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

[The-Shan]

they're never going to release the expansion at the start of august. the first 2 weeks of that month are usually holiday time for the devs (and people in general). early september is the best estimate

Maybe not the start of august, but we've had august releases before.

[Dracullus]

I am still on the August train.

Coincidentally, TW Remix ends at the start of August on the PTR.

..which would fit as start of pre-patch, around month before September release.

[Makorus]

..which would fit as start of pre-patch, around month before September release.

No way Prepatch is more than two weeks.

[Nightshade711]

ya the fact thats the Magnaron model is almost completely unchanged except the face is interesting - usually if Blizzard was just re-using the rig of a past mob for a new one they'd at least change the model up or make its body like different - but the fact it has identical body, identical textures and markings as a regular Magnaron PLUS the fact that we seen a Genesaur down there....that cant be coincidence

*Puts on tin foil hat*

Ogres came from Magnaron that all had one eye
This Magnaron has two eyes and a set of forward tusks.....there is a mysterious troll/elf akin race down there and Zandalari trolls have scaly almost rock/stone like growths on their bodies...HMMM. Or Could be related to the Drogbar as well as I saw a flash of one in a pic of the Nerubian zone

It would make sense imo.
There were supposed to be “primordial trolls” in DF but they were mysteriously cut. Perhaps so they could be in TWW?

[Nymrohd]

No way Prepatch is more than two weeks.

Maybe three. They've done three a few times.

[Cheezits]

It would make sense imo.
There were supposed to be “primordial trolls” in DF but they were mysteriously cut. Perhaps so they could be in TWW?

I bet they were planned to be in Zaralek with the Niffen, but either got replaced with Drogbar or deleted entirely when they realized they could expand on them and make them playable.

[Catastrophy349]

Hello!

For your viewing! https://www.wowhead.com/guide/dragon...pre-patch-10-0

Pre-Patch Dates for Dragonflight:

Phase 1: October 25th, 2022 (US) / October 26th, 2022 (EU)
Phase 2: November 15th, 2022 (US) / November 16th, 2022 (EU)

Dragonflight launched on November 28, 2022

[Dracullus]

No way Prepatch is more than two weeks.

Strange thing to say "no way this thing that never happened won't happen". We never had 2 weeks pre-patch.

Absolutely minimum I can think of is 3 weeks - we need at least 1 week for Blizzard fixing major fuck ups and in general playerbase adjusting to new environment, then at least 2 weeks for pre-patch event itself. In reality from modern expansions shortest was 4 week BfA - 1 week for adjusting, 3 weeks event. DF had 5 weeks - 3 weeks for adjusting, 2 week event.

Hello!

For your viewing! https://www.wowhead.com/guide/dragon...pre-patch-10-0

Pre-Patch Dates for Dragonflight:

Phase 1: October 25th, 2022 (US) / October 26th, 2022 (EU)
Phase 2: November 15th, 2022 (US) / November 16th, 2022 (EU)

Dragonflight launched on November 28, 2022

I expect TWW to be similar but swapped - 2 weeks for adjusting, 3 week event. Extending first phase too much would piss people who started MoP remix too late and missed rewards. On other hand event should last longer cause expansion has 3 day early release, for EU expacs already started day early, so together 2 weeks event would turn into 10 days.

[Makabreska]

No way Prepatch is more than two weeks.

Why not? We had pre-patches lasting 4 weeks all the time.

[justwatching]

It's a 2 phase pre patch event again.So 4 Weeks.

Late August for pre patch makes sense.

[Doffer]

Does anyone know if they're easing up a bit with transmog restrictions in WW? I mean I know they're not letting cloth wearers use plate, but more in the lines of weapon transmogs. Like transmogging to a staff even if you're using a 1h and offhand, or letting sub rogues mog to swords, and outlaw rogues mog to daggers

[Nymrohd]

Does anyone know if they're easing up a bit with transmog restrictions in WW? I mean I know they're not letting cloth wearers use plate, but more in the lines of weapon transmogs. Like transmogging to a staff even if you're using a 1h and offhand, or letting sub rogues mog to swords, and outlaw rogues mog to daggers

I haven't heard anything like that no. I am not even sure their current transmog system or UI could allow for that.
Honestly I wish they'd move to a costume UI but the way they have set up transmog is a much bigger gold drain than a costume system would be so they are probably loathe to change it.

