Project Lore

Want Pandaren
Want Maelstrom
Want the Lich King to not die
Want a new hero class (BREWMASTER FTW)

AND....... I WANT MY F**KING INSTANT CAST EXCORCISM BACK!!!!! ¬-¬

“You’ve faced impossible odds and put an end to the Scourge and the Lich King for all time. While the heavy tolls of war set in, as well as mourners for the lost, something much darker and sinister lurks beneath the tides. Queen Azshara, former queen of the Night Elves 10,000 years ago, has made herself known and is out to finish what she had started. The queen plans to use the Maelstrom’s power to recreate the portal which will bring about the destroyer of worlds, Sargeras, into this world. This time, she has no plans to fail.
With Malfurion lost in the Emerald Dream, adventurers are in a race against time to save their world. they must venture into the realm of the Emerald Dream, and free Malfurion from the nightmare. He is the only hope for closing the portal”

In reality, this is not that unrealistic. Now that Blizz has mastered some of the game mechanics in WotLK with events (like Battle For UC and Wrathgate) that can be overlayed in phases so as not to apply to all players. Be using the Bronze Aspect to time travel to the time of the Sundering. This would allow for Blizzard to rebuild almost the entire game with new content utilizing the infrastructure already in place. This would allow you to access areas like Grim Batol, or Stromguard

Me personally (it's geek time), I think a very nice epic raid could be made out of the Emerald Dream, using the four existing world dragons. Hell..they are already re-vamping Ony. They could make it similar to Sarth in that the level of dificulty (and loot) is determined by how many of the world dragons are defeated. "You must defeat all four world dragons within 10 seconds of each other." Imagine the fun of splitting and coordinating your raid across that many locations. Once a world dragon is defeated....that particular group goes through the portal and receives a specific buff that will be needed by the entire raid when they all phase together at the final boss. All 4 buffs and you get the uber loot....just one buff cuz yer too damn lazy to try and kill all 4? Meh...you can have 24 slot bag at least.

Ok...I'll shut up now...

i wonder what will come of my domain blizzardcataclysm.com

Well the "warcraft" story is WAAAY to big for blizzard to try to fit it into the game Blizzard has really poorly shown the Titans which are the MAIN thing on warcraft, so I`m pretty sure they`ll at least drop 2 xpacks or a huge one, since sargeras is a must... If you say Ulduar equal Titans your wrong Ulduar is the prison of Yogg-Saron althought titans were involved it did not got into the deeper meaning bretayal of Sargeras etc etc... Also like other people are saying Emerald Dream is freaking extra 500mb on my hardrive if Blizzard wasn`t gonna use it they would have removed it by now its been on the game since the Live Realese in 2004.

I dont believe that Cataclysm will be a WoW expansion, i think it will Be WarCraft 4, they will make up all new Warcraft storylines from it then leech of it to add to WoW itself

Also i've been surfing for Hours upcoming Races and here is what i have compiled

Expansion 3 - Goblin(horde) and Worgen(horde)

Expansion 4 - Pandaren(Alliance) and Naga(Horde)

Expansion 5 - This will be the probable end Expansion and so WoW will go with some OP races, Dread Lord(Horde) and Gan'Arg(Alliance) for Gan'Arg pictures Enter this in the URL box http://www.trastosdeguerra.com/upload/images/lore/moarg/Gan%27arg.jpg
I think blizzard have a sort of Betrayal quest set out to allow these races from the burning legion

I think that it would be cool to fly in all countries. dont think that it would be that hard to do. make it where when the opposite faction flies over the enemies main cites (ie stormwind and such) that there would be a warning saying something of the nature, you have been locked on, yada yada yada. then said flyer gets dismounted or screwed by AA fire from balista or something...dunno. and about that new xpack...i think they should make it where the two factions are demolished or disbanned. and in doing so allowing the players to choose who they want to join. imagine Gnome and troll fighting together, not each other. just sayin.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is the next expansion for World of Warcraft. Dark and forgotten threats that have long stayed out of sight have finally arrived on our shores, unleashing a cataclysmic event upon Azeroth and now preparing more nefarius plans to take it back.

Level Cap
The level cap in the next expansion will be slightly lower than expected this time around; 85.

This suggests Blizzard wants more room for expansions before hitting the level 100 cap. With less leveling to do (along with the revamped leveling listed below likely to increase the speed and ease of leveling), leveling a new race remains appealing for new and existing players alike.

Leveling from 80-85 should be a much bigger deal, the idea is to make sure that gaining a level really means something and doesn't make you feel like you just have 4 more levels to go.

New Classes
Cataclysm doesn't introduce any new classes to the game. Instead, Blizzard have offered more race and classes combinations to players. The Some of these have alreadly been datamined from the 3.2.2 Test Realms. The An Injured Colleague quest and it's new Night Elf counter-part help to introduce the lore for these new race and class combinations, so we can probably expect to see more of these for some of the less traditional ones.

