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

[Gigantique]

I mean that is exactly my point. The elemental in the pic is not nearly flashy enough to be the Stormrider mount.

Flashiness hasn't exactly been a precedent though.

IIRC WoD was the first "buy the collector edition and get a mount!" expansion with the Dread Raven. Fairly bog standard no nonsense or pizazz mount. Legion had the little Felstalker runt that runs like an absolute silly thing, BfA had the horse/raptor and SL had yhe anima worm.

None of those are (imo ofc) flashy whatsoever so something basic like an elemental or gryphon with lightning textures would fit right in.


That being said, if the next expansion IS in fact us punching through some kind of storm, the gryphon with lightning effects could very well be a form of pre-patch story reward like the Teldrassil Hippogryph. A gryphon lightning-charged from the effects of the stormy assault or whatever.

[Beerplz]

Ok the ai image thing despite fucking up the logo creates some really awesome images when being instructed to do some "Voidstorm" expansion releated stuff.

[Jaggler]

that looks like some biblically accurate N'Zoth lol.
he about to "be not afraid" us into the ground.

[Gigantique]

Ok the ai image thing despite fucking up the logo creates some really awesome images when being instructed to do some "Voidstorm" expansion releated stuff.

That first image is actually kind of insanely good ngl. Replace the bland landscape with some recognisable part of Azeroth and that very much looks like how I'd imagine a Void Lord entering our reality would appear.

[lanerios]

Only Teriz believes that to be the Stormrider, most of us seem to think it might be that stormy gryphon instead.

Why would a snowman elemental be a stormrider etc etc

Because it's Teriz. Contrarian opinions to the max, and always convinced they are 100% correct and the rest is wrong.

I don't know what it'll be, and I'll see. Could it be a gryphon? Jep! Could it be an elemental? Unlikely, but blizzard has done weirder stuff.

as long as Teriz' deluded "Yrel is the villain for sure bro!" theory doesn't happen, I am happy. We had to survive that drivel with the pre SL leaks, pre DF leaks. And I can't wait for him to start it now /s

[Gigantique]

Because it's Teriz. Contrarian opinions to the max, and always convinced they are 100% correct and the rest is wrong.

I don't know what it'll be, and I'll see. Could it be a gryphon? Jep! Could it be an elemental? Unlikely, but blizzard has done weirder stuff.

as long as Teriz' deluded "Yrel is the villain for sure bro!" theory doesn't happen, I am happy. We had to survive that drivel with the pre SL leaks, pre DF leaks. And I can't wait for him to start it now /s

Personally I just need a better gryphon model for my dwarf lmao. Ever since they released the Alabaster one I've been wondering when they'd give me that mount but you know, not stone.

[Beerplz]

That first image is actually kind of insanely good ngl. Replace the bland landscape with some recognisable part of Azeroth and that very much looks like how I'd imagine a Void Lord entering our reality would appear.

For sure lol , here is the last one i'm posting which i found interesting.
The circle behind even reminds me of the relic that Iridikron get at the end of the Dawn of the Infinity


Really hope we get something similar in theme / feeling

[Gigantique]

Looks like Thousand Needles as well.

Void Lords were after the Racing Car blueprints this whole time!

[Wangming]

For sure lol , here is the last one i'm posting which i found interesting.
The circle behind even reminds me of the relic that Iridikron get at the end of the Dawn of the Infinity


Really hope we get something similar in theme / feeling

I would play these three, ngl.

[Samin]

For sure lol , here is the last one i'm posting which i found interesting.
The circle behind even reminds me of the relic that Iridikron get at the end of the Dawn of the Infinity


Really hope we get something similar in theme / feeling

Can't wait for Vodestorm

[Nebron]

Maybe not the design, but I really like the color palette of this one, the light blues, dark blues, hues of pink and purples are well mixed there. If Void Lords are ever going to be a real, material thing in WoW, I hope they go for some really scary, disturbing sh*t, rather than Voidwalkers.
Nice prompts though, gj

[Nymrohd]

If Amirdrassil wasn't so fire heavy it wouldn't be as bad i think. Like. If the last three bosses were fire themed, i'd be totally fine but the raid has like what, 2 bosses that aren't based on lava, flames etc.?

