World of Warcraft. Expac here. You are in a queue. Forever.

While there may be problems with content sometimes, there's something in WoW that will never be beaten for me.

I adore the art direction so much.

I heard that 6.2 is the last raid patch of the expansion, which is quite a shock, it means that the next expansion pack has to be announced soon, maybe they are finally shooting for that Expansion pack a year they always talked about. It would make sense judging by how well the last one did for them. I would be really surprised if one came out this year, but certainly early 2016 would seem reasonable

Bought Warlords of Draenor after trying the 7 day come back trial.
Man, dungeons are so different to FFXIV here. Nobody talks to each other and it's just speedruns all over the place.
Then you can still roll need on stuff you can't even equip, so you get Rogues rolling need on mail armour and Paladins rolling need on staffs.

Zartan wrote:I heard that 6.2 is the last raid patch of the expansion, which is quite a shock, it means that the next expansion pack has to be announced soon, maybe they are finally shooting for that Expansion pack a year they always talked about. It would make sense judging by how well the last one did for them. I would be really surprised if one came out this year, but certainly early 2016 would seem reasonable

Bet you £5 it won't be until June 2016 to tie in with the marketing push for a film.

Which means the most expensive expac, will only have had 1 real content patch and we still end up with 1 year in last tier.

WoW really needs to pull out of this nose dive and soon

It really has been the worst expansion of the lot imo, I thought the launch was terrible, the leveling was fun, but over fairly quickly, Garrisons killed any world interaction. Content outside of raids was minimal and easily the worst of any expansion, the PvP zone was awful. Then they have had 1 patch which had no real content, then this one which I have not tried, nor do I feel the need to bother with, but looks alright, and I guess they could have a 6.3 with non raid content in, but there is not going to be much point. Ironically the one thing I thought was a great idea, dropping flying from the current content, they have been under loads of pressure to reverse.

I really cannot see them getting as huge a bump with the next expansion, but I have no doubt it will still make a ton of money

Leaked Warcraft trailer - Quite bad quality. But hype!

https://vimeo.com/133621594


This is only showing half of the footage though, there is another part with Ironforge, dwarves, elves, wolf riders, human cavalry, and a lot of epic battle moments in the second half.

I did some more dungeons through the dungeon finder the last few days and I'm still in shock at how hugely anti-social WoW seems to have become. There's no talk within parties and one time I ended up in a group who were just doing the same two BRD bosses over and over to level up quickly. What's the point of rushing to the endgame when you miss a giant chunk of the game getting there?

Given what pricks there can be in the Final Fantasy XIV endgame dungeons (see my little rant in that thread) I shudder to think what WoW endgame has become.

I guess as there is very little fun in levelling anymore out side of seeing the different areas due to the talent tree being gone, not needing to buy abilities for you and minions, no need to feed pets etc. whats the point in going through it.

Yeah I do miss the talent tree. Not sure why they removed the need to visit a trainer to learn new skills, especially with how the game just throws money at you.
Nut there's still plenty of fun to be had through normal levelling and tons of lore to read and see.
Plus normal levelling helps with profession skill increases. Then again I guess at endgame people just buy all the materials on the Auction House.

Leaked new expansion details - Southsea, Naga, new class

Zul and Azshara are the main villains.

After the last defeat Zul has asked Rastakhan for more support, but Rastakhan has lost the confidence in Zul and refuses support. In a big coup, Zul has Rastakhan assassinated and assumes control of the Zandalari.

The Zandalari trolls ally with the naga, whose goal it is to flood the continents and raise the ocean level.

The big focus of the expansion will be on night elves and trolls, with Malfurion and Vol'jin being the main heroes.

This is Vo'jin's big opportunity to prove himself as the warchief of the Horde.

A big emphasis will be on Vol'jin's loyalty to the Horde, despite the opportunity to be part of a newly risen troll empire. His story will be about resisting the temptation to join the Zandalari and stay with his family.

This is the South Seas expansion that so many players want.

New class will be Shadowstalker.

