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

[Sondrelk]

I mean, there could be something "pride coded" but the idea Blizzard wouldn't just make it some vague celebrate your differences day is incredibly unlikely. Not to mention cannonically there's no such thing as homophobia in Azeroth so having a literal Pride event would be quite bizarre. Considering that's its entire purpose irl.

Other people have speculated the rainbow stuff is for children's week and the only new assets are for the masquerade thing. But who knows, might have simply been cut.

Pride coded is the idea. Celebrating diversity is easy when you can make it about racial diverstiy on Azeroth. It would have all the same signifiers, and be immediately recognizable to anyone looking at it. But it wouldnt be specifically about LGBT

[Joshuaj]

Should be a new build today, alpha notes got posted.

Human racial changed to one that reduces cooldown on hearthstone by 5 minutes and gives a second charge. That's kinda neat.

That fucking blows lmaooo

[Nymrohd]

Damn, so that's their replacement for diplomacy??? So disappointing.

[allegrian]

New human racial :O

I find it good, double buble hearth.

[Sondrelk]

Damn, so that's their replacement for diplomacy??? So disappointing.

Really is. Does make it easier to choose a different race when you play Alliance though.
Not sure what it could be instead. I suppose havng two charges on your HS is more generally useful than many other racials at least.

[Nymrohd]

Really is. Does make it easier to choose a different race when you play Alliance though.
Not sure what it could be instead. I suppose havng two charges on your HS is more generally useful than many other racials at least.

They could have given us a profession racial.

[Kiivar86]

That fucking blows lmaooo

I dunno, I like it well enough. Admittedly my main's a human mage so I've got travel options out the whazoo but it'll let me use it quite a bit more, I feel.

[Sondrelk]

They could have given us a profession racial.

Could have. Maybe inspiration now that it's getting a major rework in TWW.

[Chickat]

I mean, there could be something "pride coded" but the idea Blizzard wouldn't just make it some vague celebrate your differences day is incredibly unlikely. Not to mention cannonically there's no such thing as homophobia in Azeroth so having a literal Pride event would be quite bizarre. Considering that's its entire purpose irl.

Other people have speculated the rainbow stuff is for children's week and the only new assets are for the masquerade thing. But who knows, might have simply been cut.

Rainbow Festival. Not 100% about pride, but some same sex npc's fun rainbow mog and fun little events. Maybe a Rainbow Parade around Org and SW kinda like the Superbloom.

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"Shadowlands doesn't need to happen"

Neither do most WoW expacs, by that logic.

Im saying all existing threads work with an Old God xpac just as well as with SL.

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Damn, so that's their replacement for diplomacy??? So disappointing.

And pointless. When would you ever need to hearth more than once every 10 mins?

[Vakir]

Was expecting a profession based one considering the whole "humans are adaptable and fast learning" hat that tends to be worn in fantasy.

Could call it Human Potential and everything. There's money sitting right there on the table, Blizzard.

"Shadowlands doesn't need to happen"

Neither do most WoW expacs, by that logic.

Don't be obtuse. There's a good sized gap between "all stories are inherently not required" and "this type of story is redundant with another archetype that was underbaked."

[Chickat]

It should be a dual HS to two places.

[Vakir]

It should be a dual HS to two places.

We'd hear lots of fox screaming then, from them intruding on their territory.

[Xilurm]

That racial feels pointless. If you're in a guild then your CD is already 15 minutes, now it would be 10 if you're Human. Back when the HS CD was 1 hour long it actually mattered more.

Why don't they just remove the cooldown?

[micwini]

That racial feels pointless. If you're in a guild then your CD is already 15 minutes, now it would be 10 if you're Human. Back when the HS CD was 1 hour long it actually mattered more.

Why don't they just remove the cooldown?

I think the best way to check how useful this is as a racial, is to just ask Shaman players how often they use both Astral Recall and HS

[Sondrelk]

I think the best way to check how useful this is as a racial, is to just ask Shaman players how often they use both Astral Recall and HS

It's not massively useful. But I am sure that most players have had at least one time where they wanted to use their Hearthstone, but couldnt.

It's not like racials are meant to be game defining like they tend to be in other RPGs. They are mostly there for flavor.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

And pointless. When would you ever need to hearth more than once every 10 mins?

More the once have I hearthed to get something, forgot to actually get it before leaving again, and then needed to go back.

But I’m very forgetful, and also a shaman so.

[Eldryth]

I think the best way to check how useful this is as a racial, is to just ask Shaman players how often they use both Astral Recall and HS

I mained Shaman in Shadowlands and found it to be really useful. But travel was particularly tedious in that expansion, with the way they split up all the zones, and I doubt I would have used it at all in Dragonflight even if I still played Shaman. I only really hearthed at all to get back from Zaralek, the Dream, or old dungeons.

So I'd say it depends entirely on how convenient travel is in a particular expansion. I don't know about TWW yet, as I don't have Alpha access and don't know the maps too well, but I could see repeated hearths being more convenient than flying back up from a lower zone.

[Murlocos]

The whack-a-mole micromanaging of Remix is getting downright comical. The sanctity of the fun meme mode's balance is more important than anything Blizzard's put out in years; I hope these heroes are allowed to continue balancing the mode long after it ends as to not deny their passion.

[Lady Atia]

I always wanted to ride a Magni!

[Makabreska]

I always wanted to ride a Magni!

Earthen Federation? It's like we are in some Sci-Fi setting.