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

[Imotbh]

Last pic looks titanic to me, like the Elunaria zone we went to in Antorus/Time rift.

[Vakir]

We're at the phase where people are giving completely design-illiterate takes in response to something that may or may not be real and that is impossible to parse at a low resolution.

The good news is, that means it's a good time to start anticipating a real smoking gun soon if this isn't it. (Blue-Eyes White Bolvar is totally a photoshop, those Dracthyr are from Second Life, etc.)

The bad news is, almost every single take just keeps tanking how I feel about the human race.

[Woggmer]

I can tell this one is legit because it already feels something interesting and enticing, but also incredibly disappointing.

[Marlamin]

We're at the phase where people are giving completely design-illiterate takes in response to something that may or may not be real and that is impossible to parse at a low resolution.

The good news is, that means it's a good time to start anticipating a real smoking gun soon if this isn't it. (Blue-Eyes White Bolvar is totally a photoshop, those Dracthyr are from Second Life, etc.)

The bad news is, almost every single take just keeps tanking how I feel about the human race.

Basically this

[Leowyld]

I don't think they are definitely real. But I'm definitely not going to dismiss them outright, either. I remember the reactions to the Bastion image and the dracthyr character creation screenshot. Heh.

[Gloriandus]

Totally legit. Same ol' "requisite 4 different climes/biomes that probably don't make sense being so close to each other" and recycled mobs like harpies we've come to know and love.

[Demonly]

I am really curious about what is sticking out of the back of the mountain dwarfs back. This could potentially be AI generated with some photoshop work added in, but this is still impressive if that's the case.

[Teriz]

As fake as it is...

This is wrong. Play Dragonflight again.

Really? The top zone looks like it came from this DI zone;

[Vakir]

I can tell this one is legit because it already feels something interesting and enticing, but also incredibly disappointing.

This is the way.

Another 2 year cycle, another high likelihood of a 5-zone status quo island, with a bonus that they called that in DF as the "expected" size of a modern expansion. But hey, this time for sure...

[PotHockets]

Oh I know, but I mean lorewise they better not tell me that this whole other continent is actually just an island like Kul Tiras or the Broken Isles. If we do get Avaloren, it better take up a Kalimdor sized spot on the map.

Yeah. If we get Avaloren then only doing 4-5 zones is fine as long as there's still a bunch of landmass left over for future expansions to fill out. If it's just another island then oof.

[Chickat]

That looks real af. This is giving "Dracthyr reused scales so its fake" again.

It that's fake, its the best fake leak that has ever existed.

[Izalla]

Can someone with access to the game right now check the bird statues in Ohn'ahran Plains to see if they match the one in the second screenshot?

[ro9ue]

I dunno, to me they all look like zones that already exist with some copy pasted assets over top.

Go look at Vol'dun. Go look at Zuldazar. Grizzly Hills.

Think this ain't it the more I look at it.

[Woggmer]

Have we seen that big dino in game or a datamined model?

Only the Battle Pet, baby version which is in the Time Rifts event.

So the fact that there's an adult version of it propped next to it and there isn't any record of the adult version in Wowhead.

[Ashapls]

The bad news is, almost every single take just keeps tanking how I feel about the human race.

Welcome to the deepfake/ AI ease-of-access fake world. Don’t believe your lyin eyes

[ro9ue]

I am really curious about what is sticking out of the back of the mountain dwarfs back. This could potentially be AI generated with some photoshop work added in, but this is still impressive if that's the case.

Looks like an overpaint of the Stormheim statues.

[Chickat]

If theres no revamp and its just 4 zones AGAIN, they bette have a killer feature or im going to be underwhelmed tbh.

[Northelim]

Someone just made a thread about potential 11.0 zones

Hmmm that kind of looks legit. AI would not be able to fake the WoW Art style this perfect. However, the issue is that I do not see anything underground related which is giving me the read flag.

[Chickat]

I dunno, to me they all look like zones that already exist with some copy pasted assets over top.

Go look at Vol'dun. Go look at Zuldazar. Grizzly Hills.

Think this ain't it the more I look at it.

Perhaps they are reusing a lot of assets because most of the dev time is going into a world revamp. /copium

[Jolly Roger]

There is a lot of stuff that looks off the more you look at it. It's all very flat, even for a screenshot. Take a look at the second picture to the right. There is a cat of some sort that is way to flat.

people nitpicked like this about both SL and DF leaks