Trolls, Blood Elves, Orcs, Goblins, Forsaken, Humans, Dwarves, Worgen, Night Elves and Gnomes will be able to be this class.

The class will be a ranged class that uses bows, crossbows and guns, and it will have a heavier focus on magic attacks.

Specs are Dark Ranger, Spirit Mending and Shadow Hunter. Dark Ranger and Shadow Hunter are dps specs and Spirit Mending is a healing spec.

New Shadowstalkers will start at level 1, but players who buy The Dark Prophet will be able to create 1 Shadowstalker character at level 100.

New levelcap will be 110.

The expansion will have 8 zones.

The Valarian Depths, Zandalar, Kul Tiras, Kezan, Tel'Abim, Plunder Isle, The Rift and Broken Isles.

The two starting zones will be The Valarian Depths and Zandalar.

The Valarian Depths are an underwater zone with naga, similar to Vashj'ir, but smaller. It serves as the intro to the storyline revolving around the naga. The story in this zone deals with Ozumat and the kidnapped Neptulon.

Zandalar used to be the capital of the Zandalari, before it was destroyed in the Cataclysm. This zone is completely ruined. Players will get here and figure out what happened to the trolls, and what they are up to.

After the starting zone players in each zone will board a ship that will lead them to either Kul Tiras for the Alliance or Kezan for the Horde. These zones will serve as the capitals for the factions, Players will get their own ship here, which they will use to travel around the islands. Around the capitals there will also be some questing.

Tel'Abim is a tropical paradise. A group of peaceful trolls, the Sunspear tribe, live here. The zone is mostly light-hearted. Players have to help the Sunspear tribe against a new pygmy-like race that is giving them trouble.

Plunder Isle is a pirate island. Here people can recruit pirates for their crew.

The Rift will be the first of two endgame zones. Here lies the naga city of Nazjatar.

The Broken Isles are a group of islands, and it is the second endgame zone, that is overrun by a mix of troll and naga forces. Here the naga and trolls are going through the ruins of the Tomb of Sargeras in search for powerful artifacts. The Tomb of Sargeras will be a dungeon.

Players will not only be able to travel with their ship from island to island, but also be able to explore the open seas and hidden islands. They will be able to recruit a crew of pirates. Depending on what pirates you pick, they will contribute in different ways to your ship. For example you can get a cook for your ship, which will unlock exclusive cooking recipes and who will be able to cook for you. Other pirates might contribute with different abilities, like professions or as a barber on your ship, or by offering rare quests.

Blizzard returns to creating multiple dungeons per zone. Expect about 2-3 dungeons in most zones.

If this is true.....

There's been a string of these "leaks" across various forums - but they all seems to stem from [different] random accounts on places posting lots of ideas without anything to support it

I'm not sure what makes it a "leak" so much as a "likely piece of bullshit" (The Army of Light was classic)

Multiple dungeons and The big focus of the expansion will be on night elves and trolls, with Malfurion and Vol'jin being the main heroes.

*flips out*

twitter.com/Warcraft/status/626437123512471553

So a few new leaks have popped up this morning;

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1827911-More-spoilers-about-the-next-xpac-from-a-Chinese-forum

TLDR;
1. Demon Hunters are the new class.
2. New warchief.
3. To survive is to kill. Forsaken launch a legit invasion to bolster their numbers, the only way they can 'survive' seeing as they don't reproduce.
4. Tyr is trapped under Lordaeron and is having his power harvested by Sylvanas, same way Raden was by the Mogu.
5. We help Anduin and Wrathion.
6. Gul'dan has been sent to our Azeroth by the Legion to summon them here.
8. Azshara is here to strawberry float gooseberry fool up.
9. Cordana Felsong/Maiev wants to follow up on Wolfheart.

Official film trailer is out,

So they launch an expansion with the least content yet, only do one true content patch, and they are still a year away from the next expansion.

No wonder they will not be announcing subscriber numbers

I'll be back as usual for the expansion, but will only sub for a month or two.
Just want the story now to be honest.

Warcraft trailer is boss, Gonna IMAX that.

wow

If only it looked even half close to that

Is that Dalaran?