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

[taishar68]

The knife is a prison. I don't see why he would have this much agency in the terms of how it works.

If anything I would assume xalatath would extract such power for herself and her ends.

Xal always reminds me of the dagger Mat took from Mashadar in the Wheel of Time, which eventually fell into the hands of Padan Fain. I never read the last three books so his ultimate fate is lost to me.

[Nyel]

As I recall, it was supposed to be a system similar to Glyphs, but it was heavily tethered to Archaeology...

But it was scrapped because it looked too much like the Glyph system, so instead they scrapped it to focus on the actual glyph system (which would soon die out by Legion)

Now they just use them for cosmetic purposes.

I would love them to rework Archaelogy as a profession and then make it part of something like Path of Titans were we go over the world, dig out old stuff and therefore get stronger or improve our character in other areas.

Wasn’t an Archeology revamp in the works anyway?

[Varodoc]

I wonder if this could also lead into a Broken playable race that was hinted at since they're so closely tied to Sargeras and the Void corruption?

The Broken were more tied to Kil'jaeden/Archimonde, since they were the betrayers of the Eredar who sold their people to the Legion.

Sargeras didn't really do anything to the Broken aside from planting seeds of doubt/fascination in Kil'jaeden and Archimonde.

In terms of the Void, the Broken are incapable of controlling the Void and are easily enslaved by it.

The Void elves of the Alliance are the only ones who controlled the whispers and actively fought against them.

[D4NNYB0Y]

Was the Khaz Algar ASCII translated to binary translated to "Prison of Khaz" leak discussed? Possibly an underground OG/void prison?

[Northelim]

I'll give my 2 cents: Just come arround Pre-Blizzcon(That will announce XPAC) and have some fun with the more chill guys that still lurk arround.

I'll be too busy for that. I am going to be AT Blizzcon playing the expansion and interviewing devs. (I work in the industry)

[Varodoc]

Nzoth doesn't need to have faked his death...? He's just in the little butter knife.

The void may have a part in the next expansion, but an item from the trading post is not some 5d chess move to telegram it. We have heaps of void stuff in this entire current expac.

That's literally how he faked his death.

He faked his death because he sent portion of his soul into the blade.

Just like Sargeras faked his defeat when he sent a portion of his soul inside of Aegwynn.

The end result is the same. N'Zoth was never killed in BfA.

[Fahrad Wagner]

You guys should do a podcast. "Something Wet Under The Sink", with your hosts, Shadochi & Fahrad. On this weeks show, we break down that photo from page 1973, pixel by pixel, plus, a special AITA segment featuring our top shitposters. Brought to you by Liquid Plumber.

Sign me down. Shitposting during leak season is what Shad and I do best

I do find the images more believable than the Trading Post possible hints so far, but it's definitely better than another text-based leak.

I'm now 100% on board with the Trading Post x Iron leak. It tickles me in the right places.

[Shadochi]

You guys should do a podcast. "Something Wet Under The Sink", with your hosts, Shadochi & Fahrad. On this weeks show, we break down that photo from page 1973, pixel by pixel, plus, a special AITA segment featuring our top shitposters. Brought to you by Liquid Plumber.

depends on what the leak pic is like, but for pic debunking we would have to bring @ercarp or @Hitei

[micwini]

You guys are overthinking shit too much. Just because the daggers have yellow and blue in them and there is a voidstaff, doesn't mean a random leak from 600 pages back is legit l

[kavikor]

You guys are overthinking shit too much. Just because the daggers have yellow and blue in them and there is a voidstaff, doesn't mean a random leak from 600 pages back is legit l

Well the guy did go back and say "yep check my post history"

so its not like we just went back and dug it up, but yes, it may be a stretch

[Dismayxz]

They look like if the void corrupted some Jinyu

I mean, I'd assume that's what's up. The leaks sometimes get jumbled with their wording, especially the fake ones. But on the real ones, language barrier can sometimes be a thing. A "Shark Nightelf" could very well just be a shark-esque Jinyu, since they use the Male Nightelf rig.

[taishar68]

depends on what the leak pic is like, but for pic debunking we would have to bring @ercarp or @Hitei

Absolutely. They get special guest star status and they have to submit to goofy audience questions like "If Thrall was a shoe, what kind would he be?" or "Would you rather eat a murloc or a gnoll?"

