RPGCrazied
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I really hope time travel isn't in this new expansion. I don't want to have another orc villain. Does burning legion have a homeworld? We should go there.
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cartoon_soldier
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I would hope that when we reach LEVEL FUCKING 100 we would finally be kicking Kiljaedan's ass!
HarryDemeanor
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Argus. I'd love to have the expansion head there but we're probably going to get some good 'ol time travel.
didn't we.. do this already? He was just 'coming out of a portal' and we 'just stopped' him, i guess, but still. Burning Legion xpac is go big or go home, Sargeras all the way!
cartoon_soldier
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Exactly, we have only stopped KJ from coming to Azeroth. Fighting KJ head on in it's full form will be Epic and a big blow to Sargeras. For that we would travel to the twisting Nether and take the fight to the BL.
Rather interesting evening as someone whos been following all of the pre-expansion hysteria (mostly for shits and giggles, but hey).
So this was posted on the story forums earlier today.
It was also posted over on Scrolls of Lore, which lead to it being deleted within 30 seconds and the poster being PMed by a mod to "never do that again". Not too long after it was deleted from the story forums, which is something blizzard pretty much never does.
...Fuck. Don't let this be true. Don't let this be true.
So this was posted on the story forums earlier today.
It was also posted over on Scrolls of Lore, which lead to it being deleted within 30 seconds and the poster being PMed by a mod to "never do that again". Not too long after it was deleted from the story forums, which is something blizzard pretty much never does.
...Fuck. Don't let this be true. Don't let this be true.
cartoon_soldier
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If any of these rumors are true...fuck Blizzard.
Please, please, please don't be true. Completely kills my hype for the next expansion if so. No new class. No new race. And then on top of that we get pandas 2.0 with more garrosh and his true horde? PLEASE NO! Has to be fake.
1) rehash garrosh? check.
2) rehash outland? check.
3) rehash pandas storyline? check.
4) time travel plot? check.
kill it with fire
questionmark
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I'm still looking forward to it. The story of the Warcraft universe has been shit for a long time. I've stopped caring for the most part. Aside from being a filler arc, MoP has been fantastic. Definitely hyped for the next expansion, whatever direction it takes the story in.
Because Metzen has turned into the George Lucas of video game writing? Back when he had others to bounce his ideas off of/work with him things were alright. But now that hes so high up that no one is willing to tell him no, we get stuck with shit like the plot for SC2 and potentially this.
We got spoils down in a special 2 hour raid night tonight, first time! Tanks got the pattern down now, and despite one side having a healer who went windwalker spec and was doing 62k, we still got it.
Logs:
http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/u7v7o119hxsy0ie7/
We're extending next week so we'll have a lot of time on Thok, yay! We'll probably run into issues with how caster heavy our comp is.
Logs:
http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/u7v7o119hxsy0ie7/
We're extending next week so we'll have a lot of time on Thok, yay! We'll probably run into issues with how caster heavy our comp is.
HarryDemeanor
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Sounds like something Metzen would come up with. Can't wait for friday.
Don't really care much about story (mostly about general feel) but the concept of exploring a new world is really exciting. Draenor will look completely different and will be much bigger than Outland. Vast majority of zones will have nothing at all in common with their Outland versions. I'm guessing anyway. Seems like a lot of work though.
HarryDemeanor
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Yeah, going through Draenor before it exploded would be fun. Some of the zone descriptions in that story leak (if true) sound pretty cool.
I would not trust any leak, no matter how legitimate they sounds. We're just before BlizzCon and we are being flooded by fakes. Blizzard is very secretive, they rarely let anything leak and most of leaks that were partly right were just educated guesses (not really that hard).
This one is doubtful since they won't announce any patch roadplan that early (after how much had fallen through during Cata I doubt they will make any sweeping statements about future raids. My poor, poor WotA) and new ideas pop up constantly (e.g. Battlefield Barrens was a filler that popped up as an experiment during MoP cycle). Doubt anything right now would be true in any way.
