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

[Lady Atia]

Free Battlepass, implies there would be a paid battlepass. But there isn't. Calling it a battlepass is still wrong.

Nope, a battlepass has NOTHING to do with it being paid.

[Joshuaj]

It is functionally a Battle Pass. You do content, you level up, you get rewards. It also has limited seasonal duration.

It is a free battle pass for Delve content.

Battle Passes are monetized content.

[Lady Atia]

I WISH WoW had a battle pass, particularly for PVP rewards.

Yep. Would make the game far less toxic to move cosmetics to a seasonal battlepass like system instead of gating them behind "elite stuff".

[Trazzle]

Who gives a flip if it’s a ‘battle pass’, it’s an effective engagement strategy. Play and you’re rewarded, it’s simple. Literally no different than legion mage tower, or MoP challenge modes, they’ve been doing this for years, and it’s ok!

[Houle]

They're not at all the Titans lol

As multiple people here (me included) have already told you - they fulfill the same role as the titans used to in the overall narrative structure, only on a grander scale (bc the scale of the story has grown).

[Ersula]

It is functionally a Battle Pass. You do content, you level up, you get rewards. It also has limited seasonal duration.

It is a free battle pass for Delve content.

which is how pvp seasons have worked for 10+ years

Nope, a battlepass has NOTHING to do with it being paid.

I think most people will associate a battle pass, ie the fortnite battle pass, a paid feature, with payment. But other than that, yes its otherwise like a battle pass.

[Cheezits]

Who gives a flip if it’s a ‘battle pass’, it’s an effective engagement strategy. Play and you’re rewarded, it’s simple. Literally no different than legion mage tower, or MoP challenge modes, they’ve been doing this for years, and it’s ok!

The better equivalent is Dailies, IMO. Do enough of something, day after day, and you get rewarded. It's not skill based as much as it is "completion" based.

[Joshuaj]

As multiple people here (me included) have already told you - they fulfill the same role as the titans used to in the overall narrative structure, only on a grander scale (bc the scale of the story has grown).

If that role is "they are mysterious supreme beings we know nothing of", then sure.

Other than that however? They're different.

[Lady Atia]

The better equivalent is Dailies, IMO. Do enough of something, day after day, and you get rewarded. It's not skill based as much as it is "completion" based.

Well yeah no, you never got seasonal good looking rewards for doing dailies. Which is the basic premise of a battlepass - you get cool rewards for being loyal and playing the game during season X.

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which is how pvp seasons have worked for 10+ years
I think most people will associate a battle pass, ie the fortnite battle pass, a paid feature, with payment. But other than that, yes its otherwise like a battle pass.

Truu, but it's an OCD friendly version of showing me the rewards unlike the current pvp system. Also it's not tied to difficulty which is good if you want to cater to casuals instead of us 1% players.

[allegrian]

I WISH WoW had a battle pass, particularly for PVP rewards.

This, wow needs a pvp battle pass system, the elite armor + pvp mounts system is super outdated.

[Nibelheimy]

Everytime I get a chance to look at this thread and see a few new pages, I'm hopeful for interesting conversation.

Instead it's 99% chance just being de-railed into shadowlands is actually good by the same people again and again and again.

[Lady Atia]

This, wow needs a pvp battle pass system, the elite armor + pvp mounts system is super outdated.

Yee, it's what SWTOR has now too (although they never really were about skill based pvp rewards from what I remember).

Tbh, the best of both worlds would be rating based rewards for the current expansion (so elite sets and gladiator mounts) while viscious mounts, pets, tabards, enchants aswell as elite and gladiator rewards from past expansion should be farmable via the seasonal renown. Make it so that you can get past stuff but never catch up, this rewarding people who actually play the current season still (also, you would still play the current season if you want to get past rewards anyways, thus increasing pvp participation in generel).

[Houle]

If that role is "they are mysterious supreme beings we know nothing of", then sure.

Other than that however? They're different.

"Mysterious, powerful beings of whom we know little, who shaped and formed the world/cosmos and of whom we dont know where exactly they are atm"

[Joshuaj]

Everytime I get a chance to look at this thread and see a few new pages, I'm hopeful for interesting conversation.

Instead it's 99% chance just being de-railed into shadowlands is actually good by the same people again and again and again.

That's not at all what we were discussing

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"Mysterious, powerful beings of whom we know little, who shaped and formed the world/cosmos and of whom we dont know where exactly they are atm"

So the most bare bones comparison. Got it.

[Nibelheimy]

That's not at all what we were discussing

It's literally in process of being derailed into that discussion as we speak. Which was my point. It's 'being' derailed.

[Joshuaj]

It's literally in process of being derailed into that discussion as we speak. Which was my point. It's 'being' derailed.

Then let's not make it that way.

Oye. @Houle If you wanna discuss First Ones further, DM me. If not, then let's talk War Within

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What is everyone's favorite zone in TWW so far btw?

[Jastall]

I see. Deserved. First Ones suck and are just Titans 2.0. They should never have pulled the veil back on Titans.

First Ones are them basically putting the veil back on, just on different entities. It wasn't done very well, but I can at least understand the urge. They should have been built up more over time rather than hitting us with the whole Titans 2.0 3D printing Gods shenanigans.

[Lahis]

Free Battlepass, implies there would be a paid battlepass. But there isn't. Calling it a battlepass is still wrong.

Battle Passes are monetized content.

It functions EXACTLY like a Battle Pass. Just because you can't yet buy extra rewards on it with WoW Token doesn't change that mechanical fact.

[Joshuaj]

It functions EXACTLY like a Battle Pass. Just because you can't yet buy extra rewards on it with WoW Token doesn't change that mechanical fact.

If you wanna argue this, patches function like battle passes as well.

No. That's a silly argument. This is simply a secondary renown track. Nothing more.

[Enrif]

It functions EXACTLY like a Battle Pass. Just because you can't yet buy extra rewards on it with WoW Token doesn't change that mechanical fact.

Wrong, again. This is simply a progression bar. Something WoW had since forever. Reputations, Experience points. Battlepasses are a paid for progression bar. While all battlepasses are progression bars, not all progression bars are battlepasses.