- Human Hunter
- Orc Mage
- Night Elf Mage
- Dwarf Mage
- Blood Elf Warrior
- Dwarf Shaman
- Undead Hunter
- Tauren Paladin
- Tauren Priest
- Gnome Priest
- Troll Druid

New Races
The events of the cataclysm has caused two new races to seek new allies. The Goblins for the Horde and the Worgen for the Alliance.

Goblins
Deathwing once again sought the services of the goblins, as slaves. Unable to refuse such an offer, the goblins were enslaved by him. A large group have resisted however. With their previous homes devastated by the cataclysm, they escaping to an island off the coast of The Barrens. As they strive to recover, they come across an Orc captured on an Alliance ship and rescue him. The Orc turns out to be none other than Thrall himself, and in return offers the Goblins a place within the Horde. These events are carried out in a quest line, allowing players to experience first-hand the reasons behind the Goblins' shift from neutrality.

Worgen
The cataclysm has cracked open the Greymane Wall, finally revealing what has happened to the kingdom of Gilneas and its citizens. With the Worgen curse taken hold, they have found a partial cure, allowing thme to retain their Human minds even when transformed. Venturing forth from Gilneas and seeking help from the Alliance, they have decided to join them, to combat the new threats of Cataclysm.

Gilneas will make extensive use of the phasing system (much like the Death Knight starting area), to show what happened while the kingdom was cut off from the rest of the world and lead up to present day.

Worgens will have two forms, a Worgen form and a Human form. Players will be able to customise the look of both forms.

New Content
Cataclysm will be the first expansion not to introduce a new continent, instead making use of previously unreleased zones and revamping existing ones.

Classic Azeroth Revamp
A cataclysmic event caused by Deathwing and Azshara will change the face of Azeroth as we know it. Most of the new content for Cataclysm will take the form of a revamped Azeroth, taking advantage of newer additions to WoW such as phasing and daily quests. Most of the quests and mobs in the classic zones will also be redesigned to make leveling less painful. With the revamp, a greater narritive and sense progression will be offered to players. Some zones and dungeons will change drastically to fit this, e.g.,

The Barrens will be split into two separate zones of two different level bands.
Azshara will become a low level (~10-20) zone.
Some of the zones like the Thousand Needles will be flooded.
Durotar is wrecked and apparently Orgrimmar could be destroyed. A new Orc city is rebuilt over the course of the expansion.
Gnomeregan will be part of the expansion as well and gnomes might be able to reclaim their capital. (The last part is still unconfirmed)
Wailing Caverns will be become a lush tropical area as a result of the druid's magic.
The Blackrock Spire will erupt and a new version of Blackrock Mountains will be available, apparently Ragnaros will be back too.

In the aftermath of the cataclysm, and the new conflicts on the horizon relief efforts can be found in many zones and new open PvP areas similar to Lake Wintergrasp.

Flying in Azeroth
Part of the redesign of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor is the introduction of flying to the two continents, allowing access to many new areas and quicker travelling across the large continents.

Classic Dungeon Revamp
Redesigning Onyxia's Lair in Patch 3.2.2 was just the first step. As most of the leveling will take place in revamped areas of Azeroth, so too will the dungeons, allowing players to use them to level from 80 to 85.

Unreleased Zones & Dungeons
With the addition of flying mounts to Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms and the redesign of many zones, most of the previously unreachable or incomplete zones will now be made available to players. This is where most of the new content from 80 to 85 will take place. Some of these are,

Hyjal (present)
Gilneas - The Worgen starting Zone.
Uldum

It is unclear if the old Goblin locations such as Kezan and Undermine will be included in Cataclyms with the revelation of the goblins' plight, but several new islands have also been risen from the seas by the events of Cataclysm, some on the backs of giant sea turtles and whales, with the addition of several underwater zones.

Characters and Events

Deathwing
Deathwing the Destroyer / Neltharion the Earth-Warder will play a major role in Cataclysm. Having been driven mad by Old God whisperings and turning against his own kind only to be fail in his attempts, Deathwing has sunk into the shadows. While the Horde and the Alliance were busy fighting back the Burning Legion only to then be beset with the Scourge, he has been lurking and moving things into place. After Lady Sinestra's failed attempts to create a Twilight Dragonflight, he again retreated to Grim Batol and succeeded where she failed. With his results seen in the Obsidian Sanctum, he has finally created the supreme Dragonflight he sought and plans to unleash it upon the world. But what of the Old Gods' sway over him?

Azshara
Queen Azshara will also play a major part in Cataclysm. Unknown to many mortal races, long forgotten by others, and believe to be dead by her own kind, she has not been dormant in depths of the Maelstrom. Having those around her transformed by the Old Gods into Naga after her failure in the War of the Ancients, she has become far more powerful and a greater threat than she once was. Not content with just Nazjatar and the depths of the sea, Azshara seeks to reclaim power and reign once again. With the true plan behind Lady Vashj's support of Illidan remaining a mystery we do not know what hand Azshara has yet played. The big question remains, is she now serving her "saviors", the Old Gods?

