1. #55461
    I do wonder if they were tone deaf with the Nerubians and it's just a coincidence they are giving them a humanoid form. Maybe they really didn't plan on them being playable, similar to Sethrak.

    But after Dracthyr armor changes, unsure. The fact that they are the first raid means they can be made playable fairly quickly after launch content ends.

  2. #55462
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    Quote Originally Posted by Merryck View Post
    Do you all think that Old Anduin comic is set during Midnight or The Last Titan?
    Neither. I'm pretty sure they relegated it to "only one possible future" years ago and have no intention of ever making good on that panel. It's the Blizzard classic: never commit, always leave the door open for that quiet retcon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zaelsino View Post
    Neither. I'm pretty sure they relegated it to "only one possible future" years ago and have no intention of ever making good on that panel. It's the Blizzard classic: never commit, always leave the door open for that quiet retcon.
    Val: "That post won't stop me because I can't read!"

  4. #55464
    Quote Originally Posted by Vakir View Post
    But you usually need to have the setting be in service to the concept, not vice-versa.
    If you're inventing the concept from your imagination there's no reason you can't start with a setting in mind first. Like, Dragon Soul, Fury of Hellfire, Visions of N'zoth, etc.

    I think we've already had people in this thread say "Surely, the Void Invaders attacking the sunwell would have some interest in the Grave-Prison of Zakajz" aka the Forsaken starting zone.
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  5. #55465
    Quote Originally Posted by Ersula View Post
    Silithus is definitely getting updated during TWW. Maybe more. Quel'thalas is definitely joining the rest of the map, so might as well set a patch in the Plaguelands. They directly stated TLT is set in Northrend. Even by conservative estimates, at that point all they would need to do is update Hyjal & Khaz Modan regions. Then the revamp is done.
    Why would Silithus get updated? We're not going there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Izalla View Post
    See I would hate that because I don't want that stuff all over my screen looking more like a game than a world. I want the world to feel like a world as much as it can. I can hide names above people's heads and make my UI as minimalist and small as possible but I wouldn't be able to hide all the randomly placed flight crap hanging in the air. It's fine during races because races are a mini game, but I wouldn't want those filling up my zones all the time.

    Also I've literally never in all my time playing this expac noticed how someone else is flying. I don't care how good someone else is at flying, it has nothing to do with me. I just want to enjoy my own experience and my experience has nothing to do with hoping other people can tell I'm above average at it. I just want to fly and zoom and have fun.

    And I say all that as someone who has deliberately not bought flying on alts I was leveling until literally forced to by Cataclysm zone design because I like the immersion of running on the ground on a horse or whatever when I choose to as well.
    I would argue Blizzard should strive to make Dragonriding look naturally impressive, even if just to the player.
    The Stormrider ability that replaces the whirling surge is a perfect example to me. With just a bit of challenge added you end up with an ability significantly more interesting than the old one.
    It gives a bigger boost than Whirling Surge, and since you have to fly a tiny bit more risky it looks more impressive than just flying high up in the air where nothing can happen.
    The world revamp dream will never die!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Val the Moofia Boss View Post
    Metzen: "You will make your stand with the forces of the Light and banish the shadow forever!".

    Anduin is old when he leads the final battle against the shadow. He will be old in Midnight.
    There will not be such a time gap between expansions. He is now 28+ years old, but in the comic he is 70

    He needs a wife and family, he won’t be a 70-year-old virgin who has been sad all his life

  8. #55468
    Idk how people are still disappointed with TWW after believing the 4 zone island. We get Nerubian Empire, Xal'atath, Light Lore, Dwarves, Titan stuff? that's way more than expected. Or at least I expected

  9. #55469
    Quote Originally Posted by Ersula View Post
    If you're inventing the concept from your imagination there's no reason you can't start with a setting in mind first. Like, Dragon Soul, Fury of Hellfire, Visions of N'zoth, etc.
    The fuck?

    Dragon Soul made sense from the perspective of getting the thing that defined the history of the draconic races as a superweapon. Dragonblight didn't get an update just because (or at all).

    Fury of Hellfire was just a natural extension of the fact that we didn't go to Tanaan and they wanted to wrap WoD up as much as possible going into Legion. Tanaan got tweaked but you could hardly call something one patch away an "update."

    Visions of N'Zoth I will grant you because it is LITERALLY in-story fully formed from the mind rather than give us an actual reason to go to the actual Black Empire and it sucks.

    Quote Originally Posted by huth View Post
    Why would Silithus get updated? We're not going there.
    She does this. It's a fool's errand.

