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

[Nymrohd]

OK so in the starting quest we effectively do Xal's bidding and weaken Dalaran's defenses like idiots. I am so tired of Blizzard storytelling forcing my character who has no agency in a so-called RPG to be the useful idiot for every villain with a question mark

[Makabreska]

Not looking good for Khadgar, he began to get disenchanted. Of course, not shown fully = may still be alive

[Izalla]

Well I guess that's why we didn't find any bigger pieces of Dalaran.

[Nymrohd]

Not looking good for Khadgar, he began to get disenchanted. Of course, not shown fully = may still be alive

What I would do is have a void monster version of Khadgar that we are forced to kill down the line just to really hone the hatred for Xal

[Cheezits]

Not looking good for Khadgar, he began to get disenchanted. Of course, not shown fully = may still be alive

Why do I get the feeling Khadgar was turned into an Ethereal?

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OK so in the starting quest we effectively do Xal's bidding and weaken Dalaran's defenses like idiots. I am so tired of Blizzard storytelling forcing my character who has no agency in a so-called RPG to be the useful idiot for every villain with a question mark

How were we supposed to know?

[Makabreska]

Why do I get the feeling Khadgar was turned into an Ethereal?

I can see that, or even him being a boss later.

[Nymrohd]

How were we supposed to know?

OK so I am a paladin. Maybe I would not know. You are telling me an archmage who was the leader of the Tirisguard would not understand if what they were doing was weakening the wards?
I mean sure, it's not as stupid as letting Gul'dan go or handing Roh'Kalo to Zovaal but it's still stupid. And it is also unnecessary.

[Cheezits]

Thrall's IGC model is insane.

[Marlamin]

Not looking good for Khadgar, he began to get disenchanted. Of course, not shown fully = may still be alive

You know what they say, as long as there's no corpse/clear on-camera death...

[Houle]

They repeatedly show Alleria shooting an arrow at Xal'atah each time they meet, which Xal simply dodges every time. Almost seems to be emphasized (if its not just laziness, bc thats the easiest way to show that Alleria is not yet strong enough to get her).

"When the arrow finds its mark, the last fetter will fall away." - N'zoth

Perhaps Alleria finally manages to hit her at the end of the xpac, but that somehow leads to the next?

Probably not, but could be a possibility.

[infinitemeridian]

I genuinely don't understand why they keep hyping up the story team and delivering these weak cinematics (and less of them too).

[Nymrohd]

They repeatedly show Alleria shooting an arrow at Xal'atah each time they meet, which Xal simply dodges every time. Almost seems to be emphasized (if its not just laziness, bc thats the easiest way to show that Alleria is not yet strong enough to get her).

"When the arrow finds its mark, the last fetter will fall away." - N'zoth

Perhaps Alleria finally manages to hit her at the end of the xpac, but that somehow leads to the next?

Probably not, but could be a possibility.

I think it is pretty clear that Xal needs Alleria and wants to use her down the line. She will probably force her into a void state at a critical moment and unlock something or move the plan along in a different way by exploiting her. Otherwise she could have killed her easily at multiple points.

[Chickat]

I cant learn Blacksmithing? I click the trainer and nothing happens.

[Nymrohd]

I cant learn Blacksmithing? I click the trainer and nothing happens.

https://www.wowhead.com/news/psa-dor...-access-346053
Never seen that issue during beta.

[Chickat]

https://www.wowhead.com/news/psa-dor...-access-346053
Never seen that issue during beta.

Thank you. Life saver!

[THEORACLE64]

Although it’s early release, that was a pretty smooth launch. Haven’t had zero issues so far.

[Cheezits]

Y'know, if there's an AR each patch, I wasn't sure what the Goblin patch AR would be besides Hobgoblins. But maybe it's Kobolds?

[Scyth]

I really liked the Dalaran cinematic, Xal was so cool in it it made me ignore you know who lol

[Treegdar]

Given that lack of any and all mention of Steve and the fact that Metzen’s return and taking over match’s up with his departure I think it’s save to say his vision over rid what ever they were doing and while he might not “force” it on him it’s going to be him at the helm with the team having input.

This is weird hater energy for a guy who left the company 99% because of forced return to office.

[Kiivar86]

Apparently that earthen druid NPC you can have for follower dungeons was changed into a shaman.

Also interesting bit of lore, since its early access I suppose I'll put this behind spoilers: Magni in his crystal form is referred to by the Earthen as a "thraegar" which were earthen chosen by the Titans and empowered. They were generals basically, made decisions, guided the earthen in the absence of the titan keepers and helped protect them. They apparently were taller than Magni though but made of shiny hard minerals like he is. He wonders if Azeroth made him into his mineral form to help smooth the way for this, as they accept Magni pretty easily because of it, seemingly.

This may've been known before but I didn't see it so new to me, at least.