Blizzard's 10 year plan

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9.17.2011Clash of World / The Final Invasion - expansion collection(5) focused on discovering new areas on Azeroth and new worlds while dealing the final blow to the Burning Legion.
85-110
2012Mists of Pandaria - In the aftermath of the Destroyers fall the war between the factions has led them to discover a new land full of resources and riches.
85-90
New Race: Pandarian (H) Pandarian (A)
New Class: Monk (1)
Launch zones:
Jade Forest
Valley of the Winds
Tiger's Summit (Raid)
Krasarang Jungle
Dread Wastes (Raid)
Townlong Steppes
Dawn Passage (Raid)
Eternal Valley (Max zone)

Patch cycle:

The Thunder King major patch1) - The Zandalari have resurrected the Thunder King and he has returned to his palace at Thousand Thunder Island
-Zone: Thousand Thunder Isle
-Dungeon: Shado-pan Assault
-Raid: Throne of Thunder - Troll raid

Kraarang Assault (minor patch1) - The battlefield of the Alliance and Horde on Pandaria.

Siege of Orgrimmar major patch2)- Garrosh has been corrupted by the whispers of the Old God Y'shaarj. One of the last Black Dragons comes across a powerful Titan artifact which grants him a vision of the Burning Legions upcoming invasion.
First hints towards The Final Invasion.
-Zone: Eternal Vale revamp, Durotar 90 phase
-Dungeon: Heart of Pandaria
-Raid: Siege of Orgrimmar - Corrupted Garrosh gets captured in the end, to be put on trial.

(bridge patch)Tides of Time - The Black Dragon joins forces with a part of the Bronze dragonflight and the Priestess' of Elune (also Elune). Elune cleanses Garrosh and he is sent into the Timeways to build an army.
-Zone: Deadwind Pass 90 Phase
-Dungeon: Karazhan Crypts

2014Warlords Of Draenor - We go through the time portal in Karazhan crypts and arrive at the Chronal Spire on Draenor. We find a strong Burnin Legion presence on alternate Draenor.
90-95
No new race/class.
Players choose order to level in. Based on their first choice they get to build a player base.
Launch Zones:
Shadowmoon Valley (Karabor A Capital)
Frostfire Ridge (Bladespire H Capital)
Gorgrond (Raid) 4
Terrokar (Raid)
Arakkoa Spires
Nagrand (Max only zone) (Raid)

Patch cycle:

Faralohn (major patch1): The forces of Azeroth assault the main base of the Iron Horde.
-Zone: Faralohn
-Dungeon: Iron Docks
-Raid: Seat of Iron - Gul'dan gets freed at the end of the raid.

Shadows of Arak (minor patch1): Questline and scenarios where players find out about the Arakkoa connections with the Void and Fel.4

Hellfire (major patch2) - Gul'dan flees to Tanaan Peninsula and with the help of the Burning Legion creates the Black Gate - a dark portal that can traverse timelines.
-Zone: Tanaan Peninsula
-Dungeon: Throne of Kil'Jaeden
-Raid: Hellfire Citadel - While the players fight Fel empowered Grommash, Gul'dan enters the Black Gate and closes it behind him.

(bridge patch) Invasion: Gul'dan has arrived on Azeroth and opened up a portal to the Legion homeworld. Demonic invasions begin across Azeroth.
-Zone: Suramar Ruins - part of Suramar that was sunken and destroyed. Location of the Tomb of Sargeras.
-Dungeon: Tomb Of Sargeras - The playersstop the legion from empowering Illidan's body to become the next avatar.
-Raid: Commanders of the Burning Legion. (1 encounter - Kil'Jaeden and Archimond die)
-Many importan lore figures die. Both faction leaders change. The players to stop the forming of the new avatar but Gul'dan gathered what he needed and is channelling a portal from the main city of Suramar.

2016Azeroth United - Now that the biggest Burning Legion invasion has started, the factions put their differences aside and unite to defend their world.
New class: Demon Hunter (90)
No new race
95-100
At the start Gul'dan opens a spacerift to Argus.
Magni return. Players find out Azeroth is a titan.
Class community areas. Players choose order to level in.
Launch Zones:
Azsuna - Players deal with Azshara's forces.
Dragon's Peak - Home to 2 new dragonflights. Ysera abd Kalec die.
Emerald Forest (Raid) - Based on the forests in the Emerald Dream
Highmountain (Neutral capital city) - Tauren Zone
Titan keeper zone (questline to return Illidans Soul) (Raid) - Vrykul and Titan theme
Suramar (Max only zone) (Raid) - The larger area of Suramar that didn't sink. Special nightelves and the Night Temple.

