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

[Nymrohd]

This is what I suspect and also coincidentally what I want. Warrior throwing banners around and issuing roaring calls to battle. I think we'll see Disc priest as a support spec someday too; it needs more to set it apart.

In my perfect world Enhancement shaman becomes a support DPS as well, and Shaman or Evoker get a mail-wearing earth-magic tank spec. Missed opportunity by Blizzard not to have made Evoker tank, heal, support (no pure RDPS) from the get-go, in my opinion. I'd love Evoker or Shaman tank tho - it'd mean we'd see some good beefy mail transmogs for Hunters to steal and it'd give Blizzard a cool opportunity especially for Evoker tanks to get tank-themed staff weapons for transmog as well! Could be neat.

I keep getting sidetracked by my hopes for class re-designs and support integration and Im sorry

Yeah I agree about Enchancement and Discipline making sense but neither of them is a spec I predominantly play and I am very much unsure the people who main these specs would appreciate them becoming something completely different (especially for Enchancement). And after the disaster reception of Survival I get why Blizzard would be very cautious about radical redesigns.

[Worldshaper]

it's probably blizzcon goods because blizzcon playlist got updated on youtube.

https://i.imgur.com/Hl23gAL.png

Seems likely. When I visit the playlist, it says there is a hidden video.

[Raetary]

It was just incredibly stupid of her to plant that thing during a world-spanning war against an enemy whos entire thing is that they corrupt whatever they can get their hands on.

???

What makes you think this happened in the middle of battling the Black empire?
The book doesn't mention any time period, all it says is Eonar got a branch from Elune and then planted a tree.

If anything, the fact that she has time enough to interact with Elune and then do that implies the major threat is over, the OGs are imprisoned and they are ordering Azeroth.

[Well Done Steak]

More than likely the only classes getting support specs are the “Bloodlust/Heroism” classes. That would be Mage, Shaman, and Hunters. Evokers were the 4th class to get Bloodlust/heroism buff.

I mean I think that's a bit of a stretchy assumption just because evokers have a lust.

Blizz will give support to who they feel fits from a thematic standpoint.

Paladins for example are a prime candidate. They're already a pseudo support class, they just need to double down to make it the main point of a spec.

[flan1337]

Seems likely. When I visit the playlist, it says there is a hidden video.

oh how interesting you are right - wonder if we could find the unpublished link haha

[Nerdslime]

They've finally managed to bring back enhancement shamans to a good place, as they've stated they will not alter their role (and they shouldn't).
I don't want another support spec in the game for now, it would be very cumbersome to manage balancing and they are still figuring it out with just augmentation evoker. (cf. their many changes in 10.2)

There are already a good amount of tanks and healers in the game, I'm not opposed to more. I would put in my top priorities new mechanics for tanks that would make them more entertaining to play and less a I need to perfect the route of the dungeon and not fall asleep when doing raid boss fights

As a tank main I definitely support that! More tank mechanics would be a definite plus. You're also right about the balance issues of support classes - but hey, when have we ever had functional balance

[Samin]

oh how interesting you are right - wonder if we could find the unpublished link haha

It's probably still just a video that goes live before Blizzcon as a teaser and be explicitly spoiler free.

[Eldryth]

???

What makes you think this happened in the middle of battling the Black empire?
The book doesn't mention any time period, all it says is Eonar got a branch from Elune and then planted a tree.

If anything, the fact that she has time enough to interact with Elune and then do that implies the major threat is over, the OGs are imprisoned and they are ordering Azeroth.

Page 7 specified that Eonar had Freya guard the crater while the war against the Black Empire continued, so it had to have happened before the Titans' victory.

[Raetary]

Page 7 specified that Eonar had Freya guard the crater while the war against the Black Empire continued, so it had to have happened before the Titans' victory.

Right, i missed that detail.

[Magistrate]

I think that if warriors get gladiator support spec, they should get ress based on screaming into a body with rage to bring the person back from the dead.

This elicits joy.

[Foolicious]

Without the world trees Archimonde would have won the third war.

I would argue that literally anything else that happened played a bigger role in archimondes defeat than the world tree.

[Samin]

???

What makes you think this happened in the middle of battling the Black empire?
The book doesn't mention any time period, all it says is Eonar got a branch from Elune and then planted a tree.

If anything, the fact that she has time enough to interact with Elune and then do that implies the major threat is over, the OGs are imprisoned and they are ordering Azeroth.

What's the over-under for the crater being Hyjal and the Barrow Deeps and/or Furbolg cave systems being the remains of the root system? My mind is wandering to northern (modern) Kalimdor because when it talks about mysterious guardians protecting the roots my mind immediately went to the Ancients.

I know it's appealing to attribute everything to new lore, but I wouldn't be opposed to some retroactive world building either.

[Skildar]

[Worldshaper]

[Merryck]

Ysergle looks mountable in that picture

[Worldshaper]

So.

Ysergle - the murloc pet.
Bound Blizzard Mount - the mount on the image we saw.
Chlling celebration banner.

Any hints here?

[Reive]

So.

Ysergle - the murloc pet.
Bound Blizzard Mount - the mount on the image we saw.
Chlling celebration banner.

Any hints here?

2 out of 3 suggest it's going to be cold next expansion ahah

[Valysar]

So.

Ysergle - the murloc pet.
Bound Blizzard Mount - the mount on the image we saw.
Chlling celebration banner.

Any hints here?

Yes, hints at 10.2, nothing more

[Paula Deen]

So.

Ysergle - the murloc pet.
Bound Blizzard Mount - the mount on the image we saw.
Chlling celebration banner.

Any hints here?

There wouldn't be. It used to be that the Murloc was a mascot for the new expac but I mean...we know what that one is a mascot for. 10.2

The only we hint we have is Squally

[Gurahk]

50 bucks for a mount, damn no thanks.