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

[Yus atath]

The chinese guy who predicted the last couple expansions also said 11.0 will be about Elemental Lords

[Foolicious]

I think Druid is going to be one of the last all race/class announcements. A lot of work needs to go into unique forms.

Maybe. 10.2 gives druid a lot of newly designed forms for free. Yes they aren't inspired by a specific race, but i think people wastly overerstimate the amount of time it takes to implement druid forms.

[flan1337]

The chinese guy who predicted the last couple expansions also said 11.0 will be about Elemental Lords

omg you aren't wrong - does anyone have that old school list??

Edit: Was it this one?

Draenor Set

Azuremyst Isle - 1 to 10
Bloodmyrk Isle - 10 to 20

Eversong Forest - 1 to 10
Quel'thalas - 10 to 20
Hellfire Peninsula - 58 to 62
Zangarmarsh - 60 to 64
Terokkar Forest - 61 to 65
The Deadlands - 63 to 67
Nagrand - 64 to 68
Blade's Edge Mountains - 66 to 70
Netherstorm - 67 to 70
Shadowmoon Valley - 69 to 70

Northrend Set

Borean Tundra - 67 to 70
Howling Fjord - 67 to 70
Dragonblight - 69 to 72
Grizzly Hills - 70 to 73
Crystalsong Forest - 72 to 75
Zul'drak - 73 to 76
Sholazar Basin - 75 to 79
Storm Peaks - 76 to 80
Icecrown Glacier - 78 to 80

Maelstrom Set

Gilneas - 77 to 80
Grim Batol - 78 to 81
Kul Tiras - 79 to 82
Kezan - 81 to 86
Tel Abim - 83 to 85
Zandalar - 84 to 87
Plunder Isle - 86 to 88
The Broken Isles - 87 to 90
The Maelstrom - 89 to 90

Plane Set

Pandaria - 1 to 10
Hiji - 10 to 20

Wolfenhold - 1 to 10
Xorothian Plains - 10 to 20

The Green Lands - 88 to 91
The Dying Paradise - 91 to 94
The Emerald Nightmare - 94 to 97
The Eye of Ysera - 97 to 100

Deephome - 88 to 91
Skywall - 91 to 94
The Abyssal Maw - 94 to 97
The Firelands - 97 to 100

Legion Set

K'aresh - 96 to 99
Argus Meadowlands - 97 to 100
Mac'Aree - 99 to 100
Maw of Oblivion - 100+
The Burning Citadel - 100+++

Edit2: I was wrong that one above is wrong - the Chinese one was this:
" "Today, when reviewing the content of various wow expansions, I suddenly discovered a fact: the tbc expansion actually has two parts, the Draenor line and the Burning Legion line, corresponding to the wod and leg content respectively. That is to say, the 6.0 and 7.0 expansions are split from the 2.0 expansion. By continuing to speculate, 8.0 should correspond to the wlk’s old god line, 9.0 should correspond to the wlk’s scourge line, and the content should be about the new Lich King’s mischief and the Shadowlands. 10.0 and 11.0 correspond to ctm’s dragon line and element line, and the stories of dragons and elemental lords will end. 12.0 corresponds to mop’s alliance and horde war line, and it is speculated that the current major cities and faction leaders will usher in the last reshuffle. 13.0 corresponds to mop’s sha line, but this time the protagonist will be wow’s final boss----the Void Lord. Among 8.0~12.0, the void forces will appear frequently, and they are also the behind-the-scenes black hands of these expansions. The Burning Legion appeared in 2.0, after four expansions of 3.0~6.0, it ended in 7.0. The void forces appeared in 7.0, after four expansions of 8.0~12.0, they finally ended in 13.0.

As for whether 13.0 is the end of wow, it depends on whether Blizzard’s magic of “one breath into three clear” will continue. "

Had to use ChatGBT to translate it

[Ersula]

The chinese guy who predicted the last couple expansions also said 11.0 will be about Elemental Lords

The Dragonflight Villains were literally 4 elemental dragons.

Plus they wouldn't keep following that pattern 2 expansions after that prediction got publicity. The last thing they want is to predictable.

[Well Done Steak]

I have some hope for a few classes getting additional specs so we get more support.

Oh yes, that too.