The Cataclysm
I'm still not sure who is the true end boss of Cataclysm is, but the cataclysm appears to have been caused by attempts to incantation to summon extremely powerful beings using an ancient incantation by Deathwing and Azshara. They're both very powerful, but the cataclysm itself suggests something more powerful is behind it, perhaps their shared past of Old God influence?

The Guardian of Tirisfal
Malfurion Stormrage will be returning to Azeroth to aid in the creation of the new Guardian of Tirisfal - Thrall! Med'an's role in these events is currently unknown.

The New (New) Horde
Thrall will hand over the leadership of the Horde to Garrosh Hellscream, while he serves as a coordinator for both the Horde and Alliance forces in and effort to combat the new threat of the Naga and Black Dragonflight. Without Thrall to keep Garrosh in check, he declares open war on the Alliance. In the political upheaval Cairne Bloodhoof is implicated as a traitor to the Horde and murdered by Garrosh. Cairne's son Baine takes over as the new Tauren chieftan. This could explain why Baine was removed from the game in Patch 3.2.2, you can find more information about this in Ahmo Thunderhorn - replacement for Baine Bloodhoof?

(This was taken from a guild discussion. http://www.thesentinelsguild.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=1769&page=1#Item_11)

Figured I would attempt to put things in order even if I am totally off on it. First of all, the new races and classes that make no sense... Well the races you will probably need a level 60 minimum character to unlock them. As for the weird combinations, they are most likely Hero Classes for those races. You will probably only be allowed to have 1 per server, per race.

As for this last expansion, (if it is even the next expansion), will probably have all three of the major story lines in it. It will more then likely be split into 4 parts, first dealing with the Maelstrom: This will included the crazy redesign of Azeroth and deal with bringing in the new character races. We will also probably see Thrall leave and Hellscream completely destroy everything he has worked to do. The last of the content of 4.1 will more then likely end introducing The Guardian of Tirisfal.

The 4.2 patch will probably contain the next major story line of Queen Azshara. This patch, (it would stand to reason), will take place both before and after the Cataclysm. Much like some of the content in Wrath. The plot will probably have a lot to do with how Azshara escaped and attempted to reopen the portal, (with the help of Deathwing/Neltharion), which caused the cataclysmic events in the first place. This expansion would naturally introduce one of the new islands that resurfaces in the cataclysm as the new daily grounds much like the Isle of Quel'Danas.

4.3 will, (in all probability), be the last patch that deals with the after math of everything in the past two patches. This will, (one would assume), included Thrall reclaiming his place as the leader of the Horde, (possibly by some heart wrenching speech about how Hellscream's father didn't give his life for his son to ruin what The Horde stood for), and possibly a romance between Thrall and Jania happens, which then in turn ends the feud between The Horde and Alliance. Although feuds will inevitably exist, thus we will still have PvP.

Which brings us to 4.4. The Emerald Dream. As any fan boy, (or girl), knows, the Emerald dream is a place of wonder and beauty. An educated guess would be that Horde and Alliance will be able to raid together, (this could be the reason for the introduction of the faction switching), as they are now on the same side, even though factions will most likely still be in tact. However this patch will possibly allow for a common language used by both Horde and Alliance for the low one time cost of 1,000 gold. A 40 man raid will also be made available, but since the Horde and Alliance are now at an uneasy truce and fighting against The Nightmare and not each others factions, the raid will possibly require 20 Horde and 20 Alliance.

I should have said this off the hop, but any similarities to the new World of Warcraft expansion, (true or not), are completely speculative and reflect only my views on how I see the game going.

-A. Warren Johnson

I wonder who will blizz make the outmost powerfull from the lore at the end of all lose end and story line. So far Arthas was known as the outmost powerfull of all time. Anyone could live with the tought that he will become obsolete?

I think even if arthas would be seperated from the Frostmourne, Redeme from the grasp of the Lich King will. He could still jump in at Sargaras fight to claim its powers what he hungers since birth.

The last thing I expect is that blizz simply throw a target dummy before us that drops loot and tag it with an Arthas name.

Leaving Arthas out of the picture and plungering in two mayor content without him would mean as a Story line that thick as Arthas would have a sideline out from it and become even bigger and the original wanish? There was NOT any precedence for such EVER!

lolz this dude was totally right check the wow site ;)

It's official . Cataclysm is the next WoW Expansion

"By Zack on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 2:05 pm

I highly doubt this has anything to do with the next expansion. I think it’s something to do with the next Blizzard game that is not related World of Warcraft.

It’s probably their secret MMO that they’ve been working on."

LOL you were pwnt by future reading poster.

LOL GUYS this is not their new game this is new expansion like wrath of the lich king

I R FROM FUTUR! DIS R NEW EXPANSION FOR WOW! IT INCLUDES NEW TYPES OF KITTEHS ASWELL AS A MEAN DRAGON

interested in how March as new expansion cost side where I can buy itide Can you tell me the media please m1nu_cs_bc quickly
How much?
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whats this about?

I hope that when we level 80 to 85 i takes a some time, (i got from 70 to 80) in a week, i would like some more game play for my money.

the new expansion will cost around 30 quid,