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

[Fahrad Wagner]

I'm surprised by this and at the same time I'm not! Would I have asked for this? Probably not. But it does look like fun and I'll probably play it to get the rewards anyway!
It's cool they're trying fresh things in WoW

[Nymrohd]

If stealth even be in that mode. And borders are closing by time, so you should sit on centre.

Seems the main idea is to just open chests anyway more than combat.

Y'all think this is in any way canon? Affects lore?

[Ersula]

The WoWcast video also shows that there is a storm.

Speaking of which they said this was partially inspired by community discourse. Before Blizzcon people were expecting Pirates & storms. Pirate Storm was said a lot. But that wasn't very long ago.

Could they have really developed this whole thing starting in October? Or is it just the name?

[Cheezits]

By the way, if this comes back with multiple seasonal themes, do we think they will keep the pirate name and power themes or will they change it up?

A nerubian themed season would be really cool.

[Gurahk]

I'll be honest, as jaded as I am at times, this looks neat.
Unlockable spells in a BR format looks fun, doesn't look like you need PvP knowledge for this either.

[allegrian]

You actually play in a "separate" game mode from wow, with its own created characters, wow.

[Sondrelk]

Speaking of which they said this was partially inspired by community discourse. Before Blizzcon people were expecting Pirates & storms. Pirate Storm was said a lot. But that wasn't very long ago.

Could they have really developed this whole thing starting in October? Or is it just the name?

A battle royale battleground has been speculated about for years by now, so not surprised that they talk about how this satisfies the community rumours.

[Pyrophax]

How in the world did you manage to take that away from the announcement?

Like - completely new mode, with 7 buttons max, no need to press any button to rez, all that action-based combat like in old DMC game? Without AddOns? Without old characters?
It reeks console gaming.

[Darkarath]

By the way, if this comes back with multiple seasonal themes, do we think they will keep the pirate name and power themes or will they change it up?

A nerubian themed season would be really cool.

Yeah they could change themes and it would be awesome!! I want a Scourge theme!! A Legion theme!!

If the system works they could add one every PvP season. But let us see how long the excitement lasts.

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Like - completely new mode, with 7 buttons max, no need to press any button to rez, all that action-based combat like in old DMC game? Without AddOns? Without old characters?
It reeks console gaming.

I have to agree with you and I am excited about the possibilities.

[Sondrelk]

By the way, if this comes back with multiple seasonal themes, do we think they will keep the pirate name and power themes or will they change it up?

A nerubian themed season would be really cool.

If this is successful I could see this becoming a PvP adjacent thing in-game.

[Ersula]

Like - completely new mode, with 7 buttons max, no need to press any button to rez, all that action-based combat like in old DMC game? Without AddOns? Without old characters?
It reeks console gaming.

Which I don't mind but.....this does seem like something that belongs in Heroes of the Storm, if they were still supporting that game.

[Cheezits]

Front page datamining is up. Cool things include Taivan (Bakar service dog) as a mount, a Shadowlands Wilderling (wolf serpent) mount that can Dragonride (so cloud serpents will be able to dragonride!!!) and a Zovaal themed mount.

Also tons of eyepatches and the S4 keystone mount is an Infinite Armoredon.

[Makorus]

The biggest thing is the fact that they are implementing a "mode selector" into the game, which to me implies more such things in the future.

They wouldn't develop a way to do that for a one-time limited mode if they didn't have more plans for that.

[Sondrelk]

I'll be honest, as jaded as I am at times, this looks neat.
Unlockable spells in a BR format looks fun, doesn't look like you need PvP knowledge for this either.

The lack of required PvP knowledge is what excited me the most here. Never managed to get into PvP knowing I would have to learn the many ways to stunlock someone to be effective.

[Nymrohd]

If this is successful I could see this becoming a PvP adjacent thing in-game.

I cannot see it being anything in-game because it just works completely different to the game itself. It really is a different game in the same engine using the same assets. And it definitely feels like something that can go console and mobile. (And that's cool)
Also the idea it would take about 160-200 matches to complete the event when it is FOMO . . . How long is a match supposed to be? Given there is an exploration element and you want to build up your character, it should be lasting 15-30 minutes at least right?

[Lahis]

Wonder how long before Duo Plunderstorm boosts.

Probably already being sold.

[Ersula]

I cannot see it being anything in-game because it just works completely different to the game itself. It really is a different game in the same engine using the same assets. And it definitely feels like something that can go console and mobile. (And that's cool)

But it does give rewards to your retail characters, so it's not so extremely different from queuing for a pvp brawl.

[Cheezits]

Wait, this is really cool. The Shadowlands meta got updated- it no longer gives you Veilstrider, but gives you the only non-Glad Soul Eater mount, meaning it's evergreen and there will always be a reason to do it!

https://www.wowhead.com/news/shadowl...l-eater-338117

Hopefully we get one of these achievements for Dragonflight!

[Nymrohd]

But it does give rewards to your retail characters, so it's not so extremely different from queuing for a pvp brawl.

Also I'd assume those rewards are automatically available for the mode itself. So I start as a basic pirate but someone with 30-40 renown looks much cooler?

[micwini]

Wait, this is really cool. The Shadowlands meta got updated- it no longer gives you Veilstrider, but gives you the only non-Glad Soul Eater mount, meaning it's evergreen and there will always be a reason to do it!

https://www.wowhead.com/news/shadowl...l-eater-338117

Hopefully we get one of these achievements for Dragonflight!

Does this mean people who have the achieve already
get a free mount?