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

[Well Done Steak]

I'm pretty sure I said that a new class was unlikely in this expansion. Also I did say Nerubians would be in the picture. As for Undermine, that could very well appear in a future patch.

In the end, I stated that the next expansion would be underground and most of you complained about it and said I was being mean for downplaying Avaloren. I'm happy that many of you changed your tune and are now excited about an underground expansion. I figured you would be.

Also how about Thrall and that key art?

I was right about light vs void too, right? RIGHT??

Just too soon, #ragnaros

Anyway, you think tinkers will be a hero spec for hunters? Prob shared between BM and Surv

[Teriz]

I bet artificers are a hero talent tree for hunters. It makes sense, with all the explosives and the robotic pet theme they already have.

Yeah, I am very interested in the Hunter hero talents. If there's nothing like that, then we still have a glaring hole in class lineup.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Doomposting aside, does anyone feel like we're approaching the end of wow not only when it comes to lore but as game in general? Might be copium or delusion, but i feel like they're working on wow2

WoW 2 won't happen. People are invested in their WoW 1 characters. WoW requires a huge time investment, that to just abandon that would be a huge loss. People don't want to abandon their character they played for 10/15/20+ years and have a history in their mind and a huge amount mounts and titles and transmogs. Abandoning all of your time invested into WoW and starting over from scratch in a reboot/sequel game would be demoralizing.

[blaatschaap]

I wonder if "Void Hunter" is just a moniker to describe Alleria, or could be a Hero talent tree for Hunters.

We need to see more of Alleria's abilities. Maybe she can weave the Void into her fighting style in a unique way that justifies Hunters getting a "Void Hunter" hero talent tree.

You are definitely onto something here

[Makorus]

I guess we're still be seeing more, but these new dwarves just like mag'har orcs should just be new customization options for dwarves that you can unlock.

The fact that they are double-downing on "Races that should be customization but aren't" is strange to me.

[Pinksocking]

'Return to the old world' is an entirely natural way of describing old zones being made relevant.

Based on your other posts, methinks you were just looking for something additional to rage about. Confirmation bias is a helluva drug.

Yep

Y'all bugging if u think they're only revamping quel'thalas

He literally said return to the old world ...

The final expansion is northrend

Y'all don't think it's gonna be revamped?

C'mon son

[Kathranis]

Avaloren being fake is my favorite part of all this. Good riddance.

Avaloren isn't "fake" -- it's been namedropped in the lore more than once now. It will probably be a location connected to the new continent. Maybe one of the patch zones.

[Baraden]

WoW 2 won't happen. People are invested in their WoW 1 characters. WoW requires a huge time investment, that to just abandon that would be a huge loss. People don't want to abandon their character they played for 10/15/20+ years and have a history in their mind and a huge amount mounts and titles and transmogs. Abandoning all of your time invested into WoW and starting over from scratch in a reboot/sequel game would be demoralizing.

But people did exactly that with classic

[Pinksocking]

Avaloren isn't fake, but will probably be a location somewhere connected to the new continent. Maybe one of the patch zones.

No it was very clearly fake lol nice trying to move goal posts tho

[AOL Instant Messenger]

I'm pretty sure I said that a new class was unlikely in this expansion. Also I did say Nerubians would be in the picture. As for Undermine, that could very well appear in a future patch.

Honestly, now that I've had time to learn more about what the expansion actually entails, I'm definitely thinking those new "nerubians"—insofar as we're supposed to be convinced these things are nerubians—are going to be playable. I have to grant you credit for the Cassandra insight you displayed in an earlier thread about a potential nerubian race, since the only reason I can feasibly imagine them making these things look nothing like nerubians is that they wanted to make them playable. I think they look a bit terrible and I'm a bit baffled they didn't just make them a new aqir race exclusively associated with Xal'atath given they don't even look or feel like what they're supposed to be, but I can tolerate them more than the dracthyr. Definitely hope some have more spider-like facial features, though, because the face just looks jarringly generic and awful.

[Chickat]

Loved the cinematic. Anduin is shedding his boyish features. Looks more like a man now, and what else can I say but green Jesus. Thrall was awesome.

He went from cute to hot. Needing a shower, but hot.

[hattahat]

My speculations on the revealed expansion stories.

At the end of The War Within, Xal'atath succeeds in corrupting Azeroth into a Void entity, resulting in Azeroth being engulfed by the Void and the beginning of Midnight.

The heroes of Azeroth rely on the power of light to drive back the Void, and they use the Sunwell as a means to do so. And no matter what the outcome of that war, Titans arrive who realizes this too late: The Last Titan.

As expected, Azeroth is not inherently a Titan; the Worldsoul can embrace any of the six cosmic powers, and the current Azeroth is simply being Titanized because the Titans got to it first (or last).

[Kiivar86]

Avaloren isn't "fake" -- it's been namedropped in the lore more than once now. It will probably be a location connected to the new continent. Maybe one of the patch zones.

Hell it was introduced in the same way as a place we're going in The War Within.

It'll come at some point.

[Makorus]

No it was very clearly fake lol nice trying to move goal posts tho

Avaloren isn't fake, it's an actual thing that exists in the game.

[ChairmanKaga]

Anyone seen if they are doing another boxed CE?

[blaatschaap]

Yep

Y'all bugging if u think they're only revamping quel'thalas

He literally said return to the old world ...

The final expansion is northrend

Y'all don't think it's gonna be revamped?

C'mon son

Yeah, lol, as if they'd be content letting us run and fly around all these old ass looking zones in 2026

[Teriz]

Anyway, you think tinkers will be a hero spec for hunters? Prob shared between BM and Surv

We'll have to wait and see. It'd be hilarious if Undermine is in 11.1 or 11.2 and they release a Tinker class mid-expansion.

[Baraden]

Could the Isle of Dorn just be a different name for Avaloren?

[The Stormbringer]

WoW 2 won't happen. People are invested in their WoW 1 characters. WoW requires a huge time investment, that to just abandon that would be a huge loss. People don't want to abandon their character they played for 10/15/20+ years and have a history in their mind and a huge amount mounts and titles and transmogs. Abandoning all of your time invested into WoW and starting over from scratch in a reboot/sequel game would be demoralizing.

I'm personally not expecting a full reboot, with a new engine and everything in the old game left in maintenance mode. More likely, I'm expecting a soft reboot, with the whole world revamped and loads of evergreen content systems added. Make every world, every continent relevant some way. That's what I hope for, at least.

[FossilFree]

Yeah, I am very interested in the Hunter hero talents. If there's nothing like that, then we still have a glaring hole in class lineup.

It's that mountain thane for warriors that has me thinking that. I do think it would be called artificer simply because it needs to apply to all hunters, but I still wouldn't be surprised if they just called it tinkers for familiarity's sake.