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

[Worldshaper]

If 11.0 will launch in Summer, there is no need for 10.3, remaining time could be filled with small patches and S4 fated season could have proper length from March to August. Problem starts if expac is November again, it would mean seasons longer than 5 months and year+ last big patch. Something we had in the past, but we want things improved this time.

While I'd love a shorter expansion, it seems safe to assume they'll want to release 11.0 around the 20th anniversary. 23 November, 2024.

[Zoupa7]

We can wait a little bit for the expansion, they shouldn't remove 10.3

Not sure what you mean by remove. It has never been announced. With 10.2 launching 1 year after DF release they won't do a 10.3. There isn't a single expansion that had a .3 patch with .2 releasing so late. They wouldn't start now with player count lower than ever between launches.

Look at BfA where 8.2 released in June and 8.3 releasing in October.

10.2 will be the last patch and that was clearly planned. Then it will just be fated and some very minor stuff after that.

[Luck4]

On the subject of us lot discussing theories. Remember when a lot of us during Dragonflight leak season were convinced this guy was a Blizzard employee sent here to get discussion and hype riled up?

I still think he is, but I'm not going to say why, because that would be a giveway.

[Dracullus]

We can wait a little bit for the expansion, they shouldn't remove 10.3

No one talks about removing anything. I simply think devs could shift some resources from raiding since it isn't main thing anymore and put it to for example bigger patch zones and more frequent patches. Some people forget that before SL X.1 was just some new dailies/world quests, questline and new raid. If 10.2 is another big zone (and I think everyone expect that) we will have most packed expac ever.

In the past we had initial raid + 3 raid tiers, now 3 raid tiers + fated season could became standard. As long as seasons don't extend beyond 5 months and we get patch, bigger or smaller, every 2 months there won't be any drought.

Hell, when I think about it, I wonder if we get another dungeon in 10.2 (let's say Vakthros) that would launch as M+ in Season 4, so we would have at least 1 fresh dungeon in every season.

[Sondrelk]

I still think he is, but I'm not going to say why, because that would be a giveway.

Have to agree. I am not convinced this guy wasn't at least told to hype up threads in the lead up to Blizzcon. Personally I don't have any facts to back it up, but my gut feeling says I'm right.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

No one talks about removing anything. I simply think devs could shift some resources from raiding since it isn't main thing anymore and put it to for example bigger patch zones and more frequent patches. Some people forget that before SL X.1 was just some new dailies/world quests, questline and new raid. If 10.2 is another big zone (and I think everyone expect that) we will have most packed expac ever.

In the past we had initial raid + 3 raid tiers, now 3 raid tiers + fated season could became standard. As long as seasons don't extend beyond 5 months and we get patch, bigger or smaller, every 2 months there won't be any drought.

Hell, when I think about it, I wonder if we get another dungeon in 10.2 (let's say Vakthros) that would launch as M+ in Season 4, so we would have at least 1 fresh dungeon in every season.

I don't think they need to move raiding resources anywhere. I just don't think short expansions are a good thing and lengthening the expansion isn't bad. An extra raid tier(Or tier of content whatever). Zaralek Caverns being allegedly not a lot I think is mostly the world content involved.

Have to agree. I am not convinced this guy wasn't at least told to hype up threads in the lead up to Blizzcon. Personally I don't have any facts to back it up, but my gut feeling says I'm right.

I'm not gonna discount it, always seems to point out if something is happening. Its odd.

[Santandame]

Have to agree. I am not convinced this guy wasn't at least told to hype up threads in the lead up to Blizzcon. Personally I don't have any facts to back it up, but my gut feeling says I'm right.

There was also the post he very quickly edited where he said something along the lines of “we’re so excited to show you what we’ve been working on” to “I’m so excited to see what they’ve been working on.”

[Cheezits]

Bit of an out-there theory, but Ion mentioning "The Sword" (Gorribal) again so soon made me think of something. What if...

A) The "Dream Zone" isn't the tree, but a prototype or a chunk of the Dream itself
B) Uldaz is some kind of Titan/Watcher facility used to connect the Dream to Azeroth
C) The endgoal of Gorribal is to be replaced by/swapped for the Tree, and the end of DF is Alex and Ysera turning Silithus into a lush forest capital of the Nelves?

It would be an interesting twist and explain why the hell the Sword has been around for so long. And a Kalimdor positional shakeup.

[Santandame]

Bit of an out-there theory, but Ion mentioning "The Sword" (Gorribal) again so soon made me think of something. What if...

A) The "Dream Zone" isn't the tree, but a prototype or a chunk of the Dream itself
B) Uldaz is some kind of Titan/Watcher facility used to connect the Dream to Azeroth
C) The endgoal of Gorribal is to be replaced by/swapped for the Tree, and the end of DF is Alex and Ysera turning Silithus into a lush forest capital of the Nelves?

