Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Darkarath]

Yesterday when Sylvanas told me in the SoD encounter that "All hope is lost", I think she was trying to tell me that the 10.2 announcement wasn't happening anytime soon, yet I kept waiting for it. Sadge

As Saurfang said himself: "You cannot kill hope".

We have a chance today brothers and sisters!! Do not despair!!

10.2 is within our reach!! Keep the hype going !!

[Reive]

As Saurfang said himself: "You cannot kill hope".

We have a chance today brothers and sisters!! Do not despair!!

10.2 is within our reach!! Keep the hype going !!

https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/st...57621844197380

probably not today

[Darkarath]

https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/st...57621844197380

probably not today

The enemy tries to deceive us.

That is very little content for the opening night. For sure they will show more stuff.

And remember that if we lose tonight's battle, we will have another chance tomorrow!!

[Reive]

The enemy tries to deceive us.

That is very little content for the opening night. For sure they will show more stuff.

And remember that if we lose tonight's battle, we will have another chance tomorrow!!

give up, bro. 2 more weeks!

[Kiivar86]

The enemy tries to deceive us.

That is very little content for the opening night. For sure they will show more stuff.

And remember that if we lose tonight's battle, we will have another chance tomorrow!!

Keighley has been trying to keep expectations in check for the opening night the past few weeks, I believe, so...

Well, we'll see.

[Lahis]

What announcement are you waiting? Blizzcon is is November and we aren't even on 10.2. No expansion is going to be announce sin Gamescom.

[Ersula]

So we have
This
And

This

First one is from old old old guildie
Second one is from guild RP discord

I know Shadowlands didn't have a x.3, but that was because of covid. It still had pretty evenly-spaced patches. What sort of natural disaster are you predicting that would cause a 11-month content drought? No way a fall expansion is the only wow content they have planned for 2024

What announcement are you waiting? Blizzcon is is November and we aren't even on 10.2. No expansion is going to be announce sin Gamescom.

Details of any perks the Microsoft buyout might entail? 10.2 perhaps? Some sort of new 2024 marketing campaign? Them announcing legion at Gamescom makes an expansion a valid prediction.

[Raetary]

What announcement are you waiting? Blizzcon is is November and we aren't even on 10.2. No expansion is going to be announce sin Gamescom.

People expect a 10.2 announcement.

[Santandame]

They announced in advance that an expansion reveal would take place at the Gamescom that Legion was revealed at.

[Ersula]

They announced in advance that an expansion reveal would take place at the Gamescom that Legion was revealed at.

No they didn't. They just announced there would be WoW news at gamescom that year. They announced Blizzard would be making a presentation at this years gamescom. Sure, we don't know what games it'll cover but Overwatch & Diablo already covered all their content for the immediate future. And I doubt they're just there for Warcraft Rumble.

[Lahis]

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Details of any perks the Microsoft buyout might entail? 10.2 perhaps? Some sort of new 2024 marketing campaign? Them announcing legion at Gamescom makes an expansion a valid prediction.

The buyout is still stuck in Cory's. Too early to celebrate it. 10.2. is just a patch to game way past it's hayday in cultural zeitgeist, not worth a slot in ONL. They still have content left for this year before they can start marketing 2024 stuff. Legion was only announced in Gamescom because WoD was already half a year deep into it's between expansions content drought and they hadn't yet announced anything.

[Murlocos]

For the umpteenth time though, it is unlikely that the announcement happens on the actual Gamescom Opening Night Live stage.

Gamescom week is a good week to make the announcement, but there's no reason they have to announce it standing next to Geoff.

What's likely is that they simply publish a Tweet, blog post and video coinciding with the overall Gamescom hype, either today or tomorrow. It's by no means a guarantee, but it can happen for sure.

Yeah, I don't expect anything at Gamescom, but a separate 10.2 announcement is fairly likely given that it lines up with the same timeframe in which 10.1 was announced (two weeks before the x.x.7 patch release, accompanied by that patch's cinematic).

