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

[Sondrelk]

... yeah, this sells it for me.

On the new leak being fake, or the old one being real?

[Rathwell]

... yeah, this sells it for me.

In that you believe it? 'cause I do. Seems that Ogre-y race isn't just a photoshop but an actual posable high quality model someone's made, seems a lot of effort for a fake.

[Local Ardenweald Faerie]

On the new leak being fake, or the old one being real?

'Sells' implies a belief!

I know, I know, effort and all that, but this runs too deep to not be fake.

In that you believe it? 'cause I do. Seems that Ogre-y race isn't just a photoshop but an actual posable high quality model someone's made, seems a lot of effort for a fake.

See above!

[Splenda]

The background image for the laptop one is Dragon Isles concept art https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comment...s_concept_art/

[Teriz]

I think why this annoys me is that Dragonflight was very much an "insert expansion here" in appearance. And that was fine, since we needed a more standard expansion with few things to go wrong.

Avaloren being the same does raise some questions though. Primarily whether the devs actually have any standout ideas for zones beyond the overall theme.

As I said before, having it be an archipelago would make it different, even if the broad strokes are similar simply because of the unique ways it allows of traversing the zones.
Maybe Dragonriding will be more limited in 11.0, which would make it feel different, though I doubt that would happen to any degree more significant than getting the movement option at max level rather than in the first zone.

I don't believe it being an archipelago would help at all because the zones look VERY similar to what we're currently playing. I've never experienced early expansion pics where I had a feeling that I had been there before. I get that experience with these pictures, and I got that feeling instantly in this case. If I got that feeling, I'm willing to bet that other players are going to feel the same.

[Myrrh]

Left looks like a high-res version of the Aerie Peak statue.
Right one looks like a dwarf from behing, axe in left hand, hammer on right hand raised to the sky.

Good eye - that is 100% a mountain king/thane statue, they are repeatedly depicted with that weapon setup. I swear I've seen that exact pose on a dwarven statue ingame before, but can't seem to find it on a quick google. It's definitely one they've used elsewhere - example from WC3 Reforged.

[Zers Editor]

Apparently, as revealed in the "War of the Scaleborn", Fyrakk was the first to find out about how to infuse oneself with the elements.

And the observations Tyr conducted were about that same process.

I wonder if there is a relation, considering that Tyr did conduct a "strategy" to have the primal eggs infused.

[micwini]

'Sells' implies a belief!

I know, I know, effort and all that, but this runs too deep to not be fake.



See above!

If it turns out to be fake, I will bet all my moneys on you being the one that created these leaks

[Sondrelk]

I don't believe it being an archipelago would help at all because the zones look VERY similar to what we're currently playing. I've never experienced early expansion pics where I had a feeling that I had been there before. I get that experience with these pictures, and I got that feeling instantly in this case.

The zones are almost copies of existing ones with some different mobs added to them, which makes me more convinced they are fake.

[Rathwell]

Good eye - that is 100% a mountain king/thane statue, they are repeatedly depicted with that weapon setup. I swear I've seen that exact pose on a dwarven statue before, but can't seem to find it on a quick google.

Perhaps you're thinking of the Valley of Heroes?




Mixed with the statue at the entrance of Ironforge who holds both a hammer and axe?

[micwini]

Good eye - that is 100% a mountain king/thane statue, they are repeatedly depicted with that weapon setup. I swear I've seen that exact pose on a dwarven statue ingame before, but can't seem to find it on a quick google. It's definitely one they've used elsewhere - example from WC3 Reforged.

The one in stormheim?

[Wangming]

I reckon Avaloren contains a Titan facility where the seal on the Elemental Plane is kept. Iridikron wants to go there to bust it open in his quest to undo everything the Titans have done.

Wasn't that the plot of Dragonflight?

[NikolaiShade]

Good eye - that is 100% a mountain king/thane statue, they are repeatedly depicted with that weapon setup. I swear I've seen that exact pose on a dwarven statue ingame before, but can't seem to find it on a quick google. It's definitely one they've used elsewhere - example from WC3 Reforged.

Stormwind bridge, checked only one hammer raised to the sky, other hand empty

[Local Ardenweald Faerie]

If it turns out to be fake, I will bet all my moneys on you being the one that created these leaks

I do only show up around Blizzcon. Same on my old account.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Myrrh]

Stormwind bridge, checked only one hammer raised to the sky, other hand empty

Perhaps you're thinking of the Valley of Heroes?




Mixed with the statue at the entrance of Ironforge who holds both a hammer and axe?

Yeah, maybe I am. It's definitely a pose Blizzard have used before - see example I linked in an edit above - but I could have been mixing it with ingame statues like that and Ironforge (and I think Scarlet Monastary as well?). I was thinking it could be a simple copy + paste environment asset, but if it's not currently present in game then that strengthens the image's case for me.

For reference: WC3:R dorf pic that doesn't like embedding

The one in stormheim?

Nah, not quite the vrykul statue.

[Viridiel]

Wasn't that the plot of Dragonflight?

Yeah, he just didn't really do anything about it

[pacotaco]

There's a somewhat similar statue in Ohn'ahran Plains.
https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Ohn...Roost_peak.jpg

The Ohn'ahra statue has the head turn down, and has feathers on the back.

[Sondrelk]

On the topic of the giant stone eagle. Is it possible it's just a giant scaled up version of the Eagle statue in Trueshot lodge?

[NikolaiShade]

Yeah, maybe I am. It's definitely a pose Blizzard have used before - see example I linked in an edit above - but I could have been mixing it with ingame statues like that and Ironforge (and I think Scarlet Monastary as well?). I was thinking it could be a simple copy + paste environment asset, but if it's not currently present in game then that strengthens the image's case for me.

For reference:

Consider the statue from the leak wields a strange weapon in its left hand, it seems an hammer from bastion with an axe blade pasted on the head

Edit for pedantry: the dwarf statue, not the eagle(?) one, i mean that woul be weird...

[pacotaco]

I'm still leaning towards it being fake.

Hell, I think the Goliath one used this for background.

It wasn't this background, but could be an AI variation of this.