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

[Santandame]

I'm on desktop and dont see it either but if its already a keyart thats fine, I just knew I had seen it before.

Yeah no harm, I wasn’t aware it was key art either. I don’t know why it’s just expected you should know that, but hey ho. It does look similar to the one we had a few pages back that was dismissed as AI.

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It's a standard piece of WoW art they use for generic purposes. They had an old one from Vanilla days, and made this updated one about 2-3 years ago I think. IIRC, we used to look at it as a piece of evidence suggesting a World Revamp, before we got Dragonflight instead.

Cheers for the clarification.

[Worldshaper]

MrGM has tweeted again, this time less suggestive and more as a question. I think there's a fair chance he just swapped the images by editing the site's code in the dev console, but later realised it was too misleading, causing him to delete the original tweet.

Oh well, we'll find out in two hours!

[Jaggler]

Why are we screenshot/archiving a mockup about what WoW on gamepass could look like?

[Kiria]

Why are we screenshot/archiving a mockup about what WoW on gamepass could look like?

Because it wasnt suggested as a mock up originally.

This was the original tweet

[Woke it Up]

Why are we screenshot/archiving a mockup about what WoW on gamepass could look like?

My assumption is MRGM made the joke then decided against it

[micwini]

MrGM has tweeted again, this time less suggestive and more as a question. I think there's a fair chance he just swapped the images by editing the site's code in the dev console, but later realised it was too misleading, causing him to delete the original tweet.

Oh well, we'll find out in two hours!

What happens in 2 hours?

[Nathanyel]

Is legion an ingame title?

Horst, Legion?

Eckhart, die Dämonen kommen!

[Worldshaper]

Why are we screenshot/archiving a mockup about what WoW on gamepass could look like?

He made a tweet that made it sound like he'd visited the Game Pass website and discovered that they had published a new version of the promotional artwork, with WoW included. But then he deleted the tweet and posted it again with a more speculative, less assertive tone.

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What happens in 2 hours?

I read somewhere on Twitter that the aquisition would finalise by 9 am Eastern Time, which is in about 1½ hours in Europe where I'm at.

A lot of game journos and influencers have also suggested that Xbox will want to publish a bunch of hype news right as the deal closes, to mark the significance of the moment. New games coming to Game Pass seems like a fair bet.

[lanerios]

My assumption is MRGM made the joke then decided against it

100% this, I mean, gotta get that online attention and likes somewhere right?

[ImTheMizAwesome]

I think hots with all heroes unlocked will be coming to gamepass, they will announce a soft reboot of W3 reforged and it will land on gamepass too, d2r and d3 will land on gamepass, i would be very surprised if WoW would end up right away on gamepass too, but i hope it won't at least go f2p if they ever go that way..

[Lady Atia]

I think hots with all heroes unlocked will be coming to gamepass, they will announce a soft reboot of W3 reforged and it will land on gamepass too, d2r and d3 will land on gamepass, i would be very surprised if WoW would end up right away on gamepass too, but i hope it won't at least go f2p if they ever go that way..

Nothing wrong with f2p as long as people still have to pay for Expansions plus maybe finally a battlepass for WoW!

And yeah, a HOTS revival would be huuuge.

[ImTheMizAwesome]

Nothing wrong with f2p as long as people still have to pay for Expansions plus maybe finally a battlepass for WoW!

And yeah, a HOTS revival would be huuuge.

I mean we already have battlepass with Trading post and i much prefer that over what D4 or OW has.

Call me a doomer but i see many bad things happening to the monetization of systems in the game if WoW will go f2p, even with paid expansions.

[Teriz]

Don't like that idea tbh, having zones split up like that rarely is a good idea or works out well (see Cata/SL)

I don’t think people minded it as much when it was Kul’Tiras and Zandalar. Those zones were separated, yet people enjoyed them because Kul’Tiras and Zandalar were interesting places despite only being 3.5 zones each.

In addition you can have a central hub connecting the areas like the tram in Stormwind, Undermine tunnels, or maybe use the dwarven mole machines.

[Nightshade711]

I don’t think people minded it as much when it was Kul’Tiras and Zandalar. Those zones were separated, yet people enjoyed them because Kul’Tiras and Zandalar were interesting places despite only being 3.5 zones each.

Because KT/Zandalar were basically their own continents.
Unlike what you’re saying.

In addition you can have a central hub connecting the areas like the tram in Stormwind, Undermine tunnels, or maybe use the dwarven mole machines.

So just like SL where we had a central hub (Oribos) connecting areas using a tram/tunneling (flight path) system.
That worked so well the first time.

[Kiria]

I don’t think people minded it as much when it was Kul’Tiras and Zandalar. Those zones were separated, yet people enjoyed them because Kul’Tiras and Zandalar were interesting places despite only being 3.5 zones each.

In addition you can have a central hub connecting the areas like the tram in Stormwind, Undermine tunnels, or maybe use the dwarven mole machines.

You just have a massive bias for Underground sh*t, I really hope Underground doesnt happen as it will be the end of WoW for me after so many years.

[lanerios]

I think hots with all heroes unlocked will be coming to gamepass, they will announce a soft reboot of W3 reforged and it will land on gamepass too, d2r and d3 will land on gamepass, i would be very surprised if WoW would end up right away on gamepass too, but i hope it won't at least go f2p if they ever go that way..

If they do that HOTS thing? I'd absolutely love it! I still play it a lot with my wife (against bots) and having more choice? always good!

[ImTheMizAwesome]

If they do that HOTS thing? I'd absolutely love it! I still play it a lot with my wife (against bots) and having more choice? always good!

I think that's what they did with League of legends and valorant, with gamepass people unlocked heroes and agents in both games, but i don't play these so im not 100% sure if i remember correctly.

[Teriz]

Because KT/Zandalar were basically their own continents.
Unlike what you’re saying.

They were actually half continents, about three zones apiece. You can do the exact same thing with underground areas.

So just like SL where we had a central hub (Oribos) connecting areas using a tram/tunneling (flight path) system.
That worked so well the first time.

Only because the zones in SL weren’t as large as KT and Zandalar. Make a few underground zones that large, and we’re in good shape.

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You just have a massive bias for Underground sh*t, I really hope Underground doesnt happen as it will be the end of WoW for me after so many years.

It’s something different, and clearly part of the lore. It should be attempted if only for the sake of thematic diversity.

[Jaggler]

They were actually half continents, about three zones apiece. You can do the exact same thing with underground areas.




Only because the zones in SL weren’t as large as KT and Zandalar. Make a few underground zones that large, and we’re in good shape.

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It’s something different, and clearly part of the lore. It should be attempted if only for the sake of thematic diversity.

What you are proposing is basically zones with the size of a third or a quarter of a continent connected by a central hub. Which is exactly what SL was.

[Nightshade711]

They were actually half continents, about three zones apiece. You can do the exact same thing with underground areas.

Which is why I said basically separate continents.

Only because the zones in SL weren’t as large as KT and Zandalar. Make a few underground zones that large, and we’re in good shape.

People still won’t like several disconnected zones.
Chances are we’re going west of Kalimdor & having the standard large continents. At most we might have one or two underground zones.
I think the main city will be like Ironforge being built into Khaz Algar.

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What you are proposing is basically zones with the size of a third or a quarter of a continent connected by a central hub. Which is exactly what SL was.

No it’s different because it’s underground!