The War Within 11.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[pacotaco]

The fact that they designed a new mount for the rock elemental model is kind of telling. Yes, it's Blizzard themed, but we will probably get more mounts that are big rock elementals in the future.

The last one was the Polar Bear, I think? That uses the same model that some bears in DF. So, yeah, likely new model for next expansion.

[ImTheMizAwesome]

Obviously this glacial elemental mount and the lick king pet means Wotlk 2.

[Nightshade711]

Keep in mind that pre-BlizzCon mounts have predicted the expansion theme before;



BlizzCon 2017 virtua ticket rewards, represents the incoming faction conflict in BFA.

Yeah one reward.
It’s very obvious that the blizzard themed mount is blizzard themed. Just like the pajamas and ice bear.

[Ersula]

Its more the lack of a confirmed playable build than anything.

But we did datamine a playble alpha build for Blizzcon.

Some (non-spoilery) updates to kiosk (BlizzCon demo) mode this build, so to nobody's surprise it looks like we're getting a playable demo at BlizzCon. It was also updated from being limited to only Bastion to the Emerald Dream (placeholder while they work on it/test it, I guess).

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They don't do this for regular ptr stuff.

[Worldshaper]

Obviously this glacial elemental mount and the lick king pet means Wotlk 2.

On a serious note, it's an ice elemental bound in shackles, being used as a mount. Fits pretty well with the Shaman theme of binding the elements.

[flan1337]

But we did datamine a playble alpha build for Blizzcon.
They don't do this for regular ptr stuff.

The next xpack is the emerald dream.

We get stuck inside and have to find out way out.

[Marlamin]

But we did datamine a playble alpha build for Blizzcon.
They don't do this for regular ptr stuff.

Not exactly "datamined a playable alpha for BlizzCon", but "datamined a BlizzCon demo" that is currently, albeit maybe a placeholder, set to the Emerald Dream. Nothing there confirms an expansion demo.

[LalaGamer]

We literally datamined pre-order bundles

Christ people, relax a bit.

This reminds me Lotro.

[Revamp Man]

I just can't imagine "the elementals" carrying a whole xpac thematically especially aftere DF and all those elements people

It must be that Thrall vs Evil light thing
I can totally imagine the opening like some big explosion, someone stepping out of some vessel... camera bottom to top, evil and pissed yrel landing in lordaeron cleansing forsaken
Then in the xpac she connects to scarlet crusade and burns down all undead areas
green jesus, with connection to both A and H, steps in and we help him win against evil light
Turalyon might be always on the edge and the story could portrait this inner fight
Then they can also get the void back with Alleria etc
And eventually revamp EK

People said dragons couldn't carry an expansion

3 elemental planes plus the firelands

[Harbour]

Wait... is that an ice elemental mount at the bottom right?

This thing reminds me of Archont from Starcraft 2 Legacy of the Void cinematic.

[Worldshaper]

This thing reminds me of Archont from Starcraft 2 Legacy of the Void cinematic.

Void, you say?!

You know what would be awesome? If there was a Void expansion. Not just that. The Void wins. Order, Light, and Life, our usual defenders, are all beaten in this one. So what happens? The Elements rise up in defense of Azeroth! The land itself awakens to cast out the enemy!

[Sondrelk]

ice bear was used in DF, so...
bad example

Yeah, but it was hardly a strong hint towards the theme.

[Dracullus]

Could just have used the dragonflight logo

Or WoW logo encased by shadow. But should we analize how intern Steve delt with problem how represent retail content on infographic?

We literally datamined pre-order bundles

Christ people, relax a bit.

Oh yeah, forgot about that. So we can expect pre-order as well. It wasn't so obvious as expac reveal, cause so far only SL was put on pre-order same day it was revealed.

[Revamp Man]

What kind of armor is the person on the ice elemental wearing? Looks a bit like a nelf in winterized armor

[Ferlion]

Could just have used the dragonflight logo

Could have, but that's missing an advertisement opportunity for the new patch. People who aren't playing WoW and maybe not following news will still get hit with Blizzcon stuff, because Blizzcon is a major event that pops up across the gaming space.

Seeing a patch logo that's all "Hey, look, Emerald Dream" might make people look in and decide "Yo, holy shit I got to play this"

[ZyntosAran]

What kind of armor is the person on the ice elemental wearing? Looks a bit like a nelf in winterized armor

leaked Northrend revamp with survival system to fight the cold.

[Cheezits]

What kind of armor is the person on the ice elemental wearing? Looks a bit like a nelf in winterized armor

Looks like the dragonrider armor set to me.

[ImTheMizAwesome]

We'll see what they show - to me so far the sound of "elemental expansion" sounds pretty much like DF 2.0 minus the dragons, but honestly we can also deal with pretty much the same enemies we deal now.

Unless i will see the presentation, it just sounds too samey to me, because there's a lot of that theme around the DF since the beginning.

[Selorian]

On a serious note, it's an ice elemental bound in shackles, being used as a mount. Fits pretty well with the Shaman theme of binding the elements.

Shaman don't bind the elements, they beseech them for power.

[flan1337]

Looks like the dragonrider armor set to me.

Someone posted the image of the ice elemental base model the hand armor is identical, and the rest of the armor is just an extension of how the hands look. Which is kinda odd because it doesnt feel very blizzcon-y

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I just noticed that elemental armor is EXACTLY the same as the blizzcon online bear for 2021 ( which I missed out on ). Each is based on a DF model with similar armor is kinda interesting right? Maybes me think this mount was just an un-used mount.