[powerfist]

Next expansion called Storms of Azeroth

New allied races: Moknathol, sethrak, taunka for horde. broken, jinyu and earthen for alliance.
Kalimdor revamp. new kalimdor acts as a "different" continent to current kalimdor, so can travel between the two through a time portal in org and hyjal.
overall story on kalimdor is more simple, grounded stories. mulgore/barrens dealing with tauren tribes expanding, centaur from dragon isles trying to tame kalimdor centaur, highmountain tribes joining regular society.
Orc clans in durotar settling in areas and in some cases fighting.
New night elf faction that still hates the horde. Horde is entirely hostile but alliance can work to stop them peacefully.
New night elf towns around Hyjal to keep a society on kalimdor while the main city is moved to amirdrasil.
Draenei homes are no longer ruins and they have temples around.
Kahz algar is deep under un goro and silithus. Fissure is un goro. Part of C'thun is corrupting it and the sword caused damage.

max level zone is Avaloren coast, part of a larger landmass we will explore as expansion goes on. Avaloren inhabitants flee to kalimdor after Iridikron and Xal'atath go there and awaken the ancient one. Big final boss of the expac. Avaloren invaders described as more like desperate refugees no one knows what to do with. They are titan forged races but altered with elements and void magic, but not evil.

[Fahrad Wagner]

You guys are overthinking shit too much. Just because the daggers have yellow and blue in them and there is a voidstaff, doesn't mean a random leak from 600 pages back is legit l

OH BUT IT DOES-

[Harbour]

Damn, that IronWasher leak makes sense.
What if Sargeras didnt want to split Azeorth in half or pierce Azeroth heart, but aimed PRECISELY into the last Old God, that dreamed in the center of Azeroth, embracing the Heart of Azeroth with his tentacles?
Now he removes the sword and we descend into the very depth of the planet to finish Old God off for good?

[kavikor]

Next expansion called Storms of Azeroth

New allied races: Moknathol, sethrak, taunka for horde. broken, jinyu and earthen for alliance.
Kalimdor revamp. new kalimdor acts as a "different" continent to current kalimdor, so can travel between the two through a time portal in org and hyjal.
overall story on kalimdor is more simple, grounded stories. mulgore/barrens dealing with tauren tribes expanding, centaur from dragon isles trying to tame kalimdor centaur, highmountain tribes joining regular society.
Orc clans in durotar settling in areas and in some cases fighting.
New night elf faction that still hates the horde. Horde is entirely hostile but alliance can work to stop them peacefully.
New night elf towns around Hyjal to keep a society on kalimdor while the main city is moved to amirdrasil.
Draenei homes are no longer ruins and they have temples around.
Kahz algar is deep under un goro and silithus. Fissure is un goro. Part of C'thun is corrupting it and the sword caused damage.

max level zone is Avaloren coast, part of a larger landmass we will explore as expansion goes on. Avaloren inhabitants flee to kalimdor after Iridikron and Xal'atath go there and awaken the ancient one. Big final boss of the expac. Avaloren invaders described as more like desperate refugees no one knows what to do with. They are titan forged races but altered with elements and void magic, but not evil.

thats a lot of races buddy

i wanna play a Jinyu

[Chickat]

Absolutely. They get special guest star status and they have to submit to goofy audience questions like "If Thrall was a shoe, what kind would he be?" or "Would you rather eat a murloc or a gnoll?"

Tauren... WTF kind of question is that.

[Stonecloak]

Damn, that IronWasher leak makes sense.
What if Sargeras didnt want to split Azeorth in half or pierce Azeroth heart, but aimed PRECISELY into the last Old God, that dreamed in the center of Azeroth, embracing the Heart of Azeroth with his tentacles?
Now he removes the sword and we descend into the very depth of the planet to finish Old God off for good?

Sounds like a warcraft expansion to me. More than another mysterious lost island.

[Varodoc]

People here undersell the importance of trading post/Blizzard's awareness.

Blizzard knows that people want the Void to return, they have been laying many clues and hints throughout DF that are setting up the Void expansion.

Primalists basically being Twilight's Hammer 2.0 (Elemental-serving doomsday cult that seeks to scour all Titan influence from Azeroth)
A former Twilight's Hammer ogre creating the Worldbreakers, cult that worships Deathwing
The entire questline in the Black Empire where it's confirmed N'Zoth saw his future
The codex from Forbidden Reach mentioning Azshara and the "Harbinger" (Xal'atath)
Iridrikon stepping through a Void portal like Xal'atath and Azshara did last time we saw them
Sarkareth's boss room
Alexstrasza saying that Iridrikon makes dark bargains like Deathwing
Deathwing's legacy having such a huge role in DF
Fyrakk absorbing Shadowflame like Deathwing

In a vacuum, "Staff of the Harbinger" item doesn't mean anything.

But Blizzard is not stupid and they know what they're doing.

The Void surpasses World Revamp, Avaloren, Undermine, and everything else on the list, and jumps ahead as the most likely storyline of the next expansion.

[Chickat]

OH BUT IT DOES-

It does if it gives world revampers hope.