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

[Musta]

Please let it be void.... please let it be void....

[kavikor]

I don't think it's real personally, Something looks really odd about the face in front of all that red hair. Almost like he was pasted over another character almost.

I think the most odd thing to me is his hand how he's gripping that gem. His pinky and ring finger is firm as if pressed against it, but its not, its just kind of sticking out.

Obviously thats not enough proof to say absolutely "That's AI" but its just weird.

[ercarp]

Long-time lurker finally taking the plunge. I'm super curious why no one else seems interested in the "cinematic" leak: i imgur com / OAuGH26.jpeg.

It doesn't seem to have any glaringly obvious AI artifacts, plus it's much higher-resolution than you generally see from AI. Also it matches Blizzard's style pretty well. Compare the link above with this screen grab from the SL cinematic: i imgur com / GbZHAyd.jpg. The lighting, color, etc. are all spot on IMO. Someone help me see why the cinematic link is a fake!

• The Dwarf has two hair colors (white and dark brown). Looks weird.
• Doesn't match Warcraft's style. Looks nothing like Warcraft dwarves, who have far more pronounced facial features. Compare this to the dwarves from Vanilla or BfA cinematics.
• Strange holes on his cheeks (AI does this type of thing a lot).
• Lack of direction and bad composition. This looks like it's supposed to be an important shot with whatever he's holding, but he's not even centered properly and he's looking away with his mouth closed and not showing any emotion.

[Swnem]

Yeah, they were a bit of a hype killer.

With all due respect, I have zero interest in exploring a continent that hasn't been canon for even a year. A fanfic about "Vulperia" written five years ago by a fan feels more established in the lore than this.

Honestly, anything that isn't one's favorite head canon will be a hype killer.
Hype is at its biggest before things are confirmed cause it can be anything anyone imagines and wants to believe.

[Harbour]

Yeah, iridikron wanting to get to the heart of Azeroth and take igs power would be within the range of his desires.

[NikolaiShade]

That's what Avaloren is, though? I might have misinterpreted what you meant in this comment.

To clarify: i don't get any "heretic" vibe from the 4 screenshots. The dwarves seem ice savqges, the ogres are desert savages, where are the heretics able to repel odyn's forces?

[klaussf]

our construction guy has failed us

[kavikor]

• The Dwarf has two hair colors (white and dark brown). Looks weird.
• Doesn't match Warcraft's style. Looks nothing like Warcraft dwarves, who have far more pronounced facial features. Compare this to the dwarves from Vanilla or BfA cinematics.
• Strange holes on his cheeks (AI does this type of thing a lot).
• Lack of direction and bad composition. This looks like it's supposed to be an important shot with whatever he's holding, but he's not even centered properly and he's looking away with his mouth closed and not showing any emotion.

I wonder if he's meant to be turning and this is a moment of fear, like there's a creature behind him? But, I also don't really think this is real.

[Colonel Sandor]

Long-time lurker finally taking the plunge. I'm super curious why no one else seems interested in the "cinematic" leak: i imgur com / OAuGH26.jpeg.

It doesn't seem to have any glaringly obvious AI artifacts, plus it's much higher-resolution than you generally see from AI. Also it matches Blizzard's style pretty well. Compare the link above with this screen grab from the SL cinematic: i imgur com / GbZHAyd.jpg. The lighting, color, etc. are all spot on IMO. Someone help me see why the cinematic is a fake!

Looks nothing like Dwarves in WoW. Looks like a normal dude.

[Cheezits]

I'm really fond of how Iridikron was written throughout the new book, but this line WoWhead included in their recent article feels particularly prophetic.

>The Stonescaled cocked his head, watching the black Aspect with great interest. "No one is stronger than Azeroth itself," he said softly.

There is some surface-level context in his use of his Earth element to crush the shit out of the dragon in question (and subsequent ackshually moment), but I can't help but feel this was an insight into what he's up to.

How did he know?

[Pinksocking]

Lets say Nzoth is back.
wouldnt it be awesome to play with this during the opening ceremony?
Metzen comes out, does his HORDE ALLIANCE AZEROTH stuff, and then whispers get louder and louder
LOUDER AND LOUDER
And then the hall gets dark and the cinematic begins.

this is the one

NZOTH IS BACK

[Keyalios]

• The Dwarf has two hair colors (white and dark brown). Looks weird.
• Doesn't match Warcraft's style. Looks nothing like Warcraft dwarves, who have far more pronounced facial features. Compare this to the dwarves from Vanilla or BfA cinematics.
• Strange holes on his cheeks (AI does this type of thing a lot).
• Lack of direction and bad composition. This looks like it's supposed to be an important shot with whatever he's holding, but he's not even centered properly and he's looking away with his mouth closed and not showing any emotion.

Honestly best I could see is he's a Death Knight and that is decay on his face, but (and if this is like last year me saying its 100% not something will make it that thing) I just can't see this being a cinematic. It doesn't look like WoW. It doesn't feel like WoW. Even the posturing I could explain but the feel is something I can't.

[Kiivar86]

To clarify: i don't get any "heretic" vibe from the 4 screenshots. The dwarves seem ice savqges, the ogres are desert savages, where are the heretics able to repel odyn's forces?

I mean all we know is there are defenses, not what those defenses are.

[ercarp]

our construction guy has failed us

He kind of ruined his own credibility when he spouted some nonsense about seeing the cutscene for the end of the 10.2 raid.

[kavikor]

To clarify: i don't get any "heretic" vibe from the 4 screenshots. The dwarves seem ice savqges, the ogres are desert savages, where are the heretics able to repel odyn's forces?

I think that's the issue with judging based solely on screenshots. That dwarf may not be one of the 'heretics' that could be one of Odyn's lost forces, some kind of variant of Algarian, a titan construct.

Its really hard to get a general vibe based on just 4 screenshots. We haven't seen a city, dont know what the inhabitants are about, dont know any of the story beats, you know? If you saw a still of Vol'dun you wouldn't think it was about an Empire of Snakemen attempting to enslave everyone they come across and worship their lightning gods.

[Catastrophy349]

I think "zones" aside, the features are really important for the longevity/gameplay aspect of WoW. You may love/hate the new "zones" (Avaloren, or otherwise), but who cares if the features aren't "up to par?"

[Imotbh]

I don't think it's real personally, Something looks really odd about the face in front of all that red hair. Almost like he was pasted over another character almost.

That was my thought too. It looks like the blue dwarf face has been pasted upon the red-haired one. It could also be because it's "during" a transition just like you had Bolvar with blue eyes but fire elsewhere as he was empowering himself and on his way to turn blue.

[Frook513]

i'd honestly rather have a whole year of no content, to get a revamped old world with interconnected zones so you can use dynamic flying and get everywhere without loading screens ( same as transition to the cavern place in dragon isles) than some other new island (avaloren) that was shrouded by some mysterious bullshit cloud, it just adds nothing to the game as a whole.

[Keyalios]

I can not say enough how much I am hoping he missaw something. IE it wasn't 10.2 but an expansion trailer or some other cutscene. Because I liked him.

[NikolaiShade]

I mean all we know is there are defenses, not what those defenses are.

No idea, either the 4 zones are all that is to Avaloren or they really chose the 4 worst pics out there.