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

[Cheezits]

I'm rather tired of the old gods/void. They're as overexposed as the Titans are, and their aesthetic aren't interesting like the Legion was.

We have barely gotten any Void aesthetics without the Old Gods, they need to flesh out the magic type more and this looks like they're starting it.

[Shadowferal]

That's how I feel whenever I get the hint of a desire to speculate about WoW lore. I don't care about the minutiae anymore. I don't care because the writers themselves showed that they don't. I can't invest passion into something that the creators themselves haven't put any of their own into.

After WoD and reading the Chronicles I began writing notes of stuff that I felt was wrong. It's something that's turned into a hobby of sorts. Some people rewrite things in their head, I however write stuff in my notebook. A notebook that's my version of WoW 2.0. A catharsis to deal with my frustration over the stupidity of WoW writing. My notes stop in the middle of MoP.

[Makabreska]

I'm rather tired of the old gods/void. They're as overexposed as the Titans are, and their aesthetic aren't interesting like the Legion was.

Yeee, we all know that overwhelming green is better than overwhelming purple. :v

[huth]

Thats a lot of Void influence there, I wonder what the consequences will result after Sarkareth's death.

Probably not a whole lot, actually. That stuff has been there for at least ten millenia.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Yeee, we all know that overwhelming green is better than overwhelming purple. :v

I find the black/dark blue/dark purple shadow magic and tentacles theme and the monsters to be rather generic. Seen it a lot before in MTG and various D&D settings and so on. Even recent games like Bloodborne riff the aesthetic. I thought that the Burning Legion looked very aesthetically unique with the juxtaposition of black rocks and green fire. Their demons looked pretty good like Felguard, Doomguards, Pit Lords, Fel Reavers, etc. I'd chalk up Tanaan Jungle being so harsh on the eyes to poor art direction, given that other Legion themed zones like TBC Shadowmoon Valley or the Demon Hunter starting zone or Argus were much more pleasing.

[ChairmanKaga]

I'm assuming that stained glass window is not any of the current known Old Gods.
Edit or nevermind it's just a voidy Deathwing. Didn't look at it very closely at first.

[Revamp Man]

? We have had 8 heritage quests for the core races

gnome
goblin
worgen
orc
human
blelf
tauren
dwarf

[micwini]

Dude I facepalmed so hard it left a red mark on my face. How would that ever work? Please tell me it is sarcasm and I rolled a 1 on Sense Motive?

Just a random thought I had. Maybe you choose from a cool interface after doing a quest or something IDK.

[Nymrohd]

Just a random thought I had. Maybe you choose from a cool interface after doing a quest or something IDK.

My concern was not the UI.

[Teriz]

https://www.wowhead.com/news/scaleco...ch-10-1-332395 Let's discuss this.

That stained glass image is lovely. Kudos to the art team for all of that. Looking forward to that boss fight.

Gotta say, I'm pretty surprised just how much void stuff they're putting into this. I do hope that DF doesn't end like BFA with some Old God stuffed into the final patch.

[Varodoc]

That stained glass image is lovely. Kudos to the art team for all of that. Looking forward to that boss fight.

Gotta say, I'm pretty surprised just how much void stuff they're putting into this. I do hope that DF doesn't end like BFA with some Old God stuffed into the final patch.

Given how pretty much no one liked how N'Zoth was handled in BfA, they'd be stupid to repeat that fiasco.

But it was obvious that the Old Gods and the Void would be heavily involved in Dragonflight.

Fun fact: I was actually able to deduce all of this (heavy involvement from Old Gods) before this expansion was even announced, while these guys in this thread were CERTAIN that the Old Gods were gone forever

[Berkilak]

Fun fact: I was actually able to deduce all of this (heavy involvement from Old Gods) before this expansion was even announced, while these guys in this thread were CERTAIN that the Old Gods were gone forever

That's pretty easy to do when that's all you deduce.

[huth]

Given how pretty much no one liked how N'Zoth was handled in BfA, they'd be stupid to repeat that fiasco.

But it was obvious that the Old Gods and the Void would be heavily involved in Dragonflight.

Fun fact: I was actually able to deduce all of this (heavy involvement from Old Gods) before this expansion was even announced, while these guys in this thread were CERTAIN that the Old Gods were gone forever

Yeah, going to Neltharion's old inner sanctum and not having the Void would be the strange outcome. This is about as expected.

[Nymrohd]

Yeah, going to Neltharion's old inner sanctum and not having the Void would be the strange outcome. This is about as expected.

Also no one said the Old Gods are gone forever.

[Reive]

Until they retcon shadowlands, there's no hope for the lore. They can fix n'zoth but they cannot fix the jailer and shadowlands.

[Varodoc]

That's pretty easy to do when that's all you deduce.

Clearly it wasn't for this thread, given how most people here were certain that the Old Gods would not be featured in 10.0 (before DF was announced).

But I've always known that Blizzard wouldn't drop the Old God plotline in 8.3, I've known this for years. I've known this since Blizzard decided that N'Zoth would be fought in an alternate dimension revolving around illusions BS.

[huth]

Clearly it wasn't for this thread, given how most people here were certain that the Old Gods would not be featured in 10.0 (before DF was announced).

But I've always known that Blizzard wouldn't drop the Old God plotline in 8.3, I've known this for years. I've known this since Blizzard decided that N'Zoth would be fought in an alternate dimension revolving around illusions BS.

Anybody not expecting Void/Old God influence hasn't been paying attention for the last 15 years. It's just so obvious that it isn't even worth noting for veterans.

So... congratulations on not being completely oblivious?

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Anybody not expecting Void/Old God influence hasn't been paying attention for the last 15 years. It's just so obvious that it isn't even worth noting for veterans.

So... congratulations on not being completely oblivious?

There are no Old Gods in Dragonflight.



/tinfoilhat

[huth]

There are no Old Gods in Dragonflight.



/tinfoilhat

No, no, you misread that one. The No Old God is there, not no Old God.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Until they retcon shadowlands, there's no hope for the lore. They can fix n'zoth but they cannot fix the jailer and shadowlands.

There is a lot more wrong with the NuLore than just Shadowlands, and no it will never be retconned. Just have to accept that the true WoW died with MoP/WoD and everything after is bad corporate fanfiction.