Legion being unveiled at Gamescom was a unique circumstance in that the alternative was letting the game run for over 4 months with zero news as to any new content, 6.2 was already confirmed as the end of WoD. They couldn't afford to let that drought run long.

[Kiivar86]

Details of any perks the Microsoft buyout might entail?

As they're still negotiating things with the CMA and all, I don't think they'd want to say anything about perks like that yet, if only because it may be something that they then have to discard to get it passed.

[Cheezits]

I tried man
I really did

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So we have
This
And

This

First one is from old old old guildie
Second one is from guild RP discord

First one is ripped straight from here and is AI-tier gobbledegook.

Second one is just stuff that's obviously going to happen at some point besides the new specs, which is still likely. Calia having living family in the Scarlets has ALREADY been confirmed, so it will definitely pop up in the heritage.

Also what's the point of a loop for flying besides looking cool?

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

The buyout is not happening right now, too much spaghetti. EU might screw up CMAs' little game of being the strictest regulator in the space. I would advice people to keep their sanity and just wait for the Microsoft closure statement if it occurs. While, the CMA seems to want to get it done before the 18th October deadline. It may lead to EU deciding to block the deal out of global regulatory political reasons.

I am rather confident that the deal closes, still. But, only because I like the position of crow eating and the shocks from this M&A have been exquisite in making me recognize that this is a particularly messy M&A situation that is unprecedented. I am sure the EC will provide me with a delicious crow soon enough.

Either way, no need to get spicy over something that was only a "maybe". I thought it was convenient from a marketing standpoint to appear at Gamescom but it seems Dragonflight may actually be performing better than expected even if my perspective was that 10.1 was a poorly thought out patch with very little meat to keep the audience engaged. But, hey looks like things are looking better on the business side than I imagined.

Again, its just 1 more dead week and then we're in 10.2 News anyways.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

I don't think this Gamescon is gonna reveal anything important to WoW. That mobile game though...possibly.

[Alanar]

It's not an illusion.

Its literally an Illusion.

Your screenshot shows you that one moment we all know, I hope you do know you can hit an Illusion.

I hope you are not going to say.. an Illusion will despawn, cus thats what happends. Besides casting your logic back at you, isnt she the most powerfull mage lol? Right.

I think you dont get it, I would recommend watching the warbringer. She doesnt use * forms* man, how hard can this be. She is a naga first and foremost, she was mutated by an old god for god sake. That she can use magic to trick people and in this one instance uses her magic to fool farondis. Thats it. There is no reason to believe she can undo her mutation.

Moving on.

[Cheezits]

The buyout is not happening, too much spaghetti. EU might screw up CMAs' little game of being the strictest regulator in the space. I would advice people to keep their sanity and just wait for the Microsoft closure statement if it occurs. While, the CMA seems to want to get it done before the 18th October deadline. It may lead to EU deciding to block the deal out of global regulatory political reasons.

Blizzard has successfully bounced back from the sex-pest era to the point that the deal falling through won't kill WoW. However I find it weird to assume the buyout won't happen when it consistently has made it through each and every case and inspection so far.

even if my perspective was that 10.1 was a poorly thought out patch with very little meat to keep the audience engaged

Even if the MSQ is boring to most, the raid and dungeon are lauded as is the gear system. I wouldn't be surprised if attendance numbers were higher than usual for 10.1s.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Blizzard has successfully bounced back from the sex-pest era to the point that the deal falling through won't kill WoW. However I find it weird to assume the buyout won't happen when it consistently has made it through each and every case and inspection so far.

Its unlikely that it will not pass. I dunno what that even means. few months ago that might of been right.

[Alanar]

It is an illusion.

She doesn't even appear herself, it's quite literally a vision of her that just stands in his onslaught and then just despawns when she is finished.

Exactly, she despawns in some smoke, obviously laughing because Farondis is hitting nothing.