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

[Sondrelk]

This is the most filler island to ever filler island in the history of WoW, but its a throwaway minor patch with no new art assets. Whatever.

Would you prefer if we didnt get a filler island? And instead the goblins were just setting up camp in a corner of the Ringing Deeps, or on one of the unused islands in Dorn?

[Joshuaj]

"Continue the story of The War Within and uncover a familiar face in the darkness."

It's Gallywix, isn't it?

[Worldshaper]

What exactly did you expect from a minor patch? The fact that we get anything at all besides copy-pasted events, dailies, and a smattering of mounts being dredged from the files is already pretty massive. The only other minor patch that has really done anything like this is 10.0.7 with the Forbidden reach getting a tiny makeover compared to the Dracthyr intro. And to a lesser extent 7.3.5 with a single questline in post-sword Silithus.

It doesnt look like a lot. But it's more content in a new location. And if you absolutely loathe it then just wait another 8 weeks or so for the next major patch.

Hey, if this gets you excited to play, more power to you.

[Cheezits]

Would you prefer if we didnt get a filler island? And instead the goblins were just setting up camp in a corner of the Ringing Deeps, or on one of the unused islands in Dorn?

Honestly, probably yeah? Encourage more foot traffic in Khaz Algar and drip feed a mount or two thats recolored from the Undermine patch.

[Sondrelk]

I'd prefer The Undermine to be the Megadungeon, but this could work.

So what's up with the Harronir then? We really gonna have another Life zone as a final patch area? Cause we just did that with the Dream.

Also, what's up with the Undersea? There's stuff going on there. Kinda hope that's where we have to go in order to find Azeroth's Worldsoul.

Still dream of a final patch where we take an airship across the sunless sea to beneath Silithus. See titan machinery and old god servants. And end with a final boss against C'thun.

Sadly we will probably just get another nature themed zone with little variation on what we have seen before.

[Alanar]

The undead elf options were preceded with a quest where you helped the undead and got some lore on why said undead elves were returning to their factions, rather than just being background characters.

As I said though. I don't need an explanation, but I am curious whether they will have some Arathi lore, or whether the backstory to the pointed ears will be left vague.

No, the question was really about why the undead skin was made available to other classed, while being called dark ranger. Its been said this was to roleplay, the san"layn. Which was confimed to be darkfallen mages etc. It never made sense, not in the name and also not in giving it to void elves. Who werent even at darkshore. No explanation was given.

As of those ears. Well this was explained in one of the tablets or lore dumps with the Arathi. For some weird reason elves ended up with them. Now all of them have them. I know its bad, but its there.

[Cheezits]

The story is pointing us towards the Coreway finale more than Rootlands IMO. I don't think it got cut, but maybe turned into a Megadungeon?

[Nymrohd]

I wanna be a half-elf so much but my character has a complete backstory RP problems.

[Joshuaj]

Still dream of a final patch where we take an airship across the sunless sea to beneath Silithus. See titan machinery and old god servants. And end with a final boss against C'thun.

Sadly we will probably just get another nature themed zone with little variation on what we have seen before.

Ain't C'Thun's body deactivated, with its essence being in the Void?

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Cause, be real with me, it's hard to call an Old God "dead", cause of how weird their bodies function.

[Enrif]

I wanna be a half-elf so much but my character has a complete backstory RP problems.

one of my characters backstory is that she's partly descendet from the high elves, but more like the child of the child of a half elf, like 1/8 elf, so just pointy ears will fit perfectly.

[Joshuaj]

The story is pointing us towards the Coreway finale more than Rootlands IMO. I don't think it got cut, but maybe turned into a Megadungeon?

I was thinking Undermine could be the megadungeon LMAO. They usually love doing city/hub states in that manner, from Mechagon, to Tazavesh, to the Bronze Dragon area.

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Why not have TWW give us the Goblin equivalent to that, with the Undermine?

[Sondrelk]

Ain't C'Thun's body deactivated, with its essence being in the Void?

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Cause, be real with me, it's hard to call an Old God "dead", cause of how weird their bodies function.

