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

[Xilurm]

Who is this??

AI image #4567

[Thinkpad]

ALSO....


we just got the Azshara transmog datamines for Lemix

Hint hint?

[milkmustache]

Yeah sure, but then why is Turslyon accurate to the T with his gauntlet beads and everything, but Azsharas outfit is completely different from her cata one

Because AI is wildly inconsistent.

ALSO....


we just got the Azshara transmog datamines for Lemix

Hint hint?

And they look nothing like her "new outfit".

[Hitei]

What??

You can clearly see they're rendered models, what are you talking about?

I seriously don't get it. Is everyone just actually blind? I do not understand how people cannot tell the difference between this:



and this:

[Wangming]

We deserve that. It's been 2 meh and one ok cinematics in a row. I want something like bfa but more one sided with void and her looking like they are dominating.

I want Xal to go all "Darth Vader in Rogue One" on the belfs.
Gimme horror vibes.

[Xilurm]

The Azshara leak is definitely real.

Like I said, no reason AI should give her a new outfit.

So we may get playable naga?

I'm still hoping for ethereals

It's not 2023, AI image gen has advanced quite a lot.

[Chickat]

Volumetric fog got some nice updates in TWW but we've only largely seen that in practice underground. I think we'll get some pretty vistas in Midnight for sure.

There's also their new model format that will allow them to make much fancier models, too.

Can you elaborate on the new model format? I havent been around much the last year so I definitely missed that.

[Dnusha]

Who is this??

[RobertMugabe]

Who is this??

jAIlerbait

[Local Ardenweald Faerie]

Not only is AI art theft and copyright hell, it has also completely ruined leak season.

We used to have to put in -effort- for this stuff, folk!

[Thinkpad]

I seriously don't get it. Is everyone just actually blind? I do not understand how people cannot tell the difference between this:



and this:

One is a poster the other is a screenshot of the actual cinematic.... : /

[huth]

*complementary

No, complimentary. It's going to butter you up before it drives you into the caves of Simon.

[Ersula]

Daddy issues hairstyle alone makes it believable. Her looks follow newblizz design principles to a D.

We talking about Azshara or Alleria now? The other thing is Turalyon looks way to old. He is really old but but the light stopped his aging. He shouldn't look older than 40, and that fake render made him look 60. He looks ready to take his child-wife to claire's.

Just popped up on Blizzard's CDN: https://imgur.com/a/GkDvgOQ

THANOS?

[Casualist34]

Okay, ladies, gentlemen, both and neither. We are two and a half hours from the Opening Ceremony. Three and a half before the cinematic.

In these final hours, in honor of my love foor victorian gothic shit ..let's listen to some Powerworgen. Err, I mean, Powerwolf

Dont forget https://youtu.be/9qbRHY1l0vc?si=Epu-kgZXnFdwd3aL

[Marlamin]

Can you elaborate on the new model format? I havent been around much the last year so I definitely missed that.

There are very little similarities with their existing model formats, but the tl;dr is that they can use more modern techniques that have so far been unavailable in the WoW engine. They also use a new material system that lets them make materials specifically for a model instead of having to rely on a preset amount of ~20 shaders they can use on a material as is the situation now. I talk a bit more about it here.

[Auburst]

What do you mean? I assume you're thinking that she has a shaved side or something. It's just her hair swept to the side, which is a perfectly normal hairstyle.

Zoom tells me it's a side shave. If it isn't, then... I hate her new look anyway!

I zoomed again. It's not a side shave.

[Thinkpad]

Because AI is wildly inconsistent.



And they look nothing like her "new outfit".

Bro I understand a few differences here and there but again, her outfit is 100% different while Lorth and turalyons aren't.

Yes the Lemix one is the old one, but it could be a hint at her relevance.

Especially since Azshara didn't really have .much of a story beat in legion...

[Chickat]

I want Xal to go all "Darth Vader in Rogue One" on the belfs.
Gimme horror vibes.

Give me people running away in fear and some guy begging for his life. She kills him and laughs maniacally.

[Hitei]

One is a poster the other is a screenshot of the actual cinematic.... : /

No. The other is what an actual "cinematic character" in their press kits looks like.





For realsies though. I'm being punked right? People don't actually think these are 3D renders, right?

[Vakir]

What??

You can clearly see they're rendered models, what are you talking about?

You really can't clearly see that, though.

They specifically chose a poor resolution with a lot of ambiguity to hide any potential flaws that are easier to note. It also makes it less clear if it's a high quality render or a 2D image trying to invoke photorealism.

There's no internal visual code bullshit that can identify the person providing it that gives reason to give a crappy image. They did it just to obfuscate. When the DF logo leaked directly from the press kit, we got a big detailed 4K one. This person has literal web assets for the site and didn't just...grab them?

There are already some discrepancies - one sabaton on Turalyon having the glow design split down the middle but another the correct solid. The pauldrons glow designs are a front projected design when in reality they curve around it and that simply isn't here.

His expression also 1:1 with his Argus patch key art. People talk about some changes to how old he looks and the like, but his Clint Eastwood scowl is identical to the point that it doesn't look like it's a separate scene in the first place.

The extremely accurate wrist tie is small enough and lacking detail that people forget you can still use Photoshop on an AI generated image.

Lor'themar's design is way off in terms of being streamlined away from the feather-y metal textures. They may have removed the phoenix iconography but there's a lot of "maybe" around that.

I don't think this 100% discredits things, but it does create suspicion and it's disingenuous to say they're clearly real with nothing else unless you're trying to cheerlead for them.

Especially since Azshara didn't really have .much of a story beat in legion...

She literally fucking appeared. She showed up in silhouette wearing that. The naga are half the fucking Aszuna zone! She has a dungeon named after her with the final boss being an arcane manifestation of her power! Come on!

If you're not disingenuously cheerleading for something you made/support faking, use your head.