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

[Demonly]

Pretty sure it's something flying in the background.

The whole object? Or just the thing that looks like a flag? Otherwise I am personally feeling like that matches the building pretty well.

[Chickat]

We briefly went off the rails and theorized that Avaloren might be a surprise 10.3 instead of 11.0 due to how many assets from Dragonflight are reused in the zone screenshots.

I doubt that's the case though.

Ah thanks. I dont think we are getting a 10.3 at all tbh. Happy to be wrong though.

[Rathwell]

@ercarp and I were discussing..

What is everyone's thoughts on this?

Potentially a machinima with a flag added to this building?

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/4xAztdW.png[IMG]

I'm not sure I'm seeing those silhouettes being related at all? The one in the leak seems to have support beams making the base wider than the middle, which seems the complete opposite of the centaur tent.

I wouldn't be entirely surprised if it's a reused asset, but I don't believe it's that particular tent if so

[NoTimeToDie5426]

@ercarp and I were discussing..

What is everyone's thoughts on this?

Potentially a machinima with a flag added to this building?

Honestly I think that could just be a new type of "hut" asset. The angle is off - same with the spike/spire thing at the top. *shrug*

[Chickat]

Karesh baby, despite everything I'm locking onto this.ill happily go down in a blaze of glory.

Oh yeah. As much as i want a revamp, I wouldn't be disappointed at all if we get K'aresh. Modern day void Outland? Yes please.

[Nightshade711]

Sure. But let's use that as an example:



Here is a press kit image.

"Woah, that's just a reskinned Draenei!" Sure, I guess. We can put aside that this is a completely different order of modification from the supposed leak's stone dwarf or direhorn reskin, but sure. It's just a Draenei.

So let's ignore that Draenei reskin altogether, and the reskinned grub. What do you have?

-Brand new faerie mobs right there.
-Brand new plant-pod doodads.
-Brand new swirly trees
-Brand new glow bushes
-brand new frond plants

This is my issue. That is what appears to be missing here. You can pause the DF or BfA feature trailers at any frame and there is some new architecture, or new doodads, or new creature, or new and interesting trees visible. Here, even if we assume these are "bad" pictures taken from a much better trailer, we have four different scenes with seemingly little to nothing new.

Now drastically lower the quality of the image and take it with a cell phone.

Guarantee there’d be posts like “Omg faries are reskinned Peddlefeet. Those trees are reskinned from the emerald nightmare/dreamway” etc

[micwini]

Here's a thought (for anyone with an IQ greater than 50), maybe, just "maybe," those "leaked images" are simply "screenshots" from an 11.0 trailer (that shows off the new Continent) and this "leak" shows only a SMALL section from each of the four new zones. I can't for the life of me understand the mental gymnastics some of you are doing to justify "11.0 is bad" because of these screenshots (not confirmed real or fake until BlizzCon, mind you). It's actually insane (objective, NOT subjective). Also, how is it possible to create an entire, unannounced expansion from "headcanon" based on four images?

Well its easy: If 11.0 is not revamp, then bad. Otherwise good.

[Grimbold21]

I dont claim to speak for anyone but myself, but I was one of the only MoP champions when it was current. I loved it grom start to finish. It aside from the content draught at the end, was a literal Masterpiece in my view. I got a lot of shit for liking it back in the day too.

MoP hate both before, during and later was senseless and was - mostly - "lol pandas".

MoP on the other hand had great class balance and the only draught I was concerned about at the time was the continuation of laughable 5 man content.

The zones were beautiful and the music was decent too. Hell, outside of later installations of the game, MoP was probably one of the expansions that visually stood out the most, as in, they were distinct from other continents.

[Nyel]

Here's a thought (for anyone with an IQ greater than 50), maybe, just "maybe," those "leaked images" are simply "screenshots" from an 11.0 trailer (that shows off the new Continent) and this "leak" shows only a SMALL section from each of the four new zones. I can't for the life of me understand the mental gymnastics some of you are doing to justify "11.0 is bad" because of these screenshots (not confirmed real or fake until BlizzCon, mind you). It's actually insane (objective, NOT subjective). Also, how is it possible to create an entire, unannounced expansion from "headcanon" based on four images?

