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

[Cheezits]

We are left in a bizarre circumstance where we'll end up killing Xal's boss before we kill Xal herself. That said, getting rid of Dimensius now is a good call in as much as he'd always be an evil plank of a man with a silly name, whereas even other generally bland villains (Iridikron, natch) have slightly more going for them looks and theme-wise.

I'm actually shocked they kept him as a Voidwalker, albeit a better looking one this time. Does this mean the Void is always just going to be wraiths and walkers?

[shoc]

Good day for the five brewmaster players out there!

Phasediving feels like a cop out to not make ethereals playable :/

Helping the Ethereals defeat Dimensius is the perfect setup for 12.0 playable Ethereals and/or an Ethereal-themed class.

[Makabreska]

Soooooo, Midnight around February?

[Enrif]

Dimensius as final boss is bold of blizzard. This leaves it absolutly open what Midnight will be. Will we loose to Dimensius? Will Xal'ataht got desperate? What is the sunwells role in it?

[Cheezits]

What do we think is going on with the Demon Hunters?

[Sondrelk]

It's entirely possible Dimensius will either try to find another way in, or it'll win

It's more about the narrative taking a sharp left. Yes Ethereals are somewhat relevant. And we were told about K'aresh. But even discounting the World Soul itself, there is still the Rootlands and Beledar which are unexplored, and which will not be relevant again. Just like how in BfA, while N'zoth was relevant, and Ny'alotha was mentioned, it was still a sudden detour to have the faction war end BEFORE the final patch.

[Super Dickmann]

I'm actually shocked they kept him as a Voidwalker, albeit a better looking one this time. Does this mean the Void is always just going to be wraiths and walkers?

I don't think so. His look before then was just a Voidwalker and the new 'cosmic void' look has always been more starry and less fleshy. Making him basically a big humanoid example of that, while boring, fits, especially since we know K'aresh has a world soul, which are humanoid, and they're trying to 'resurrect' Dimensius, so this is likely him inhabiting what was left of the World Soul.

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Dimensius as final boss is bold of blizzard. This leaves it absolutly open what Midnight will be. Will we loose to Dimensius? Will Xal'ataht got desperate? What is the sunwells role in it?

We have never lost to an end boss, it won't happen now. Bookmark it. Also @Joshuaj.

[Enrif]

I'm actually shocked they kept him as a Voidwalker, albeit a better looking one this time. Does this mean the Void is always just going to be wraiths and walkers?

i think it makes sense. the purest form of void were always the void walker, void wraihts, void gods. Making it something different wouldn't feel right.

[Bladesyphon]

I'm disappointed we're not going to the Rootlands, but 11.2 looks meaty as hell so I can't complain.

I also did not have "We'll be fighting a Void Lord in The War Within" on my Expansion bingo-card. I was positive they'd be setting and building Dimensius up as the final boss of Midnight. I'm super excited to see how this fight is going to play out, especially given that it's size is supposed to be the same size as Stormwind.

[Joshuaj]

Okay, I already know what's gonna happen.

I don't think we're gonna kill Dimensius this expac, and I think he'll still end up being the major foe of Midnight

[Sondrelk]

Soooooo, Midnight around February?

Definitely somewhere Winter 2026. Early spring at the latest.

[Joshuaj]

I think Metzen is tryna make the vision from Prophet's Lesson into a reality

[Dracullus]

RIP Rootlands.

Long live K'aresh

If you wanted Rootlands as separate zone, sure. But as part of Worldcore - probably coming in Last Titan (or hell, I wouldn't even exclude Midnight at this point, Worldsoul Saga is hard to predict).

Soooooo, Midnight around February?

Just follow 8 weeks rule (+- 1/2 weeks, but it evens out anyway). 11.2 August before Gamescom, 11.2.5 October (Anniversary and I bet this is place for "new scary game mode"), 11.2.7 in December (Legion Remix), pre-patch January/February, 5 weeks later Midnight - so early March.

[Cheezits]

Okay, I already know what's gonna happen.

I don't think we're gonna kill Dimensius this expac, and I think he'll still end up being the major foe of Midnight

I think he's "dead" after the raid, but he's going to imbue Xal with the remains of his power she needs to invade the Sunwell, as well as a proper reveal that she is his herald.

Or maybe he's the one who possesses/corrupts Alleria.

[Makorus]

Dimensius is a big enough throwaway villain that we will definitely kill him for good.

Surprised we ended this expansion without fighting Xal once.

[Hitei]

i think it makes sense. the purest form of void were always the void walker, void wraihts, void gods. Making it something different wouldn't feel right.

I think they could have made him still just void energy but more interesting visually. It could have been a twenty armed centipede-like wraith monster instead of just a big walker.

[Nightshade711]

Disappointed they’re not setting up Dimensius for Midnight.
Though this probably means we’ll defeat Dimensius & Xal’atath will probably siphon whatever power remains/use it to attack the Sunwell.

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

I'm just glad this time period is over and I got what I wanted which is that they don't mess up the K'aresh -> Transition into Midnight. Thank fuck.

[Lady Atia]

So, I guess PTR will be up tonight aswell?

[Darkarath]

Lmao imagine being this petty over a patch.

Says the one that continuosly post his patch dates (ops, you were wrong with today's reveal)

Feels good to be right for once in a speculation forum

Especially after so much discussion regarding the zone of 11.2.

Anyway, curious that the story of the dungeon goes AFTER the events of the raid.

The Ethereal cape looks awesome. Taking care of our own Eco-Dome? Two versions of K'aresh? Interesting experiments. Also the Delve happens in the Dragon Isles, of all places.

And the most important thing of all. K'aresh will NOT be a part of Midnight. The revamp dream lives on ¡¡ Now we truly don't have a clue about Midnight's patch zones (we don't even know the initial zones, to be fair).