    Quote Originally Posted by kavikor View Post
    Idk how people are still disappointed with TWW after believing the 4 zone island. We get Nerubian Empire, Xal'atath, Light Lore, Dwarves, that's way more than expected. Or at least I expected
    When people expect the moon literally every 2 years and never learn from it, they will be disappointed.

    Goodbye and good riddance, leak season. At least for now.
    Last edited by Vakir; 2023-11-05 at 12:54 AM.

  10. #55470
    Another blizzcon, another Ion meme.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Padwarle View Post
    Another blizzcon, another Ion meme.
    Lol that's great.

  12. #55472
    To pose a simple hypothetical for Dragonriding. Would it be considered too much if the various abilities all had a tiny restriction like what the Stormriding ability does? If the ascent ability could only be used while close to a solid object, or if Vigor only recharged when reasonably close to the ground, but did so twice as fast?
    The world revamp dream will never die!

  13. #55473
    Quote Originally Posted by Ersula View Post
    I think we've already had people in this thread say "Surely, the Void Invaders attacking the sunwell would have some interest in the Grave-Prison of Zakajz" aka the Forsaken starting zone.
    I think we established that Lordaeron makes sense. It's also a fanservice paradise. It's probably the first place I'd update after Eversong if you put a gun to my head with how much people dickride it.

    We're not talking about it, though. We're talking about the other zones listed. You know that, though. You're just obfuscating.

    Quote Originally Posted by Sondrelk View Post
    To pose a simple hypothetical for Dragonriding. Would it be considered too much if the various abilities all had a tiny restriction like what the Stormriding ability does? If the ascent ability could only be used while close to a solid object, or if Vigor only recharged when reasonably close to the ground, but did so twice as fast?
    Maybe, but as an opt-in talent.

    "Daredevil" style flying, basically. I already agreed it would be wise to just put other abilities on the barrel roll, like the Stormrider but swapped.

  14. #55474
    Quote Originally Posted by huth View Post
    Why would Silithus get updated? We're not going there.
    Am I the only one here who expects the expansion that opens with the sword would have us do something involving the sword? Is the sword really just the setting for cinematic? The idea of that would be wild. It's like if after the Dragonflight cinematic they announced the actual expansion would take place on the moon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ersula View Post
    Am I the only one here who expects the expansion that opens with the sword do have us do something involving the sword? Is the sword really just the setting for cinematic? The idea of that would be wild. It's like if after the Dragonflight cinematic they announced the actual expansion would take place on the moon.
    No, I expect something too. May not be a complete revamp of the zone, but in the area something will change around the sword.

  16. #55476
    Quote Originally Posted by Ersula View Post
    Am I the only one here who expects the expansion that opens with the sword do have us do something involving the sword? Is the sword really just the setting for cinematic? The idea of that would be wild. It's like if after the Dragonflight cinematic they announced the actual expansion would take place on the moon.
    ???

    What?

    Dragonflight is very clearly about dragons, but it's explicitly a side story and setting about dragons.

    The War Within is about going underground, but it's more about the 3 expansion spanning story they're trying to sell us on more than the individual premise, because they're not doing that this time.

    (It's also a double meaning like Cataclysm was anyway. The War Within is also referring to Alleria, Anduin, their natures.)

    What you saw was more like Old Soldier, even if it's the "intro."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ersula View Post
    Am I the only one here who expects the expansion that opens with the sword would have us do something involving the sword? Is the sword really just the setting for cinematic? The idea of that would be wild. It's like if after the Dragonflight cinematic they announced the actual expansion would take place on the moon.
    I think Silithus and the sword will play a big part in the three upcoming expansions, and it'll only get dealt with on the last one.

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    I’m very interested to find out more about the hero talents.
    The Shaman and Mage ones are intriguing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hansworst View Post
    Just a funny observation; for the past few weeks I've seen some people arguing here that Blizzard would never add Avaloren to the game because it was only mentioned very briefly in the game. Now Khaz Algar is added with about the same build up and its a-okay because it's underground?
    MMO champ players are mostly like this. If someone suggests something isn't in WoW (yet), they will argue that it is ridiculous and it would never happen. They would change their mind about the same thing when Blizz announced that thing, just the next day. These things include Pandaren, cross-realm dungeons, cross-faction raids, etc.

  20. #55480
    Quote Originally Posted by Stonecloak View Post
    No, I expect something too. May not be a complete revamp of the zone, but in the area something will change around the sword.
    If so, that's not really a revamp in the sense Ersula is trying to push. A hypothetical second Cataclysm style revamp won't involve a Silithus zone that's 80% a giant doodad.

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