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

[Darkarath]

Did anyone save a pic of the hearthstone shirts?

Cause i didnt, and i wanted to compare smth

Hey, Forsaken in the Badlands. Maybe they establish their new capital city there. It fits them, honestly.

[Gloriandus]

My sources:

Microsoft wants big expansion of Warcraft IP, so...

- "Warcraft 4" coming
- Pace will pick up on Warcraft shows, web series, books, etc.
- Biggest announcement, however, likely will divide playerbase: "World of Warcraft" is becoming just "Warcraft"
- Metzen will announce all this at Blizzcon

[Sondrelk]

So we have had a lot of discussion on lore reasons to go to the backside of Azeroth, and what is preventing us from going there. But what would people actually prefer it to look and feel like? There is afterall no real lore besides the likely options of a fissure, Dwarves, and a potential crater of some kind filled with water where Elun'ahir was.

Personally I would love for it to be reminiscent of the old South Seas expansion concept with islands surrounding the Maelstrom. You could finally have the South Seas expansion we always should have had, and it lets us have Island exploration done right.

[Well Done Steak]

My sources:

Microsoft wants big expansion of Warcraft IP, so...

- "Warcraft 4" coming
- Pace will pick up on Warcraft shows, web series, books, etc.
- Biggest announcement, however, likely will divide playerbase: "World of Warcraft" is becoming just "Warcraft"
- Metzen will announce all this at Blizzcon

Lol at wacraft 4...

Wow is "warcraft 4....

Also an actual warcraft 4 implies the end of wow, which isn't happening

[Worldshaper]

My sources:

Microsoft wants big expansion of Warcraft IP, so...

- "Warcraft 4" coming
- Pace will pick up on Warcraft shows, web series, books, etc.
- Biggest announcement, however, likely will divide playerbase: "World of Warcraft" is becoming just "Warcraft"
- Metzen will announce all this at Blizzcon

I would legit love it if WoW became just "Warcraft", or even "World of Warcraft".

I've enjoyed these past 20 years of bi-annual expansion packs with clear themes and stories to tell, but I also think it would be neat if they tried something new. Perhaps annual refreshes of the story, quarterly DLCs or something. As long as the old world is revamped to facilitate it, and there's no dramatic decrease in new landmasses to explore.

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Lol at wacraft 4...

Wow is "warcraft 4....

Also an actual warcraft 4 implies the end of wow, which isn't happening

Warcraft 4 probably refers specifically to an RTS, and I don't see any issues with one co-existing with WoW.

Think of it like the prequel trilogy for Star Wars, and how well they tied the Clone Wars animated series into that. The RTS game Warcraft 4 could delve deep into the events of a particular war or event, while WoW is more concerned with the overarching story of WoW. You might engage with some of the commanders in this war occasionally, and help out in a fight or two. But you're not building bases, doing large scale battles, etc.

[KyleEverett]

There is apparently a new Illidan shirt on the gear store for Blizzcon too. We know Iridikron wants to bait the Titans to Azeroth...

[Darkarath]

Lol at wacraft 4...

Wow is "warcraft 4....

Also an actual warcraft 4 implies the end of wow, which isn't happening

Warcraft IV does not imply the end of WoW in any way. It could be a parallel story that could actually help to flesh out future lore. I am all for it.

I think that Warcraft IV will happen some day, and that is why I doubt that WoW would be renamed into Warcraft.

[Houle]

Hey, Forsaken in the Badlands. Maybe they establish their new capital city there. It fits them, honestly.

Thx

There is apparently a new Illidan shirt on the gear store for Blizzcon too. We know Iridikron wants to bait the Titans to Azeroth...

No, the Illidan shirt is still up

[Cheezits]

Remember that leak where Illidan comes back but gets oneshot by the Pantheon immediately? That would be funny.

[Wangming]

There is apparently a new Illidan shirt on the gear store for Blizzcon too. We know Iridikron wants to bait the Titans to Azeroth...

In case of low subs, bring out the Illidan.
I mean he did not get his reunion with Azshara.

[Murlocos]

WoW has been going harder on individual expansion branding rather than the Warcraft name recently if anything, but I do think that Blizzard has been trying to pivot back to the franchise as the primary pillar of the company after Overwatch's mismanagement. Granted, Warcraft also has a sizeable pit of 2018 through 2021 it needs to crawl out of still.

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

My sources:

Microsoft wants big expansion of Warcraft IP, so...

- "Warcraft 4" coming
- Pace will pick up on Warcraft shows, web series, books, etc.
- Biggest announcement, however, likely will divide playerbase: "World of Warcraft" is becoming just "Warcraft"
- Metzen will announce all this at Blizzcon

Adds up with the fact that the Acquisition announcement has the weird Warcraft with Night Elf in front of a tree graphic. Interesting if true.

[Wangming]

WoW has been going harder on individual expansion branding rather than the Warcraft name recently if anything, but I do think that Blizzard has been trying to pivot back to the franchise as the primary pillar of the company after Overwatch's mismanagement. Granted, Warcraft also has a sizeable pit of 2018 through 2021 it needs to crawl out of still.

I mean even if we don't count Reforged and the classic RTS games, there WoW still has two spinoffs with Hearthstone and Rumble. And provides a good chunk of characters to HotS. WarCraft is definitely the main franchise.

[Revamp Man]

Looking at the blizzcon early access stuff
Looks like we might be getting starcraft stuff
New shirt
Maybe means a new game which with Microsoft taking over makes sense because they will want to use every IP

[Sondrelk]

I would argue they should make a new Warcraft RTS, if only because Starcraft is also more or less done with. With how big Starcraft is to the E-sport scene Blizzard really should have a fresh game that brings people into that kind of game.

[Revamp Man]

I would argue they should make a new Warcraft RTS, if only because Starcraft is also more or less done with. With how big Starcraft is to the E-sport scene Blizzard really should have a fresh game that brings people into that kind of game.

They could do a warcraft 4 just in a different timeline than WoW

[Well Done Steak]

Warcraft IV does not imply the end of WoW in any way. It could be a parallel story that could actually help to flesh out future lore. I am all for it.

I think that Warcraft IV will happen some day, and that is why I doubt that WoW would be renamed into Warcraft.

How??

Wow takes place in the world... Any parallel tory that happens in warcraft 4 would be happening in wow.

[Wangming]

I would argue they should make a new Warcraft RTS, if only because Starcraft is also more or less done with. With how big Starcraft is to the E-sport scene Blizzard really should have a fresh game that brings people into that kind of game.

Or maybe have Ghost actually release. Maybe.

Speaking of which. Isn't it time for a different kint of Diablo game?

StarCraft is an RTS with an unfinished shooter spinoff

WarCraft began as an RTS, had an unfinished adventure game, has an MMO for nearly 20 years now, a card game spinoff, and whatever Rumble counts as.

Meanwhile the Diablo franchise only has isometic action rpg games.

[Well Done Steak]

Also, if you guys think mmos are a dying breed, what makes you think an RTS is a good investment. Especially when the mmo Is already killing it.

Warcraft 4 is a bad idea.

[Wangming]

How??

Wow takes place in the world... Any parallel tory that happens in warcraft 4 would be happening in wow.

I mean it could be the warfront stories. or campaigns on AU Draenor between the Draenei and the Iron Horde. Or all the battles against the Legion while we were busy with Order Hall stuff.
Or literally anything that doesn't work well as an MMO.

Hell it would even be interesting to go through all the expansion stories with actual lore characters doing the stuff players did. Same way Varian did the Onyxia's Lair attunement quest.