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

[Worldshaper]

They likely don't belong to the earthen there, more than likely they're an elemental found near Khaz Algar.

Seems like Khaz Algar is below ground, though. Wouldn't earth elementals make more sense?

[ImTheMizAwesome]

I mean, wouldn't blizzcon elemental mount + preorder mount be both elementals a little too much?

I mean anything can happen, but 2 elemental reskin mounts seem kinda boring.

[Teriz]

Seems like Khaz Algar is below ground, though. Wouldn't earth elementals make more sense?

Khaz Algar likely has an above ground area as well, like all Dwarven settlements.

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I mean, wouldn't blizzcon elemental mount + preorder mount be both elementals a little too much?

I mean anything can happen, but 2 elemental reskin mounts seem kinda boring.

The heroic mount from Shadowlands was the exact same model as the taxi service mount found throughout the Shadowlands. No recolor, no added effects, nothing, it's the EXACT same model. Let's not pretend that Blizzard doesn't have it in them to be lazy when it comes to mounts. At least the ice elemental and the storm elemental would look different.

[Nebron]

I genuinely believed that with the access to AI, this leak season will be wild - new, high-quality logos will appear every week. So far, it's a bit lackluster

[AOL Instant Messenger]

I genuinely believed that with the access to AI, this leak season will be wild - new, high-quality logos will appear every week. So far, it's a bit lackluster

The main issue is that producing images with AI takes very little meticulousness, but producing a convincing image will require quite a bit of meticulousness and patience. These images may also need a bit of editing to be very convincing, and a couple of iterations to look like what they're supposed to be.

[micwini]

I genuinely believed that with the access to AI, this leak season will be wild - new, high-quality logos will appear every week. So far, it's a bit lackluster

Leaks are mostly revolving around logo's and unfortunately, generative AI is still quite bad at properly generating text in combination with an image.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

Leaks are mostly revolving around logo's and unfortunately, generative AI is still quite bad at properly generating text in combination with an image.

That much is true. You'll probably need a bit of manual work to make things convincing with logos. You could at least use it to generate the backgrounds since Dragonflight sets a precedent for new backgrounds looking radically different, but the text will have to be done manually to be consistent.

[Hitei]

I genuinely believed that with the access to AI, this leak season will be wild - new, high-quality logos will appear every week. So far, it's a bit lackluster

AI is too stupid to make high quality logos. It struggles to even output coherent text half the time, and logos need strong intent, the thing AI is absolutely terrible at.

[Gigantique]

Wait.... Dark Nexus Deathwing was literally the last skin added to HotS... Could it be they announce they're going back to updating Hots?

Bruh don't give me hope

[Futhark]

I'm only coming back for a Wildhammer Storm Gryphon expansion. Make it happen Blizz.

[ZyntosAran]

Bruh don't give me hope

that was on the blizzconline one of 2022 no? And as that one did not happen, they would have announced it somewhere else and not just wait a year to announce hots is back

[AOL Instant Messenger]

AI is too stupid to make high quality logos. It struggles to even output coherent text half the time, and logos need strong intent, the thing AI is absolutely terrible at.

I think you can make something convincing with the addition of manual work and a lot of patience in trying repeatedly for an output that can realistically simulate intention that is factually absent. However, I don't think people will have the patience to do that, so we get a large number of very unconvincing fake leaks that intuition alone can confirm as AI-generated. I honestly think it ties into the mistakes people are making in how they use AI-generated art overall, which is that they are too reliant on it as a total substitute for real art instead of a partial substitute. Either way, I agree that logos in particular are a bad thing to generate with AI. You'd have more luck generating fake cinematic stills.

[Worldshaper]

Khaz Algar likely has an above ground area as well, like all Dwarven settlements.

Why is that likely; do we know that Khaz Algar is even a landmass and not just a cave?

[ImTheMizAwesome]

that was on the blizzconline one of 2022 no? And as that one did not happen, they would have announced it somewhere else and not just wait a year to announce hots is back

Blizzard can easily add Hots to Steam and gamepass with all heroes unlocked just as microsoft did with League of legends on gamepass.

It could potentially revive the game in some ways.

[Revamp Man]

It's definitely time for archeology to return
They've been planning something for it because the "we want to do it when it fits" excuse was always dumb

[Futhark]

It's definitely time for archeology to return
They've been planning something for it because the "we want to do it when it fits" excuse was always dumb

A dwarf expansion with revamped Archeology! Sign me up!

[Revamp Man]

A dwarf expansion with revamped Archeology! Sign me up!

Let's gooooooo

[micwini]

Let's gooooooo

He looks really happy

[Worldshaper]

A dwarf expansion with revamped Archeology! Sign me up!

Wouldn't a dwarf expansion turn it into a human?

[Well Done Steak]

Let's gooooooo

Ffs, I wanna believe.

Any AI experts can analyze?