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

[ChairmanKaga]

With current release schedules is it likely we'll get the 11th expansion announced in 2024?.

That doesn't line up as the next expac is going to be revealed this year (this weekend) and released next year. They wouldn't be talking about the following expac until 2025.

[Nibelheimy]

We discover a new continent or place that will reactivate Azeroth slowly. Gradually, zones of the old world will be revamped, and we will get a new set of stories and events.

Truth be told, I've wondered if the expansion itself could focus on a new landmass, and the .5 patches gradually remaking the old world. If Uldaz is related to Golganeth & shaping the planet, this could be a reasonable story reasoning for a healing of the world. Also a reason for Iridikron to target said location for his own goals.

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That doesn't line up as the next expac is going to be revealed this year (this weekend) and released next year. They wouldn't be talking about the following expac until 2025.

That's what I was thinking would be the case. I'm not sold on any fakeness of leaks yet, but I've long said if there's going to be a revamp of any kind. The 20th anniversary is the time to do it. People will claim the anniversary doesn't matter. But from a purely business perspective they would be insane to not try and capitalise on that as much as they can.

[justwatching]

They are probably playing launch difficulty cata heroics. I would like classic+ but i dont see it happening.

From what I heard the "teams" are too large for that. Give the encrypted branch activity I think its definitely on 1.15(they are pumping out daily builds for that this week) but I also dont think its Classic+.

https://twitter.com/algalon_ghost/st...98001622073743

[Myrrh]

We discover a new continent or place that will reactivate Azeroth slowly. Gradually, zones of the old world will be revamped, and we will get a new set of stories and events.

You know, that's an interesting idea. I've always naturally assumed the revamp would be addressed by a classique time skip 'while you were away', but it would be super cool to actually feel like players had actually brought it about in some fashion.

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Truth be told, I've wondered if the expansion itself could focus on a new landmass, and the .5 patches gradually remaking the old world. If Uldaz is related to Golganeth & shaping the planet, this could be a reasonable story reasoning for a healing of the world. Also a reason for Iridikron to target said location for his own goals.

Iridikron has some banger lines in the new book about earth being the power to shape the world, too. Hmmmmmmmmm. I could buy into this.

[Harbour]

Removing text and models, backgrounds just have something off. Especially 3rd shot. Lighting is hugely off, it gives off Unreal Engine 3 or Unity vibe when it comes to lighting and objects. Design also makes me think of League of Legends or dota2 rather than WoW.
And some buildings. Weird to see chinese/japanese building on the right side in the first screenshot. And the buildings in the second one just doesnt look like Warcraft buildings.
It looks like something taken from other game, or something made in Unreal Engine 3, vaguely resembling WoW, but with shaky cam effect to hide all inconsistencies.
3rd straight up looks like something out of Bless Online or some other korean/chinese MMORPG made in the last 10 years.

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[KainneAbsolute]

Truth be told, I've wondered if the expansion itself could focus on a new landmass, and the .5 patches gradually remaking the old world. If Uldaz is related to Golganeth & shaping the planet, this could be a reasonable story reasoning for a healing of the world. Also a reason for Iridikron to target said location for his own goals.

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If Iridrikon is involved, he can twist our revival, because we need quests in the new zones right? Other revamped zones don't need Iridrikon intervention: new resources mean the old hatred might return.

[TylerCarlsen]

If you think about it a lot of people, including myself,opted out of Dragonflight after not playing the latter half of Shadowlands. Having your players completely not play the game until a new xpac is out is like a whole year or two without subs. It seems like a natural evolution that wow would stop making big expansions and go towards free to play and opt in mini xpacs aka patch content. come back when you want, no big entry, no big missing out, no big immediate box price.

[Chickat]

From what I heard the "teams" are too large for that. Give the encrypted branch activity I think its definitely on 1.15(they are pumping out daily builds for that this week) but I also dont think its Classic+.

https://twitter.com/algalon_ghost/st...98001622073743

Some kind of bg or raid then?

[Hitei]

Some kind of bg or raid then?

It's probably Classic HD or something.

[Luck4]

WoW has a Tick-Tock (Good/Bad) pattern regarding expansions, with the only exceptions being the double good BC/LK and the double bad BFA/SL:

Burning Crusade
Wrath of the Lich King
Cataclysm
Mists of Pandaria
Warlords of Draenor
Legion
Battle for Azeroth
Shadowlands
Dragonflight

Following this pattern 11.0 is most likely to fail, but on the bright side, 12.0 is most likely to succeed.

Sacrifices must be made for the greater good. o7

PS: Don't take this reply so seriously, please!

[Jolly Roger]

If we get through this speculation season without the xpac leaking, does Blizzard security get a bonus?

it already leaked bud we just cant figure out which one is real

[huth]

WoW has a Tick-Tock (Good/Bad) pattern regarding expansions, with the only exceptions being the double good BC/LK and the double bad BFA/SL

Burning Crusade
Wrath of the Lich King
Cataclysm
Mists of Pandaria
Warlords of Draenor
Legion
Battle for Azeroth
Shadowlands
Dragonflight

Following this pattern 11.0 is most likely to fail, but on the bright side, 12.0 is most likely to succeed.

Sacrifices must be made for the greater good. o7

A "pattern" that has no real regularity is no pattern at all. That's more exceptions than actually following it that you have there.

[Hitei]

You can press a button and 11.0 becomes a revamp but Elune moonbeams one of the following three regions of the world into a astral-scorched hellscape (like the Maw but with a lunar color palette). The ash and dust also turns that entire half of the chosen continent to permanent night.



The location is randomly chosen. Would you press the button?

[Luck4]

A "pattern" that has no real regularity is no pattern at all. That's more exceptions than actually following it that you have there.

Shadowlands broke it.

Anyway, don't take this so seriously.

The list is subjective, and even if Retail fails we have Classic.

[Melorandor]

WoW has a Tick-Tock (Good/Bad) pattern regarding expansions, with the only exceptions being the double good BC/LK and the double bad BFA/SL:

Burning Crusade
Wrath of the Lich King
Cataclysm
Mists of Pandaria
Warlords of Draenor
Legion
Battle for Azeroth
Shadowlands
Dragonflight

Following this pattern 11.0 is most likely to fail, but on the bright side, 12.0 is most likely to succeed.

Sacrifices must be made for the greater good. o7

PS: Don't take this reply so seriously, please!

Dragonflight is mediocre, and Cataclysm being bad is subjective.

[Hitei]

Dragonflight is mediocre, and Cataclysm being bad is subjective.

Literally all of them are subjective.

[KyleEverett]

Dragonflight is mediocre, and Cataclysm being bad is subjective.

So much of the Cata hate is the player drop cause of hard heroics and then reused assets for Dragon Soul.

[Melorandor]

Literally all of them are subjective.

Which is why the pattern analogy is stupid. But then again, 2021 broke everything really.

[Beerplz]

So much of the Cata hate is the player drop cause of hard heroics and then reused assets for Dragon Soul.

Cata was such a banger of an expansion and it only felt short when it comes to the last raid being mostly reused assets minus the last few bosses and a disappointing last fight , but overall i would put it just a point lower than Wrath for example

[Makorus]

My favourite thing about pattern-posting is the "...with the exception of X" when it's a sample size of 9.

It's not a pattern anymore.