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

[matijwow]

If we do get a new island continent, I'd like to see a more interesting design, like a ring shaped continent around a huge in-land sea and the bottom of the sea is a zone.

[Woggmer]

Cata raids.

Oh. In that case, yeah, though I'd give Bastion of Twilight and Dragon Soul some tuning. Blackwing's Descent is fine and Throne of the Four Winds is......eh.

[Northelim]

Nah the pics are gorgeous. I don't care about asset reuse. I just wanted a more wild then than yet another island 4.0. Still if the features are good no one will care about this conversation in a year.

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Yeah i was like. First off who said any of those pics are of khaz algar. Secondly i didn't realize those pics are representative of the entire new zone/s.


Dude sees a pic and assumes theres no buildings. I mean lmao what?

So you think its #TeamReal or #TeamFake so far?

[Ferlion]

That Twitter guy is just bat shit insane at this point. He thinks his being some holy scientist with his "amazing" so-called "analysis" The Dude prolly never gotten laid in his life.

FWIW, reading their twitter, they make mention of making fakes leaks in the past and they make machinima. So as far as people doing analysis, they likely know what to look for.

[Polybius]

Not really. I just find it hilarious how obnoxious he is and the mental gymnastics his going through. It's amusing.

They merely pointed out the objects in the picture with those in the preexisting database, it's straightforward. They did their homework. Erratic? Yes. Wrong? Not really, no.

Anyways, on topic: The leak is probably fake. It looks like it has a weird watermark over it, symmetrical with the objects behind it.

[Chickat]

Please never leave this website. Your optimism and determination to find the good things brings me joy.

I agree. I love cat apostrophe

[MCMLXXXII]

Come on everybody, everyone knows 4 screenshots means only 4 zones.

[Draedarr]

That is the prevailing theory ever since MrGM found it in August 2020 during the Shadowlands Beta.

I remember that back in BfA there was also a time that you could get above Hearthglen and into the old Quel'thalas.

[Chickat]

It's what happens when people continually engage Teriz, who is basically that. No good comes from it.

On topic, Pandaria was peak and always has been. If I had to retire anywhere in-game, Sri-La Village is my spot.

Half Hill for me.

[JMitchy96]

Not really. I just find it hilarious how obnoxious he is and the mental gymnastics his going through. It's amusing.

Sorry to go off-topic, but it’s “she”. You’d think with the amount of time you’ve spent malding over someone’s Twitter posts you’d be able to figure out their correct pronouns.

[Picle]

Sorry to go off-topic, but it’s “she”. You’d think with the amount of time you’ve spent malding over someone’s Twitter posts you’d be able to figure out their correct pronouns.

no need to be sorry, there should always be room in the thread to be considerate to others~

[Ferlion]

They merely pointed out the objects in the picture with those in the preexisting database, it's straightforward. They did their homework. Erratic? Yes. Wrong? Not really, no.

Anyways, on topic: The leak is probably fake. It looks like it has a weird watermark over it, symmetrical with the objects behind it.

Oi? What watermark?

[Viridiel]

Come on everybody, everyone knows 4 screenshots means only 4 zones.

It's ostensibly tied to another leak which featured the "goliath" in the background of the harpy screenshot that listed only four zones. Mind you, that was clearly not finished material so people are definitely jumping the gun a bit.

[Polybius]

Oi? What watermark?

Not so much a watermark but it looks like a shadow on the bottom right quadrant of the green image. It *feels* like it's there on the other images but maybe I'm just going crazy?

[Marlamin]

FWIW, reading their twitter, they make mention of making fakes leaks in the past and they make machinima. So as far as people doing analysis, they likely know what to look for.

Yeah, Zel has made quite a few fakes over the years including the corkboard one (after calling it a bad leak when it came out... suspicious... surely she's not doing the same "make leak and talk shit about it" ruse twice... right?). Hmmmm!

I remember that back in BfA there was also a time that you could get above Hearthglen and into the old Quel'thalas.

Yup, there's always ways to get to certain places, that's why I enjoy exploring in WoW so much, especially pre-Cata.

[J Street]

Come on everybody, everyone knows 4 screenshots means only 4 zones.

I can't tell if sarcasm or not, so if it's sarcasm I apologize! <3

It's crazy to me how certain many people are that these four still images and the end all be all. It doesn't confirm there's only 4 zones at all, just that only four images got leaked, maybe that's all the info they got secondhand?

It certainly doesn't mean the zones are boring or bland. If the zones are even close to DF size, they might not even show a quarter of what they will look like! Who knows how many sub-biomes are in each zone.

It's very possible that the leaker doesn't even have full access to the full preview video so he couldn't have chose better shots or stills if he wanted to. We have no idea how these came to be.

For the sake of optimism I'm still going to believe their real though. From the fraction of zones we see, they look like they could be a lot of fun to explore and that's without knowing an OUNCE of plot or story yet

[milkmustache]

Yeah, Zel has made quite a few fakes over the years including the corkboard one (after calling it a bad leak when it came out... suspicious... surely she's not doing the same "make leak and talk shit about it" ruse twice... right?). Hmmmm!

You've given me hope, bird, you've given me hope.

[Draedarr]

Yeah, Zel has made quite a few fakes over the years including the corkboard one (after calling it a bad leak when it came out... suspicious... surely she's not doing the same "make leak and talk shit about it" ruse twice... right?). Hmmmm!


Yup, there's always ways to get to certain places, that's why I enjoy exploring in WoW so much, especially pre-Cata.

Yes, that's for sure, today was a surprise for me really, after the time the passage was not blocked, i never encountered any way to get there, even the place i tried today, i'm almost sure 2 months ago it wasn't there oO

[Ferlion]

Not so much a watermark but it looks like a shadow on the bottom right quadrant of the green image. It *feels* like it's there on the other images but maybe I'm just going crazy?

I've got trouble seeing it I guess. Though, I was actually playing WoW for a bit for the first time this week, and I did notice, are those shadows in all this artwork just unusually light? Like, all the in-game shadows are just way stronger.

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Yes, that's for sure, today was a surprise for me really, after the time the passage was not blocked, i never encountered any way to get there, even the place i tried today, i'm almost sure 2 months ago it wasn't there oO

Have you gone exploring the Azshara zone? Nazjatar? There's some really neat ways to get past the walls, and if you explore around you can run into several background N'zoth fish, some Naga caves that make the Eternal Palace look way bigger, etc.

[Northelim]

I've got trouble seeing it I guess. Though, I was actually playing WoW for a bit for the first time this week, and I did notice, are those shadows in all this artwork just unusually light? Like, all the in-game shadows are just way stronger.

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Have you gone exploring the Azshara zone? Nazjatar? There's some really neat ways to get past the walls, and if you explore around you can run into several background N'zoth fish, some Naga caves that make the Eternal Palace look way bigger, etc.

Which artwork ? Someone link.