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

[doledippers]

That is not important enough to warrant a milking mystery campaign.

like you said, this is unprecedented, so thats just youre ascribed value on what you think is "enough to warrant it". Everyone has opinions bro, including you. This is one of them. cheers

[Cheezits]

A longer-than-usual communications pause after a poorly received patch is not a great look, but considering that the 10.2.7 stuff is ALREADY IN THE FILES (or at least a good portion: Timerunning and the heritage quest NPCs are in 10.2.5) and not 10.2.6, they must be banking that the contents are worth the dip.

So when do we start talking about how the big Microsoft/Xbox news will impact WoW? Will it at all?

[milkmustache]

A longer-than-usual communications pause after a poorly received patch is not a great look, but considering that the 10.2.7 stuff is ALREADY IN THE FILES (or at least a good portion: Timerunning and the heritage quest NPCs are in 10.2.5) and not 10.2.6, they must be banking that the contents are worth the dip.

So when do we start talking about how the big Microsoft/Xbox news will impact WoW? Will it at all?

If you're referring to the potential of no more Xbox, then it could possibly kill off the WoW on console debate.

[Cheezits]

If you're referring to the potential of no more Xbox, then it could possibly kill off the WoW on console debate.

Probably for the best.

[Dracullus]

A longer-than-usual communications pause after a poorly received patch is not a great look, but considering that the 10.2.7 stuff is ALREADY IN THE FILES (or at least a good portion: Timerunning and the heritage quest NPCs are in 10.2.5) and not 10.2.6, they must be banking that the contents are worth the dip.

So when do we start talking about how the big Microsoft/Xbox news will impact WoW? Will it at all?

Where this patch was "poorly received"? In Asmongold comment section?

But yeah, all these teasing for minor patch is starting to be ridicolous. Maybe I'll eat my words, but I don't think it can be something grand either, window for PTR is geting smaller every week since we expect patch mid/late March. And looking at Diablo 4, I don't want WoW ever to drop PTR phase.

[Cheezits]

Where this patch was "poorly received"? In Asmongold comment section?

But yeah, all these teasing for minor patch is starting to be ridicolous. Maybe I'll eat my words, but I don't think it can be something grand either, window for PTR is geting smaller every week since we expect patch mid/late March. And looking at Diablo 4, I don't want WoW ever to drop PTR phase.

While follower dungeons are indeed good tech, and dragonriding in the old world is great, the main gameplay features of the patch (Epilogue and Gilneas) were lambasted for being either too short and/or poor quality. Also the patch is riddled with bugs.

It is easily the worst-received patch this expansion.

[doledippers]

surely tomorrow we get some stealth news that they omitted from this week in wow

copium

[epigramx]

I speculate that they must do something with the 3 day early access fiasco. It's an ethical barrier for a lot of people and it must be addressed one way or another officially (if it's not just silently removed from the packages).

I personally am on the fence if I will even play so for people like myself it's a real deciding factor because it's that little thing that pushes over the edge in feeling this is an unethical business that doesn't need support.

[Ersula]

oh cool, youre assuming what i think itll be. i never once said thats what itll be. I actually think itll be a patch zone like forbidden reach with some fun borrowed power system similar to the annulet to make season 4 easy and fun. Thats been my take for a long time. But good job just randomly assuming you know what im thinking, you couldnt be more wrong

After a whole expansion who's most vocal criticism is making new zones instantly irrelevant, imagine them adding a new zone after the expansion's epilogue & not even tied to a tier: Easily making the fastest irrelevant zone, ever, in the history of wow.

[Lady Atia]

After a whole expansion who's most vocal criticism is making new zones instantly irrelevant, imagine them adding a new zone after the expansion's epilogue & not even tied to a tier: Easily making the fastest irrelevant zone, ever, in the history of wow.

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If they add a zone with 10.2.6 it will still be relevant for the last months of season 3 aswell as the whole of season 4, basically making it a timeless isle 2.0.

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I speculate that they must do something with the 3 day early access fiasco. It's an ethical barrier for a lot of people and it must be addressed one way or another officially (if it's not just silently removed from the packages).

I personally am on the fence if I will even play so for people like myself it's a real deciding factor because it's that little thing that pushes over the edge in feeling this is an unethical business that doesn't need support.

What fiasco? The early access is fine lol, it would be a bigger shitshow if they revert it.

[doledippers]

Reckon there will be 10.2.6 news tonight?

The wait is getting silly at this point.

id like to think so, but they didnt put it on this week in wow. im on the copium i think we get something this week

[Jaggler]

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If they add a zone with 10.2.6 it will still be relevant for the last months of season 3 aswell as the whole of season 4, basically making it a timeless isle 2.0.

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What fiasco? The early access is fine lol, it would be a bigger shitshow if they revert it.

This. I haven't heard anybody complain about early access since a few days after it dropped.

[Lady Atia]

This. I haven't heard anybody complain about early access since a few days after it dropped.

Yeah, and honestly, it's so weird that some people want Blizzard to not deliver on promised perks of something .... like, why would you ever want that oO. It's like people buying a kickstarter and being angry that the extra goodies get unlocked or something.

[Lahis]

Reckon there will be 10.2.6 news tonight?

The wait is getting silly at this point.

I'm sure some dev will post few

[Murlocos]

id like to think so, but they didnt put it on this week in wow. im on the copium i think we get something this week

bro cooked

[Lady Atia]

So, no 10.2.6. PTR for the first phase of it, confirmed.

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

The idea that they will be able to provide a better story within 18 months is still the most crackpot thing I've ever seen from marketing. Just market game features and game content instead of caring about the story.

The story sucking will continue no matter what due to the squeezed 18 month timeline. I am baffled that they keep thinking that this Saga is marketable, it will flop when the crunch and lack of major patches will make it obscenely clear how clownish of a marketing push this is.

Ion telling us that the story didn't matter at the end of The War Within is going to backfire so hard when he has to make that as a statement to explain their decisionmaking on the Story and the lack of major patches.

Also lol at still not being transparent with your community about what happened with 10.2 and Dragonflight and just continuing wibbly wobblying about how everythings' great.

[Lady Atia]

https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com...ld-of-warcraft

Oh, jfc. So no news or content until MARCH?

Why the hell have they been teasing us for weeks if nothing is imminent?

Chill, we all told you the timeline but you were adamant you were right haha.

[johnnyd2]

maybe it will be Retail/Classic collection integration or something like that? We did see the "Bugs" of the Arborwyrm mount and some other REtail only things appearing in Classic as well.

[Nymrohd]

https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com...ld-of-warcraft

Oh, jfc. So no news or content until MARCH?

Why the hell have they been teasing us for weeks if nothing is imminent?

How many people even know they are teasing us? I am pretty sure the number of people who are that much focused on speculation is minuscule.