It would be an interesting twist and explain why the hell the Sword has been around for so long. And a Kalimdor positional shakeup.

Definitely an interesting possibility that I haven’t considered. My only reservation about this though that it would feel slightly jarring to go from an enchanted elven forest to desert zones the next zones over.

I think another cool idea would be to turn Silithus into a demon controlled zone, with demons building a demonic city around and within the sword. It could serve as a fun raid or dungeon.

[Hitei]

Bit of an out-there theory, but Ion mentioning "The Sword" (Gorribal) again so soon made me think of something. What if...

A) The "Dream Zone" isn't the tree, but a prototype or a chunk of the Dream itself
B) Uldaz is some kind of Titan/Watcher facility used to connect the Dream to Azeroth
C) The endgoal of Gorribal is to be replaced by/swapped for the Tree, and the end of DF is Alex and Ysera turning Silithus into a lush forest capital of the Nelves?

It would be an interesting twist and explain why the hell the Sword has been around for so long. And a Kalimdor positional shakeup.

Would be weird having AQ in their backyard if they don't take control of it.

[Luck4]

Bit of an out-there theory, but Ion mentioning "The Sword" (Gorribal) again so soon made me think of something. What if...

A) The "Dream Zone" isn't the tree, but a prototype or a chunk of the Dream itself
B) Uldaz is some kind of Titan/Watcher facility used to connect the Dream to Azeroth
C) The endgoal of Gorribal is to be replaced by/swapped for the Tree, and the end of DF is Alex and Ysera turning Silithus into a lush forest capital of the Nelves?

It would be an interesting twist and explain why the hell the Sword has been around for so long. And a Kalimdor positional shakeup.

That would be good, but the tree being so near C'thun wouldn't corrupt it?

Also...



... they'll need lots of pesticides.

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Anyway, I still think that would be a lot better than having it placed in Dragon Isles.

Just making it clear.

[Cheezits]

Would be weird having AQ in their backyard if they don't take control of it.

Maybe it turns into a jungle ruins zone with Botani?

[Berkilak]

On the subject of us lot discussing theories. Remember when a lot of us during Dragonflight leak season were convinced this guy was a Blizzard employee sent here to get discussion and hype riled up?

I still harbour a suspicion.

[Luck4]

I love how this thread is starting to get steam, growing a few pages every day.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

Hoping to protect the leakers identity so that he didn't get fired, RSG asked one of the mods of SoL to remove the post. That mod was an intern at blizz and simped hard for the dev team, so instead of helping the guy, he ratted him out which got the leaker fired, sent back to his home country, and aided in the eventual death of SoL.

On one hand, he did violate non-disclosure, but this does seem quite disproportionate.

I love how this thread is starting to get steam, growing a few pages every day.

I figure it's just because as time passes, the number of pieces we can play with starts to mount. We're also getting closer to leak season, so that would further pique people's interests.

[Nymrohd]

On one hand, he did violate non-disclosure, but this does seem quite disproportionate.

Being fired for violating an NDA seems reasonable to me. If he was on a work visa, getting fired could easily lead to him having to return back to his home country.

I also absolutely don't understand how the Sword gets replaced with a Tree??

[AOL Instant Messenger]

Being fired for violating an NDA seems reasonable to me. If he was on a work visa, getting fired could easily lead to him having to return back to his home country.

That's fair enough. I'm not sure if I would have reported him to Blizzard or not; it is reasonable and consistent with the written law, but feels like something that wouldn't be too crucial to justify having a hand in exposing the violator to the full consequences.

[Nymrohd]

That's fair enough. I'm not sure if I would have reported him to Blizzard or not; it is reasonable and consistent with the written law, but feels like something that wouldn't be too crucial to justify having a hand in exposing the violator to the full consequences.

Oh I wouldn't have reported him either. I am just saying it was a fair reaction by Blizzard, not by the person who got him fired.

[ImTheMizAwesome]

https://twitter.com/ScarizardPlays/s...64987832713216

So there will be some secret reward in the megadungeon, i wonder what it will be..

[AOL Instant Messenger]

Oh I wouldn't have reported him either. I am just saying it was a fair reaction by Blizzard, not by the person who got him fired.

Yeah, that's roughly how I feel about it. On one hand, the company has a bit of an obligation and a strong economic incentive to fire the worker to avoid setting a precedent that could lead to more critical information being leaked; their hand could be forced when the information is revealed. Conversely, the person who reported the leaker was reporting an action which was—divorced from the larger context that the company would have to evaluate it in light of—relatively harmless, causing them serious harm for a relatively minor slight.