Blizzard Trademarks "Warlords of Draenor" - WoW Expansion

Originally Posted by Repefe

How many wow players do you expect know what Dreanor means ... Warlords of Dreanor reads like [Leader mob] of [Something]. When I compare it to Wrath of the Lich King ... which reads as [Wrath] of the [Lich King], kind of self explanatory. I mean, going back to legion is great ... ppl who expect Blizz to pull out their A game, does not look like it so far ... but untill the expansion hits we can only be surprised (in a good way). So that's something to look forward to.

Well, at least then we would know how many people didn't read the quest texts when playing this darn game at some point in the past 9+ years.

Originally Posted by Dethekk

Like someone pointed out in this thread already, I bet it is the new name for the "Blizzard All-Stars", since the conflict. Even the name sounds similar "Warlords of Draenor" compared to "Heroes of the Storm"

http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/10/23/he...mark-conflict/

Holy shit! Well if that's the case, then we all got punked. But yeah, makes sense.

Originally Posted by balir

I gather that the city that is currently a dungeon, actually has 3 dungeons at the moment. The city, before it was blown away - Auchindoun.
(too many pages, apologies if someone has already mentioned this possibility)

Not a lore nerd, but isn't Auchindoun a space ship?

Before everyone gets all nuts about Warlords of Draenor, you should read http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/10/23/he...mark-conflict/

Originally Posted by Alayea

"Warlords of Draenor"

Yep, time-traveling. Otherwise I'd be pissed at Blizzard giving the Outlands the "revamp" treatment.

Regardless, it's still a revamp if it goes into Outlands. It doesn't mean it has to do with Draenor at all. It could just be referring to Alleria and Turalyon.

It's been mentioned a couple of times, by Blizzard, that Outlands needs a reboot. It doesn't make a story cohesive. Starting a toon is like this, you are in the current timeline, jump to the past for Outlands, then into the past again for Northrend, then BACK into present with Cata and MOP.

It doesn't flow like Cata into MOP does, and you can bet your ass they are going to revamp that shit sooner or later.

Originally Posted by ro9ue

Before everyone gets all nuts about Warlords of Draenor, you should read http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/10/23/he...mark-conflict/

Except the Moba will consist of all of Blizzard's franchises. How would that even make sense/

Originally Posted by ro9ue

Before everyone gets all nuts about Warlords of Draenor, you should read http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/10/23/he...mark-conflict/

And that has anything to do with World of Warcraft because?

Hmm so is the trademark registered... or are these just some form of pre legal applications?

Originally Posted by Aeluron Lightsong

Because if people have been following WoW since BC. They should know what Draenor is.

Still does not explain why the name would be something like this. If you have an option to give a game name that everyone can identify or name that some ppl intersted in the franchise for years can identify ... why go with the latter.

Originally Posted by Frozen Death Knight

Well, at least then we would know how many people didn't read the quest texts when playing this darn game at some point in the past 9+ years.

I guess

Originally Posted by ro9ue

Before everyone gets all nuts about Warlords of Draenor, you should read http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/10/23/he...mark-conflict/

I don't understand your point. Please elaborate.

Originally Posted by Dethekk

Like someone pointed out in this thread already, I bet it is the new name for the "Blizzard All-Stars", since the conflict. Even the name sounds similar "Warlords of Draenor" compared to "Heroes of the Storm"

http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/10/23/he...mark-conflict/

i supposed you can make a case for that except that draenei and orcs are the only races from draenor so it would make no sense for the rest races in blizzard all-stars

Originally Posted by Repefe

Still does not explain why the name would be something like this.

Blizzcon will probably tell who the warlords of draenor is

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Originally Posted by Quilm

i supposed you can make a case for that except that draenei and orcs are the only races from draenor so it would make no sense for the rest races in blizzard all-stars

Indeed. Would make no sense at all. Also considering the MOBA game will have Starcraft+Diablo "heroes/champions" aswell, Warlord of Draenor would probably the worst title ever for a mix of the 3 games.

