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

[doledippers]

Fuck it, no more patches, only books. World of Warcraft tarot card deck and guidebook releasing this year as well, by Sonic the Hedgehog's lead writer. I don't think it'll have anything to do with TWW, but we're maybe seeing a preview of anniversary advertising.

pretty neat, im sure itll have some stunning art. prob gonna hold off on pre ordering until we can see some previews of the illustrations

[Kiivar86]

I do love tarot aesthetics, so I may buy this.

Edit: week in wow posted, nothing much. Quiet week.

[Reive]

nothing this week
next one is about classic hardcore

see you guys in 2 weeks i guess

[Nightmare Queen]

Fuck it, no more patches, only books. World of Warcraft tarot card deck and guidebook releasing this year as well, by Sonic the Hedgehog's lead writer. I don't think it'll have anything to do with TWW, but we're maybe seeing a preview of anniversary advertising.

Damn, really?
I love collecting Tarot cards, I may have to buy this lol

[ChairmanKaga]

I apologize for doing this but I don't think I can search back through this thread effectively.

On the 2024 road map months ago, there was a Skull and Crossbones/Pirate Logo thing without text explanation for sometime around now or coming up. What did that turn out to be?

I took a break for a few months and haven't been paying attention.

[doledippers]

I apologize for doing this but I don't think I can search back through this thread effectively.

On the 2024 road map months ago, there was a Skull and Crossbones/Pirate Logo thing without text explanation for sometime around now or coming up. What did that turn out to be?

I took a break for a few months and haven't been paying attention.

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

tldr; theyre keeping it a secret, no ptr, will release in march, something experimental

[ChairmanKaga]

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

tldr; theyre keeping it a secret, no ptr, will release in march, something experimental

Ah, thank you.

[Enrif]

About the exploring azeroth books, we also seem to get a collection containing all of the exploring azeroth books in one place:

https://www.amazon.com/World-Warcraf.../dp/1956916555

[Lorgar Aurelian]

About the exploring azeroth books, we also seem to get a collection containing all of the exploring azeroth books in one place:

https://www.amazon.com/World-Warcraf.../dp/1956916555

As some one with the already released ones that seems like it would be an annoyingly thick book to put on a shelf.

[Enrif]

As some one with the already released ones that seems like it would be an annoyingly thick book to put on a shelf.

I guess it will be a slip case with the individual books inside it. Like those lord of the rings or Harry Potter collections

[Lorgar Aurelian]

I guess it will be a slip case with the individual books inside it. Like those lord of the rings or Harry Potter collections

That hadn't crossed my mind but it would make sense I suppose.

[Lady Atia]

It's like back in the months prior to BlizzCon right now, with no news or new content. So boring.

But once 10.2.6 and the alpha arrive, it'll be a nonstop stream of information all the way until release.

Only about 3 months to go before BlizzCon 2024 should be announced as well.

Yeah tbf, it's weird the choose to go silent right before the Alpha instead of after it. No one would have minded the "secret patch" once we had a juicy first TWW build to go through, but before that? Baffling joice, especially as we will have 10.2.6, Alpha and 10.2.7 right after each other with nothing for February ...

[Reive]

I really hope this secret patch is good otherwise they will (once again) prove themselves out of touch with their playerbase. can't go silent for months, teasing left and right only to deliver something lame

[Foolicious]

I really hope this secret patch is good otherwise they will (once again) prove themselves out of touch with their playerbase. can't go silent for months, teasing left and right only to deliver something lame

I really hope so too. It feels like they threw away their promise to work on hero talents asap for that patch so i hope its a good one.

[Woggmer]

Yeah tbf, it's weird the choose to go silent right before the Alpha instead of after it. No one would have minded the "secret patch" once we had a juicy first TWW build to go through, but before that? Baffling joice, especially as we will have 10.2.6, Alpha and 10.2.7 right after each other with nothing for February ...

Like I can understand that they don't want retail to overshadow stuff with Classic... but the only major thing is Season of Discovery, Hardcore isn't as interesting even if it was limited because it's just classic under a different coat of paint.

Even worse is that the Hearthstone 10th Anniversary event is happening at the tail end of February.

[Lady Atia]

Like I can understand that they don't want retail to overshadow stuff with Classic... but the only major thing is Season of Discovery, Hardcore isn't as interesting even if it was limited because it's just classic under a different coat of paint.

Even worse is that the Hearthstone 10th Anniversary event is happening at the tail end of February.

Actually, for WoW it's happening in March, so at the same time as the new patch haha.

[Woggmer]

Actually, for WoW it's happening in March, so at the same time as the new patch haha.

Unless they release a new set of Hero Talents for people examine, this may as well be a dead month for retail until March.

[Lady Atia]

Yeah I don't get how they don't realise that datamining is part of the content nowadays. You savour the new stuff online for a few weeks or months, then you play through it.

This idea of just having sudden patches drop on you out of nowhere for the surprise factor might sound good on paper, but in reality it's boring as heck.

The thing is, a surprise patch is good if you have something else to preview in the meantime, which would be the TWW alpha. And no, I don't consider anything "classic" to be worthwhile content as long as I cant copy my classic chars over to the real wow lol.

[Cheezits]

People's biggest complaints on hero talents, that they aren't class skins, are never going to be addressed because they clearly aren't doing class skins nor do they want to or are able to (most likely option, especially as they are doing multiple expansions at once and the art team will be stretched thin).

[fooliuscaesar13]

Yeah I don't get how they don't realise that datamining is part of the content nowadays. You savour the new stuff online for a few weeks or months, then you play through it.

This idea of just having sudden patches drop on you out of nowhere for the surprise factor might sound good on paper, but in reality it's boring as heck.

I get where you're coming from, but I'm of the opposite opinion. I love datamining, and as you said: you savor the new stuff for some time before release and then play it, but I feel like that has also ruined online gaming to a degree. I also feel like it has ruined the community a bit as well, because now we expect to be able to know what's coming next. Whether that's an evolution or devolution is up to debate.
For a lot of us, who browse this site and others, a good bit of what's next is often spoiled (spoiler tags or not) by these sites we love to browse and engage in. And while it is simple to just not view these sites, because of the nature of targeted advertising and suggestive topics by our devices/browsers...it's almost impossible to remain completely in the dark about something coming out that you're excited for.
For that reason, I like the idea of surprise patches and/or something completely hidden/encrypted. They're still building some hype with the mystery of "hey, here's something secretive coming up soon!", which is nice, and you know it's coming soon-ish.
My only worry, and it's possibly a worry of others as well, is the lack of PTR could create more bugs than usual making it to the live servers. That aside? I love the idea of surprise patches/hidden content. Gives me the nostalgic feeling of what WoW was like before everything was in your face and easily searched.