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

[huth]

For what it's worth, they've already acknowledged this specifically:



People can insist that they're lying, but no one can say it hasn't been addressed already.

And they most likely aren't specificially because they know damn well it'll be trouble otherwise.

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In part, I think it's a reflection of where the identity of blood elves as a race has gone. They sound less firm and impassioned and more like generic (and prissy) elves because that's one of the shifts their portrayal has gone through with time. The original was a bit stilted and exaggerated, but it was in a way that had a more enjoyable and stronger personality.

[Xilurm]

https://x.com/Portergauge/status/1986582121520242924

god, these are awful lol

why is everything in modern wow so lame?

I always felt like the Blood Elf npc voices were the most unique in the game. They just sounded different, even to that of the Draenei which were added in the same expansion. It wasn't the accent or something like that, but more the quality of the voice itself. I don't know how to explain it, but it felt like playing a different game? If that makes sense.

[Reive]

i really don't understand why they're trying so hard to make wow feel more and more childish. why alienate the playerbase you've cultivated for 20 years just to make a small subset of people happy?

[allegrian]

The new Blood Elf NPC voiceovers...

If these make it into the final game and they replace the TBC ones with this it's the final nail in the coffin to me. My most anticipated expansion turned into my worst nightmare.

Why is it that bad?

[Xilurm]

I like nobody in the comments of that post likes them either.

[Reive]

Why is it that bad?

i mean, elronas basically dislikes everything about midnight kek. i understand him/her tho. every time the devs touch old content they make it worse.

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I like nobody in the comments of that post likes them either.

no offense but those people got what they asked for. they are the ones always complaining about racism, war and other "controversial" topics being bad in wow

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no offense but those people got what they asked for. they are the ones always complaining about racism, war and other "controversial" topics being bad in wow

Realistically, (disregarding your comment being a generalization that seems a little unfair) even the Twitteratti can recognize something shit when they see it. Some of them may be staunch advocates for the sanitization of the setting, but that doesn't necessarily make them responsible for every stooping effort to make something more soullessly marketable, nor are they necessarily responsible for Blizzard going this petulant Isekai anime-sounding direction with the voices.

[Lahis]

https://xcancel.com/Portergauge/stat...653661757550#m

Garrosh quest completely rewritten- now you go to TBC Nagrand to hear about Garrosh from the Outland Maghar.

What's all this?

Char Customization Options
Body
Claw Armor - New 01 (New)
Claw Armor - New 02 (New)
Claw Armor - New 03 (New)
Claw Armor - None (New)
Claws - New 01 (New)
Claws - New 02 (New)
Claws - New 03 (New)
Claws - None (New)
Helm - New 01 (New)
Helm - New 02 (New)
Helm - New 03 (New)
Helm - None (New)
Tail - New 00 (New)
Tail - New 01 (New)
Tail - New 02 (New)
Tail - New 03 (New)
Tail Armor - New 01 (New)
Tail Armor - New 02 (New)
Tail Armor - New 03 (New)
Tail Armor - None (New)

Head (Dragonriding)
Head - Dragon (New)
Head - None (New)
Head - Parrot (New)
Head - Wolf (New)

Customizeable mount. Maybe Dracthyr.

[Xilurm]

Customizeable mount. Maybe Dracthyr.

Preferably customizable Dracthyr mount.

[Reive]

Realistically, (disregarding your comment being a generalization that seems a little unfair) even the Twitteratti can recognize something shit when they see it. Some of them may be staunch advocates for the sanitization of the setting, but that doesn't necessarily make them responsible for every stooping effort to make something more soullessly marketable, nor are they necessarily responsible for Blizzard going this petulant Isekai anime-sounding direction with the voices.

i just don't feel bad for them. they gave blizzard their approval when they started sanitizing the setting because it suited them, so now they shouldn't complain if the devs are going full disney with the game

[micwini]

At least here, they have the luxury to just cancel the new ones and keep the old ones in. This change for the sake of change needs to stop.
The people designing the atmosphere in the game these days obv have 0 clue of their own playerbase.

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Is it possible to make an addon to replace new BE voicelines with old ones. Please please please.

[allegrian]

At least here, they have the luxury to just cancel the new ones and keep the old ones in. This change for the sake of change needs to stop.
The people designing the atmosphere in the game these days obv have 0 clue of their own playerbase.

