Patch 11.1.7

[Valnaaros]

Since we're likely to see the PTR updated to 11.1.7 soon, I've gone ahead and started this thread. There most likely won't be much to the patch, if anything, but we'll seen.

[WerebearGuy]

Throwing my hat in the ring on things we will (probably not but should) see;
- 1000 new pets
- 12 new pet families with unique taming books/spells
- A new spirit beast
- Unlocked Harronir allied race with cool new bat models as their starting pet
- A new Alchemy item that lets you turn NPCs into any other type of NPC (Humanoid to beast, for example)
- A new unintended pet model that will be rapidly patched out unlike the two we still have from 11.0

Excessive sarcasm aside, 11.1.7 actually does have potential for new content since it'll probably have story progression leading up to 11.2. Here's hoping we get something this time and not another super delayed and staggered nothingburger like 11.1.5.

[worgpower]

11.1.7 is most likely going to be a filler patch just like 11.1.5, there will be some content that will keep us waiting for 11.2, I think it’s either going to be a continuation for the story of the arathi and their origins, or a continuation of some of the goblin stories of undermine, I say there’s only going to be one or two pet looks


Edit - just saw the name, it’s Legacy of Arathor

[Wain]

Maybe more lynxes? The patch sounds like it's going to be more Horde vs Alliance squabbling, which doesn't really sell it to me, but who knows?

Patch 11.1.5 already gave us the "repetitive gameplay system intended to keep players occupied until real content arrives, but is so broken that everyone just ends up more frustrated than if they were bored" that all expansions are obliged to have at least one, if not two, of. Hopefully we don't see another in 11.1.7.

[WerebearGuy]

Played on the PTR. The Lorewalking quests do not provide any new beasts, but we visit old areas that scale up to us (up to 80!). Two of the new zones do not have beasts, while one has aberrations that resemble tameables (Aqiri), but we're in a vehicle and they're friendly. Yes, friendly. Minor spoiler, you'll enjoy it. It's literally day one, so not everything is implemented and fully functional yet, but it's not looking like we're getting any new pets. At least not yet, maybe.

[Talihawk]

Any chance we might get some new Cloud Serpent colors tameable via the Lorewalking?

[Valnaaros]

Any chance we might get some new Cloud Serpent colors tameable via the Lorewalking?

I guess it is possible, but I wouldn’t count on it. The only thing that has anything to do with Pandaria in regards to Lorewalking is Lorewalker Cho. The three stories are about Xal’atath, the Lich King, and the Ethereals.

[Talihawk]

Ah bummer. Sorry about that, got confused on what the focus of the stories were. I need more brain cells.

[Valnaaros]

Ah bummer. Sorry about that, got confused on what the focus of the stories were. I need more brain cells.

No worries!

[Baihu]

Super no-chance, but I dream of Aberration taming training lol!

[Jangalian]

I'm hoping for a "shadow" lynx, like the shadowed lynx mount. That would be super cool to find in a horrific vision!

[Valnaaros]

Even though the next patch is tied to the Arathi, it is more specifically tied to the Arathi in Arathi Highlands, which do not have lynxes.

[DannyGreen]

I'm curious if this is gonna bugger up the zone?
Because you have regular, then BFA, now the new one. Will we lose out on any rares I wonder? Maybe I should camp for the last of the rare drops before it gets more populated.

[worgpower]

Even though the next patch is tied to the Arathi, it is more specifically tied to the Arathi in Arathi Highlands, which do not have lynxes.

The lynxes definitely came from the northern half of eastern kingdoms where the elves lived, they definitely kept lynxes as a symbol of their elven heritage

[Valnaaros]

Even though the next patch is tied to the Arathi, it is more specifically tied to the Arathi in Arathi Highlands, which do not have lynxes.

The lynxes definitely came from the northern half of eastern kingdoms where the elves lived, they definitely kept lynxes as a symbol of their elven heritage

That's possible, but there also could be lynxes native to where the Arathi Empire currently is. Even so, the modern Arathi in the Arathi Highlands do not have lynxes.

