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

[Enrif]

We have seen the same naming convention in DF

like this
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this is obviously a fire themed weapon, but it was still named emeralddreamraid and not fireraid or something else.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

The login screen is interesting, not what I expected though.

Hm... interesting. This is the first login screen that does not depict a landscape scene. Well. I am not ideologically opposed to a non-landscape screen like this, but this doesn't look very cool. I kinda like the border trim with the jewels, but not too into the magma in the middle. It's nothing to look at.

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I expected a screen that overlooked Dornogal, focused on the Coreway.

Given that the selling point of the expansion is the underground, I was expecting it to depict an underground landscape. The dwarf city is just generic and doesn't sell the expansion, and would be too much like the Valdrakken login screen.

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"You only see the login screen for 10 seconds!" is not an excuse. You're paying at least $205 per year to play this game. You should be getting nothing less than pristine quality, and yet we have allowed Blizzard to put in less and less effort over the years. It started with the degradation of the Loginscreen music, and now it is the art itself. Remember when people used to say "well, at the least art is still good"? Now we won't even be able to claim that.

The loginscreen should show a glimpse of an underground vista you want to visit, like the Beledar crystal or a hanging Nerubian city, like how the MoP loginscreen tantalized you with Mogu'Shan palace in the back.

[Makabreska]

Login screen really looks like it would change with time/patches.

[Enrif]

The login screen reminds me of the hearthstone login. Once loged in, it opens up?

But honestly, who in this time and age sees the login screen for more then a second? You log via the battle.net app, and then go nearly instantly to the character selection. It makes kind of sense to no longer emphasize the login screen.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

The login screen reminds me of the hearthstone login. Once loged in, it opens up?

But honestly, who in this time and age sees the login screen for more then a second? You log via the battle.net app, and then go nearly instantly to the character selection. It makes kind of sense to no longer emphasize the login screen.

I see it for about 10 seconds. Would like it to look nice.

[Scyth]

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More credence to a goblin patch/area/raid

Goblin enjoyers will get some good transmogs from that raid hopefully!

Much more excited for Ethereals though, very interested to see what they do with that raid.

[Enrif]

I see it for about 10 seconds. Would like it to look nice.

i couldn't tell you what is to see on the current, or last 4 login screens. I don't think its important enough to fret over it either way.

[Teriz]

More credence to a goblin patch/area/raid

More evidence to support Goblin patch 11.1 and Ethereal/Void patch in 11.2.

[Lady Atia]

Bunch of mounts finally got a source on the beta btw, so we only have 30 PH mounts aswell as the gladiator mount recolour (which will prolly be season 2 or 4 .... I sincerely hope they don't give us two gladiator models again with TWW like with DF, recolours *are* enough ...) to dish out.

[Civciv]

Finally someone who doesn't jump on the hate bandwagon for no reason.

Just because we don't like it doesn't mean we're hating for no reason. It looks like hearthstone loginscreen and istg y'all use hate bandwagon for anything these days.

[Merryck]

Ethereal raid in The War Within ... does that make playable Ethereals more or less likely in Midnight.

[Eldryth]

Ethereal raid in The War Within ... does that make playable Ethereals more or less likely in Midnight.

Impossible to say without context. Maybe we'll fight the Shadowguard in TWW and ally with the non-Void Ethereals in Midnight. The only thing I'm confident about is that we'd be fighting the Void ones.

[Nymrohd]

I expected a screen that overlooked Dornogal, focused on the Coreway.

I like it, it's very clean.

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So I guess the void ethereal presence in the Azj'Kahet raid will lead to something quite directly.

[Phunkle]

Login screen really looks like it would change with time/patches.

I was thinking the same thing. It's set up in a way that really invites progressive changes over time.

That being said, I don't really care too much about login screens these days. We usually only see them for a few seconds. What I actually would like to see is the return of redoing old zone loading screens with new expansions. I think they stopped doing that around cata/mop? We're really due for new ones.

[Enrif]

So I guess the void ethereal presence in the Azj'Kahet raid will lead to something quite directly.

the void ethereals were also part of the harbinger quests in retail. So it kind of makes sense, though most peoples bet was on midnight for their appearance. Seems we get them earlier in

[Nymrohd]

Honestly with Ethereals probably not the side content for Midnight I am now increasingly hoping for a full Lordaeron expac. if Midnight release with Quel'thalas plus Eastweald (Plaguelands) then the rest can be patch content. The link could be e.g. Calia.

[Khaza-R]

I think Ethereals will bridge into Midnight was well. They'll probably serve as a corrupted Alleria's army for assaulting the Sunwell

[Teriz]

Ethereal raid in The War Within ... does that make playable Ethereals more or less likely in Midnight.

Despite fan desires, I don’t believe we’re getting playable Ethereals in Midnight. I have a feeling that Midnight will be like Shadowlands, without a new race or class.

If we do get a new race, it’ll likely be Nerubians, since Blizzard kind of hinted towards them in a recent interview.

[milkmustache]

I didn't love the stray away from the standard logos, and I don't love the stray away from the standard logins. It may be temporary or changing as we only see an image, but I think this takes away more than they think.

Although Hallowfall and the Arathi aren't exactly the focus of the expansion, I think the imagery of the Beledar and Mereldar both show off the depth of these zones and the flirtation with the void.



I mocked this up as an idea.

[Santandame]

Reveal that Locus Walker is Dimensius at the end of TWW and that this entire time he has been moulding Alleria for this is my bet.