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

[D4NNYB0Y]

Dunno, the main giveaway for me of this being fake is how totally misaligned the screen image is from the laptop keyboard.

Just looks like the screen is tilted back to me.

[LalaGamer]

Crap and i wanted World Revamp.

[Dismayxz]

I respectfully disagree. Yes I am well aware that much of the zones in previous trailers are quite distinct. Also, if you look at the image here all of the zones here have quite a good contrast between each other. I am afraid what is happening here is just a ton of copium or disbelief, so people are looking ways to justify that it is fake.

I do not believe the images are fake. However, the laptop leak with the website is fake because it uses a well known background image for the back of it. I get what you are saying here, but the issue is that unless we see the trailer and footage in motion with everything moving its a lot easier to point things out. If this was actual leaked footage, I doubt most people would notice such re-use of assets. It also doesn't help the resolution of these shots are quite abysmal by today's standards, so everything looks like doo doo and its hard to make stuff out.

It actually doesn't. None of the topography (I go on about this with this specific string of leaks a lot, because it's like the most basic thing to look at) used for the Background image happens to be from the Dragonflight Artwork people are referencing. They just saw a similar shade of grass and mountainous shit and went "Yeah lol reused it KEKW Fake". But then when you look at the Dragonflight Key Art people referenced, none of the specific shapes and tones actually apply under the critical eye. That doesn't mean it's real, it just means that people give these things one look, decide what it is and then go on to argue about what "it is", when just taking a bit of time to scan these things for specific outliers and shapes can reveal so much. It's either AI Art for the background or it is an original piece. If my memory serves right, the background Art for the Web Page used a similar green grass tone to what the DF Art used for the Waking Shore bit, but there's lightning veining through the stone on the cliffface, whereas the DF Key Art has entirely different shapes for that subzone of the Art, Lava and any form of lightning whatsoever is nowhere close to even veining through the cliff face like that.

[Raetary]

Can you blame me for missing that since this thread grows like four or five pages every time I refresh?

Still think it looks similar though but whatever. No need to be rude.

I apologize if i came off as too abrasive, but people have been repeatedly bringing up that damn pillar for the last 3 days despite us already knowing what the pillar is based on since day 1.

[Fahrad Wagner]

Live reaction

Surrender yourself BIRB!

[Wangming]

As much as I don't want this lukewarm piss to be the real deal, this really reminds me of the pixel hunt on the cinematic still from DF and everyone being convinced there is a reused Garrosh model in it. And the visage form of the dracthyr had a photoshopped cat face or something.

Spoiler alert: Those were not true.

[Fahrad Wagner]

If this turns out to be the real one I'd be surprised, didnt expect something we got a few weeks ago to be real because it leaked so early. Countdown is on though!

I might be on full-on denial, but this doesn't look genuine too me. It's too "staged", the placements of the butterflies, the creatures and everything...nah.

[Catastrophy349]

I’m just sitting back and enjoying the conversation. Too many people had fruit loops for breakfast, and unfortunately, are struggling with their pudding for lunch.

[Hitei]

If I open the image in a new tab, it takes me to imgur.io.
When I zoom in on the image there, the red coloring isn't present. I'm assuming it's just something to do with compression and/or viewing it on mobile. The red is present when I zoom in here on MMO-Champ.

Here's the actual pixel version:

[micwini]

As much as I don't want this lukewarm piss to be the real deal, this really reminds me of the pixel hunt on the cinematic still from DF and everyone being convinced there is a reused Garrosh model in it. And the visage form of the dracthyr had a photoshopped cat face or something.

Spoiler alert: Those were not true.

These images give me the same vibe. People bring good points for the fake still, but yeah.
75% chance of it being real imo

[Paula Deen]

As much as I don't want this lukewarm piss to be the real deal, this really reminds me of the pixel hunt on the cinematic still from DF and everyone being convinced there is a reused Garrosh model in it. And the visage form of the dracthyr had a photoshopped cat face or something.

Spoiler alert: Those were not true.

Like really. I've stated it several times now but the threads moving so quick I don't think everyone has seen it. If this is a fake this is the single best fake ever posted to MMOC. Ever. By a huge margin.

[Northelim]

It actually doesn't. None of the topography (I go on about this with this specific string of leaks a lot, because it's like the most basic thing to look at) used for the Background image happens to be from the Dragonflight Artwork people are referencing. They just saw a similar shade of grass and mountainous shit and went "Yeah lol reused it KEKW Fake". But then when you look at the Dragonflight Key Art people referenced, none of the specific shapes and tones actually apply under the critical eye. That doesn't mean it's real, it just means that people give these things one look, decide what it is and then go on to argue about what "it is", when just taking a bit of time to scan these things for specific outliers and shapes can reveal so much. It's either AI Art for the background or it is an original piece. If my memory serves right, the background Art for the Web Page used a similar green grass tone to what the DF Art used for the Waking Shore bit, but there's lightning veining through the stone on the cliffface, whereas the DF Key Art has entirely different shapes for that subzone of the Art, Lava and any form of lightning whatsoever is nowhere close to even veining through the cliff face like that.

so you believe the laptop leak is real? Sorry trying to make sure I understand what you are saying here.

[Draedarr]

As much as I don't want this lukewarm piss to be the real deal, this really reminds me of the pixel hunt on the cinematic still from DF and everyone being convinced there is a reused Garrosh model in it. And the visage form of the dracthyr had a photoshopped cat face or something.

Spoiler alert: Those were not true.

If i remember correctly, Rock boy stills leaked almost 2 days before Blizzcon right?

[PotHockets]

Like really. I've stated it several times now but the threads moving so quick I don't think everyone has seen it. If this is a fake this is the single best fake ever posted to MMOC. Ever. By a huge margin.

And if it is a fake then it's multi layered and a fake that went on for weeks and involved multiple fakes that no one ever came out to claim.

[Houle]

well, if this is actually the real deal, then it looks boring as fck

[micwini]

I might be on full-on denial, but this doesn't look genuine too me. It's too "staged", the placements of the butterflies, the creatures and everything...nah.

This is actually an interesting thing to consider. Especially if this is supposedly stills from a trailer where stuff is supposed to be moving. Then again, they sometimes do stage it. I can easiliy see the dino howling in a trailer for example. Interesting point.

[Dismayxz]

It looks like a combination of the two. The pillar itself looks more like the one @micwini showed, but the orb at the top is more like the one used in the BlizzCon set.

EDIT: Never mind, just saw the post by @Arafal.

But ultimately the pillar is entirely unique. The orb is cut in half, the "cup" structure holding it has gold embelishments vertically connecting the bottom of the cup to the top of the cup holding the Orb and the structure of the pillar looks rectangular rather than circular. This isn't me really getting involved with exactly what you are discussing, but I'ma blatantly use this as an example for how much a person would have to change from one asset to the other, to create this specific pillar/titan orb combo. It's a new/custom asset.

[Marlamin]

Surrender yourself BIRB!

I surrender, I have some work to do anyways.

[blaatschaap]

Another thing for the "the website design leak is fake" column is that bit about the "storming seas", conveniently referencing a phrase from the lore book datamined a few days before that leak came out.

[micwini]

Like really. I've stated it several times now but the threads moving so quick I don't think everyone has seen it. If this is a fake this is the single best fake ever posted to MMOC. Ever. By a huge margin.

People said this about the Dracthyr stuff too