He is probably dead. But that doesnt mean there isnt some way to have his body be revived, or fight an echo of his essence, or some other option from the myriad available.

Mostly I just want to see what Silithus looks like under the sand. And crossing the sunless sea from Hallowfall is too perfect an opportunity for me to ignore.

[Cheezits]

Why not have TWW give us the Goblin equivalent to that, with the Undermine?

Its very possible, but the alternative is a patch too similar to both the Dream patch and the Mechagon patch.

Undermine as its own zone proper would be paying tribute to how its a very old wow concept PLUS it diverges from those old patch ideas.

[Sondrelk]

The story is pointing us towards the Coreway finale more than Rootlands IMO. I don't think it got cut, but maybe turned into a Megadungeon?

We don't know what the bottom of the Coreway looks like though to be fair. Only that it's below us. We also don't really know where the Rootlands are, only that it's somewhere close to Azj'kahet, which coincidentally the Earthen in the theater play had topass through to get to the bottom of the Coreway,

[Raetary]

I'd be fine with another "druid-y" zone if it goes more haunted forest than Emerald dream 2.0, like the Gilneas Blackwald crossed with the creepy blood pits in Azj-kahet vs the 99th Night Elf Forest (except underground).

I don't think that's feasable with what we have visually represented already in the game.

I think we'll get a more gloomy Everbloom with mushroom subzones.
As the Haranir and the vegetation around the roots very much resembles what we saw in Gorgrond, and the shrooms are the most prominent secondary/minor biome we got, which is also visible in the launch cinematic around Orweyna.

[Cheezits]

Mostly I just want to see what Silithus looks like under the sand. And crossing the sunless sea from Hallowfall is too perfect an opportunity for me to ignore.

I only want Underground Silithus if it comes with Qiraji stuff and a redone Qiraji model, which they seem loathe to do.

[Alanar]

I wanna be a half-elf so much but my character has a complete backstory RP problems.

You can rp as a half elf already( its just short ears). Now incoming is the humanside half elf. Also just short ears, nothing else.

What seems to be the issue?

[Sondrelk]

I was thinking Undermine could be the megadungeon LMAO. They usually love doing city/hub states in that manner, from Mechagon, to Tazavesh, to the Bronze Dragon area.

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Why not have TWW give us the Goblin equivalent to that, with the Undermine?

I think there is a decent chance that the raid in 11.1 is the side story, and that the megadungeon is the real meat of the story. Similar to how Aberrus was more of a side story that was resolved at the end, and the Timeways was the part where the story had some forward momentum.

Assuming the same is true for TWW I would think that Undermine is perfect as a raid, and that the megadungeon will be something like the Beledar, or some Earthen facility.

[Joshuaj]

Its very possible, but the alternative is a patch too similar to both the Dream patch and the Mechagon patch.

Undermine as its own zone proper would be paying tribute to how its a very old wow concept PLUS it diverges from those old patch ideas.

Fair, though admittedly, a life patch wouldn't be so bad for 11.1, as that wouldn't be the final patch of the expac. Heck, if anything, a life patch being 11.1 and a deeper void patch being 11.2 would be the total opposite of what DF did.

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I think there is a decent chance that the raid in 11.1 is the side story, and that the megadungeon is the real meat of the story. Similar to how Aberrus was more of a side story that was resolved at the end, and the Timeways was the part where the story had some forward momentum.

Assuming the same is true for TWW I would think that Undermine is perfect as a raid, and that the megadungeon will be something like the Beledar, or some Earthen facility.

This is true. We'll just have to see then, but I kinda agree with y'all.

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I don't think that's feasable with what we have visually represented already in the game.

I think we'll get a more gloomy Everbloom with mushroom subzones.
As the Haranir and the vegetation around the roots very much resembles what we saw in Gorgrond, and the shrooms are the most prominent secondary/minor biome we got, which is also visible in the launch cinematic around Orweyna.

Whatcha mean it might not be feasable? Something like that is totally feasable lol.

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But I can see a mixture of both somewhat.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

I wonder if there will be a questline to explain the human ear options, or if we are just left to assume the backstory on our own.

Elf human orgy quest line coming right up.