Paladin for sure, hopefully it's a dual wield spec.

I hope that none of the pure dps classes get a support. They need either heals or dps, otherwise it's a wasted opportunity.

Heals for mage and lock and tank for hunter and rogue

Chronomancy for mage, blood for locks, tank version of survival, and return of combat rogues as tanks.

As for more support, I can see priests with one, a chi ji monk one, return of blood dps as support

Warriors can get gladiator stance as a spec.

Shaman can get an earth tank spec.

DH can get a 2 hander dps and tank void themed specs.

And evokers a blue and green themed dot spec.

And druids can kick rocks, no fifth spec for you.

[LalaGamer]

The chinese guy who predicted the last couple expansions also said 11.0 will be about Elemental Lords

https://x.com/NasDaCN/status/1486816908653510666?s=20
This one ??

[Well Done Steak]

I think Druid is going to be one of the last all race/class announcements. A lot of work needs to go into unique forms.

Yeah, good thing it'd be an expansion feature if anything. It's the 10th exp on the 20th anni. Time to go big.

[Sondrelk]

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.

The logic here is honestly dead simple. A. It's a new model. B. It's a Blizzard bear. Why not give it at Blizzcon where you celebrate Blizzard.
The new mount will probably be a Blizzard elemental to really hammer home the theme.

[Nymrohd]

https://x.com/NasDaCN/status/1486816908653510666?s=20
This one ??

Which means he doesn't have any insider knowledge, he just saw a pattern

[LalaGamer]

Which means he doesn't have any insider knowledge, he just saw a pattern

But for some reason it was correct.

[Yus atath]

https://x.com/NasDaCN/status/1486816908653510666?s=20
This one ??

YES ! Thats the one i meant

[Cheezits]

I wish we had anything to confirm that 11.0 will be big to reflect the anniversary, but other than Metzen and some vague wording from dev tweets we really can't say.

[Nymrohd]

But for some reason it was correct.

Why must there be a reason? The very premise he built his pattern is ridiculous.

[Ferlion]

Oh yes, that too.

Paladin for sure, hopefully it's a dual wield spec.

I hope that none of the pure dps classes get a support. They need either heals or dps, otherwise it's a wasted opportunity.

Heals for mage and lock and tank for hunter and rogue

Chronomancy for mage, blood for locks, tank version of survival, and return of combat rogues as tanks.

As for more support, I can see priests with one, a chi ji monk one, return of blood dps as support

Warriors can get gladiator stance as a spec.

Shaman can get an earth tank spec.

DH can get a 2 hander dps and tank void themed specs.

And evokers a blue and green themed dot spec.

And druids can kick rocks, no fifth spec for you.

Only if Priests get a ranged weapon DPS spec and all the spells are silver.

[flan1337]

Why must there be a reason? The very premise he built his pattern is ridiculous.

I mean - if he gets 11 right with elementals then we know what 12 and 13 is haha.

[Ersula]

If you're really looking for some sort of pattern, the next expansion would be somewhere completely new. Aliens, Undead, Elemetals/Dragons, Someplace totally new, is the basic theme rotation.

[Sondrelk]

I mean - if he gets 11 right with elementals then we know what 12 and 13 is haha.

It's so vague that people could claim he is right even if the Elementals are only tangentially involved. That's the beauty of leaks like these.

[huth]

I mean - if he gets 11 right with elementals then we know what 12 and 13 is haha.

Not necessarily. Those would have been in early concepting stages where things can still shift a lot.

Also, it's perfectly possible to get lucky twice in a row.

[Cheezits]

It's actually 11.0- Cataclysmer. We get hit by another Cataclysm that makes things even worse and destroys most cities.

No tinkers.

[Ferlion]

I mean - if he gets 11 right with elementals then we know what 12 and 13 is haha.

To be fair to that link, I do actually think there is a fair bit of reason to assume next expansion is Elemental focused. Generally, Blizzard does a good job at seeding the next expansion, even if it's something we don't really think is overly obvious.

With Dragonflight, we have an awful lot of elemental disruption with the Firelands and Firelord dying, the Primalists, the return of Druids of the Flame. And on top of that, we've got a massive influx of the World Tree happening. That's got to be a massive influx of Spirit element, and that should mean massive elemental unrest.