Still does not explain why the name would be something like this. If you have an option to give a game name that everyone can identify or name that some ppl intersted in the franchise can identify ... why go with the latter.

Your guess is as good as mine. I dunno, I'm sure it looks great in presentation.

might just be a prequel

Originally Posted by Tomservo

if we go back to outland, i will be SOOOOOO happy. but no rehashed shadow lab!

Probably challenge modes though.

Originally Posted by Spotnick

Not a lore nerd, but isn't Auchindoun a space ship?

no oshugun in nagrand is the ship

The Dark Below was thought to be accurate until proven otherwise, so this could still be a hoax.

The so-called leaks have had little to give them any credibility.
Multiple forum posts from first-time posters where they often contradicted each other.
One of them describing a well established event in the current game.
Same vague and generic sources as every other.

There has been no reason so far to take those claims seriously, and given the past history a trademark application still means very little.

I remain sceptical.

As I posted on WoWInsider, with a little cleaning up, here's my 2c of speculation

Blizzard moves the timeline on 5-10 years from the events at the end of MoP and the following unfolds...

Turalyon and Alleria stumble through the dark portal back into Azeroth, Turalyon heads to see Varian and Alleria goes to visit her sister, both carry a story and a warning. During their absence they've been on an undiscovered section of Draenor. Aforementioned undiscovered section of Draenor is ruled by factions of Orcs and Draenei who are in turn ruled by.... Warlords. The Burning Legion have chosen to invade Draenor to establish a base from which to invade Azeroth through the dark portal. Turalyon and Alleria have come back to warn us. The Horde and Alliance both mobilise and send heroes back through the Dark Portal to Outland and thence on to this previously unknown chunk of Draenor. The expansion then unfolds on entirely new continents of Outland/Draenor, is Draenei and Orc focused, with us battling the various Warlords and ultimately The Legion. Some of the 'Warlords', their factions and of course ultimately the commanders of The Legion are the villains and raid bosses.

An alliance sub-theme will be bringing some long lost Draenei back into the fold, the Horde will be doing the same with some of the Orcs.

If there's a new or neutral race involved, we already met them in TBC, the Ethereal.

It's not a time travel centric expansion at all, although there may be a raid in the CoT which is where the Grom rumour comes from.

Please God no time travel. Please God no time travel. Please God no time travel.

I might HATE the idea of an Azshara expansion, but Time Travel sounds absolutely ridiculous (And yes, I will complain before I know anything about it), I, for one, hope that the poster that originally posted this only got the name right, because Time Travel in storytelling is often done horribly and only detracts from the story, while serving as a lazy way for writers to push the story forward, while creating various inconsistencies, I really don't trust Blizzard to do that right. Also why would Grom be the major antagonist? He was never a bad guy, even when the Blood Curse was in full swing he wasn't like Gul'dan or Blackhand, hell, he didn't even come close to Garrosh. Does Kosak just want to grind the rest of the Orc's story into dust?

Either way, if Boub says he's confident that "Warlords of Draenor" is the name, I'll take his word for that, I don't recall seeing him be wrong before. However, I will be praying that Time Travel plays NO part in this (We'll have to wait until Blizzcon to figure that out). Either way TAKE THAT AZSHARA FANS.

Oh, and also for those complaining about the name. WE ARE PLAYING AN EXPANSION CALLED MISTS OF PANDARIA RIGHT NOW. Mists. Of. Pandaria. It does not get worse than that.

Originally Posted by Alayea

"Warlords of Draenor"

Yep, time-traveling. Otherwise I'd be pissed at Blizzard giving the Outlands the "revamp" treatment.

Why, WHY the freaking hell would we want to time travel to Outlands? Dragon Soul 2.0?

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Originally Posted by Wildberry

Please God no time travel. Please God no time travel. Please God no time travel.

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