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

[Eldryth]

According to IcyVeins, Silvermoon is the main city, but some areas are Horde-only to make it clear that the Alliance are guests and it's still a Horde city.

Edit: And they also have a writeup on the Prey system.

[Phunkle]

Man, seeing Holly Longdale now and comparing it to Metzen back when they announced the World Soul Saga - What a night and day difference in stage presence.

[vindicator782]

Missing what the complaint is here.

typical sexism

"if women are in games they must be hot all the time"

[Hitei]

Transmog is free now and also can be set to auto-switch in certain situations.

[Mekkle]

man, there was at least a very small minority the wanted to play a titan construct like an earthen (me), but there is literally 0 people who wanted harronir. Ethereals, Amani, and even shitty high elves would have been a better choice. I have no idea who thought this was a good idea.

[Kiivar86]

Transmog is free now and also can be set to auto-switch in certain situations.

That's nice at least.

[bagina]

One day they will understand what THIS

brings in more money than THIS

Look, not everyone can be Sylvanas alright? I do hate her hairdo, though. And the circlet. I liked her default ponytail better.

[Raetary]

Folks, are we looking at the same things? Because the art, the zones, the mobs, the variety, etc. looks amazing!

Of course the zones look amazing, the zones look always amazing.
I'm going to enjoy the shit out of Silvermoon and Eversong.

That isn't what people are complaining about.

[Harpymeat]

All the marketing hype for a feature-bereft xpac only serves to sharpen disappointment and make it feel like they really didn’t fucking try.

Pig-elves over Ethereals, over anything?

[DiscipleofCazicThule]

Off all the complaints, I think "elf girl in cinematic didn't make my pp hard" is the most ridiculous.

[vindicator782]

Man, seeing Holly Longdale now and comparing it to Metzen back when they announced the World Soul Saga - What a night and day difference in stage presence.

I mean it's not blizzcon, and they probably had a very tight window - can't really do all the pagentry I guess

[ChronoSul]

So, looking at the images of the Haranir, i find they look nice and distinguishable enough to stand on their own.

but for the love of god man... the Amani are right there, the Ethereals are right fucking there.
Why would not use them?

Why not have the Haranir be a patch addition later?

Anyway...

Ghostlands looks to be cleansed:


It's still gloomy, but the grass is green and plants are growing, the trees are no longer plagued either.

Honestly I think the reason they didnt go with ethereals is because if i remember right when war within was announced they feel like they hit the critical mass of different race skeletons when it comes to making new gear & because ethereals would be a full race... they'd need a new rig and that just aint happening sadly :/
Its even stranger when u consider ethereals are a fan favorite & we just got their story but instead we are getting a race we basicly know nothing about at launch? or will they be pushed to late into the xpac?

[Reive]

i'm sorry to be a doomer but i'm genuinely underwhelmed. housing aside there is nothing i really like from the announcement

perhaps i treated dragonflight too harshly

[ChairmanKaga]

But also these raids are all available at launch, I thought it was meant as each season - so no need to panic, there's technically 9 bosses in midnight s1

That wasn't obvious? People think they are announcing all three tier's raids now? When have they ever done that?

[Capivara]

High Elves are already playable. Go roll one.

buddy i'm laughing so much that the HELF fans didn't get it, i literally hate the idea of a new playable elf race.

[Hearthfinder]

I don't really see a clear and coherent theme with the expansion either, looking at this page: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com.../news/24228402

Like... the zones are:Revamped elf zone, a rooty underground zone, a voidy zone, and Zul'Aman. Right there, there's nothing at all which screams out "continent!". It's zone-hopping like in Cataclysm, only without a magnificent world revamp to back it up.

For a race we've got Haranir, which was sort of relevant last expansion but then completely neglected and left behind both by Blizzard and by players, eager for new races that fit K'aresh or Quel'Thalas.

Then for the features, we... build a house? Track powerful targets on Azeroth with "Prey"?

Class content, we've got... a Demon Hunter spec. Wut? Sure, it's based on the Void but.

A slightly updated lexeling experience for new players.

[VoidSeeker199X]

I said this before, but Blizzard should either go back to 3 Patch Expansions like it was before Shadowlands, or quit the Expansion model entirely, because it's hurting the game in the long run.

[ro9ue]

Alright I'm out of here. It's getting really tiring reading all of the whining because people hyped up certain leaks and are upset none of them were correct. Bunch of bitter people that need to touch grass.

People definitely should curtail their expectations, but it's honestly up to Blizzard to deliver on what people want. They did for Wrath, they did for Legion. If the general community is wanting X Y Z and you don't even get Z, that's a misalignment with your playerbase. I mean, Dracthyr? Earthen? Haronwhatever?

All you need to do is be somewhat involved in the community to see a general consensus of races people actually want. Ethereal, Amani Trolls, Ogres, etc. And that's just races, they are misaligned on a lot of other stuff too.

[Hitei]

man, there was at least a very small minority the wanted to play a titan construct like an earthen (me), but there is literally 0 people who wanted harronir. Ethereals, Amani, and even shitty high elves would have been a better choice. I have no idea who thought this was a good idea.

Speak for yourself.

[Ferlion]

Sure things look amazing but what about class changes, talent changes, new abilities or any gameplay altering feature at all?

They didnt mention a level cap increase either. I don't know if they've ever had a reveal that didn't increase the level cap.