere she wants.

You're ignoring everything else for a one sentence response.

Also, narrative structurally that sounds like a fucking mess.

They're not gonna forget the single most important thing about the Jailer besides of course his nipples - the damn runes.

[Wildmoon]

The reason why I lean on the cinematic characters being fake is simply that there are too many important characters with competing roles crammed into one cinematic. When Blizz do a story-focus cinematic, it's usually pretty focus. The leak has like 2 villians in Xa land Azshara with Turalyon, Lor'themar, on the other side.

[Chickat]

There's always the chance we do a reverse Vale of Eternal Blossoms, and start with a fucked up zone that we slowly make liveable again.

Rebuilding Silvermoon as an expansion feature with the logging activity from WoD would be fun. I imagine there would be a weekly turn in for lumber that rewards an epic box like the weeklies in TWW. Maybe repeat turn ins for a currency for cosmetic. Every patch a new part of the city is rebuilt with new quests, story and activities. Sort of like the Suramar campaign that lasted multiple patches.

[loweffortfakeleaker]

Almost like an in game model looks different from a fully rendered one

How many times are you gonna spam the forum with your shitty AI fakes on new accounts? 500?

[THEORACLE64]

saw this on a discord

Horribly bad.

[Auburst]

The posters of Azshara and Turslyon are definitely real.

His gauntlet beads are spot on, too accurate for AI.

And Azshara is wearing a new outfit. If AI is using models why would Azshara have a new outfit but Turslyon and Lorth are the same??

I'm also betting the Jailer Corpse leak is part of it too. It's too accurate

Daddy issues hairstyle alone makes it believable. Her looks follow newblizz design principles to a D.

[Chickat]

I mean, something is very obviously burning.

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You can see in the reflection that she's outdoors (there's clouds) and there seem to be fires and larger burning in the background, but maybe it's an army or something.

What if it's just her killing thousands of fodder Azerothian forces like Madara did during the Ninja war in Naruto?

[Vakir]

How many times are you gonna spam the forum with your shitty AI fakes on new accounts? 500?

They're really desperate to make "fetch" happen.

The funny thing is, I don't think the Jailer fakes are the same person as the potential render fakes, one is so much more incompetent than the other.

The hilarious idea they're both valid is incredible - "Xal gets even more time in another setting and we still conveniently don't get a website render for her, the one character we can debunk via the teaser." OK, yeah.

[Nymrohd]

What if it's just her killing thousands of fodder Azerothian forces like Madara did during the Ninja war in Naruto?

I mean, who wouldn't love that?