If they chose these four pictures they had nothing better to show. And if that’s the case, the expansion tied to this will inevitably be incredibly boring because those images evoke no feelings besides been there, seen that, done that. That’s the entire reason for the premature disappointment. If that’s the best they come up with at a preview website or whatever Blizzard really isn’t even trying anymore.

[Chickat]

So, can we finally say world revamp is back on the menu of possibilities?

Though honestly, I do think Avaloren can be really fun. I just think it should be really out there. Like, give us tree dwarves that are short and stubby, but have a giraffe head or something.

Like, Blizzard, channel your inner Krieger and brings us the really freaky shit.

If we get Avaloren I want traditional Disney Europe princess style. Not in tone but atmosphere. Give me Cinderella but dark.

Camelot zone.
Spooky witch swamp.
Etc. Give me the Witcher WoW edition.

[Sondrelk]

Here's a thought (for anyone with an IQ greater than 50), maybe, just "maybe," those "leaked images" are simply "screenshots" from an 11.0 trailer (that shows off the new Continent) and this "leak" shows only a SMALL section from each of the four new zones. I can't for the life of me understand the mental gymnastics some of you are doing to justify "11.0 is bad" because of these screenshots (not confirmed real or fake until BlizzCon, mind you). It's actually insane (objective, NOT subjective). Also, how is it possible to create an entire, unannounced expansion from "headcanon" based on four images?

Because with how zones in this game work you have to try to make images this boring to look at.
Where are the landmarks that every trailer shows off with glee? Where are the new assets that the developers happily use wherever possible?

It's certainly possible that these four images are all panning shots from when nothing interesting is on the screen, but what rotten luck that would be. Whoever took these pictures somehow only managed to snag the boring ones, and not the ones showing the entrance to Khaz Algar. Or the giant rift.

[Rathwell]

Spooky witch swamp.
Etc. Give me the Witcher WoW edition.

We've already had Drustvar

[Dismayxz]

Pretty sure it's something flying in the background.

I'm with Hitei on this one, that looks more like something just flying relatively close to the building, so the pixelation and distance makes it look vaguely like it's part of the structure.

[Sondrelk]

Now drastically lower the quality of the image and take it with a cell phone.

Guarantee there’d be posts like “Omg faries are reskinned Peddlefeet. Those trees are reskinned from the emerald nightmare/dreamway” etc

And that is why blurry images is a nice crutch, and why ones with higher quality are held to much higher standards.
Not just because the details are more noticeable, but because you invite the obvious questions of why these images specifically. Either why did the leaker choose these, or why are these the ones Blizzard chose for the thing being leaked.

[ercarp]

I'm with Hitei on this one, that looks more like something just flying relatively close to the building, so the pixelation and distance makes it look vaguely like it's part of the structure.

Yeah I'm thinking it's a wyvern now. Based on the 4 pixels I can see, the flight animation and color scheme are very wyvern-ish.

EDIT: Which makes all the more sense when you think about the zone being inspired by Stonetalon Mountains and Thousand Needles... the only two zones with wyverns.

[Europah]

Long time Lurker here. Made account just to say how boring that leak is and usually im pretty positive about WoW.

[Rathwell]

Long time Lurker here. Made account just to say how boring that leak is and usually im pretty positive about WoW.

You're not going to throw us off the scent, Metzen.

[Chickat]

In theory, yeah. That's been one of my wish lists for Avaloren since we first heard about it. An imperial Kaldorei civilization that is still secretly run by Azshara, which explains what she's been doing for the last 10,000 years.

Cuz, you know.. Underwater fish people. They don't really gotta worry about flying through a storm, you know?

Please no more Elves for an expansion or two. Im getting Elf fatigue.

[Catastrophy349]

Will be interesting to see if we get anything else between now and BlizzCon to further prove/invalidate this new "leak."

[Chickat]

You think someone is going to make merchandise for a character that no one gives a shit about?

C'mon man. How much Odyn merch have you seen in the last 7 years since the end of Legion? I've seen nada.

You dont need to have a large audience for merch. Merch can be based on niche things.