[Rabenschrey]

Give us unlimited stable slots or else...

[Bunny._.Harvestman]

Even though the next patch is tied to the Arathi, it is more specifically tied to the Arathi in Arathi Highlands, which do not have lynxes.

The lynxes definitely came from the northern half of eastern kingdoms where the elves lived, they definitely kept lynxes as a symbol of their elven heritage

umm no, lore wise Lynxes are part of the Amani empire heritage; one of the few things highborn stole from forest trolls besides dragonhawks and amani lands which is now the colonise territories under the rule of blood elves. The amani clearly uses Lynx and as always colonising powers always steal from the natives and appropriated their culture.

[Valnaaros]

Even though the next patch is tied to the Arathi, it is more specifically tied to the Arathi in Arathi Highlands, which do not have lynxes.

The lynxes definitely came from the northern half of eastern kingdoms where the elves lived, they definitely kept lynxes as a symbol of their elven heritage

umm no, lore wise Lynxes are part of the Amani empire heritage; one of the few things highborn stole from forest trolls besides dragonhawks and amani lands which is now the colonise territories under the rule of blood elves. The amani clearly uses Lynx and as always colonising powers always steal from the natives and appropriated their culture.

I think that is just speculation. Searching the Warcraft Wiki doesn't suggest any of that. There is speculation that the lynxes found in Quel'thalas are descended from Nightsabers that the Highborne took with them from Kalimdor when they went to the Eastern Kingdoms. There isn't anything that suggests that the Highborne stole the lynx from the Forest Trolls. Just because the Amani have a Lynx Loa and hunt with lynx doesn't mean that the lynx were originally theirs.

If the Arathi Empire in Arathi Highlands still has or once had lynxes, the upcoming patch would've been the time to show that whether it is by some dialogue tidbit or just adding lynx in. Since they didn't, and based off of a bit of lore from a lynx battle pet, the Arathi Empire (the current one) did not start using lynx until they found them in their new homeland.

However, if there is any concrete lore that says otherwise, I'm happy to accept that.

[Bunny._.Harvestman]

The lynxes definitely came from the northern half of eastern kingdoms where the elves lived, they definitely kept lynxes as a symbol of their elven heritage

umm no, lore wise Lynxes are part of the Amani empire heritage; one of the few things highborn stole from forest trolls besides dragonhawks and amani lands which is now the colonise territories under the rule of blood elves. The amani clearly uses Lynx and as always colonising powers always steal from the natives and appropriated their culture.

I think that is just speculation. Searching the Warcraft Wiki doesn't suggest any of that. There is speculation that the lynxes found in Quel'thalas are descended from Nightsabers that the Highborne took with them from Kalimdor when they went to the Eastern Kingdoms. There isn't anything that suggests that the Highborne stole the lynx from the Forest Trolls. Just because the Amani have a Lynx Loa and hunt with lynx doesn't mean that the lynx were originally theirs.

If the Arathi Empire in Arathi Highlands still has or once had lynxes, the upcoming patch would've been the time to show that whether it is by some dialogue tidbit or just adding lynx in. Since they didn't, and based off of a bit of lore from a lynx battle pet, the Arathi Empire (the current one) did not start using lynx until they found them in their new homeland.

However, if there is any concrete lore that says otherwise, I'm happy to accept that.

nah let me rp hating elf cause I wanna roll an amani troll in midnight lol. but I feel that Blizz would to scare to humanize Trolls of why they hated the high elves, the same way we only got evil drustvars when in fact kul tiran actually colonised their lands; both trolls and drustvars seemed to be justified in their hatred towards the people that wronged them.

[Mottik]

If the Arathi Empire in Arathi Highlands still has or once had lynxes, the upcoming patch would've been the time to show that whether it is by some dialogue tidbit or just adding lynx in. Since they didn't, and based off of a bit of lore from a lynx battle pet, the Arathi Empire (the current one) did not start using lynx until they found them in their new homeland.

However, if there is any concrete lore that says otherwise, I'm happy to accept that.

The lone surviving elf mage you help when you get there, mentions his lynx back home, wondering if it will remember him.