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

[matijwow]

Just look at the post history of this guy

https://www.reddit.com/u/spicy_sean_spicer/s/xkRid6yBML

Troll deluxe

Best not to look unless you have eyebleach on hand.

[Woggmer]

New zone leak.

https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comment...reenshot_leak/

I'm sure others mentioned this, but looking closer at this image.. The rock textures look more like they were painted than digital. This is like if a level was designed Bob Ross style.

Even that tree on the far right looks like it was painted in the background rather than actual 3D pixel.

[kavikor]

Rocks in the left bottom looks painted for it to be an engine, water looks in-engine for it to be a concept art.
The whole location looks like Tiragarde Sound to the T.
Now i 99% sure this is fake and this guy made those 4 screenshots as well, so they are fake too.
Its 5 screenshots now, and every single one of them looks like an existing location+shit ton of reused assets. I see the pattern and its way too obvious to not be a well done fake.

This guy made the 4 screenshots? What's the source on that?

[Edlarel]

1.15 is actually World of Diablo with sanctuary and Diablo classes built into wow's engine, but don't tell anyone.

I'd play it.

[Marlamin]

Another possible Nerubian connection in the new book, not necessarily related to 11.0 but they've definitely added a little more Northrend lore in the book. Not sure this would qualify as "a hook" but interesting nonetheless.

[Woggmer]

How are you guys so good at detecting AI images? I'm still at the point where a good AI flat earth image would make me doubt everything I have ever learned at school. I, for the life of me, could not see the AI slop in that picture before being told by the posters.

Think of it like looking at one of those puzzle booklets that has a random assortment of junk piled together and you have to find a specific items.

Look for inconsistencies in the style, warps, additional fingers, stuff that can be masked at a distance but noticeable up when you zoom in.

When you start to look at a lot of examples of AI art, you will start to notice a pattern with some of them and pick up things quickly. Kinda like a Movie Critic when they see a bunch of movies back to back non-stop.

[Nyel]

A lot of pages while i slept, anything new?

Pretty much this, just woke up, 40 new pages.

[matijwow]

Looking at the Blizzcon map, I hope this is evidence that the Deeprun Rat City will finally be accessible.

[Gloriandus]

Well this "fan revamp" project is...gulp

https://twitter.com/BalintCservenyi/...00899912188095

[Harbour]

This guy made the 4 screenshots? What's the source on that?

Just my gut feeling. Two different people claiming its Avaloren and giving screenshots of the 'new' zones that looks like already existing zone plus reused assets and AI'ish details. Dont believe in coicidences.

[Marlamin]

Well this "fan revamp" project is...gulp

We're not allowed to post/talk about those here, fyi. It'll be interesting to see if/how that rule is applied if it turns out the 4 leak screenshots were also made that way.

[Hitei]

Looking at the Blizzcon map, I hope this is evidence that the Deeprun Rat City will finally be accessible.

That's the HS rat though.

[kavikor]

Just my gut feeling. Two different people claiming its Avaloren and giving screenshots of the 'new' zones that looks like already existing zone plus reused assets and AI'ish details. Dont believe in coicidences.

Honestly the guy who posted this newer image doesnt seem skilled enough to make the original 4 imo

The original 4 do have unique assets, hand placed objects, etc. even if faked the screenshots are hand sculpted, creatures given new textures/models and AI struggles hard with recreating any World of Warcraft character or creature model, especially in a way that looks like its ripped from the game. This new one is literally a basic AI prompt "create a wow zone" it tries to emulate the style but can't, the terrain is too painted, water too HD, the buildings are kind of ramshackle and thrown together, the trees are very low def, there's not a single creature or NPC in sight. It's like concept art in-engine, which isn't how we've seen traditional concept art done for WoW.

Whoever made the original 4 was skilled and did way more work than prompting an AI to create something for them, even if AI was used as a base to create the outline, it far outweighs whatever this new screenshot does imo.

But, maybe you're seeing something I'm not in there and I'm totally off base.

[Chickat]

Rocks in the left bottom looks painted for it to be an engine, water looks in-engine for it to be a concept art.
The whole location looks like Tiragarde Sound to the T.
Now i 99% sure this is fake and this guy made those 4 screenshots as well, so they are fake too.
Its 5 screenshots now, and every single one of them looks like an existing location+shit ton of reused assets. I see the pattern and its way too obvious to not be a well done fake.

Still gorgeous even if fake.

[Nicks188]

https://twitter.com/ChrisMetzen/stat...67941487182057

Not sure if this has been posted. Super random /shrug

[Viridiel]

I really can't decide between a Northrend revamp and an old world revamp. Northrend is technically the most due for a revamp if we count WoD as essentially an Outland revamp, but the old world feels more in need of a revamp since we spend a lot of time there.

Does anybody happen to have an image comparing the in-game size of Northrend to the other continents? I have to imagine it's roughly half the size of the Dragon Isles, which I guess would work out to about the same size with the addition of one or two expansive underground zones.

There's a good opportunity to give us an alternative version of Northrend too since I can't imagine Dalaran being brought back AGAIN. I just don't know what could serve as the capital... Icecrown? Ulduar?

[Delever]

This is the one who accurately leaked Diablo 4xpac and said wow was SoA and world revamp.

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Yep and they legit have the most accurate leak for d4. So I'm inclined to believe them.

Accurately? Did we get a confirmation their leak is the actual d4 expansion?

[Chickat]

Metzen: So, guys. Good news, we are doing a world revamp! *crowd cheers* Bad news, we need more time, so this expansion will last longer, until mid-2025. *crowd boos* But meanwhile, here's four zones, Avaloren, with a small 5 boss raid to tie you over while you wait! We promise the wait will be worth it! *crowd cheers, somewhere in the distance someone shouts "METZEN, LET ME HAVE YOUR BABY", and it's actually a dude.*

5 boss raid wouldnt be nearly enough.

[matijwow]

That's the HS rat though.

So you're saying there will be an inn there I can hearth to? That's awesome. RATHEARTH, GO!

[Xilurm]

https://twitter.com/ChrisMetzen/stat...67941487182057

Not sure if this has been posted. Super random /shrug

Interesting that his bio doesn't mention he is the co-founder of Warchief anymore.