This one is doubtful since they won't announce any patch roadplan that early (after how much had fallen through during Cata I doubt they will make any sweeping statements about future raids. My poor, poor WotA) and new ideas pop up constantly (e.g. Battlefield Barrens was a filler that popped up as an experiment during MoP cycle). Doubt anything right now would be true in any way.
Yeah, I kinda agree.
I mean I won't lie, if everything in Zerokku's post turns out to be true I'll be slightly disappointed, but it won't be a make or break thing for me.
To me it just seems like filler, and after all the build up we got of a possible burning legion invasion and titans getting fucked up. It'd be a giant disappointment for it to just be a time travel expansion. I just hope that time travel is just a small portion or just 1 patch.
Okay, spoils last night...
What situations could cause a Pandaren monk tank to be meleed for 600k? By an ordinary enemy (I think it was the Klaxxi priest at one point)? We had two wipes because my cotank took a massive hit and we had no idea why.
Logs aren't terribly helpful as far as I can tell because they seem to present a crit for 0 damage - or is that something unusual about the way Stagger works?
If it *is* a random crit, what could cause it? I do wonder if he was sitting down during the fight, but I can't think of any reason that would be the case other than someone remapping his keys without informing him...
What situations could cause a Pandaren monk tank to be meleed for 600k? By an ordinary enemy (I think it was the Klaxxi priest at one point)? We had two wipes because my cotank took a massive hit and we had no idea why.
Logs aren't terribly helpful as far as I can tell because they seem to present a crit for 0 damage - or is that something unusual about the way Stagger works?
If it *is* a random crit, what could cause it? I do wonder if he was sitting down during the fight, but I can't think of any reason that would be the case other than someone remapping his keys without informing him...
It would be a bit odd. I just finished the legendary cloak questline last week and Wrathion seemed to be dropping some heavy hints about the Burning Legion returning in some fashion. I'll be surprised if all that amounts to nothing next expansion.
Marcovaldo
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so after quitting a few months into cata, i'm about to relapse and go into pandaria fresh, does it go on sale much?
questionmark
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Maybe its just a tease for the expansion coming after the next one... that would be kind of stupid though.
I really hope all these "leaks" are bullshit.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
All the leaks are highly suspect, and other than the actual name "Warlords of Draenor" there is really no reason to take anything showing up on any forums seriously, even though it is fun from a sort of hypothetical/brainstorming perspective.
That being said, I refuse to even consider the option of no new race or class. That would be such a monstrous fuck up on Blizzard's part, and I would hope they recognize that. I can obviously see the old model revamp as a legitimate reason to not add a new race, but also having no new class would make the xpac disappointing from the gate. And I mean actually mechanically/gameplay disappointment, not "I don't like pandas" setting-centric disappointment.
One of the reasons I'm fairly certain it will be for this xpac is because I remember seeing an interview (I don't remember where or with which Blizzard employee specifically, sorry) where it was stated that they almost did an entirely different expansion before changing their minds and going with Pandaria. If that expansion-that-wasn't was ultimately what Warlords of Draenor became, that means they would have potentially had a lot more of it's overall direction and content plotted out during the previous expansion (mists, in this case) than at any other point in WoW's development cycle.
That being said, I refuse to even consider the option of no new race or class. That would be such a monstrous fuck up on Blizzard's part, and I would hope they recognize that. I can obviously see the old model revamp as a legitimate reason to not add a new race, but also having no new class would make the xpac disappointing from the gate. And I mean actually mechanically/gameplay disappointment, not "I don't like pandas" setting-centric disappointment.
One of the reasons I'm fairly certain it will be for this xpac is because I remember seeing an interview (I don't remember where or with which Blizzard employee specifically, sorry) where it was stated that they almost did an entirely different expansion before changing their minds and going with Pandaria. If that expansion-that-wasn't was ultimately what Warlords of Draenor became, that means they would have potentially had a lot more of it's overall direction and content plotted out during the previous expansion (mists, in this case) than at any other point in WoW's development cycle.
