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

[Makabreska]

if they did this, it would be a huge mistake imo.

I mean, secret is secret. I really expect them to only reveal 10.2.6 date anyway.

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

Dev updates have all been substantially about the future of the game past current, I doubt it would be S4 unless its a complete revamp of Fated/S4. Obviously, this is not some precedent though but I'd be surprised but it is the only viable option outside of 10.2.7 (Why?) / TWW Alpha (I guess? But really?).

I mean hypothetically it is likely S4 though? I could see if the S4 Formula has improved that it could be article worthy, there is the World Content for S4? Who knows.

[Lahis]

They actually made the development post already, but since 10.2.6 is such a big secret, they put the post under NDA, printed it out on invisible ink and shut it in a dafe at the deepest level of Blizzard campus.

[Nightshade711]

I think people are blowing it outta proportion for now.

It’s not even 2pm PST yet, they’ve still got plenty of time to post.
I mean someone before mentioned that some past articles even dropped after 4pm PST.

[Makorus]

Dev updates have all been substantially about the future of the game past current, I doubt it would be S4. Obviously, this is not some precedent though but I'd be surprised but it is the only viable option outside of 10.2.7 (Why?) / TWW Alpha (I guess? But really?).

I mean hypothetically it is likely S4 though? I could see if the S4 Formula has improved that it could be article worthy, there is the World Content for S4? Who knows.

Why would they put S4 under "Development Update" when we literally had a S4 post on Tuesday that was specifically labelled as such?

[doledippers]

I mean, secret is secret. I really expect them to only reveal 10.2.6 date anyway.

as someone else just mentioned, "in development" posts are always about the next patch. for them to put that on this week in wow, it comes with the expectation that its about 10.2.6, and they know that

also this:

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

Why would they put S4 under "Development Update" when we literally had a S4 post on Tuesday that was specifically labelled as such?

To be fair, I'd rather just play it safe than assume the whole Roadmap overlaps mean that they are going to drop 10.2.7 info and TWW Alpha info in this article. But, that remains a possibility as well.

I'm mostly just fascinated about what they end up doing at this point.

[Makorus]

as someone else just mentioned, "in development" posts are always about the next patch. for them to put that on this week in wow, it comes with the expectation that its about 10.2.6, and they know that

I mean, it could very well be about 10.2.7 or TWW, both which are things in development.

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To be fair, I'd rather just play it safe than assume the whole Roadmap overlaps mean that they are going to drop 10.2.7 info and TWW Alpha info in this article. But, that remains a possibility as well.

I'm mostly just fascinated about what they end up doing at this point.

I personally expect a small overview of 10.2.6 and 10.2.7 and a "TWW Alpha next week!".

[ImTheMizAwesome]

They actually made the development post already, but since 10.2.6 is such a big secret, they put the post under NDA, printed it out on invisible ink and shut it in a dafe at the deepest level of Blizzard campus.

Eventually it will be released as QR code and it will be attached to next GTA 6 trailer video.

[doledippers]

I mean, it could very well be about 10.2.7 or TWW, both which are things in development.

true, but that would come with a level of tone deafness in the face of community frustration regarding 10.2.6 that i personally dont believe they would do that

[Makorus]

true, but that would come with a level of tone deafness in the face of community frustration regarding 10.2.6 that i personally dont believe they would do that

The community frustration is completely unfounded though, for once. What does the playerbase gain from getting info about a patch Blizzard wants us to go in blind and wants to be a surprise? Just kinda reeks of entitlement tbf.

[doledippers]

The community frustration is completely unfounded though, for once.

whether thats true or not i ultimately don't think it matters. if someone is mad for a stupid reason it still is a bad move to do something you know will make them even more mad

[Makorus]

whether thats true or not i ultimately don't think it matters. if someone is mad for a stupid reason it still is a bad move to do something you know will make them even more mad

Who cares? The people who are mad are gonna cry regardless, not matter what Blizz does. Best not to give into them.

Realistically, they have no ground you stand on anyway.

"You didn't give us information about the free patch >!" ???? How is that an argument

[Lahis]

I doubt 10.2.6 will shadowdrop today, because EU is already going to sleep.

It doesn't matter when it drops. The true EU experience for all new WoW content is to read it from WoWhead once the US servers are up.

[Nightshade711]

I’m expecting:
10.2.6 news / overview.
10.2.7 PTR date (if it isn’t released asap)
TWW alpha date

[doledippers]

Who cares? The people who are mad are gonna cry regardless, not matter what Blizz does. Best not to give into them.

Realistically, they have no ground you stand on anyway.

"You didn't give us information about the free patch >!" ???? How is that an argument

i mean blizzard apparently cared enough to openly address it multiple times, which is why i just find it confusing that they're riling up those people again with the announcement not being at the usual time, thats all

[Makabreska]

whether thats true or not i ultimately don't think it matters. if someone is mad for a stupid reason it still is a bad move to do something you know will make them even more mad

With this reasoning Blizz wouldn't be able to implement ANYTHING.

[Makorus]

i mean blizzard apparently cared enough to openly address it multiple times, which is why i just find it confusing that they're riling up those people again with the announcement not being at the usual time, thats all

Blizzard addressing it boiled down to "Calm down, let us cook."

[doledippers]

With this reasoning Blizz wouldn't be able to implement ANYTHING.

idk how you can come to this conclusion unless you misunderstood what i said. the mad person in that analogy is the community at large, do you think blizzard would've responded to it 2 times if it were just a few random people bitching about it? thats my whole point, it seems pretty obvious to me that a large part of the playerbase feels this way. It's not like a fringe complaint, this is a pretty commonly echoed sentiment

[Makorus]

idk how you can come to this conclusion unless you misunderstood what i said. the mad person in that analogy is the community at large, do you think blizzard would've responded to it 2 times if it were just a few random people bitching about it? thats my whole point, it seems pretty obvious to me that a large part of the playerbase feels this way. It's not like a fringe complaint, this is a pretty commonly echoed sentiment

It definitely isn't the "community at large". It's a few unhinged people on Twitter who refuse to unsub when there's nothing to do for them because they think they aren't real gamers anymore if they unsub, and therefore think Blizzard is scamming them.

The majority of the player base just stops playing WoW and plays something else when they are bored.