Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Joshuaj]

World Core =/= World Soul. IIRC, the World Core is basically the prison, ah sorry the "protective device" the Titans built for Azeroth

Ehhh, at best, they should do it to where the Light (or the Shadow) wants to claim Azeroth by weakening the Worldcore, and thus we go to Azeroth's celestial bodies to prevent their link to the Worldcore from being destroyed.

Cause I like the idea the Worldcore's defenses are kept up by the 2 Moons and the Sun.

[Rathwell]

This plate_questbloodelf set looks like an absolute banger to me

[Hitei]

The sunwell not being permanently darkened into a font of void energy is a terrible mistake. It was such a tailor-made reason for the three Thalassian elf groups to actually come back together.

[Cheezits]

The sunwell not being permanently darkened into a font of void energy is a terrible mistake. It was such a tailor-made reason for the three Thalassian elf groups to actually come back together.

I think there is a minute chance that the scenario actually reveals that it CAN'T be healed, and Xal effectively wins by corrupting it enough. Leading to the patch stories.

[Hitei]

I think there is a minute chance that the scenario actually reveals that it CAN'T be healed. Leading to the patch stories.

We can only hope.

[Super Dickmann]

I think there is a minute chance that the scenario actually reveals that it CAN'T be healed, and Xal effectively wins by corrupting it enough. Leading to the patch stories.

Hand me your supply of Anasterian's rare Thalassian fermented copium, I need it to believe this expansion will actually maintain any kind of narrative tension instead of just petering out like Legion.

[Cheezits]

Hand me your supply of Anasterian's rare Thalassian fermented copium, I need it to believe this expansion will actually maintain any kind of narrative tension instead of just petering out like Legion.

I mean otherwise this expansion is effectively Legion but on crack cocaine- going to Argus 2 at launch, and then Suramar 2 to wrap everything up in a single campaign.

If the Darkwell can't be healed, it makes sense to go to Velen/Draenei stuff or deal with Vol'jin. Otherwise who cares?

[Super Dickmann]

I mean otherwise this expansion is effectively Legion but on crack cocaine- going to Argus 2 at launch, and then Suramar 2 to wrap everything up in a single campaign.

I do need to backtrack, Legion lost all tension immediately after the intro as the biggest Legion invasion was mostly relegated to pockets of the existing zones. Here it at least lasts up until the end of the first patch for the conflict to be resolved and the villain to fuck off.

[Mackud]

1st tier raid bosses:

Voidspire (6 bosses)
Imperator Averzian
Lightblinded Vanguard
Vorsius
Vaelgor & Ezzorak
Crown of the Cosmos
Fallen King Salhadaar

Dreamrift (1 boss)
Chimaerus, The Undreamt God

March on Quel'Danas (2 bosses)
Belo'ren (A void corrupted Phoenix)
Midnight Falls - Would appear to be some sort of lengthy event in relation to the story.

[Hearthfinder]

Maybe we end up needing the Void's power to stop the Light from overreaching. Restoring the balance kind of thing,

[Cheezits]

Midnight Falls

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M8AoI2KRCaw

[Sondrelk]

1st tier raid bosses:

Voidspire (6 bosses)
Imperator Averzian
Lightblinded Vanguard
Vorsius
Vaelgor & Ezzorak
Crown of the Cosmos
Fallen King Salhadaar

Dreamrift (1 boss)
Chimaerus, The Undreamt God

March on Quel'Danas (2 bosses)
Belo'ren (A void corrupted Phoenix)
Midnight Falls - Would appear to be some sort of lengthy event in relation to the story.

Salhadaar as a boss again is certainly a choice.

I do hope Midnight Falls is an actual event boss though. I know players tend to dislike them. But I appreciate a boss that really makes it feel like you are holding off an army.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

Also, from what I can see we drag Arator's fat ass from the intro down through Eversong so he can explain to us things about Amani-Blood Elf relations and the finer points of world peace, hearkening to his true father and liege - Anduin.

It's a nice callback to how Anduin was the one to explain to our undead characters that ugly people aren't always evil. I'm happy to see they're keeping things consistent.

[Nymrohd]

I think there is a minute chance that the scenario actually reveals that it CAN'T be healed, and Xal effectively wins by corrupting it enough. Leading to the patch stories.

Then you don't name the questline some variation of "A New Dawn"

[Cheezits]

Then you don't name the questline some variation of "A New Dawn"

That's a very vague name and you know it. The reveal could be a Dawnwell that shifts between Light and Void, causing problems.

[Sondrelk]

Then you don't name the questline some variation of "A New Dawn"

Don't see why not. A New Dawn (without the Sunwell) is a erfectly reasonable read on what happens.

[Super Dickmann]

It's a nice callback to how Anduin was the one to explain to our undead characters that ugly people aren't always evil. I'm happy to see they're keeping things consistent.

Much like other similar malignant growths, the narrative spontaneously produces fresh Anduins when the earlier ones are in remission. Arator is the current object in need of chemo, who knows who we'll get for TLT.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

As I have said many times before, you are in for a rude awakening. You didn't listen.

If this course were taken, it would be pretty out-of-character. It was Alleria who was calling for total orc death originally.

It is only genocide when those being slain are people. This is nothing more than exterminating vermin.

What we really need is for Comrade Umbric and Alleria to finally bring about the age of void elf NazBol revolreaction.

[Cheezits]

I'm going to guess the major patches are Draenei and Forsaken/Sylvanas related. Forsaken feels a little more likely considering the Forsaken Loyalist group in the Windrunner dungeon and the proximity to Quel'thalas/Lordaeron being a focus in the Arator questline. Draenei makes sense as the other TBC island in limbo and Naaru. But not seeing much about the Draes at all in the files save for the nemesis boss and all the Lightforged.

[Sondrelk]

Much like other similar malignant growths, the narrative spontaneously produces fresh Anduins when the earlier ones are in remission. Arator is the current object in need of chemo, who knows who we'll get for TLT.

What happened to Anduin anyways? Seemed so important, and then he just disappeared off of the face of Azeroth after 11.0.