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

[ercarp]

People, I really hope you're joking about giving any credibility to this "leak". I mean this is obviously a joke, a high school quality one. "Do not leak!"? C'mon

I mean, yeah, it's obviously a joke but it's actually a pretty decent fake. And even real leaks have been shared "jokingly" in the past. It's sometimes hard to tell.

[Chickat]

Azshara and Iridikron brought back C'thun as their puppet.
Magni is evil due to the corruption of Azeroth.
Xal'atath and Locus-walker are allies, as are the Scarlets and Lightbound.
Thrall is basically dual classing as a shaman-paladin.

Kalimdor revamp.
1. Ashenvale
2. The Barrens
3. Eldre'thalas
4. Tanaris
5. Barrow Deeps
6. Bael Modan
7. Kthiik Chasm

No single major city. Multiple large hubs; Gadgetzan, Dire Maul, Khaz Algar, Orgrimmar, and Thunder Bluff.

New body types for orcs, night elves, trolls, dwarves, and pandaren.

Paladins and shamans for all races.

Alternative classes (visual/spell effect only); Runemaster for monks and Celestial for paladins.

Pet battle revamp.

Jumping puzzles and open world dungeons.

Seamless server merger (no renames required) with selectable phases.

Level cap is 75, but new Kalimdor can be accessed at 21. Level 10-20 zone set in Azshara as the next place to go after Exile's Reach is on its way.

Thrall as a shaman killed any chance of this being real.

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I really wish they got rid of the 'class' talent tree. It's bland and full of stuff that should be baseline.

They should focus on the spec tree only imho.

Its nice to get something every level. It servers its purpose and allows for some of the non dps rows from the MoP tree to still exist. Its fine.

[Wangming]

Thrall as a shaman killed any chance of this being real.

THAT part killed it for you?

[Merryck]

I'm assuming we're at the point in the PTR cycle where the chance Blizzard implements a new incarnation form for Moonkin to match the updated model is slim?

[Fahrad Wagner]

https://twitter.com/Russell_Brower/s...3ObR89miA&s=19

Russel Brower is not back with Blizz btw.

That's a bummer, he's so talented

[Wangming]

I'm assuming we're at the point in the PTR cycle where the chance Blizzard implements a new incarnation form for Moonkin to match the updated model is slim?

Probably. And there is an even less chance for a slim moonkin form.

[Fahrad Wagner]

Although still having a salable bundle-xpac with new content, main focus will be on the base game
– Dynamic World

• Not a full world revamp in Cata style, but still a graphical update to whole world
• Events, wq, etc. coming to old world, with one zone in each region at the start with stories leading to next zones in future updates. For example Eversong Woods will have campaign dealing with void and new undead which will lead to plaguelands in the future. Other zones at announce include Loch Modan and Ashenvale
• Dynamic flying

– Big updates to classes, races and customization
– Storming Lands

• Basically a sub continent of a new landmass, mainly off shore isles and coastline
• Azshara is now an independent antagonist, but not really a big villian. Not affiliated with void anymore
• Underwater "flying"

Meh, the Storming Lands sounds a bit lazy as a name, but I wouldn't be mad at any of that! WR + Azshara + new continent? Count me in!

[Annihilas]

Would be depressing and maybe even offensive in how bad it is.

Found the anti-revamper^

[Mace]

Are there any credible leaks yet? It's almost Blizzcon time.

Would be nice if all the Khaz Algar/Avolren stuff was a feint .. or even a 10.3 o, and the real expansion was something totally different.

[Fahrad Wagner]

Would be nice if all the Khaz Algar/Avolren stuff was a feint .. or even a 10.3 o, and the real expansion was something totally different.

Agreed, I'd be gagged tbh

[Enrif]

Since nothing new has happend.

How would everyone feel about a Hearthstone based expansion?
Alternate Timeline, but everything from Hearthstone is true: Gangstercity Gadgetzan, Party at Medivhs Karahzan, Scholomance as a functioning Magical School, the league of Evil and all that stuff.

