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

[Reive]

just noticed: the cinematic is branded as "official cinematic" of the expansion. lol that's lame

[Nathanyel]

Yea.. that was expected. Avatar 3 is brutal one, but ye it kinda looked like that..

That's because Avatar is the generic cashgrab (no matter the budget) appropriating aesthetics. It's like saying WoW looks like Raid Shadow Legends.

[Xilurm]

just noticed: the cinematic is branded as "official cinematic" of the expansion. lol that's lame

So is the first one.

[Makabreska]

Official cinematic simply means that it was officially made and released by Blizz and is a part of TWW, not that it's the main one.

Every cinematic made and released by them is "official".

[Makorus]

There is no "cut zone" and Harronir were always obviously gonna end up as leading into patch content lol. Stop the doomsaying, we aren't living in BFA times anymore.

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Especially as we know they are in the initial zones but prolly hidden (as they have a camp with I think no npc's rn on beta) - they said in recent interviews that Dalaran isn't the only thing they kept out of Beta.

Azj-Kahet is internally called "Zone 5", Hallowfall is "Zone 3", Ringing Deeps is "Zone 2" and Dorn is "Zone 1".



which matches up with "Rootlands" being Z4 on the very old developer map.



I am not saying it's a bad thing the zone has been cut, and I am not saying the plot threads have been scrapped, it's just to explain the unusual amount of attention the Harronir got for the launch compared to how relevant they are (not at all). It's the same reason Krexus is so heavily featured in pre-launch material for SL over Draka. Cinematic development takes a long time, you need to make extremely high fidelity 3D models, and cinematics themselves take forever. In that time, the story shifted to place more of a focus on Draka.

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The cinematic felt like cuts from a couple of potential cinematics, focused around these characters. Maybe we'll get one per week leading up to the expac like the Warbringers animations...speaking of which, are we getting those this time around?

There was a datamined reference to one for the Nerubian Queen. Tbf, they did start releasing them really late for DF as well, so they might start next week.

[Xilurm]

Every game has cut content. It's wild to think they don't. Blizz ain't perfect.

[Lahis]

Harronir being nothingburger after all this promotion would be nice faceplant to start the Saga with.

[Makorus]

Every game has cut content. It's wild to think they don't. Blizz ain't perfect.

Cut Content isn't necessarily a bad thing either. Sometimes, developers think they have a cool concept, and it just doesn't work. Sometimes, they think of a cooler concept.

Fact is, there is a cut/delayed zone in the game. Harronir were probably supposed to have more of significance in the story as well. I just got my Collectors Edition and the last page of the artbook is a page on Orweyna, and her short blurb says that she must be connected to the Whispers.

[Reive]

they're going to put the cut zone in the shop

[Nightshade711]

Yeah the Harronir/Rootlands are definitely patch content. They’re definitely going to be a big part of the story, especially with the buildup involving the roots in DF and the N’zoth whispers.

[Reive]

btw are the shorts they usually release before the launch of an expansion also cut content?

[Alanar]

That's because Avatar is the generic cashgrab (no matter the budget) appropriating aesthetics. It's like saying WoW looks like Raid Shadow Legends.

He aint wrong tho. The portrayal of the Horronir is just that.
The weird swirly dancing and blue skin and the odd face.

I find them unappealing, same as Avatar.

[Makorus]

He aint wrong tho. The portrayal of the Horronir is just that.
The weird swirly dancing and blue skin and face.

Damn, didn't know Trolls ripped off Avatar.

[Alanar]

Damn, didn't know Trolls ripped off Avatar.

More like alpha female troll.

[Khaza-R]

Harronir looked lame. Otherwise the cinematic was goregous

[Cheezits]

Unless there is a surprise second cinematic, I am surprised they didn't focus on Dalaran.

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Also the people saying Harronir got cut are insane or trolling.

[Makorus]

Unless there is a surprise second cinematic, I am surprised they didn't focus on Dalaran.

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Also the people saying Harronir got cut are insane or trolling.

No one said Harronir got cut.

Zone 4 which was most likely containing the bulk of the Harronir storyline got cut (I am not saying they won't be patch content).

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More like alpha female troll.

Harronir literally look like slightly more elvish Trolls, what are you on about?

[username993720]

We've seen bits of this cinematic already, but the full thing has some beautiful shots we hadn't seen before.

I don't get what happened to Blizzard.
What was that? The music was stupid, like how they chose to use dubstep to advertise the Warcraft movie. The visuals were beautifully crafted, but the shots made no sense. There was barely any cohesion, or a narrative to be told. It felt at times like i'm watching a Diablo studio product. It saddens my heart that they release so many of these aweful cutscenes, instead of focusing on a single great one like they used to all those years. I guess we can definitely feel the change in internal development.

[Joshuaj]

I am glad horror is being brought into WoW again. Less cute scalies, more horrors to battle against.

We literally fought against 2 Primal Incarnates, Dracthyr that vibed with the Void, Decay bullshit, and the Infinite Dragonflight.

Tf you mean "cute scalies"?

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I don't get what happened to Blizzard.
What was that? The music was stupid, like how they chose to use dubstep to advertise the Warcraft movie. The visuals were beautifully crafted, but the shots made no sense. There was barely any cohesion, or a narrative to be told. It felt at times like i'm watching a Diablo studio product. It saddens my heart that they release so many of these aweful cutscenes, instead of focusing on a single great one like they used to all those years. I guess we can definitely feel the change in internal development.

It's there to showcase what lies ahead for The War Within. There doesn't need to be a narrative there...

Beyond the Veil and Take to the Skies did this same shit, and they were peak fiction.

[Makorus]

I know people are acting on bad faith on purpose but:

We have a story trailer, and now we have a teaser trailer.

It was the same for Dragonflight. We got a trailer that catches us up on the story/rough outline and then we get a trailer showcasing some of the main players of the expansion.