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

[Paula Deen]

Well if storm breaker is real, I wonder who or what is the storm breaker.

My money is on tyr

Tyr or Alexstraza. Odyn being the storm i'd imagine....or its just elementals which is cool too.

[ro9ue]

If they do an underground Silithus zone with qiraji, think it would be cool to have the tip of the sword protruding through the top of the zone. And directly below it is something like a Titan machine, implying that was what Sargeras was trying to destroy. Yeah the sword is still there, but the broad implication is that he was just trying to destroy Azeroth, hoping we find out he was being more deliberate.

[huth]

Everyone remember "Empire of Dragons?"

I remember Explosion of Dragons.

I don't think we had one like that this season so far.

[matijwow]

It's a shame that Golganneth the Thunderer is the titan with power over the sea and sky (and thus storms), and yet there's no way to work him in to this.

[Paula Deen]

It's a shame that Golganneth the Thunderer is the titan with power over the sea and sky (and thus storms), and yet there's no way to work him in to this.

Thorim and Hodir supposedly have the powers right? Or did him getting rez'd in Legion change that?

[Therougetitan]

Well if storm breaker is real, I wonder who or what is the storm breaker.

My money is on tyr

Think of it more as an event like Cataclysm. Unveiling the other side of Azeroth has to be some bombastic event after all, right?

[Hitei]

Everyone remember "Empire of Dragons?"

This logo has the exact same problem, btw. Entirely vague what is it even supposed to be? Old god tentacles? Sea horses? Elven architecture? Silver plants? Really can't see Blizzard ever putting out a logo that doesn't immediately, clearly communicate to the viewer what the expansion is.

Also I feel like Blizzard art team wouldn't allow for the light on light tangent crap that's going on with the top of WORLD and bottom of Warcraft, but that's just nitpicking.

[Harbour]

Stormbreaker is too weak of the title.
Every WoW title pointed at global theme. Burning Legion, Cataclysm, Battle for Azeroth, Dragon flight etc, each of them pointed at the whole spectrum of themes United by one title.
Stormbreaker is the first time since Lich King when the title points at single figure.
And while Lich King ment many things so the title beared the whole bunch of themes behind, Stormbreaker is literally who and means literally nothing.
I'm positive they won't name expansion like that.
Also it was already compromised by that shitty gryphon rider fake leak with the same name.
It's most likely someone had fun picking up the idea and trying to dive deeper with it.
Have fun but I won't buy Stormbreaker leaks.

[Eldryth]

The "leak" you are referring to was "Stormbreak" NOT "Stormbreaker."

And even if the title had been exactly the same, it's always possible for a fake leak to get lucky and accidentally use the actual title. It happened for Shadowlands and Dragonflight- iirc, last cycle the Dragonflight title leak convinced a lot of people that an earlier leak talking about mini-classes was real because it used the same title.

[Gloriandus]

To me the mention of a "Carrack Escort" seems so specific as to either be real or an incredible left-field detail added by the faker to bolster its authenticity.

[Harbour]

Carrack Escort sounds too small for a expansion level feature to present during announcement.
Escort is escort. Players will escort something from A to B. No way they are going to build something big around such a uninspiring concept. On paper it sounds like ten times worse idea than Warfronts or Island Expeditions. I think they learned their lesson already.

[LemonDemonGirl]

https://i.imgur.com/l0bY8VP.jpg

Looks like it says StormbreakeR lol
But, I'm going to take it with a grain of salt. Might be real.

[Cheezits]

The "tentacles" looking a lot like roots is a clever idea. If it wasn't for the purple portal it kind of looks Elune themed.

[Ferlion]

My money is still on tge expansion being called Shadow of Azeroth

[Well Done Steak]

Think of it more as an event like Cataclysm. Unveiling the other side of Azeroth has to be some bombastic event after all, right?

Yeah but the ER makes it should like someone's title. An event would probably be just stormbreak

[Dragon ANX]

What carracks are you guys talking about? what did i miss in the last 12 hours?

[flan1337]

What carracks are you guys talking about? what did i miss in the last 12 hours?

https://i.imgur.com/Z4kC6vW.jpg It was posted with a logo as well

[Therougetitan]

Honestly the Carrack Escorts makes me think it is more real than not. Something a lot of leaks lack is a surprise factor because Blizzard always has some random feature we don't expect like Warfronts or Torghast. Dragonflight was a bit of a departure because they spent a lot of time revamping existing systems ex: talents, flying, professions but now they can start expanding.

Carrack Escorts make me think of helping ships cross the Storming Seas and potential attackers like kraken or Azshara's naga or even just elementals.

[Cheezits]

Remember, no pirates...

I kind of believe the leak, though the logo doesn't really tell you what the expac is about just looking at it.

[hattahat]

If that leak is real, I think carrack escort is the name of the transmog set.