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

[Wangming]

Just went over Scaleface's pics to emphasize that they look very Outlandish and spacey. Even undergroundy to some extent.

True. But as he himself said, he isn't sure if those are real or just bait for leakers. As per his wishes, let's consider them AI creations until proven otherwise. Oddly enough no textual leak corroborates those pictures.

[PotHockets]

True. But as he himself said, he isn't sure if those are real or just bait for leakers. As per his wishes, let's consider them AI creations until proven otherwise. Oddly enough no textual leak corroborates those pictures.

I thought he said that the ones he showed were explicitly AI but ones he managed to generate as close to the actual ones he got as he could without potentially getting caught. Im probably wrong and just got one of the responses mixed up with actual Scaleface commentary though.

[matijwow]

Just went over Scaleface's pics to emphasize that they look very Outlandish and spacey. Even undergroundy to some extent.

I tried organizing them a bit and playing around with color. I noticed there's two different planets in the background (supposing it's not the same one changing color).

https://imgur.com/gallery/CofSC74

[Azalar]

I tried organizing them a bit and playing around with color. I noticed there's two different planets in the background (supposing it's not the same one changing color).

https://imgur.com/gallery/CofSC74

I even thought that "planet" in the background could be the World Soul, should we be going to a world within the world sort of expac.

I'm not so sure we'd enjoy a full Underdarkesque expac?

[ercarp]

I tried organizing them a bit and playing around with color. I noticed there's two different planets in the background (supposing it's not the same one changing color).

https://imgur.com/gallery/CofSC74

What's the original source for these? I haven't seen Scaleface post them on MMO-Champion.

For the record, these are very reminiscent of images generated by Craiyon.

[Azalar]

What's the original source for these? I haven't seen Scaleface post them on MMO-Champion.

He has the link to the imgur gallery in his profile!

[Reive]

No riddles, no fun :F <3

come on man, the situation here is dire. we're back discussing the first ones. give us some other hint lol

[Merryck]

I don't understand, they very clearly look like AI generated images unless that's the point?

[Throren]

If bad abstract ai generated images had a mascot - it would be those pictures

How anyone can not recognize them as ai is mind boggling.

[Azalar]

I don't understand, they very clearly look like AI generated images unless that's the point?

They're AI, and tweaked to resemble to some extent the real stuff without being actually revealing. That is to say, it was a way to show without really showing.

[ercarp]

They're AI, and tweaked to resemble to some extent the real stuff without being actually revealing. That is to say, it was a way to show without really showing.

Where did Scaleface say this?

[Auxis]

I don't understand, they very clearly look like AI generated images unless that's the point?

There is/was a theory that Blizz is messing/riddling us by covertly sending false leads to various community members. There is theoretically some truth in each of these leads. For example, Scaleface could have been sent these images which look AI but could be generated to look similar to what Blizz is shipping.

[Wangming]

Where did Scaleface say this?

Privately. The reason he does not talk about these publicly is cause even he is not sure the stuff he got was legit and not just bait. Right, @Scaleface ?

[Throren]

They're AI, and tweaked to resemble to some extent the real stuff without being actually revealing. That is to say, it was a way to show without really showing.

they look like someone just ate a bunch of purple crayons and then puked it all up and then tried to finger-paint a scene with it while high on LCD - they look like neon garbage. So I hope they aren't even slightly indicative of a real leak

[Auxis]

You guys think we'll ever get a halfling (hobbit like race, not halfling as in a half breed like half elves or half orcs?) race?

I feel like it's a race that gets a decent amount of love in DnD and similar fantasy works.

[ercarp]

Privately. The reason he does not talk about these publicly is cause even he is not sure the stuff he got was legit and not just bait. Right, @Scaleface ?

I see. Well, I'm giving the "screenshots" the benefit of the doubt that they could still be clues of what's to come despite being obviously AI generated.

[PotHockets]

Where did Scaleface say this?

As I wrote to few ppl before in private - all I have this time is just a pack of screens, nothing more (and based on the screens themselves there is no point in guessing like with DF where I had much more information).
It is too risky to upload them in higher quality, as they may be sent intentionally (they may be, for example, generated by AI) to target people who post information during the NDA. Also, as I also mentioned - don't take it too seriously but: most of them have locations with purple skies and models that look very much like dreadlords.
That's why this time I'm refraining from posting anything, even in the same form as in DF - although it was very funny when you discovered the next clues one by one I simply don't have much information (only a handful of screenshots), and I don't want to cause confusion.

Personally, without looking at any screenshots, I bet that the expansion may be focused on voids, because many things in the game would indicate this - but this is just my personal opinion. Before shadowlands, there were 4 things planned: shadowlands, dragons (dragonflight), light vs void (???) but also undergrounds.
In the case of the underground, it may also be different - because, as you yourself have noticed, there was mention of undermined somewhere, so Towellie's recent posts may point towards this - but whether it will be added to the game as an add-on or as a patch - it's hard to say.

I participate in speculations by reading, day after day

This is what Scaleface said about them. Basically they're not entirely sure if the screens are a honeypot or not so they're erring on the side of caution this time around. I dont think they ever explicitly said they pics are AI just that they could be to try and plug some leaks.

Personally to me most of them are very clearly AI generated but that means nothing. If internally they used AI to come up with concepts for the actual artists to use this could just be those concepts.

[matijwow]

Just remembered that we're guaranteed to get a zone called Uldaz because of the weapon from Tyr. It seems it's not in 10.2. Have any leaks even mentioned it?

[Scaleface]

Privately. The reason he does not talk about these publicly is cause even he is not sure the stuff he got was legit and not just bait. Right, @Scaleface ?

Exactly <3

Trust me, if I get some confirmation or more info - for sure there will be fun like with DF ^^

[matijwow]

What's the original source for these? I haven't seen Scaleface post them on MMO-Champion.

For the record, these are very reminiscent of images generated by Craiyon.

I got them from his twitter. The handle is wowexdev.