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

[Lady Atia]

Voyaging Wilderling (New) - Unknown Type. Voyaging Wilderling. "These playful visitors from another realm thrive while traveling to new lands with new friends." Source: Achievement: Awakening the Dragonflight Raids

I'd say so yes.

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Zovaal's Soul Eater (New) - Unknown Type. Zovaal's Soul Eater. ""Was I a good boy?" the soul asked Zovaal. "No. I'm told you were the worst."" Source: Achievement: Back from the Beyond Category: Expansion Features

Ok that made me chuckle.

It's super cute and actually makes sense since Amirdrassil is connected to the Shadowlands. And it can dragonride!

[Nymrohd]

A new interview confirmed this is 6 weeks long.

OK that sounds SHORT for 160-200 matches and supposed 1 Renown every game day. So they expect us to play this every day nonstop??

[Kiivar86]

It's super cute and actually makes sense since Amirdrassil is connected to the Shadowlands. And it can dragonride!

Not bad though I'm not huge on it, but glad it can dragonride. I'm really optimistic about the mounts that can do so in TWW. I saw on twitter that the Hearthstone compass rose mount has dragonriding capabilities (though not active), which is something I hadn't expected.

[Ersula]

A new interview confirmed this is 6 weeks long.

Really? Not until TWW? That's pretty short.

[Marlamin]

OK that sounds SHORT for 160-200 matches and supposed 1 Renown every game day. So they expect us to play this every day nonstop??

It is 1 renown every ~4-5 matches they said, with matches being 10-15 minutes.

[infinitemeridian]

6 weeks fomo event lol nice. And I bet dollars to donuts they extend it when more people start to complain, which begs the question - what were they thinking?

[Enrif]

Oh for fucks sake... it is a damn battle royale... really?

Not a cool PvE event, no, just another Tarrens Mill vs South shore event, in essence.

....


On the bright side. It is not group based or faction based PvP. More like the Gurubashi arena. And it uses it's own gameplay systems, instead of the normal classes. This could actually make PvP a bit more bareable compared to random BGs. No longer flaming the own group, Just you alone (or with a friend), against all others...

And the rewards look juicy, that pirate outfit!

[Woggmer]

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

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

I very much doubt it. This just seems like a random game mode.

[Ersula]

6 weeks fomo event lol nice. And I bet dollars to donuts they extend it when more people start to complain, which begs the question - what were they thinking?

6 makes more sense if they have another "mode" (map) planned for it as soon as it ends. Or TWW pre-event might start at that point.

[Cheezits]

OK that sounds SHORT for 160-200 matches and supposed 1 Renown every game day. So they expect us to play this every day nonstop??

One renown a day is what they gave for casual play.

[Nymrohd]

It is 1 renown every ~4-5 matches they said, with matches being 10-15 minutes.

So we are talking between 26-49 hours.
39x4x10=1560 minutes=26 hours
39x5x15=2925 minutes=48 3/4 hours

[Raetary]

OK that sounds SHORT for 160-200 matches and supposed 1 Renown every game day. So they expect us to play this every day nonstop??

It's a rewnown every 4-5 games.

[Woggmer]

On the bright side. It is not group based or faction based PvP. More like the Gurubashi arena. And it uses it's own gameplay systems, instead of the normal classes. This could actually make PvP a bit more bareable compared to random BGs. No longer flaming the own group, Just you alone (or with a friend), against all others...

And the rewards look juicy, that pirate outfit!

Unlike most Battle Royales, this one isn't a first person/third person shooter type and seems to play more like Rumbleverse which was the only Battle Royale that didn't go the shooter route and made it into a big fighting/wrestling game.

But if any of those WoW characters starts hitting the griddy, flossing, or twerking then I'll quit WoW for good... There are some lines that shouldn't be crossed.

[Big Thanks]

around 500 plunder per game
2500 plunder for 1 renown level

This is kinda insane...they want us to spam this for weeks...

[Cheezits]

Across the Isles (New) Aid the Dragon Isles by completing the achievements below. Reward: Stormtouched Bruffalon. 40 points. Account Wide.
Army of the Fed (New) Aid the Iskaara Tuskarr by completing the achievements below. Reward: Bestowed Trawling Mammoth. 20 points. Account Wide.
Centaur of Attention (New) Aid the Maruuk Centaur by completing the achievements below. Reward: Bestowed Thunderspine Packleader. 20 points. Account Wide.
Chasing Storms in Thaldraszus Complete the Thaldraszus storm achievements below. 10 points.Account Wide.
Chasing Storms in The Azure Span Complete the Azure Span storm achievements below. 10 points.Account Wide.
Chasing Storms in the Ohn'ahran Plains Complete the Ohn'ahran Plains storm achievements below. 10 points.Account Wide.
Chasing Storms in The Waking Shores Complete the Waking Shore storm achievements below. 10 points.Account Wide.
Closing Time (New) Aid the Timewalkers by completing the achievements below. Reward: Bestowed Sandskimmer. 20 points. Account Wide.
Flight Club (New) Aid the Valdrakken Accord by completing the achievements below. Reward: Bestowed Ottuk Vanguard. 20 points. Account Wide.
Into the Storm Complete the storm achievements below. 20 points. Reward: Coralscale Salamanther. 20 points.
Storm Chaser Complete the storm achievements below. 10 points.Account Wide.
Treasures of the Emerald Dream Discover the hidden treasures within the Emerald Dream. Reward: Forest Lord's Antlers. 5 points.
Wake Me Up (New) Aid the Dragonscale Expedition and the Waking Shores by completing the achievements below. Reward: Bestowed Ohuna Spotter. 20 points. Account Wide.

Looks like they are adding a bunch of unused recolors for the Dragon Isles mounts as well as outdoor zone achievements.

[milkmustache]

This is not what I expected.

Excited that they're open to taking bold moves, disappointed this is the direction. Not what I'd have wanted, but I'll still play for sure!

Can't help but wish a lot of this time and energy went into other situations that are directly conneccted to the main game. I'm sure it'll be fun, but contrasting it with the disappointment of things like 10.2.5 and the Gilneas questlines, it's just a shame that some of the bigger things that could be a part of the main world and lore didn't get this kind of attention. Hopefully that changes with future iterations.

[Marlamin]

So we are talking between 26-49 hours.
39x4x10=1560 minutes=26 hours
39x5x15=2925 minutes=48 3/4 hours

That's less time than I spent grinding the Hearthstone boss at least.

[Enrif]

Unlike most Battle Royales, this one isn't a first person/third person shooter type and seems to play more like Rumbleverse which was the only Battle Royale that didn't go the shooter route and made it into a big fighting/wrestling game.

But if any of those WoW characters starts hitting the griddy, flossing, or twerking then I'll quit WoW for good... There are some lines that shouldn't be crossed.

Ashes of Creation made an MMO battle royale to test their systems, but it's true, most of the BR games are shooter focused.

I think, this event can easier be thought of as a Gurubashi Arena/ these PvP World Quest free for all arenas. Just, a whole zone, and actual rewards for it.

[Nymrohd]

That's less time than I spent grinding the Hearthstone boss at least.

Damn that's sad

[Cheezits]

. I'm sure it'll be fun, but contrasting it with the disappointment of things like 10.2.5 and the Gilneas questlines, it's just a shame that some of the bigger things that could be a part of the main world and lore didn't get this kind of attention. Hopefully that changes with future iterations.

That's unfortunately what happens when a dev team is split between three expansions. We can only hope that questlines that should be that big aren't post-expac content anymore because there aren't enough resources for them.

They picked the wrong thing to be filler content.