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

[Worldshaper]

OK updated prediction:

Dev update and 10.2.7 PTR - Thursday
Hero Talents - Friday OR next Tuesday
Alpha - Next Thursday

[doledippers]

holy shit lmao cata is gonna be only like 7 months long not counting the end of expansion 'drought', thats wild jesus

[Cherry123]

We don't know what will they use to promote TWW.

We know it will be possum poop. All hope is for midnight, but if Classic eclipses retail then it's the end. We'll eat dry opossum poop because it's cheaper

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

Blizzard HQ doing speedrun contests with game content now, lol.

Oh well, faster to MoP for those who want that I guess.

[Worldshaper]

If you think about it, a short Cata makes sense.

1. Lets them align Hour of Twilight with an escalation in War Within. HoT is essentially about the same thing: a Harbinger of the Void bringing about the end. It'll brief newer players on what that older story was about, with the Old Gods seeking to conquer Azeroth, before retail gets a similar treatment.

2. Let's them get to MoP Classic sooner, which will bring a spike in subscribers next summer once War Within is waiting for its 11.2 patch.

[Marlamin]

Another step closer

[justwatching]

Taivans size will be reverted by the end of the day, guaranteed.

It better be...who cares about the minor bugs(fix those in 10.2.7). The size is the main appeal of him.

Blizzard HQ doing speedrun contests with game content now, lol.

Oh well, faster to MoP for those who want that I guess.

Yeah I mean there isnt a huge appetite for Cata and they are aware of that...even the Blizzcon announcement had that vibe. The sooner it gets to MoP the better.

[Makabreska]

holy shit lmao cata is gonna be only like 7 months long not counting the end of expansion 'drought', thats wild jesus

So that's like 5 months between tier 1 and 2, and 3 months between tier 2 and 3. Not bad really, considering Firelands was a 7 bosses only raid.

[Dracullus]

Blizzard HQ doing speedrun contests with game content now, lol.

Oh well, faster to MoP for those who want that I guess.

Catching up to retail could be most elegant way to end "rerun" classic. Cause otherwise what they can do? Leave it on random patch to rot forever? Close and delete people's characters?

[justwatching]

Catching up to retail could be most elegant way to end "rerun" classic. Cause otherwise what they can do? Leave it on random patch to rot forever? Close and delete people's characters?

I think the rereleases will end after MoP and they'll focus on Seasons.

[Makabreska]

They could simply extend SoD to other expacs. That should have an appeal.

[doledippers]

Another step closer

lets gooo hype

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So that's like 5 months between tier 1 and 2, and 3 months between tier 2 and 3. Not bad really, considering Firelands was a 7 bosses only raid.

yeah its just wild seeing how fast its going

[Dracullus]

I think the rereleases will end after MoP and they'll focus on Seasons.

Maybe, after all MoP and MD will share same max level (90), so it shouldn't be hard to transfer characters. I simply can't see them leaving Classic Era, changing Retail and... dead/finished MoP for some reason.

[Lady Atia]

Maybe, after all MoP and MD will share same max level (90), so it shouldn't be hard to transfer characters. I simply can't see them leaving Classic Era, changing Retail and... dead/finished MoP for some reason.

No. They said we wouldn't be able to transfer our characters, and they shouldn't do that with the current classic realms. I would love a "season of legacy" though that's made in mind with transfers to the real game, but allowing people to transfer removed items AFTER they said we wouldn't be able to do so would be super bad wtf.

[Cheezits]

Do we even think they are going to DO Mists classic if they are speedrunning Cata?

[Sondrelk]

I think the rereleases will end after MoP and they'll focus on Seasons.

I don't see why they wouldn't continue with WoD, just massively shortened to account for the drought maybe even just 5 or 6 months in total before Legion Classic

By making Cata Classic they have kinda shown their hand in that they need to give each expansion a shot, even if it wasn't massively well received. Even more so now that WotLK and Cata Classic was willing to make changes to make it more palatable.

[doledippers]

interesting...

looks like there will probably be some kind of event / promo for whatever timerunning is. and MDI for s4 which'll be fun

[Sondrelk]

Do we even think they are going to DO Mists classic if they are speedrunning Cata?

Would be weird of they didn't honestly. MoP is far more highly regarded than Cata was. It costs them almost nothing to make MoP Classic, and all they would get for ignoring it is complaints.

[justwatching]

Maybe, after all MoP and MD will share same max level (90), so it shouldn't be hard to transfer characters. I simply can't see them leaving Classic Era, changing Retail and... dead/finished MoP for some reason.

I mean the appeal of it is declining. It's pretty clear that some version of vanilla is what the majority of that audience wants.I think MoP will do better than Cata but even that isnt gonna pull amazing numbers and whatever the current season of vanilla is will be vastly more popular.

[Makabreska]

Do we even think they are going to DO Mists classic if they are speedrunning Cata?

Ummm ye? MoP is one of the most beloved expansions. The reason they speedrun Cata may very well be the want to reach MoP ASAP.