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

[Marlamin]

I expect it to be the Cataclysm Classic mount.

Actually... @Marlamin, are there any files indicating the purpose of that mount? If you would like to share.

Not a clue

And conveniently enough, the easiest to disprove. It lists every game, so any one of them is verified false, the whole thing falls flat.

Yeah, those are usually very short-lived for that reason alone. Will be surprised if it's still as believable a week from now, maybe even a few days.

[ImTheMizAwesome]

There's definitely going to be a big customization pass for KT (skinny rig?) and Zandalari eventually, so that I believe. But I am not so sure on no new races.

Kultirans could use some cool sailor/navy tattoos amongst other things, it's one of the thing that was heavily missing when they were implemented, not sure about skinny rig since its completely different rig, from undead.

I think all allied races need a lot more overall from tattoos to skintones to piercings, hairstyles, beards etc.

I hope male orcs will get access to skull necklaces etc, overall i think they need to fix a lot of inconsistencies in their character creation system.

[Darkarath]

The leak is false. Probably very few people in Blizzard will have access to such information of all of its franchises. The true leak is waiting for us. Just a few days more

[Wangming]

I admit, the leak intrigues me.

Though wall of text leaks have never been accurate.

To be fair it is only a big wall of text cause every game is listed, not just wow. I don't feel like it knows too much.

Yeah, I'll be watching Hearthstone to see if any clues pop up, but people have assumed that Monks were coming for awhile, and "Simmer" definitely seems like a plausible HS mechanic since its being used by existing cards.

Yeah Simmer sounds like an actual HS mechanic. And the whole food vibe fits Pandaria.
I also like the whole qi mechanic. Imagine a game between a monk and a druid trying to outmana each other.

[ercarp]

WoW Stormfall

Damn, they got banned fast.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the admins here ban alt accounts? It's not necessarily 100% proof of it being fake since someone could be doing it for the sake of anonymity (to avoid any potential legal consequences), but it's also quite likely that it's just one of the regulars here having a laugh brainstorming a fake leak and posting it on a burner account.

[Wangming]

Damn, they got banned fast.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the admins here ban alt accounts? It's not necessarily 100% proof of it being fake since someone could be doing it for the sake of anonymity (to avoid any potential legal consequences), but it's also quite likely that it's just one of the regulars here having a laugh brainstorming a fake leak and posting it on a burner account.

Surely they can't be a bad person. They hug cats.

[Paula Deen]

Damn, they got banned fast.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the admins here ban alt accounts? It's not necessarily 100% proof of it being fake since someone could be doing it for the sake of anonymity (to avoid any potential legal consequences), but it's also quite likely that it's just one of the regulars here having a laugh brainstorming a fake leak and posting it on a burner account.

They also possibly deleted the account. It has the same effect. The mods usually issue an infraction and he only had one post with no infractions. So its more likely it was deleted. Telling me its fake.

[ercarp]

Capital city is a vertical Ironforge named Khaz Algar.

By the way, this part of the leak is enough to debunk it for me. "Khaz" means "mountain" in Dwarvish and has historically been used for much larger geographical areas like Khaz Modan (which comprises a large portion of central Eastern Kingdoms).

Referring to a "vertical Ironforge" as a mountain doesn't make any sense. "Leaker" did some of their homework for sure, but not all of it.

EDIT: I was... very wrong. Name checks out.

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They also possibly deleted the account. It has the same effect.

Didn't know that. Explains why nearly every single leaker is instantly "banned".

[SunspotAnims]

Okay, I added in a few quick impression.
I'll reserve judgement, but this could be legit. No information a leaker wouldn't know. Definitely does not sound like a wishlist. And we are close enough to BlizzCon for this to be legit.

Can anyone who is more active in the other game communities confirm or deny the Diablo or Hearthstone stuff?

I can refute some Overwatch stuff. It says there's a new control map called Everest and an escort map in London... but we pretty much already have those exact maps? There's Nepal, a control map in the Himalayas, and Kings Row, a hybrid (meaning 66% escort) map in London. It would be strange for new maps to be so close to existing ones both geographically and in terms of their mode.

Also it says the next story missions will take place in Brazil, but:

a) There already has been a story mission set in Brazil.
b) It's extremely likely for the next story mission(s) to be set in India, not Brazil. The story of the Invasion missions left off specifically in India and we know a mission set in India has been developed.

