Project Lore

Wotlk-DK 25 lvls below cap in DK lore related zone (EP)
Emerald Dream-Demon hunter(led by altrius) 25 lvls below cap in DH lore related zone (shadowmoon valley (floating island behind BT))
Sargeras(if not last xpansion lvl99) -Titan 25 lvls below cap in titan related zone (Storm peaks)
IT ALL FITS!
(I have a feeling maelstrom will release with sargeras)

im pretty sure that they might make a new goblin race when they make the Undermine

Honestly, I'm just hoping for a redesigned old world Azeroth that allows us to use flying mounts. I'd pay $30 for that, easily.

They already have hinted that they're working on phasing in regards to Grim Batol, I'm hoping that means that we're not far off from a complete old world overhaul.

Caverns of Time Azeroth/Draenor...not an instance but actual leveling and end game zones of those worlds in the past.

We also need some serious Deathwing action.

I really hope they do a hero class like the "crusader of virtue" that are around crusaders pinnacle in Icecrown. I love the idea of main-hand/shield melee that could actually hold it together in raids. The maelstrom thing with makura and naga sounds awesome, as those new races would be pretty cool, although i don't see goblins becoming playable, maybe for the best, gnome rogues are enough of a pain in the rear already. I don't see Blizz doing that much to old world zones though, even though it would be slightly epic, it would be too cost/time consuming to be placed along side a whole new continent like northrend or outlands.

crusader of virtue ftl

I think the biggest problem that presents itself as far as leveling goes is how to balance the desire of people leveling alts to do it faster against the player that is new to the game and is trying to take in all of the lore and majesty of Azeroth. I can tell you from my own experience that one of the thing that frustrates new players is the lack of OTHER new players. Veterans leveling alts want to blow through everything. New players are trying to soak it all in. How on earth does Blizz find a happy medium there?

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Glyph of Salvation
Major Glyph
Classes: Paladin
Requires Level 26
Use: When you cast Hand of Salvation on yourself, it also reduces damage taken by 20%.
Sell 1
Item Level 45Disenchants into:
Not disenchantable

i think it should be the emerald dream. Blizz already has a huge zone and all they need to complete it is by filling in a few holes and ading monsters and dungeons. there is tons of lore and will provide with pretty fun zones and instances.
Also they should make one where you go into the mealstorm. this place is where thrall found the trolls. there was also a sea witch that scared tehm out. this witch could be like the next arthas or illadan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5oHucJj90s. check this out. bliz spent a lot of time on this and then left it, so let them finish the project.

Hmm, this seems a little early for me. It's only been 6months since WotLK was released. How long was the original WoW out before BC was heard of? And how long was BC out before WotLK was?

I dunno, i've only leveled 2 characters. My 80 Hunter, and im working on a priest. Through out my time on the game i've started various characters to try out the class, but none of them were started with the intentions of getting it to 80. I've got my main Hunter which i play 90% of the time im on. My Priest im building up to try out the healing side of the game.

So, there are still parts of the old world i never quested in. I've got 'the Explorer' title so i've explored it all. But most of it was just running around to discover the area. Im all for Blizz redesigning the old world. That'd be awesome and great!
But id rather have them working on new content rather than going back and working on that while the rest of us who don't really build up many alts have to wait for them to return to the stuff we're looking forward too.

I've heard that Blizzard only intends to take this game to the max level of 100. So, that'd be 2 more expansions of content and patches. Maybe then, when they've put out all that, they could go back.

But really, i like the way it is right now. It kinda gives you an idea of how good the game gets as you progressively get higher levels. 1-60 is Azeroth. Interesting and fun enough. There's certainly no lack of quests to complete. :)
When you hit 58, you can go through the Dark Portal and go to Outlands.
The first thing you see when you first travel through the Dark Portal is this big epic battle right in front of you. It's just foreshadowing of all the epic content found within the Outlands.

When you reach 68, you can go quest in Northrend. This area is just so much more different because of the abundance of things to do wherever you're at.
There's also the differeance where you'll now be in the same place, questing, where everyone else is. 1-70 is usually a lonely time because most of the players have already reached 80.
But, once you get to Northrend, you'll be 80 in no time.

