The only notable difference I am able to discern is their physical location, which is presumably due to the Boston event taking place anyway.
They could perhaps have been let inside a room filled with computers to play around with some feature a bit casually. But that thing could be anything.![]()
Hard to tell, really. Regarding housing, didn't they say at PAX that they'll release more info in the upcoming weeks? Would be a bit weird to word it like that and do it right after PAX.
If I were to guess, it's the Duskwood gamemode.
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That would be pretty underwhelming lol. But they're giving off the impression that it was something that just happened naturally because people were around for PAX/30th anniversary, so wasn't something preplanned. But who knows.
I mean, whatever it is, we're likely hyping ourselves up too much for something that's only been mentioned by like 3 content creators at this point. Classic hype thread.
It would be perplexing if they had brought Preach, Taliesin, SoulSoBreezy and presumably others over to Boston merely for an office tour.
Keep in mind Taliesin cancelled his attencence at MrGM's London event last week, just a couple of weeks in advance, as it overlapped with this thing (whatever it was). If he was always planning on going to Boston he would have known that earlier. And cancelling a community event he was going to be part of is pretty noteworthy and arguably a bit unprofessional - unless the thing he was going to instead was a major thing that really warranted this change of plans.
It's unclear whether MrGM got the same information a couple of weeks ago when he visited California, or if this is completely unrelated.
Seems like Bellular might have been in the know about something happening as well, because he brought up in a recent video of his that he wasn't invited to these types of events since he often criticises them.
Here's how I rank each possibility:
1.The new game mode test. Mentioned at PAX and a perfect opportunity to just throw a bunch of content creators in there for a bit of a laugh and some buzz.
2. 11.2 info. Also kinda makes sense if there are devs present for interviews, a little demo station to try out the new stuff, etc.
3. Housing test. Not entirely unimaginable either. But as I said, I just don't think a system like "housing" is something you just drop people into for a quick test. You really don't get a feel for a system like that unless you play for hours and hours, on your own.
4. Legion Remix.
5. MoP Classic.
6. Midnight info.
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You know something, don't you. Haha. This just sounds like a classic "Marlamin has seen shit in the game files and has a good idea of what is upcoming or not, but won't tell".
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I just feel like it would be... really early to show off this new game mode, because it wouldn't come out until at least 11.2.5, which is why personally I think it's either something SOD related, or 11.2.
Doesn't really build hype to show gameplay of a "for fun" game mode you wont be able to play for like another 4-5 months.
Hyping up an embargo reveal possibly too much.![]()
Speaking of, time is confirmed for the usual time today (which means I have time for a nap, yay).
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Gotta be Housing or a tiny chance for the new game mode.
11.2/Midnight would receive bigger press buzz, they said at Pax they're still figuring out Legion Remix so that's probably not ready.
Housing is already revealed and we know a bunch of stuff so "only" giving a new info dump for content creators makes sense. Also Tali answering questions about "it" on stream definitely sounds like they got hands-on time with whatever it was.
edit: I'm doing it too, damn hype.
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After all we heard, looks like we will see some early gameplay footage from housing, just Boston team showing some things cause content creators were around.
So 11.2 reveal will be just with PTR start, unless they drop trailer for some Xbox conference of summer fest. But probably only expacs are big enough for that.
Personally i want to know more about 11.2. Housing news are neat but i want to know where the story is going
Same. 11.1.7 is very uninteresting to me story wise. Actually TWW as a whole is very disjointed. 11.2 has to lead into Midnight somehow because the expansion reveal is just weeks after the patch releases.. Would be pretty weird to reveal Midnight first, and then use the 11.2.5/.7 patches to explain how we get there. Especially when those patches will most likely have stuff like the new gamemode and Legion Remix
I wonder if that matters, though. The 30th anniversary event was probably at least partly held in Boston because it's a large city on the east coast, and the content creator thing was held in Boston at least partly because people were already congregating for the 30th anniversary event there.
But who knows, maybe?
I would love some 11.2 news but it's too early for that I reckon, unless they have decided to start the hype a lot earlier than usual.
It's probably going to be something housing related.