Which works because that is the concept; setting the tree on fire. I do think there should have been a side dungeon but I think that for all raids (M+ by going evergreen is missing the theme of the expansion like BGs do which is a shame)
I think they just tend to default to filling empty spaces with lava far too often.

[Santandame]

Imagine looking at Stormheim and the Halls of Valor, and thinking "yeah this Odyn guy must be evil".

He's an arrogant, pompous prick for sure. But that dude isn't evil. He represents justice, valor, and rightenousness. He's WoW's version of Imperius from Diablo, while Tyr is Tyrael.

I want to see his Valarjar arrive in full force and kick Old God bottoms in the next expansion. The Lord of Ravens will turn the key to Uldaz, blasting Xal'atath into oblivion after Vyranoth betrayed us all and made fools of the meek Dragon Aspects.

Just because someone is righteous and values justice doesn't mean that they are a good person. Many dictators throughout history, as well as in fiction exhume these values. The same applies to the aesthetic.

[Beerplz]

Odyn is just a cooler Tyr tbh

[Jaggler]

Which works because that is the concept; setting the tree on fire. I do think there should have been a side dungeon but I think that for all raids (M+ by going evergreen is missing the theme of the expansion like BGs do which is a shame)
I think they just tend to default to filling empty spaces with lava far too often.

Yeah, of course it fits the raid in terms of story etc, i am not arguing that. it's just a bit much fire atm for me, personally

[Dragon ANX]

Ok the ai image thing despite fucking up the logo creates some really awesome images when being instructed to do some "Voidstorm" expansion releated stuff.

This one is really really cool!

[lanerios]

Personally I just need a better gryphon model for my dwarf lmao. Ever since they released the Alabaster one I've been wondering when they'd give me that mount but you know, not stone.

For sure yea. A lot of "classic" style mounts can use an upgrade tbh. But yea, let's start with the Gryphons. I mean, we even had a more updated model in Pandaria with that "PVP" lite faction.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

Just because someone is righteous and values justice doesn't mean that they are a good person. Many dictators throughout history, as well as in fiction exhume these values. The same applies to the aesthetic.

This is true, but I admittedly think he has a point about Odyn. While Odyn is an awful person, it is true that he is supposed to be a relatively valorous one who also shares a common enemy with us. Plus, I actually think there's more nuance to his and Tyr's positions than we've seen: Odyn seems more of a micromanager, but also strikes me as respecting the mortal races more. While Tyr is more indirect, he is also more hierarchical and entrusts a great deal of power to his own pet projects. If this dynamic were handled well,—which I unfortunately doubt it will be,—it could be very interesting.

[lanerios]

For sure lol , here is the last one i'm posting which i found interesting.
The circle behind even reminds me of the relic that Iridikron get at the end of the Dawn of the Infinity


Really hope we get something similar in theme / feeling

That looks great! Can't wait to see the sequel to Voidstorm, Vodestorm!

Vodestorm will be amazing!


Also, I've been out of the loop for a bit. But when did people decide Voidstorm makes the most sense for the next expansion? Or is it just meme-ing?

[Teriz]

1- Everything is pointing to dwarves, datamined cosmetics, ingame books and lore talking about dwarves, is kaz-algor, pairing that with the "aglarian" phrase.
2- "I don't beleive a grpyhonj mount is in the cards"
so then why do you think we have a new high rez grpyhon mount, and the ability for said mount to dragon ride?
3- "Elemental makes more sense"
this expansion is elemental based.

Yeah, everything is not pointing towards dwarves. We got a couple of trading post items, some “Storm rider” Dragonriding achievements, and the story of Khaz Algar which comes from the Algarian Stormrider. The only thing in that bunch that actually applies to the next expansion is the Algarian Stormrider.

The Storm rider achievements could be something for 10.2 and not apply to 11.0 at all, and the gear is just some cool trading post items that allow you to live out your Storm rider dwarf fantasy.

As for the mount being an elemental, I didn’t say it was the ice elemental from the blizzard ad, I said it’s likely a variation of this;

https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/npc=29624/stormrider

Which would make sense given that these also exist near Titan facilities in Northrend.