Just makes sense to me for things to get progressivly more and more detailed and more things to come about as you go through the content in the game.
Blizz has thrown in enough dungeons in the game for there to be plenty to venture in regardless of your level.

One thing - heroic modes for all instances (Heroic Deadmines FTW)

I would just like for them to put Old Naxx back. I came to the game after BC came out and was never able to run it. I just wanna see it :(

Well IMO if Blizzard is intending to keep it's player base they're seriouly going to have to rethink the max lvl cap they intend to make the game go. 100 seems to be way to low. and content will become way to boring and people will stop playing because of this. I know the're working on a new franchise but why abandon the huge successful MMO they currently have going that is funding further MMO's and their development. There is so much lore that hasn't been seen. And since for the majority of the player base that plays WoW, the've probably never started out by playing the original WoW RPG's of warcraft and warcraft III so most people are seeing the lore as it unfolds in WoW. And bringing in Emerald Dream and Maelstrom would be a start to further draw people into the whole lore behind WoW. I'd even like to see a way to even visit and destroy the people who are always throwing those god awful demon rocks on Honor Hold and the areas in shadowmoon valley. So yeah the game is good as is but there's alot they can still do with it including completing the "MAP". there's also all the islands out floating kinda like the island area of northrend was before blizz beveloped it into what it currently is. Even with Ulduar out and most people trying to get in and some trying to finish it out the game a the moment has become rather boring even the argent tournament has become boring. that's the problem with the game at the moment to many people rush through and beat the current stuff so fast that blizz cant keep up. this thread is an example of how much people crave for more MORE and MORE. There is so much they can do with this game to keep it going for 3 to 5 more years and never run out of things to add till then. but at the current rate the game is going their going to lose half or more of the current player base before then. and even more if the cap is going to be set to a maximum of 100

A new zone, obviously; like Outland and Northrend. I don't care if it's underwater or a portal to outer space. There is plenty of ethos, mythology and archetype to support either or more.

A new Hero class. Personally, I'd like to see a Healer class that can do extra cool stuff to the raid; like speed or picking up the ranged dps and flying them up and over. Maybe invisibility or a mechano-tank buffs. I'd love a phase-shift spell that presets the raid in spots to insta-attack the boss.

I'd like new pockets of content in the old zones. AND I'd like to see some level-free dungeons; maybe a dream-state place where you become a shadow of yourself. Anyone can go in because they are stripped of all gear and powers and have to use only base skills of your character. Rewards are tokens, pets, xp and the like. Just need to get a group of five or ten of anyone and go exploring and fighting echos of the world.

i think emerald dream will be next if you think about it they could just use those portals that the dragons guard in places like duskwood just a thought tho i would also like to see that swirling thing in the middle of the world map

Here's my prediction:
Next Expansion- level cap raised to 90, new zones added are Maelstrom and Emerald Dream, with Undermine as "home city"
Expansion after that- level cap raised to 100, final raid boss is Sargeras.
Don't try and tell me that a level 100 Sargeras fight would not be epic.

All this talk about what Blizzard needs to do to keep WOW ticking past 2 more expansions is a little thought provoking.

In all honesty I don't see how it will work with the current static world that is WOW. Once you've seen all of the content what's the point of continuing to revisit the game? There really isn't any point. I think with the phasing mechanic Blizzard could turn WOW over to a player driven lore once they reach the end of their expansion plans. Things like actual zone control, player run factions, allowing player impact on the shape of the world, and true benefits for world PVP. That's how I see WOW surviving in to the future.

As for the next expansion, I think that filling in the blank spots in the map is a worthy goal.

i dont wanna go back to the old world until i can use my flyin mount there

What I would like to see in the next expansion would have to be something a little different then JUST more raids and higher levels and things like that. I would love to see a better guild dynamic and maybe a little more into personal character life creation. I play on a RP (silverhand) and I occasionally dabble into the murky waters of rp, so a few things I would love to see are homes for our characters think of them as mini instances, you go threw the portal and your smack in a an empty room of your own! Add in the ability to hire a peon who can gather materials like wood and rope and things to make furniture and you can start decorating this space to fit how you want. Now you have a refuge to hide out in and invite people over to. No more just /afk in front of the mailbox. I would also like to see a more hero class version of the standard classes, if you have 3-4 level 60+ characters, I think you should be able to start any class you want at level 50ish.