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Wowhead has the dirigible in the dressing room
https://www.wowhead.com/beta/dressin...w2p8MEX8w2e877

Looks cool. It sadly doesn't fit any of my character concepts so I don't see myself using it. But I have to say, I wish when it came to color combinations, they let us pick the different colors separately. With this, with dragonriding armor and with the Dracthyr I feel that I could get much better results if I mixed the different colors already in use per part on my own than by picking their own combos (especially with the Dracthyr, so many of the combinations they made are just bad imo).

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

Why are people saying August? I'm pretty sure this expansion is dropping in June or July.

[Auxis]

Nerub'ar raid weapon models!

https://www.wowhead.com/news/raid-we...ers-warp-blade

They look great. Except for the 2h swords. Wtf is going on there?

Also, that ethereal fist weapon seems to imply that the Ethereal is there to kill the Queen nerubian? That's interesting; are these ethereals not working with Xal? Are they gonna be from an anti Void faction but is still aggressive toward us? (I think there is a faction like that in outland but I can't remember off the top of my head)

[ngc2440]

Why are people saying August? I'm pretty sure this expansion is dropping in June or July.

Alpha just started. There is no way it is going to drop that soon.

[Foolicious]

Nerub'ar raid weapon models!

https://www.wowhead.com/news/raid-we...ers-warp-blade

They look great. Except for the 2h swords. Wtf is going on there?

Also, that ethereal fist weapon seems to imply that the Ethereal is there to kill the Queen nerubian? That's interesting; are these ethereals not working with Xal? Are they gonna be from an anti Void faction but is still aggressive toward us? (I think there is a faction like that in outland but I can't remember off the top of my head)

I don't think thats a 2h sword? Maybe it is mislabeled.

Part of me is a bit dissapointed that they went pretty light on the nerubian theme and leaned way more into the void theme. But my god these colours they chose make up for it.

[Jolly Roger]

Why are people saying August? I'm pretty sure this expansion is dropping in June or July.

Because MoP remix ends in august

Alpha/beta test period around 5 months average so i assume september just because of that

[Hitei]

Nerub'ar raid weapon models!

https://www.wowhead.com/news/raid-we...ers-warp-blade

They look great. Except for the 2h swords. Wtf is going on there?

Also, that ethereal fist weapon seems to imply that the Ethereal is there to kill the Queen nerubian? That's interesting; are these ethereals not working with Xal? Are they gonna be from an anti Void faction but is still aggressive toward us? (I think there is a faction like that in outland but I can't remember off the top of my head)

Nexus-Princess Ky'veza
Nexus-Princess Ky'veza arrived at Nerub-ar Palace only recently, quickly establishing herself as a confidante of Queen Ansurek. However, rumors abound within the inner court that she may harbor a dark and deadly secret. If discovered, the princess is prepared to dispatch all witnesses without mercy...

...

Queen Ansurek
After a revelation of traitors in her court, Queen Ansurek decides she must eradicate the palace's invaders herself. However, paranoia over whom she can trust gnaws at her psyche. With her allies dwindling Queen Ansurek may delve into dark powers to attain victory, even if that means her most loyal soldiers become her next meal...

Everyone is working against everyone, seems like. The fight before Queen's is her two top advisors trying to kill the raid and also each other at the same time. Queensbane is also the debuff the Nexus-Princess hits targets with, so it might just be a callback to Kingsbane rather than her attempting to kill the Queen.

Also it looks like those might be wands or spell-daggers mistagged as 2H swords?

[Ersula]

Why are people saying August? I'm pretty sure this expansion is dropping in June or July.

We still got two patches to get through before that & June is a little over a month away.

[Scyth]

The weapon models look amazing, love the void-blue ones especially. Those would go so well with the Void Elf heritage armour!

As for release date, I am also in the September release camp. If MoP Remix ends in august and we get pre-patch around that time, a release somewhere in September makes the most sense.