Pretty much everyone is expecting Mauga to be announced as the next hero so predicting him correctly in a "leak" means nothing.

[ercarp]

It's still probably the best text leak I've seen this leak season. Cool expansion name, plausible list of features (it's neither doomerbait nor a straight-up wishlist), and doesn't read like AI-generated garbage.

[Raetary]

By the way, this part of the leak is enough to debunk it for me. "Khaz" means "mountain" in Dwarvish and has historically been used for much larger geographical areas like Khaz Modan (which comprises a large portion of central Eastern Kingdoms).

That isn't true.

Khaz refers to Khaz'Goroth.
It's the word Modan that means mountains.

Khaz Modan - Mountains of Khaz.
Loch Modan - Mountain lake/hole
Bael Modan - Red Mountain
Thor Modan - Mountains of... Thorim? Thunder? who knows.

Algar could very well mean cliff/edge/chasm/walls/-insert other related synonym here-.

[Kiria]

The Hearthstone info sounds very plausible, which gives credence to the rest.




Would Stormfall be an expansion you'd stick around for?

Possibly yes, I like the idea of new specs and new spell effects, sorry took a while for me to respond was taking a break from the forum.

[ercarp]

Pretty sure "Modan" is the word for mountain, while Khaz is just a reference and an homage to Khaz'goroth.

Thank you for going easy on me for making such a dumb mistake instead of roasting me lol. For some reason I had it in my head that "Khaz" meant mountain. In that case, I suppose the name is completely plausible for a city.

I wonder what "Algar" means then, seeing as "Khaz Modan" translates to "Mountain of Khaz". Would Khaz Algar still be "something of Khaz"?

[ImTheMizAwesome]

Well it is much more interesting than the eclipse leak.

[lanerios]

leaks with that much detail? 99,9% chance it's fake. I do love this forum though

detailed leaks? "Fake! to detailed"
Detailed leaks with stuff they want to hear? "Yea it might be true"

[Makabreska]

Why did druids get a 4th spec in an expansion that is themed around a faction war and pandas with Chen Stormstout as the poster boy?

Answer: New specs don’t need to be tied to the narrative.
Hell, new races don’t need to be tied thematically to the main narrative as Worgen/Goblins showed in Cata.

They finally did it, because Feral was always two specs in one (which caused issues) and MoP talent rework was a good opportunity. It was not a completely new spec they prepared. Expansion theme or no theme had nothing to do with it.

[huth]

Thank you for going easy on me for making such a dumb mistake instead of roasting me lol. For some reason I had it in my head that "Khaz" meant mountain. In that case, I suppose the name is completely plausible for a city.

I wonder what "Algar" means then, seeing as "Khaz Modan" translates to "Mountain of Khaz". Would Khaz Algar still be "something of Khaz"?

Probably. We have no idea what Algar could be, though.

Vertical Ironforge just makes me think of somebody accidentally tipping the city so it stands on it's side, though. Probably some gnome. And you just stand there watching the lava flow sideways and wondering if you should go somewhere else.

[ercarp]

That isn't true.

Khaz refers to Khaz'Goroth.
It's the word Modan that means mountains.

Khaz Modan - Mountains of Khaz.
Loch Modan - Mountain lake/hole
Bael Modan - Red Mountain
Thor Modan - Mountains of... Thorim? Thunder? who knows.

Yeah, I got it embarrassingly wrong.

Algar could very well mean cliff/edge/chasm/walls/-insert other related synonym here-.

I think the reason I confused myself is because in the mount Algarian Stormrider, the word Algar is used as if it were a proper noun (e.g. Darnassian, Kul Tiran, etc.). But as you're suggesting, it would make more sense for it to translate into something like cliff, edge, chasm, etc. Something that describes the terrain or a geographical feature.

But then would it make sense that we're flying a mount that's called Cliff-ian Stormrider?

[huth]

They finally did it, because Feral was always two specs in one (which caused issues) and MoP talent rework was a good opportunity. Expansion theme or no theme had nothing to do with it.

That and with the new talent system, meaningfully seperating them through talents alone wasn't really an option anymore. You'd either get overpowered tanks or way to beefy melee.

[Valysar]

The season of leaks is so fake now with AI, it ruins all the fun