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

[Cheezits]

With the year and half expansion cadence, does this mean Midnight will be revealed before the next Blizzcon?

[milkmustache]

With the year and half expansion cadence, does this mean Midnight will be revealed before the next Blizzcon?

I wouldn't be surprised if they break from the typical Blizzcon schedule to fit the new cadence.

[Reive]

i guess the last blizzcon wasn't as successful as they thought it would be.

[Cheezits]

i guess the last blizzcon wasn't as successful as they thought it would be.

That, and the survival game is dead, OW2 is basically dead, and Diablo 4 is apparently dead. It would just be Midnight and Mists classic.

[doledippers]

disappointed about no blizzcon, but i guess it kinda makes sense. I had thought about this previously, WoW is clearly their flagship game, and what would they even announce for WoW at a theoretical 2024 blizzcon? 11.0.5 would've just come out, maybe a 11.1 preview? hardly exciting if you ask me

[Ersula]

With the year and half expansion cadence, does this mean Midnight will be revealed before the next Blizzcon?

Probably. They might even wait until Blizzcon 2025 if Midnight is supposed to come out in the first half of 2026.

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

We're being squeezed for the last pennies.

[doledippers]

We're being squeezed for the last pennies.

we're being squeezed for the last pennies by not having the yearly event which costs hundreds of dollars to attend?

[Ersula]

We're being squeezed for the last pennies.

At least one of their franchises has to survive & World of Warcraft looks like the one that's worth committing to. Who tf is playing Diablo 4 or Overwatch?

Also in the announcement they said they're making appearances at Dreamhack & Gamescom, so maybe we get a little Midnight preview there, considering it would still be a year away.

[Reive]

That, and the survival game is dead, OW2 is basically dead, and Diablo 4 is apparently dead. It would just be Midnight and Mists classic.

disappointed about no blizzcon, but i guess it kinda makes sense. I had thought about this previously, WoW is clearly their flagship game, and what would they even announce for WoW at a theoretical 2024 blizzcon? 11.0.5 would've just come out, maybe a 11.1 preview? hardly exciting if you ask me

i fully expect them to hold a blizzcon in 2025 to reveal midnight and the new hidden game

[Cheezits]

We're being squeezed for the last pennies.

The new expansion model is viable for a long time, but the other games are well and truly cooked. OW is basically maintenance mode now.

[Makabreska]

We had cancelled Blizzcons in the past due to not having much to reveal, so /shrug

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

At least one of their franchises has to survive & World of Warlock looks like the one that's worth committing to. Who tf is playing Diablo 4 or Overwatch?

Well, they're committing to getting to the 1 year Cycle to sell boxes every year.

[Varodoc]

Actually, as far as Blizzcon 2023 was concerned, no one gave a shit about anything beyond World of Warcraft 10th expansion and Classic+ speculation.

I could probably pull up at least 100 posts from just this forum begging to get it over with the Overwatch new hero and the Hearthsone expansion (lol) and Rumble (lol).

They have nothing to talk about for Blizzcon 2024. No one really cares about a Hearthstone expansion or a new Overwatch hero or just a WoW patch. They will return in 2025 with Midnight deep-dive and also the Midnight cinematic trailer.

[Skildar]

It's a good thing that they cancelled this Blizzcon, last year it was great but the announcement for WoW WS saga played a huge part in it. Though now the WS saga just has to play itself and we will for sure have Blizzcon for each expansion announcement.

Except for this last one, the last Blizzcon that was a huge show for me was the one where they release Cho'gall on Heroes of the Storm... it's been a while

[milkmustache]

Actually, as far as Blizzcon 2023 was concerned, no one gave a shit about anything beyond World of Warcraft 10th expansion and Classic+ speculation.

I could probably pull up at least 100 posts from just this forum begging to get it over with the Overwatch new hero and the Hearthsone expansion (lol) and Rumble (lol).

They have nothing to talk about for Blizzcon 2024. No one really cares about a Hearthstone expansion or a new Overwatch hero or just a WoW patch. They will return in 2025 with Midnight deep-dive and also the Midnight cinematic trailer.

This is undoubtedly the case. Blizzcon 23 was a homerun for WoW. The other things don't seem to have a fraction of the pull at the moment, so it'd be a huge loss for them I assume.

Blizzcon will be back in 2025 to showcase Midnight along with either Mists Classic (if they go that route, which who knows) or the successor of Season of Discovery.

[Ersula]

Well, they're committing to getting to the 1 year Cycle to sell boxes every year.

If that's what they were doing then there would be a Blizzcon this year, and midnight coming out second-half of 2025 instead of first-half 2026... Honestly my worse fear is them giving us expansions that could be 1 year long but stretched out to 2, like WoD.

This is undoubtedly the case. Blizzcon 23 was a homerun for WoW. The other things don't seem to have a fraction of the pull at the moment, so it'd be a huge loss for them I assume.

I hate that this is true. The actual WoW presentation was the worst they've ever had. They showed very little of what they had to present & that TWW cinematic might be the shortest they've done since TBC.

[doledippers]

i fully expect them to hold a blizzcon in 2025 to reveal midnight and the new hidden game

im honestly not sure what theyll do. if we assume that the war within launches in august / september , thatll mean Midnight is slated to launch in February or March of 2026, only 4ish months after a usual blizzcon. That's obviously not enough time to do an alpha / beta. Unless they wanna host a blizzcon in the spring / early summer of 2025, maybe

[Raetary]

i guess the last blizzcon wasn't as successful as they thought it would be.

Well yeah, they didn't even sell out last year.
And aside from wow, all their announcements fell flat.

They likely don't have anything to show that's worth a Blizzcon.
And we know its always a net loss for them, so when they can't even sell out their tickets anymore and don't have anything to market, then its not worth planning one.

[Dracullus]

i fully expect them to hold a blizzcon in 2025 to reveal midnight and the new hidden game

Probably too soon for new game unless they use stuff from survival one like with Titan->Overwatch. About Midnight, I'm not sure, if we keep DF schedule (~22 months) sure why not, if they cut it to 20 or lower, November sounds too late.

Well, they're committing to getting to the 1 year Cycle to sell boxes every year.

Ah, bullshit claims as always. Welcome back.