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

[Makorus]

I still don't see the hype of a Pandaria timewalking season.

You can replay the storyline again.

Ooookay? Outside of the cape quest, you can already do that on an alt.

Challenge Mode back. Yeah that's cool. But other than that? Idk

[Sondrelk]

I still don't see the hype of a Pandaria timewalking season.

You can replay the storyline again.

Ooookay? Outside of the cape quest, you can already do that on an alt.

Challenge Mode back. Yeah that's cool. But other than that? Idk

No one knows what it is. Just redoing the campaign again seems unlikely unless there is some twist to it. Timewalking dungeons are already a thing, and Siege of Orgrimmar as the Timewalking raid already seems confirmed. Only things left is really Challenge dungeons or some other thing.

What is most exciting though is probably that there will be an improvement to Timewalking in general, which is sorely needed now that its main draw of running old dungeons again is taken by the seasonal rotating dungeons in M+.

[Cheezits]

No one knows what it is. Just redoing the campaign again seems unlikely unless there is some twist to it. Timewalking dungeons are already a thing, and Siege of Orgrimmar as the Timewalking raid already seems confirmed. Only things left is really Challenge dungeons or some other thing.

I am guessing that the draw will be doing Pandaria content on your main as opposed to an alt (if you haven't before) as well as earning some kind of currency that allows you to buy new items.

[Nibelheimy]

Curious if perhaps time running Pandamonium could be similar to how they did a quest line with Elisande but with Garrosh.

[Woggmer]

I still don't see the hype of a Pandaria timewalking season.

You can replay the storyline again.

Ooookay? Outside of the cape quest, you can already do that on an alt.

Challenge Mode back. Yeah that's cool. But other than that? Idk

Except that it's called Timerunning
Some items that were datamined showing a staff that slows people as one of the "Timerunning" items.

I think it's less of a leisure stroll through memory lane and more like they're going to make a Pandaria Campaign Speedrun challenge. People speedrun to max level, so now they're going to make it a feature and using Pandaria as the staging ground.

[Alanar]

Not gonna lie, I'm looking forward to see what it looks like in-game

Roll animation from the monk class, spread to pets and mounts?

[Cheezits]

It can't be literally a rolling animation only as it would mean you are limited to just a few ball-type mounts.

[Dracullus]

Except that it's called Timerunning
Some items that were datamined showing a staff that slows people as one of the "Timerunning" items.

I think it's less of a leisure stroll through memory lane and more like they're going to make a Pandaria Campaign Speedrun challenge. People speedrun to max level, so now they're going to make it a feature and using Pandaria as the staging ground.

"Timerunning" could just mean "new/improved" timewalking and have nothing to do with timers or speedruns. Pointless to speculate so early.

[milkmustache]

From today's video update on 10.2.5, there's some interesting bits.

Mount and transmog from Gilneas quest is awesome and unexpected. The particular wordage of "from the domination of the Scarlet Crusade" is a cool part. As always, boy oh boy do I hope that means more Scarlet content down the line.

The epliogue quests looks like it'll be somewhat focused on the voices that Thrall and Jaina were speaking of. Maybe we'll see a bridge via Iridikron. Exciting stuff.

[Cheezits]

From today's video update on 10.2.5, there's some interesting bits.

Mount and transmog from Gilneas quest is awesome and unexpected. The particular wordage of "from the domination of the Scarlet Crusade" is a cool part. As always, boy oh boy do I hope that means more Scarlet content down the line.

The epliogue quests looks like it'll be somewhat focused on the voices that Thrall and Jaina were speaking of. Maybe we'll see a bridge via Iridikron. Exciting stuff.

Really interested in this as we've ever only really gotten one Gilneas themed mount, and it was PVP.

I'm guessing the tmog will be the golden Gilnean shield/sword (the same model as the warrior set items) but maybe we will get an invisible claw item for fist weapons?

[milkmustache]

Really interested in this as we've ever only really gotten one Gilneas themed mount, and it was PVP.

I'm guessing the tmog will be the golden Gilnean shield/sword (the same model as the warrior set items) but maybe we will get an invisible claw item for fist weapons?

My big fear is that we'll just see another horse. Alternatively, it could be Scarlet Crusade themed. A left behind warhorse. They're going hard with the Scarlet items on the Trading Post, so who knows. I think you're right about the sword and shield being the transmogs, although maybe we'll see some more to span all classes.

[Murlocos]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that the people that wrote the Forsaken lobbing plague bombs into Gilneas City to reclaim it probably did not write a storyline that is going to be well received by any party.

[Cheezits]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that the people that wrote the Forsaken lobbing plague bombs into Gilneas City to reclaim it probably did not write a storyline that is going to be well received by any party.

Cata was a long time ago.

[Murlocos]

Cata was a long time ago.

I'm talking about the preview video for 10.2.5 that just went up, where they show the Forsaken sending plague bombs against the Scarlets in Gilneas City. Hilariously, the Forsaken get more screentime in that trailer than the Gilneans.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that the people that wrote the Forsaken lobbing plague bombs into Gilneas City to reclaim it probably did not write a storyline that is going to be well received by any party.

What you don’t think “we filled your home with even more plague making it unliveable but here you can have it back” is a good idea?

[milkmustache]

Well, I guess the meat of the lead in quests for 11.0 will come in 10.2.7. Looks like we'll just get some more of the post Amirdrassil celebration questline.

Regarding the Dragonflight Epilogue quests in 10.2.5, patch notes state:

A small quest chain where players join the Aspects as they reflect on the events of Dragonflight and look to the future, are introduced to the new night elf city of Bel’ameth, and can stay awhile and listen to the conversations of key characters throughout Valdrakken.

[Varodoc]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that the people that wrote the Forsaken lobbing plague bombs into Gilneas City to reclaim it probably did not write a storyline that is going to be well received by any party.

What do you expect? There wasn't much that made the WoW Forsaken interesting in the first place, mainly because their very existence in WoW was a mistake caused by the Devs not knowing the Forsaken and Scourge were separate entities, but now they are truly the most shallow race imaginable.

The Forsaken are now pretty much just a comic supervillain group that uses blight and poison for fun in every storyline, but clearly the writers no longer treat this seriously as they did in WotLK-Cataclysm. The Modern Forsaken are pretty much just a shallow, pathetic comic relief race and token evil representation.

A far cry from their WC3 version (Sylvanas included).

[Alanar]

It can't be literally a rolling animation only as it would mean you are limited to just a few ball-type mounts.

I can see them doing that tho, I mean rolling can turn left and right. It could use a stop roll animation without the kun fu hands, but for the rest? Think about that boss in the furnace (wod one).. the Boss that looks like a gremlin and rolls around, exactly that.

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boy oh boy do I hope that means more Scarlet content down the line.

I hope as well!

I have seen, but a single picture of some scarlet corpses, Il keep it a surprise for myself.

Anyway I am ready for more!

Scarlet crusader 2023.

[Cheezits]

It being a single mount(?) does point to it being Scarlet, but it would be cool if it was a Gilneas horse for Alliance and a new undead horse (we have never gotten a new model AFAIK) for Horde.

[Throren]

Now this is super unlikely, but what if the mount is the Gilneas stagecoach people have been wanting since cata?

A man can dream

Besides that, I can't think of any other Gilneas themed things that could work as a mount besides just a horse or maybe a dynamic flying Gilneas themed gryphon?