Patch 11.0.7 brings new content in World of Warcraft. But they are not really “new” – because they were already planned in Battle for Azeroth.
World of Warcraft has announced the next content patch. The update 11.0.7 is supposed to be the interlude of the storyline of the base game from The War Within and the big patch 11.1. However, besides a few quests around the Kirin Tor, there is also a small, new area – the Island of the Siren. However, someone noticed: The area is not entirely new. It is actually cut content that was not released in Battle for Azeroth.
A little preview of the upcoming patch:
Where does the info come from? On X, MrGM shared an interesting observation. The Island of the Siren, which will be added as a small, new area in the next patch, is not a fresh invention. The map for it was already in the game files back in patch 8.2, during “Battle for Azeroth”.
This means that the island was probably once intended as a new variant of the island expeditions.
Why was the island cut? The island expeditions did not fare as well in Battle for Azeroth as developers had hoped. Many found the island expeditions boring – they simply fell short of expectations. As a result, only a few new contents were released for it, and some planned islands never made it into the game.
That the Island of the Siren originates from this time is also easy to recognize by the Azerite theme. Blizzard seems to have taken the original design of the island and adapted it for the storyline of The War Within.
Is this a bad development? Whether one feels it is good or bad that Blizzard is bringing back things that were once cut is up to each individual. However, it is clear that it is an area that has never been entered by the player base – so in this respect, it is definitely new. Since Blizzard will also give the area significantly more story and features than would be the case with an island expedition, criticism here is likely to be limited.
After all, Patch 11.0.7 is just a small interim patch, which is supposed to bridge the content from 11.0 to 11.1. A small side activity for a few weeks with a few story morsels – and definitely not a big, groundbreaking content patch with numerous new contents.
