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

[Cheezits]

If this is legit, and the leak I'm posting is correct: does this mean that Gilneas and Silvermoon at least are getting revamped?



Actually reading this, looks like they got the beard part wrong, unless its a customization.

[Nightshade711]

How is it insane? Those pics look like a retread of the environments we’ve already spent almost a year in, and they simply don’t look interesting because we’ve already done it. If this is played on the big screen of BlizzCon as the new expansion, WoW’s going to take a massive hit, because this looks lazy.

This kind of sentiment has been said for almost every single expansion WoW has ever had, and it’s rarely been true.

I think Shadowlands was the only one that ended up being true, but that was obvious because the expansion reveal was so empty.

[Explicit Teemo Nudes]

What if the expansion is one new zone(Avaloren or whatever) and a bunch of revamped old zones? Then it would make sense some images look like places we've seen before. The first screenshot is the new zone. The screenshot with the harpy is Durotar, the screenshot with the dwarf is Dun Morogh, and the last screenshot is Un'goro Crater :P

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That's what I'm saying, that even the reveal trailers have old thing that were later changed during further development.

But can Blizzard afford doing something like this when so many players critcize them? Wouldn't they be more careful?

[Cherry123]

BFA was the most hype performance. If this leak is real, then the reaction will be like “Is that all KEK?"

[pacotaco]

Occam's razor. Considering everything we know, it's far more likely that these are real screenshots rather than elaborate fakes. I think people trying to find small details wrong with the images are in denial. People (and I'm including myself in that) did the exact same thing with the Bolvar leak and the Dracthyr screenshots, and look how wrong we were.

It's also worth mentioning that we have never had a leak this elaborate be proven fake. The only one that comes somewhat close is the leaked "cutscene" of Stormwind Harbor with the ghost ships, but even that's nowhere near this level.

Indeed. We have two options:
- Option 1: 1 or more fans decided to pick asset all over WoW files, create new models in the same WoW style, compose 4 completely different scenes, then make fake "screenshots from reveal trailer" in photoshop. Then make a fake photo of a fake web, with fake artwork.
- Option 2: Blizzard made them, and this is a leak from a web developer that should make the web ready, and only now has received the link to the hidden youtube trailer.

[matijwow]

I wonder if making zones less distinct is an inevitable side effect of higher resolution textures. Every zone in vanilla WoW had a distinct color palette and use of models.

BfA tried to go back to basics in some ways with its zones, and the zone design between it and Dragonflight is less iconic. Shadowlands was designed as alien.

That the zones in the "leak" are so reminiscent yet plausible is a sign of this.

[ImTheMizAwesome]

Draenei? Not Kul Tiran?
Since Rexxar's new model (half-ogre) uses the Kul Tiran rig.

Might be draenei, but it reminds me more of rexxar model as base which uses kul'tiran like you mentioned

[Ferlion]

Its all real, the only added part is avaloren text, and it's just screens from a revamped Eastern Kingdoms.

Aerie Peak, Hillebrand, badlands, and STV.

[rainhard]

Its all real, the only added part is avaloren text, and it's just screens from a revamped Eastern Kingdoms.

Aerie Peak, Hillebrand, badlands, and STV.

Sounds legit.

[Teriz]

This kind of sentiment has been said for almost every single expansion WoW has ever had, and it’s rarely been true.

Yeah, because we have some posters who are doomers by nature. I'm not a doomer and tend to be rather optimistic towards WoW's future, so if I'm calling it lazy, that's not a good sign.

[flan1337]

Occam's razor. Considering everything we know, it's far more likely that these are real screenshots rather than elaborate fakes. I think people trying to find small details wrong with the images are in denial. People (and I'm including myself in that) did the exact same thing with the Bolvar leak and the Dracthyr screenshots, and look how wrong we were.

It's also worth mentioning that we have never had a leak this elaborate be proven fake. The only one that comes somewhat close is the leaked "cutscene" of Stormwind Harbor with the ghost ships, but even that's nowhere near this level.

well if you got it wrong the last two times and think this is real - I am gonna say it’s fake :P

Clearly your cursed!

[Yarathir]

Might be draenei, but it reminds me more of rexxar model as base which uses kul'tiran like you mentioned

That's basically what I thought.

(Still surprised we don't have a Mok'nathal Allied Race based off this, btw.)

[milkmustache]

My gut says this is real.

However, we never got any confirmation that Avaloren and Khaz Algar are in the same area. Avaloren is allegedly full of heretics, who have yet to be described as dwarves. Along with this, the "former earthen" like creatures described in the Khaz Algar field report book from Uldaman are said to have fallen under the influence of the flesh to at least some degree, where these look fully earthen to most extents.

I'm sure this will just be "unreliable narrator", though.

[ercarp]

Its all real, the only added part is avaloren text, and it's just screens from a revamped Eastern Kingdoms.

Aerie Peak, Hillebrand, badlands, and STV.

The bottom two screenshots could unironically be from revamped Durotar/Stonetalon Mountains and Un'Goro Crater.

[Selorian]

BFA was the most hype performance. If this leak is real, then the reaction will be like “Is that all KEK?"

If their whole presentation is just 4 images I too would be disappointed

[Paula Deen]

The amount of people crying that this one is fake are nuts. This is more definitive than Scale faces customization pics for Dracthyr.

If this is fake it is the single most convincing fake I have ever seen here. Ever. Like this is more definitive to me than the Shadowlands Picture of Bolvar.

[ercarp]

(Still surprised we don't have a Mok'nathal Allied Race based off this, btw.)

"Oh, you want Mok'nathal? Here, have an Agg'orand!"

[Lorca]

Might be draenei, but it reminds me more of rexxar model as base which uses kul'tiran like you mentioned

Every time I see this model I wonder how is it possible that it isn’t playable already.

[ImTheMizAwesome]

That's basically what I thought.

(Still surprised we don't have a Mok'nathal Allied Race based off this, btw.)

me too, mok'nathal and broken both would be a best AR fit after the race/heritage questlines in DF for both factions.

Then they can add ogres with nagas(with 2 forms) etc. as main races

But now there's a chance that we might just get tall dwarves with broken tusks on head, ogres goliaths from wish.

[locketto]

Its all real, the only added part is avaloren text, and it's just screens from a revamped Eastern Kingdoms.

Aerie Peak, Hillebrand, badlands, and STV.

What if rewamp world is classic+?

impossible?