Mmmm, that's a possibility. Although he also reported a similar sudden large and fatal hit from the big mogu; that *might* be due to too many small mogu statues up, it's hard to be sure.
cartoon_soldier
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I have been switching between the same thoughts here. This is Metzen at his finest.
InsaneElite
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Despite Boubo's comment, I'm still weary about WoD definitely being the next expansion. It's this line:
That has me thinking this is possibly a misdirection to the actual WoW expansion, and WoD is just the first set of new cards for Hearthstone. The MoP and Cataclysm trademarks were registered months before Blizzcon, whereas this came just a week before. I'm suspicious that they'd slip up after staying airtight for so long.
That has me thinking this is possibly a misdirection to the actual WoW expansion, and WoD is just the first set of new cards for Hearthstone. The MoP and Cataclysm trademarks were registered months before Blizzcon, whereas this came just a week before. I'm suspicious that they'd slip up after staying airtight for so long.
For blizzard's sake I hope this shit is all fake. Judging by the overall response from those of us why enjoy the story... this would not go over well.
Could me Mobile pet battles becoming an actual thing, which is something they've talked about iirc.
Could me Mobile pet battles becoming an actual thing, which is something they've talked about iirc.
I always like speculation. It's an interesting take on fans perspectives of the lore. While I, like many of you, hope that wall of text of a leak is false, I'll still play it if true. At least we'll know for certain what the game is come Friday but I've always enjoyed the days leading up to the official announcement because of all the imaginations out there.
I can't help but feel they'd want to release Hearthstone before promoting new cards for it, though.
It woud be nice if I didn't have to farm that Naxx raid sword(Armageddon) on different melee characters for transmog purposes. If one character got it, it should be unlocked for all your account.
I'd love to play a low lvl warrior with an Armageddon lol.
They could easily release it by the end of the year (or essentially do so with an open beta a la DOTA2). Trademarks don't have to be used right away after all. A set could be 6-9 months away for all we know.
(For the record I do think it's a wow expansion, but just saying)
InsaneElite
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That could be it, but hey, only three days away now.
To be fair, they announced two expansion packs for SC2 two years before release.
Well, I'd argue that that's more down to the fact that there was an expectation of what SC2 would entail (i.e. three distinct campaigns) and they felt required to detail how exactly they'd be bringing that about.
The point is sound, however.
InsaneElite
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It is a bit of a weird case, I agree. I think Hearthstone's going to be a different case since the game will just smoothly transition from open beta to release, whereas past betas ended for a few weeks/a month and stats were reset before the game launched. The promise of new cards soon will keep people on board, at least.
Carpe Libertatem
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The Battle.net beta profile image for WoW just changed from MoP to a picture of Thrall, just like the Diablo 3 one changed to RoS.
Warlords of Draenor beta sooner than expected?
e: turns out its just generic picture that has been used before, hopefully beta is still soon though
Warlords of Draenor beta sooner than expected?
e: turns out its just generic picture that has been used before, hopefully beta is still soon though
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I'm already in the beta man where you been? These level 100 raids are the shit.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I tend to agree. They've only had one expansion where there wasn't a new "class" (if you consider Horde Paladins/Alli Shamans), and that was consensus worst one.
It's why I'm hesitant to make more alts. For all I know, I could fall in love with a new model for a race I don't like. Like I hate the Undead design, but if they made it a little bulkier, it could be awesome.
And whatever they do, new female dwarf models need more short haircuts. It's a rip that I can't give my huntress a big old Warhammer sytle mohawk, a shaved head, or a pixie cut.
RPGCrazied
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Warlords of Draenor was trademarked in the US now. Pretty positive that is the title of the next expansion. Now wether or not the rumors of time travel are true, at least we know the title.
Though could they be doing this to throw us off? Is trademarking a title expensive to do?
Though could they be doing this to throw us off? Is trademarking a title expensive to do?
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