[Wangming]

Meh, the Storming Lands sounds a bit lazy as a name, but I wouldn't be mad at any of that! WR + Azshara + new continent? Count me in!

Sahara Desert, Avon River, Gobi Desert, Beijing, Tokyo, half a dozen Alexandrias. Two Frankfurts, Several New Somethings and god knows how many American cities that are just exact names of European cities.

Lazy names aren't that unrealistic.

[Fahrad Wagner]

Since nothing new has happend.

How would everyone feel about a Hearthstone based expansion?
Alternate Timeline, but everything from Hearthstone is true: Gangstercity Gadgetzan, Party at Medivhs Karahzan, Scholomance as a functioning Magical School, the league of Evil and all that stuff.

I mean I've been hoping for retail Gadgetzan to turn into Hearthstone's Gadgetzan for quite a while, there are some pretty amazing things in the HS universe! That being said I would rather see these things implemented through a WR rather than happening in some sort of a "what if" timey wimey wibbly wobbly bubble.

[Wangming]

Since nothing new has happend.

How would everyone feel about a Hearthstone based expansion?
Alternate Timeline, but everything from Hearthstone is true: Gangstercity Gadgetzan, Party at Medivhs Karahzan, Scholomance as a functioning Magical School, the league of Evil and all that stuff.

All I can say to it is: Yes

[Shadochi]

Would be nice if all the Khaz Algar/Avolren stuff was a feint .. or even a 10.3 o, and the real expansion was something totally different.

Im still holding faith that 10.3 is still going to be a full patch put also a bridge patch to Avaloren by having the zone be part of the new (giant) landmass

[Fahrad Wagner]

Im still holding faith that 10.3 is still going to be a full patch put also a bridge patch to Avaloren by having the zone be part of the new (giant) landmass

That would honestly be amazing (also, hello my friend ♥)

[Jaggler]

Since nothing new has happend.

How would everyone feel about a Hearthstone based expansion?
Alternate Timeline, but everything from Hearthstone is true: Gangstercity Gadgetzan, Party at Medivhs Karahzan, Scholomance as a functioning Magical School, the league of Evil and all that stuff.

I think having a Hearthstone inspired instance "Caverns of Time"-Style. Could be fun, mlike helping the explorer's league against Galakrond or doing some stuff in HS-Gadgetzan or dealing with the Old Gods at the Darkmoon Fair.

I don't think a whole expansion would work though, considering HS is too "wacky" in general, and if you you take this lightheartedness it isn't Hearthstone anymore.

[Auxis]

I preferred the old lore where the Light and Void clashed to create a Big Bang. Fuck the First Ones.

I mean, the clash still happened. The first ones just found the aftermath and put things into the framework that it is currently.

[Enrif]

I mean I've been hoping for retail Gadgetzan to turn into Hearthstone's Gadgetzan for quite a while, there are some pretty amazing things in the HS universe! That being said I would rather see these things implemented through a WR rather than happening in some sort of a "what if" timey wimey wibbly wobbly bubble.

i wish, but WoW is too serious for more of the stuff they do in Hearthstone. Some could be imported in a toned down way, but i think it would loose too much of it's appeal.
Also, alternate timeline gives enough leeway to do some crazy things. I mean, Azmerloth would never happen in WoWs maintimeline either.

[Chickat]

Especially considering you can cheese most pet battles with a team of level 1 pets (since they scale down to your level). In many situations, it's better to have a team of level 1s than 25s.

It would make much more sense at this point in the games life to make all pets the same level, but they could still have leveling. Common,Uncommon, rare, epic, legendary

Each tier is like leveling a pet 5 levels, but only increases pet stats by 5% per tier. Makes the barrier to entry MUCH smaller, but still gives people that enjoy leveling them something to do.

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THAT part killed it for you?

Yes, that part is 100% the most unrealistic part of the whole leak. Not sure what part exactly is more unrealistic than that..