It's going to be a while until the next expansion I think, but if it does come out, I think Blizz will do the usual increase of the level cap, add 5 mans and raids, etc. Some of these things have been mentioned, but things I would really like to see:

-CoT Sargeras's Tombs
-Emerald Dream/parallel universe to Azeroth
-Maelstrom: Naga and Makrura lore

Lastly, Pre-BC would have been cool to preserve the original classes like Demon Hunter, Blood Mage, Mountain King from WC3.

it would suck if blizzzard just got 2 more expenchion and then tahts it if you think abut take every thing into consideration and if you squize out every bit of lore thier is enough for 5 at least or you can do another spin of like they did with WC here is how i figurre it

3rd expenchion: emarald dreams just like in the last 2 thier whould be release of some new content in between expenchions death wing and emarald dreams go great togather

4th expenchion: mael storm and queen azshara as well as her gang of nagas and the and teh walking crab guys

5th expenchion: reveal teh rest of dreanor

6th expenchion reveal the rest of azoroth and finish mount hyjal

7th expenchionwe go to tomb of sargeras and then kill sargeras him self

in no particular order i hope i will never see the day when blizz has to resort to putin heriocs o nold world instances because that wold be so stupid to put it simply it ould be cool to see the return of demon hunters blood mage that could be thier 2nd and 3rd hero classes allso here iss another thought after thousands of years the titans return to inform us that they are dying out aand they chose azeorth and its residents to pass on thier power imagine being a titan wicked

oh ya i forgot the expenchion wont come out for a year at the least but in BC by this time we allrady heard of WOTLK and a small ad we came to find out how smallpart of what it has to offer we still are ayt to hear about even teh name of the next expenchion

I think a way of getting older content to appeal to newer players would be a great way to make the WHOLE of WoW more interesting. How many new players do NOT take the time to work though the older content so that they can appreciate the likes of Northrend...?

It appears that a new Expansion to a game evokes a knee-jerk reaction along the lines of 'limited availability', when it should really be seen as something to work towards as the next chapter in a story.

It begs the analogy... would you stop reading (for example purposes) the third book in a series, because the author had just released the fourth, just to *have* the newest book in your grasp...?

If Blizzard had intended expansion packs to have built-in redundancy, then surely they would release a new GAME...?

As far as my main realm (EU - Terokkar) is concerned, I would dearly love to meet up with (relatively new) players who WANT to do the likes of U/LBRS, BwL, Ahn'Qiraj et al (despite being L70-80) and get back to finalising any *unfinished business* they had in Outland...

New Expansions...? Yes, please... but just release them w/o the excessive hype that gives them the *status* of a new Game.

Well, i don't know how much work they could do with the Old World. Maybe make the quests a bit more streamlined like the quests in Outlands and Northrend. It's kinda confusing what level the area is when you pick up a level 35 quest from one quest giver, then go to the one standing beside him and pick up a level 44 quest.(AKA HIllsbrad)

I can see why you guys don't want there to be just 2 more expansions, but it makes sense to me. Theres still plenty of content left to be seen at level 80 before the next expansion is released. We still have this 'mysterious' raid that we havn't heard anything about. And we still havn't fought the Lich King.

Next expansion, at level 90, there's plenty of lore to for Blizz to add and for players to do. Then, we'll have a final expansion to wait for and to see. So, it sounds like theres not much left when you think that it's just going to 100 then its done. But theres alot of content between now, where we're at, to the final raid at 100.

That's going to be epic.
30k DPS minimum! lol

I don't know much about the lore of WoW. I've just generally played the game and enjoyed what's in the game currently. I havn't really read any lore or researched key characters like this Sargeras you guys are talking about.

Once they've put it all out, that gives them time to go back and fill some of the players requests such as Heroic Deadmines and such.
Im curious what this Demon Hunter is though.