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

[Cherry123]

Where is my alpha test

[Raetary]

Where is my alpha test

In the coming weeks.

[Lady Atia]

They could at least talk about what kind of gameplay it will be. Currently noone knows anything about it, yet the players handle this new feature as the big hope of casual gamers for the future.

See, they are already changing M+ to make it a better curve for casuals, and I'm all in for making Mythic raiding more accessible, because the current model of making a raid for 3 guilds and than nerfing it to the ground so that top 1k guilds can clear it after 6 months is just bullshit. It's cool that delves seem to be something more beefy for "outdoor players", but imo the game needs every pillar made for the majority of it's players, not only 1%. Atleast PVP will get Battleground Blitz next Expansion.

Thinking that delves alone will be the "feature for casual gamers" is gonna fail though, as I said, EVERY pillar needs to me more accessible, instead of trying to create consolation content. M+ does it best rn, M+20 can be done by EVERYONE if they want, and everything above just gives the hero title which is a variant of the seasonal title anyways.

[Ersula]

Because there is literally 0 reason to talk about it before the launch of alpha? Delves need actually gameplay footage from different players, not some blog post or marketing video.

On one hand I don't think it was acceptable they presented the idea of delves at blizzcon with zero gameplay footage, but on the other, there were a lot of weird takes regarding dracthyr when we only had a few clips to judge, but that was even later in the cycle than we are now.

[Nymrohd]

On one hand I don't think it was acceptable they presented the idea of delves at blizzcon with zero gameplay footage, but on the other, there were a lot of weird takes regarding dracthyr when we only had a few clips to judge, but that was even later in the cycle than we are now.

I do wonder when in the Alpha they will test delves. With Torghast and isles they could test them straight away because they were not linked to anything else but delves seem tied to the entire map. Ofc it could be just a test ethereal porting you in.

[Makabreska]

I do wonder when in the Alpha they will test delves. With Torghast and isles they could test them straight away because they were not linked to anything else but delves seem tied to the entire map. Ofc it could be just a test ethereal porting you in.

Well, you just answered your own question.

[Lahis]

I'll confess I forgot we got such a view of the world and only remembered the fraction we see from the zones we're in. Fair enough.

What a waste of Argus, all the same.

Argus was never gonna be anything but completely Fel fucked rock. It is honestly surprising that the Eredar were sentimental enough to airlift their capital away to safety before it was completely destroyed.

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They could at least talk about what kind of gameplay it will be. Currently noone knows anything about it, yet the players handle this new feature as the big hope of casual gamers for the future.

It is WoW. You go into cave, you kill shit, you loot shit, you kill bigger shit at the end.

Any puzzles they might include can't be any hard, because they need to be cleared by the lowest common demonitator.

[Nymrohd]

Oh Plunderstorm trios!

[Ersula]

I do wonder when in the Alpha they will test delves. With Torghast and isles they could test them straight away because they were not linked to anything else but delves seem tied to the entire map. Ofc it could be just a test ethereal porting you in.

This is tangentially related but during testing of Torghast they turned all cooldowns & card caps way down & it was so fun that I can't believe it never got to that point in live. Late into Shadowlands lifetime why didn't they let people get super overpowered in Torghast? I feel like it's reputation would have been way different if had actually embraced the fun people had testing it.

[Dracullus]

Argus was never gonna be anything but completely Fel fucked rock. It is honestly surprising that the Red were sentimental enough to airlift their capital away to safety before it was completely destroyed.

It was good narrative choice to start final Burning Legion expansion with them launching massive invasion on us, not spending whole thing on capital of supposed "invincible" army. It would be like spending whole Return of King in Mordor.

I didn't like one thing though, Antorus didn't felt 'grand' at all for most part and was too disjointed, more like camp than Legion HQ. Only part which felt that way was final part with Aggramar.

Oh Plunderstorm trios!

This week is probably end of WoW community focusing on Plunderstorm, so it's good they try to keep people interested for next weeks. I bet at some point they will make F2P weekend or week, that's why this card isn't used now.

[Nymrohd]

This week is probably end of WoW community focusing on Plunderstorm, so it's good they try to keep people interested for next weeks. I bet at some point they will make F2P weekend or week, that's why this card isn't used now.

Yeah, I think most people who are bothering with Plunderstorm are probably done or nearly done by now. Still I liked Plunderstorm so I want them to experiment further while it is up so if they bring it back it can be more varied.

[Cheezits]

I think Delves will be ready to test, or at least some of them will, BECAUSE they are built into the zones. AFAIK weren't all the zones open to begin with in DF alpha?

[Murlocos]

I think Delves will be ready to test, or at least some of them will, BECAUSE they are built into the zones. AFAIK weren't all the zones open to begin with in DF alpha?

No, they did focused testing where they'd only have one zone and certain classes available at a given time.

[Dracullus]

Would be amazing to get Alpha this week. But unfortunately it would take all spotlight from SoD Phase 3, so I'm afraid all we can hope for is some encrypted build.

[Nymrohd]

Would be amazing to get Alpha this week. But unfortunately it would take all spotlight from SoD Phase 3, so I'm afraid all we can hope for is some encrypted build.

I am expecting the last of the Hero Talents this week and maybe a blog that explains how bullion is gained in S4. I don't think we are getting Alpha just yet. Maybe second week of April but my bet would be third week.

[Skildar]

I am expecting the last of the Hero Talents this week and maybe a blog that explains how bullion is gained in S4. I don't think we are getting Alpha just yet. Maybe second week of April but my bet would be third week.

That would be a nice timeline, I'm as eager to see some new model datamining for TWW as to seeing some new information on how season 4 works.

[Valysar]

They have 1 month to release Alpha, still have time

[Ersula]

I just realized if Heroic difficulty is going to be the former Mythic 0...does that mean timewalking loot has to be buffed? Since it's based on heroic versions of past dungeons.

I would be perfectly happy if Timerunning is just them integrating the entirety of groupfinder content from that expansion into the current timewalking experience: Meaning all dungeons and lfr during its timewalking week. (And including Scenarios for Mists of Pandaria. They were only designed for 3 people but they were essentially dungeons.) Which would also make them relevant for weekly chests since 10.2 update. This would be easiest to do for MoP & BC first since BC had the least amount of endgame content & MoP was first (full expansion) to have LFR difficulty raids.

This might even include the old dungeons having Mythic+ versions.

[Jolly Roger]

Would be amazing to get Alpha this week. But unfortunately it would take all spotlight from SoD Phase 3, so I'm afraid all we can hope for is some encrypted build.

Isn't it normally 2 weeks after cdn anyways?
I want my release date so I can get the collector's edition

10.2.7 will have pve plunderstorm I'm guessing high seas ship fighting

I'm wondering about how long testing is gonna be

[Dracullus]

Isn't it normally 2 weeks after cdn anyways?
I want my release date so I can get the collector's edition

10.2.7 will have pve plunderstorm I'm guessing high seas ship fighting

I'm wondering about how long testing is gonna be

You won't get release day with Alpha. I checked DF, it was revealed just 2 months before launch, SL was on Gamescom '20 so very similar (SL was supposed to launch in October before delay).

My educated guess is September, If I had to guess specific date it would be 23th September (early release 20th).