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

[Enrif]

I see the potential of the new mode as far as Warfronts are concerned.

You were already going to the Warfronts via gunship, so it would have been a perfect fit. You would be deployed into the battlefield from the Alliance gunship, as in the Seething Shores BG.

Instead of playing your usual character, you would be playing a generic "soldier" of the Alliance who then has the option to become a Knight (Tank), Archer (Ranged DPS), Mage (Ranged DPS), Priest (Healer), SI:7 Agent (Melee DPS), and so on, through getting kills, looting resources, and levelling-up.

Maybe you could go all out and do it like the Star Wars Battlefront series, where after a certain threshold you can straight up play as a lore figure, like Anduin or Jaina or Sylvanas. I mean, Battlefront lets you go from some random mook all the way up to the Emperor, so why not go from a random footman all the way up to Anduin?

And the timeline also would have been perfect because these kind of games where all the rage back in the 2017-2019 era, which was the BfA timeline. Battlefront 2, Fortnite, Pubg, Apex Legends, all from that era.

And, you know, Warfronts would finally be PvP, which is what people expected from the mode, in a faction war expansion.

An unfortunate missed opportunity to truly turn Warfronts into something monumental and unforgettable.

i like the idea, but i see one issue. Warfronts are factions versus faction. The thing that makes Plunderstorm work, is that is everyone against everyone. Remove it, and it would feel like any other BG, where the team with more people in a location wins.

There is no real way to tie the factions, or groups and make this gameplay work as good as it does in plunderstorm.

[Cheezits]

i like the idea, but i see one issue. Warfronts are factions versus faction. The thing that makes Plunderstorm work, is that is everyone against everyone. Remove it, and it would feel like any other BG, where the team with more people in a location wins.

There is no real way to tie the factions, or groups and make this gameplay work as good as it does in plunderstorm.

It could just be a cosmetic thing where it's still free for all but you can choose what faction you look like/what base you start off in.

[Enrif]

It could just be a cosmetic thing where it's still free for all but you can choose what faction you look like/what base you start off in.

The cosmetic part, sure. But bases wouldn't work. Unless these are more like a type of shrine, a place that you can visit when you reached high enough level/plunder to upgrade.

[Lady Atia]

I really hope they add dynamic ground mounts at some point. Grinding for Taivan mount is fine, but I'll never use him

So you never play dungeons/raids/bg's/arena? Because in these, you can't use dynamic flight.

[Cheezits]

The cosmetic part, sure. But bases wouldn't work. Unless these are more like a type of shrine, a place that you can visit when you reached high enough level/plunder to upgrade.

I meant the playground base where you mess around in pre-game. Where you change your equipment, check renown, etc.

[Enrif]

I meant the playground base where you mess around in pre-game. Where you change your equipment, check renown, etc.

ok, that would make sense.

[doledippers]

https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com...oming-march-30

called it, this'll be fun to watch

[Alanar]

I’ve done about 5-6 games so far I think and only barely at Renown 2 lol I don’t really care for the rewards though so no issues there but it does seem very slow. Doubt I’ll play it much more.

I really love how some of the spells look and really hope they introduce them to retail. My Shaman and Mage would love to have them!

Kinda have the same thing. I tried it yesterday and altho I am not bad at pvp and I can find myself in such envoirments. The rewards and how slow things are.. idk if I have the strenght to even care much further. Its a huge grind and time limited. Maybe if the rewards mattered more to me.

The long coat is nice, but meh.. i want a long black coat, wothout to much bells and buttons anyway, so maybe some other time.

[Enrif]

https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com...oming-march-30

called it, this'll be fun to watch

Oh wow. a lot of streamers. and some of the team ups or funny to me.

[micwini]

https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com...oming-march-30

called it, this'll be fun to watch

Several amateur pornstars, and only very few actual popular wow streamers

[Reive]

it's funny how at least half of those streamers don't play retail anymore lol

[Makabreska]

it's funny how at least half of those streamers don't play retail anymore lol

Not sure how this matters, considering it is not a retail feature.

[Cheezits]

Really don't know why people are mad about this and think that anything else would be happening during the content drought right now.

[Reive]

Not sure how this matters, considering it is not a retail feature.

they could have at least invited people that still play wow. idk what are people like zepla and disguised toast doing there tbh

Really don't know why people are mad about this and think that anything else would be happening during the content drought right now.

it's a mix of aging playerbase that doesn't like getting out of its comfort zone and blizzard overhyping a patch that has nothing to do with majority of its players.

[Makabreska]

they could have at least invited people that still play wow. idk what are people like zepla and disguised toast doing there tbh

It's really simple. The more diverse creators group invited, the wider the event audience. People who don't play WoW will follow their favourite streamer, will see the Plunderstorm, see it requires only game sub and may decide to check it out.

[Sentynel]

It's really simple. The more diverse creators group invited, the wider the event audience. People who don't play WoW will follow their favourite streamer, will see the Plunderstorm, see it requires only game sub and may decide to check it out.

That's some next gen copium right there. All the major BR games are free to play. Who the hell would pay $15 just to try out a dumbed down version of an already dying genre.

[Makabreska]

That's some next gen copium right there. All the major BR games are free to play. Who the hell would pay $15 just to try out a dumbed down version of an already dying genre.

Well then, I'm waiting for a better explanation why would Blizz invite this set of people. It's not like every time a new expansion is near, they keep giving expansion alpha invites also to streamers who stopped playing WoW, or those who constantly shit on retail.

[Makorus]

It's really simple. The more diverse creators group invited, the wider the event audience. People who don't play WoW will follow their favourite streamer, will see the Plunderstorm, see it requires only game sub and may decide to check it out.

Happens every single time there is a streamer event.

"Oh, why did they invite X, they dont even play!"

Uh, yeah? You wanna attract an audience that is not intrinsicly familiar with WoW. The people watching/following WoW streamers probably play WoW.

[Cheezits]

That's some next gen copium right there. All the major BR games are free to play. Who the hell would pay $15 just to try out a dumbed down version of an already dying genre.

Battle Royale fans have a lot of disposable income considering they pay for separate cosmetics and battle passes. $15 for a battlepass and a month of mmo time is a steal comparatively.

[Ersula]

I don't understand why Allied races are in Plunderstorm but unlocked customizations are not. Is there some reason your avatar can't use Dark Ranger or Manari Customization or is it a bug?