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

[Nymrohd]

Well, disappointing, but we're used to it

No one wants to cut his head and use it as a litter box for their cat?

[Inxotep]

K'aresh incoming?

This is either teeing us up to not see the Dark Heart till Midnight or it's straight up what's next

Holy shit thats good

[JDBlou]

Holy shit thats good

Nothing beats a panning shot to a literal planet while an orchestral sting plays. Has hit 2/2 times they've done it now.

[Darkarath]

K'aresh incoming?

This is either teeing us up to not see the Dark Heart till Midnight or it's straight up what's next

K'aresh incoming fuck yeah.

This plus the Ethereal raid datamining leaves no doubt of it.

Hell, I did not see this coming but I am happy that it is happening in TWW.

BTW, temporary alliance with Xal'athat incoming in 3,2,1...

[Merryck]

K'aresh incoming?

This is either teeing us up to not see the Dark Heart till Midnight or it's straight up what's next

It's beautiful and just like Argus (in many ways) has an incredible skybox. If we get K'aresh and playable Ethereals in 11.2 that'd be a slam dunk. TWW would go from mid to peak in an instant.

[Joshuaj]

K'aresh incoming fuck yeah.

This plus the Ethereal raid datamining leaves no doubt of it.

Hell, I did not see this coming but I am happy that is happening.

BTW, temporary alliance with Xal'athat incoming in 3,2,1...

K'aresh is most likely the final patch of Midnight

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It's beautiful and just like Argus has an incredible skybox. If we get K'aresh and playable Ethereals in 11.1 that'd be a slam dunk. TWW would go from mid to peak in an instant.

This is likely Blizzard giving us our first glimpse at K'aresh, so we could be prepared to go there during Midnight, namely during our first glimpse at the Light's battle with the Void.

[Eldryth]

K'aresh incoming?

This is either teeing us up to not see the Dark Heart till Midnight or it's straight up what's next

Looks like it.

I'm definitely excited to see K'aresh. Kind of worried about when they'll actually have time to explore the Worldsoul itself now, along with TWW's other ongoing plot threads... but so far this still seems like the best twist I can remember in WoW's story.

[Worldshaper]

That. Was. One. EPIC. Teaser.

Holy moly, I don't know if they've ever done a teaser like that. That's great!

The hollowed out world of K'aresh, I'm assuming?

Is the Dark Heart going to be used to absorb all of that energy, or are they releasing its accumulated Void energies into it, like a deposit of coalesced Void?

No clue but it definitely feels like they have a K'aresh zone ready to go. Only question is how big and when.

It's possible they keep us waiting until Midnight since the Void goo looks like the logo for the expansion. But it's also possible that this is a direct teaser for 11.1.5 or 11.2.

I think we'll investigate it further in 11.1.5, and maybe catch glimpses of it through Visions, scenarios, a dungeon or something. Hell, maybe just a cutscene. But I think the actual visit will wait until 12.1 or 12.2.

[Joshuaj]

Look at the logo! Looks very much like K'aresh (And the Dark Heart ngl)!

[Cheezits]

I've never been more happy to be completely wrong on every plot beat.

RIP Orweynalands.

[JDBlou]

I've never been more happy to be completely wrong on every plot beat.

RIP Orweynalands.

I'm not certain, my gut tells me these Na'avi elves have more to do.

[Joshuaj]

That. Was. One. EPIC. Teaser.

Holy moly, I don't know if they've ever done a teaser like that. That's great!

The hollowed out world of K'aresh, I'm assuming?

Is the Dark Heart going to be used to absorb all of that energy, or are they releasing its accumulated Void energies into it, like a deposit of coalesced Void?

No clue but it definitely feels like they have a K'aresh zone ready to go. Only question is how big and when.

It's possible they keep us waiting until Midnight since the Void goo looks like the logo for the expansion. But it's also possible that this is a direct teaser for 11.1.5 or 11.2.

I think we'll investigate it further in 11.1.5, and maybe catch glimpses of it through Visions, scenarios, a dungeon or something. Hell, maybe just a cutscene. But I think the actual visit will wait until 12.1 or 12.2.

Yeah, that's K'aresh. Like I said tho, don't expect us to actually go there til Midnight. This is a saga afterall, and the Void stuff doesn't stop at TWW, which primarily takes place within Azeroth's surface.

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I've never been more happy to be completely wrong on every plot beat.

RIP Orweynalands.

This doesn't mean K'aresh is 11.2, just that the world exists and we will likely go there soon.

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Like I said 50 times over, the Void stuff continues with Midnight, and we're standing with the forces of the Light against the Shadow, likely at the end of the expac. Considering that fact + the logo of the Midnight expac, I fully expect us to go to K'aresh then.

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Midnight is quite literally Legion but for the Void, and I'm here for it!

[milkmustache]

What the hell is Azir trying to do with the Dark Heart?

[Eldryth]

They did say we'd know where we were going next by the end of Undermine's story in one of those interviews when the patch launched, right? If so, then that'd definitely put K'aresh in TWW, as much as I was expecting Rootlands. I thought Homecoming would be about Orwenya planning to return home, but I guess it was the Ethereals instead.

Actually, do we know that this group of Ethereals is even Void-aligned? Maybe they plan to use the Dark Heart to drain the Void out of K'aresh to revive their world.

[Cheezits]

I mean yeah we may still get Rootlands, very likely in fact, but damn if the story does NOT care. I get that it was likely that way because Metzen but daaaamn.

[Darkarath]

K'aresh is most likely the final patch of Midnight.

No.

Ion stated just a few days ago that by the end of 11.1 we will know where we go next.

11.2 is K'aresh. They would not show it like that just to go there an expansion later. They showed Argus similarly and next patch we went to Argus.

There is no doubt that we are going to K'aresh in TWW.

In fact Horrific Visions revisited is probably about preparing ourselves to be able to fight in a full void corrupted planet. Fighting N'zoth probably was a walk in the park compared to this.

[Valysar]

Rootlands is gonna be a delve

[milkmustache]

I always thought K'aresh would make a great end patch for Midnight, but ending on it for TWW makes some sense for briding into Midnight.

The point is to show us what exactly there is to lose in Midnight. Our players need to know the stakes, and Blizzard has been forward about that.

Plus playable Ethereals

[Cheezits]

No.

Ion stated just a few days ago that by the end of 11.1 we will know where we go next.

11.2 is K'aresh. They would not show it like that just to go there an expansion later. They showed Argus similarly and next patch we went to Argus.

There is no doubt that we are going to K'aresh in TWW.

Also all the ethereals in 11.1 files that weren't used.

[Reive]

Look at the logo! Looks very much like K'aresh (And the Dark Heart ngl)!

that's azeroth. the worldsoul saga has azeroth with different rings/colors as logo.