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Is it possible to make an addon to replace new BE voicelines with old ones. Please please please.

Maybe old BE NPCs said stuff that made sense during TBC but not anymore.

[Elronas16]

Why is it that bad?

i mean, elronas basically dislikes everything about midnight kek. i understand him/her tho. every time the devs touch old content they make it worse.

Pretty much this.

I know this is rather selfish, as other other players might not have the same issues or investment in these things, but as a long time Blood Elf enjoyer I'm taking this more personally. And I hate almost everything they're doing with them for this expansion.

I hate that the whole kingdom is condensed into one single zone and they didn't expand it to modern standards, I hate the new artstyle for the assets and the architecture, I hate the new Silvermoon revamp and dragonriding design philosophy, hate that most of it is open to the Alliance, hate that we get the low rez questing gear and the new washed out color palettes and now to top it all off they're replacing the iconic voice lines with some really lame ones.

They've bastardized everything about this race.

Doesn't help that I don't particularily fancy the rest of what Midnight has to offer either, Voidstorm especially looks like the most redundant launch zone they've ever done to me. Generally I think it will be a very sour experience playing through this, so it might just be the end of the road with retail for me.

[Explicit Teemo Nudes]

What was the storyline with Nisha and Cyrus that they removed?

[Reive]

What was the storyline with Nisha and Cyrus that they removed?

one about nisha being tired of fighting

[JDBlou]

Well, scratch that, here are the Loa!!
Blessings of Abundance - Dundun, Loa of Abundance - Rat Loa
Blessings of Children - Filo, Loa of Children - Capybara Loa
Blessings of Famine - Mot'amra, Loa of Famine - Snapdragon Loa
Blessings of Growth - Oe, Loa of Growth - Seed Loa?
Blessings of Medicine - Kulzi, Loa of Medicine - Pangolin Loa
Blessings of Peril - Pool, Loa of Peril - Shark Loa
Blessings of Subterfuge - Shadra, Loa of Subterfuge - Spider Loa, good to see her back
Blessings of the Depths - Pahk, Loa of the Depths - Threshadon Loa
Blessings of Travelers - Wo'la Mona, Loa of Travelers - Mammoth Loa

A snap-dragon loa is exceptionally curious because by all current lore, snap dragons were created at the behest of Azshara pre-Naga and then following the sundering they were domesticated by the Naga. So I'm curious if this just a loa as term for "really powerful thing trolls worship" or are we meeting a snapdragon Wild God. If we're meeting a snapdragon wild god, it's fair to assume the Naga won't be far behind... amidst all the plethora of deep sea loas that are being seeded; is our Ula'tek patch about the Naga trying to co-opt the Isle of Fangs to go dominate a venomous Loa and awaken an old god minion in one fell swoop?

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one about nisha being tired of fighting

Ok. How is that a big deal?

[Sondrelk]

Ok. How is that a big deal?

People complained because it gave the impression that all Arcantina quests were about how everyone there was miserable and hated what they used to be.

In short, the usual bellyaching about the new devs hating everything old.

[allegrian]

Pretty much this.

I know this is rather selfish, as other other players might not have the same issues or investment in these things, but as a long time Blood Elf enjoyer I'm taking this more personally. And I hate almost everything they're doing with them for this expansion.

I hate that the whole kingdom is condensed into one single zone and they didn't expand it to modern standards, I hate the new artstyle for the assets and the architecture, I hate the new Silvermoon revamp and dragonriding design philosophy, hate that most of it is open to the Alliance, hate that we get the low rez questing gear and the new washed out color palettes and now to top it all off they're replacing the iconic voice lines with some really lame ones.

They've bastardized everything about this race.

Doesn't help that I don't particularily fancy the rest of what Midnight has to offer either, Voidstorm especially looks like the most redundant launch zone they've ever done to me. Generally I think it will be a very sour experience playing through this, so it might just be the end of the road with retail for me.

Well I guess you can start to understand how Night Elf fans felt from Legion to DF, where in Legion their arcane past fantasy was given to the opposite faction, BFA had the burning of teldrassil, SL denied them their vengeance and DF gave a last minute world tree + small village (while benching and almost killing malfurion) instead of returning to kalimdor. Oh and in midnight they are moving NE themes to the new and shiny haranir race, which is of course neutral.

At this point anyone's best hope is that their favourite race and themes are not focused in the story.