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

[Houle]

Sure. But on the other hand, I'm pretty sure people back in 2016 said something along the lines of "there's no way Blizzard would reveal an Old God through Hearthstone" in a dismissive tone, only to be proven wrong a year later.

Now thats reaching.

Chances are its nothing but Hearthstone doing its own thing with no real connection to WoWs lore, like 99% of all Hearthstone stuff. The only things that were ever taken from Hearthstone were a few character designs, and theyve done that from other wow-related media as well (Warcraft movie for example).

[Woke it Up]

You might even say it's the tentacle of a 5th Old God, who rules over Life and Death. (Watch closely, top right corner.)

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo...ronicle/179762

I'd sorta prefer this to more classical old god stuff.

I think it'll be named Dangeth'Asparageth

[Ferlion]

If we get Avaloren as the "new continent" in 11.0, what type of zones would you like to see/capital city?

If we get some sort of Underground "new continent" in 11.0, what type of zones would you like to see/capital city (perhaps this would be Khaz Algar)?

If we get some sort of "revamp" for the "current zones" in 11.0, what type of "revamp" would you like to see/capital city (cities- For example, Stormwind, Orgrimmar, Gilneas/Lordaeron return, etc.)?

I'd love for the main city to be a multicultural mashup of various different cosmic forces

[Edlarel]

11 days before 11.0 reveal

Is this the closest we've gotten to a BlizzCon without a viable leak (that we're aware of)? If not, what was the closest?

[PotHockets]

If we get Avaloren as the "new continent" in 11.0, what type of zones would you like to see/capital city?

If we get some sort of Underground "new continent" in 11.0, what type of zones would you like to see/capital city (perhaps this would be Khaz Algar)?

If we get some sort of "revamp" for the "current zones" in 11.0, what type of "revamp" would you like to see/capital city (cities- For example, Stormwind, Orgrimmar, Gilneas/Lordaeron return, etc.)?

If it is a revamp then the capitals need to be massive. It's time. We've now had Suramar, Boralus/Zuldazar and Valdrakken. If they revamp them and they're still the current side it's gonna come off laughable.

[Hitei]

11 days before 11.0 reveal

Is this the closest we've gotten to a BlizzCon without a viable leak (that we're aware of)? If not, what was the closest?

I think Bolvar was only like 3 or 4 days?

[Reive]

11 days before 11.0 reveal

Is this the closest we've gotten to a BlizzCon without a viable leak (that we're aware of)? If not, what was the closest?

for dragonflight we got the title leaked 6 days before so we still have time.

[Nerdslime]

Just got a Blizz email about 3D printing Horde models from Warcraft Rumble and it specifically depicts a two-headed ogre spellcaster and calls it out as a Horde troop in the text.

When was the last time Blizzard acknowledged ogres being explicitly part of the Horde?

[ro9ue]

11 days before 11.0 reveal

Is this the closest we've gotten to a BlizzCon without a viable leak (that we're aware of)? If not, what was the closest?

The storm riding stuff I think should be considered a viable leak. (heroic mount and achievements)

[Yus atath]

11 days before 11.0 reveal

Is this the closest we've gotten to a BlizzCon without a viable leak (that we're aware of)? If not, what was the closest?

BFA title and features leak was 1 day before blizzcon

[AngerFork]

making nelves lose their home once again to save the rest of the lore seems like a good trade

Not sure I agree...though is that even a possiblilty at this point? I can't even imagine what the outcry would be if Blizz decided to set up an entire new World Tree home for the Night Elves, just to burn it again.

Is there something behind this? Because personally I'd rather have Ohn'naran than another Night Elf kick in the teeth.

[Catastrophy349]

for dragonflight we got the title leaked 6 days before so we still have time.

Dragonflight title leaked 17 days prior to announcement. https://www.wowhead.com/news/world-o...website-326583

[Reive]

On average, it's safe to say that we'll probably get a reliable leak next week

[Catastrophy349]

https://x.com/Stiven_SRB/status/1716...658002447?s=20 Yo.

[Reive]

Dragonflight title leaked 17 days prior to announcement. https://www.wowhead.com/news/world-o...website-326583

i stand corrected then.

[Reive]

Not sure I agree...though is that even a possiblilty at this point? I can't even imagine what the outcry would be if Blizz decided to set up an entire new World Tree home for the Night Elves, just to burn it again.

Is there something behind this? Because personally I'd rather have Ohn'naran than another Night Elf kick in the teeth.

was joking. burning the tree again would be pointless lol the only way to fix everything would be through a retcon/time rewind

[Sondrelk]

If we get Avaloren as the "new continent" in 11.0, what type of zones would you like to see/capital city?

If we get some sort of Underground "new continent" in 11.0, what type of zones would you like to see/capital city (perhaps this would be Khaz Algar)?

If we get some sort of "revamp" for the "current zones" in 11.0, what type of "revamp" would you like to see/capital city (cities- For example, Stormwind, Orgrimmar, Gilneas/Lordaeron return, etc.)?

For Avaloren i want an archipelago. Individual zones separated by water, and with a customizable ship to get us around.
For capital city probably a Dwarven city on a cliff side or something to that effect.


Don't want an underground expansion so I don't have any strong opinion here.


For a world revamp I would like to see SW and Orgrimmar as main hubs, with Gilneas retaken and made into a full City. If parity is necessary and Bilgewater harbor is too close to make into a new city then maybe make Kezan accessible and make that into the Goblin hub.
Also new Draenei city on Azuremyst using various Draenei assets. And Silvermoon revamped to modern standards, with a dock to let us go to Isle of Quel'danas without a loading screen. Both of these areas of course being added to the rest of EK and Kalimdor.

For zones I want everything visually revamped, with various old zone boundaries removed where it makes sense, and similar adjacent zones being treated as one big zone to make it easier to design storylines for them and lessen the overall workload of making a dedicated questline for each one individually.

[Catastrophy349]

https://x.com/Stiven_SRB/status/1716...658002447?s=20 Yo.

Amirdrassil is hot!

[Hitei]

For Avaloren i want an archipelago. Individual zones separated by water, and with a customizable ship to get us around.
For capital city probably a Dwarven city on a cliff side or something to that effect.


Don't want an underground expansion so I don't have any strong opinion here.


For a world revamp I would like to see SW and Orgrimmar as main hubs, with Gilneas retaken and made into a full City. If parity is necessary and Bilgewater harbor is too close to make into a new city then maybe make Kezan accessible and make that into the Goblin hub.
Also new Draenei city on Azuremyst using various Draenei assets. And Silvermoon revamped to modern standards, with a dock to let us go to Isle of Quel'danas without a loading screen. Both of these areas of course being added to the rest of EK and Kalimdor.

For zones I want everything visually revamped, with various old zone boundaries removed where it makes sense, and similar adjacent zones being treated as one big zone to make it easier to design storylines for them and lessen the overall workload of making a dedicated questline for each one individually.

I want the entire expansion to be in the water, but not underwater.

Every zone is a reef/shallows/flooded, so that your character is always knee deep in water but never swimming.

[Worldshaper]

Yeah, but also note that it was a new concept at the time. It's not anymore however.

As for the Void tentacle, it looks similar to other Void Tentacles on other Hearthstone Art, so that's why I'm being very dismissive by the whole "Aman'Thul killed 2 Old Gods" claim.

Just musing, obviously. But it's interesting to think about.