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

[Cheezits]

If they turn SMC into a combat area the fanbase is going to implode. People are still seething about no chill phase for Suramar.

Also I suspect that if we get two patches, the midpatch will be dealing with the sea monsters attacking Arathi. They don't seem to be a big focus yet.

[Vakir]

They're not going to reset all of Azeroth. Cataclysm damaged Azeroth and was contentious, and not just because you couldn't visit the old content. Going back to start and revisiting all of those events is a neat idea for a side story or something, albeit we've already done it a few times.

14.0 will almost certainly be a story and core zone reboot, though. But probably just a time passage with consequences and continuations from the last 20 years of the game.

[Zankai27]

Weird thought. But is TWW going to be the most urban expansion in the game? Both Hallowfall and Azj'Kahet seem to be mostly city of some sort. And Isle of Dorn seems to be heavily urbanized as well.

Definitely, even the Ringing Deeps has a mechanized city vibe to it. It's where all the Earthen engineers are

[Nymrohd]

Weird thought. But is TWW going to be the most urban expansion in the game? Both Hallowfall and Azj'Kahet seem to be mostly city of some sort. And Isle of Dorn seems to be heavily urbanized as well.

Honestly Isle of Dorn seems visually so similar to Markath in Skyrim and ESO.

[Cheezits]

Weird thought. But is TWW going to be the most urban expansion in the game? Both Hallowfall and Azj'Kahet seem to be mostly city of some sort. And Isle of Dorn seems to be heavily urbanized as well.

Probably, the only zone without a big city is Ringing Deeps. Personally love the approach.

[Valysar]

Funny enough, if you zoom in on this screenshot, you can see Talanji in the back.

Maybe a placeholder, maybe a spoiler.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F-C3sDza...name=4096x4096

Well we're continuing BfA story so I guess we'll see more BfA characters, like Nathan... oh wait.

Hope that's not a placeholer tho, I like Talanji, maybe we'll see Flynn again !

[Sondrelk]

Answer: Yes.

As is tradition. MMOs give us stuff we need to punch, and that means using hostile versions of any given visual kit. There's a trope for it.

Even the What's Next panel made fun of "boy, sure would suck if there's division." If there's a faction in WoW, it has division and a bad version.



Maybe. I get the sense this is going to be a 2 raid expansion to accompany the faster timeline, but I could be wrong.

If they are the second raid, though, maybe Xal turns to corrupting the light crystal which ends up meaning she allies with them.

As I stated before, if I were making these expansions, and what I would expect Blizzard to do. Is two raids and a megadungeon.

Impossible to say though. The fact that the developers gave the full six years for the expansion to end at least seems to imply they are leaving room for each one taking the full two years, rather than 12 or 18 months like many are expecting.

[Ersula]

Dks get san'layn. Now that is my area.

Curious.

I don't know what's weirder, that DK got San'layn even though that's a Priest Talent. Or why either class has it considering it's just the elven word for vampire.

If they want these hero talents to make your build feel more unique they need a lot of work. All of Warrior, Death Knight, Demon Hunter & Druid's options just sound like synonyms of the specializations they already have.

[pacotaco]

See, a blademaster comes with a very specific set of abilities that do not current coexist in any single class. Arms has bladestorm, Enchancement has elemental wolves, Monk effectively has Mirror Image.

Yeah, Blademaster is like a mix between arms, windwalker and rogue.

[allegrian]

I was excited for dwarven zones/lore/aesthetics (and lol I love the engineering stuff and customizable flying machine) but it was a given with leaks already. Now what I really love that didn't expect at all is the arathi zone that gives huge Anor londo + steampunk vives and as a Human Paladin main since 2010, it's totally my jam. I wan that plate set ASAP

[Cheezits]

I don't know what's weirder, that DK got San'layn even though that's a Priest Talent. Or why either class has it considering it's just the elven word for vampire.

Have you run ICC lately?

[Dhomeli]

What's the story here?

Less panels, difficult to get into arena for the panels there are due to limited seating. I miss the art/sound/cinematic types of panels. While they touted this year as having more “experiences” I feel like it has fell short. Mainly the usual demos, darkmoon faire, and then some exhibits and photo ops.

[Cheezits]

I was excited for dwarven zones/lore/aesthetics (and lol I love the engineering stuff and customizable flying machine) but it was a given with leaks already. Now what I really love that didn't expect at all is the arathi zone that gives huge Anor londo + steampunk vives and as a Human Paladin main since 2010, it's totally my jam. I wan that plate set ASAP

I think it's a really nice touch that, supposedly, the tech in Hallowsfall is all-Human originals that they didn't rely on Gnomes or Dwarves for. Unless they asked the Earthen to make them.

And it's confirmed they run on Holy Flame which is badass.

[Sondrelk]

Probably, the only zone without a big city is Ringing Deeps. Personally love the approach.

I love urban zones, so it's definitely interesting. Though it does make me anxious about Dragonriding potentially being too powerful. I want reasons to experience the cities from the ground.

[Vakir]

I was excited for dwarven zones/lore/aesthetics (and lol I love the engineering stuff and customizable flying machine) but it was a given with leaks already. Now what I really love that didn't expect at all is the arathi zone that gives huge Anor londo + steampunk vives and as a Human Paladin main since 2010, it's totally my jam. I wan that plate set ASAP

If that isn't an available set for plate, I am going to set holy fire to the corporate offices of Blizzard.

I'm kidding, this is not a confession if something like that happens.

Hopefully it gets a decent transfer from concept, though. Looking at you, some Heritage sets. :/

I think Art Book Crystalforge to TBC release Crystalforge is the biggest glow-down of all time.

[Sondrelk]

I was excited for dwarven zones/lore/aesthetics (and lol I love the engineering stuff and customizable flying machine) but it was a given with leaks already. Now what I really love that didn't expect at all is the arathi zone that gives huge Anor londo + steampunk vives and as a Human Paladin main since 2010, it's totally my jam. I wan that plate set ASAP

I am going to be shocked if that plate set doesnt come with a recolour that makes it look even more like the Judgment set.

[Cheezits]

Very curious where that armor is going to come from, it's very detailed so I doubt it is the leveling gear. But maybe not?

Delves armor because the Delve mount is an Arathi machine?

[allegrian]

If that isn't an available set for plate, I am going to set holy fire to the corporate offices of Blizzard.

I'm kidding, this is not a confession if something like that happens.

Hopefully it gets a decent transfer from concept, though. Looking at you, some Heritage sets. :/

Nah those are totally obtanaible sets, this image is more of a armor set preview than a npc race preview, they are even sorted in the classic Plate > Mail > Leather > Cloth order.

The 10.2 questing sets transfered super well from concept to ingame from what I've seen in wowhead, and most of them are cooler than the actual raid tier sets.

[Sauredfangs]

Can characters of different factions(Alliance/Horde) be in the same warband?

[Well Done Steak]

So I wonder if we'll be getting an exp reveal blizzcon 2024 and 2025