11.0 zone pics?

[Mojo03]

1.)The pictures could easily be from the press package or the website they usually have a number for each new Zone there. You're assuming they are all from the Trailer and are the only shots in the Trailer of those Zones.

Just as an Example the DF site literally has this image:

https://blz-contentstack-images.akam...ply&quality=70

2.) There are new Assets in the screenshots(rocks were mentioned,the cat, the gryphon statue isnt aerie peak etc.).

It may very well be fake but I wouldnt be so sure about it.

Despite their issues, Blizzard is great at presentation. This is pretty amateur.

The first is too foggy to even mean anything. Whats particularly interesting about that shot to me is it's when they seemingly chose to unveil the "new continent" promo, but the image is unclear and lifeless. It's an important moment in the trailer. When that pops you'd want to show something cool/interesting or at the very least a readable area so that your brain ties the two together. This ain't it. Something someone making a fake would overlook, but far less likely a professional designer would.

3/4 of the photos are neatly curated, staged showcase shots. Meaning they intentionally placed things a certain way for a certain reason. They'd be shots intended to showcase the area for marketing.

The issue is these neatly curated shots don't show anything new. They're entirely reused things.

If you're selling new content, you want to show off new content. You have sometimes fractions of a second to get people attention.

This ain't it chief.

[ercarp]

You really believe someone went through the trouble to make not 1 or 2, but 4 images with so much love and care using the game engine, creating new models and textures for the creature and dwarf, placing beautiful lighting on the pictures, stuff in the background... for a silly leak?

Yes.

Then they wouldn't even take credit after it exploded and get the fame? Why would anyone do that?

I waited until the last second before revealing that I faked the Tides of Vengeance logo. Why? Because it was funny to watch people lose their minds over whether or not it was real.

[Melius]

this doesnt look interesting to me, if its true ofc. but blizzcon is right around the corner so we will find out soon

[Kleym]

I know those pic are not real.

[Redwyrm]

Added a simple yes/no poll to this thread by request from multiple users.

Note: This was added after the fact, by me, and was not originally part of this thread (just in case this ever becomes a point of discussion).

Thanks Venara. Didn't mean to create a duplicate topic thread.

[Soimu]

I hope they are not. If this is all blizz came up for the 10th expansion it is lame as fck and i have no hope for wow anymore, at least not with this team.
It is possible this pictures came from blizz as a decoy to mislead people and hide the true expansion.

[Azerox]

Looks like DF 2.0 to me, hope not, didnt like DF.
I would like a dark themed xpac like Legion (or even SL).

[Runicblood]

The ground textures on the 3rd and 4th album look bad compared to modern WoW textures. Even MoP ground textures had more detail. Fake.

because something that is still in a relatively early development phase will have final high quality textures, right?

[Orange Joe]

This one actually looks legit.
Most written leaks here point to the OP being mentally challenged or unstable, but IF this is a fake it required a good bit of skill. In fact it required so much skill, that it can not come from the same croud that posts fake leaks. You can't become so skilled and then have enough time to waste them on something for zero return.


At least that's what I think.

I've seen better fake leaks in the past.

[keelr]

I cant believe so many people think its real. Damn this feels so bad.

[Holdodlig]

because something that is still in a relatively early development phase will have final high quality textures, right?

They won't redo a texture in the middle of the dev process. You can check stuff like BFA trailer where warfront were far from being done. The ground texture is already done. In fact, it might be one of the first thing they do when they work on terrains :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6CO60tMt9o

Then they later add more details like more ground textures to avoid texture repetition and then, they add doodads like ground details, rocs, torchs. But if a zone is fully detailed like in those screenshots, the gound texture is likely going to be done in high quality.

But again, I would'nt say this is an evidence for these screens to be fake as most of the ground texture in WoW have a weird rendering and aren't as detailed as the monster / doodads textures.

And it's WoW. Let's remind everybody that Blizzard released this abomination in the freakin game store.

[stigz]

if it's not real then it's at least a concept run of screens

[Floot]

Acting like Dragonflight did something cool.

Expect nothing from these who pander to the Panderstone

But it was good... I say this as someone who hasn't missed a single expansion or patch content.

Dragonflight literally improved on everything the community had negative feedback on during BfA and Shadowlands...
This is still super-objective of course, because I personally never had any issues at all with borrowed power systems, I personally really enjoyed them... but I was always in the minority when giving this feedback during Legion / BfA and Shadowlands...

The only part that got worse is probably the story, which grew pretty stale and generic... and yeah, there is definitely some sort of weird "let's make sure we don't give a bad influence to our kids"-influence going on in deciding the story beats...

- - - Updated - - -

Usually when they release "out of place" mounts like that, it's because it's referencing the next expansion... or mostly because it's some kind of mob somewhere in a small area in one of the zones.

[Swnem]

Yes.


I waited until the last second before revealing that I faked the Tides of Vengeance logo. Why? Because it was funny to watch people lose their minds over whether or not it was real.

This is not a logo. This is real work with 3D assets and building landscapes. This is a talented person/people who did an amazing amount of work. This is not someone fooling around. No one fools around with 4 pictures. They do one or two at best. That is enough to get a reaction. 4 pictures with different biomes is dedication.

Well... not long until we know for sure.

[Holdodlig]

Usually when they release "out of place" mounts like that, it's because it's referencing the next expansion... or mostly because it's some kind of mob somewhere in a small area in one of the zones.

I wasn't really commenting on how the mount was out of place or not but rather that the textures were far from Blizzard's modern standards. With trading post they can release anything in the store these days without looking suspicious.

[kavikor]

I voted yes.

I don't actually know if this is real but its way, way more believable than 99% of text leaks we've gotten
Until someone else posts some believable screenshots, this is the closest imo

[Engal]

Name one...ONE expansion to any MMORPG that uses 100% unique assets and skeletons for their game?

SWTOR does it
FF14 does it
Everquest does it

But somehow when Blizzard does it, suddenly it's egregious?

Come on, y'all are smarter than this.

Yes, my point. so complaining that everything isn't " new assets " , so its fake is stupid

[Venziir]

I mean if you find that boring then maybe the genre just isn't for you

Because fantasy is ONLY about dragons... Derp.

[Pinksocking]

lmao the poll

this shite is so fake

L

[Deadmines]

Voting yes due to the level of effort put in, if DOES turn out to be fake - fair dos.