Patch cycle:

Thal'dranath (major patch1): The Zandalari and Thunderforged Mogu claim the ancient elven island.
-Zone: Thal'dranath
-Dungeon: Naga cove
-Raid: Mogu and Troll raid - Players find out that the Thunder King is some form of Titan Avatar and thus cannot be killed. They delay his return for now.

Reclaiming Suramar (minor patch1): Players return to Suramar and it becomes the seat of the new Elven kingdom.

Argus (major patch2): Azeroth tells us that Sargeras is coming and we must stop the Burning Legion at it's seat of power. There we find the Army of the Light.
-Zone: Survivor's Cove (underground Maelstrom like zone), Mac'Aree (contains the dungeon, floating), The Burning Wastes (raid location, full of elites/ world bosses)
-Dungeon: Mac'Aree - cleanse a Naaru and the whole city
-Raid: The Burning Throne - players battle corrupted titans avatars (except Aman'Thul - Lei Shen) and the final boss is Argus as a titan.
Illdan sacrifices himself to trap Sargeras in his body and the cleansed titans jail him.

(bridge patch)Ethereal's Arrival - The Ethereals inform the players that the Burning Legion is already reforming around a new leader (Velen's son).
-Zone: Decimated Cliffs - an island in the Twisting Nether.
-Dungeon: Dragon Temple (at Dragon's Peak) - Bronze Dragon Corruption
The players cleanse the island with the help of the Army of the Light and create a new home for the Ethereals.

2018Remenants of the Burning Legion - The players find out that Velen's son escaped Argus with a powerful weapon and went to K'Aresh.
100-105
No new class
New race: Ethereal (A) Ethereal (H)
Over the course of leveling players find out that K'Aresh had a weak Titan soul which was used to manifest a void lord, Dimensius.
K'Aresh looks similar to outland in terms of design.
Dimensius present in the distance (WIP skybox tech)
Full Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdom, Northrend and Outland revamp because of the events that happened in previous expansions- zones scale to all levels in the corresponding expansion. Old world still available through 4 Caverns of Time portals.
Players pick the order to do zones in.
Launch zones:
Ethereal City (Neutral capital) - City that is formed at the end of Azeroth United.
K'Aresh wastes - Shadowmoon valley inspired
Netherfields (Raid) - Netherstorm inspired
Void Valley (Raid) - Strong old god presence
Preserved area (Max only zone) (Raid)- has jungles and rivers
Light fields - Army of the Light main base

Patch cycle:

Dragon Isles (major patch1): New aspects get empowered.
-Zone: Dragons Isles
-Dungeon: Dawn of the Aspects (PH)- Protect the area from N'zoths forces while the titan keepers empower the 5(+) new Dragon Aspects.
-Raid: Blingtron raid - Blingtron vs Old God war

Lich King questline (minor patch1): Bolvar has awakened. Neutral.

Crystal Citadel (major patch2): The players assault the crystal citadel.
-Zone: Crystal fields, desolate valley
-Dungeon: crystal citadel wing.
-Raid: The Crystal Citadel - Seat of power of the new Burning Legion. Velen's son gets killed.

(bridge patch)Old enemies: The players learn of the true goal of the Burning Legion. To fight the forces of the void.
Velen gains control over the unorganized demons that were once the Burning Legion and they join the forces of Azeroth/Army of Light.
Lightforged Nathrezim are Velen's council.
-Zone: New island as home of the new legion, new island as home of the Army of the Light.
-Dungeon: Void Lord dungeon - Dimensius kills Turalyon and destroys the weapon Velen's son brought to kill him. Anduin becomes the new leader of the Army of the Light.

2020Azeroth's other side break: between the big stories. Players venture to a big landmass west of Kalimdor. Only 6 zones available. More added in future patches and expansions.
Brand new lore and races.
Possible break of faction limits (other than PvP and wPvP) or forming of a 3rd faction for the new races.
105-110

[Deleted]

Jesus bro, go outside , relax a bit lol

[deathbivouac]

No.

/10chars

[Deleted]

This doesn't sound promising at all.

1/10.

[Shadochi]

Not another one of these.
Cant we have a break till Blizzcon?

[Zulkhan]

Why putting all that effort in something that will be regarded with posts like...well, like this one?

[Archmage Alodi]

Velen's son died in legion.

[TriHard]

Can mods start banning all these instead of letting people do as they please?

It's going to get insanely annoying to have all these fake speculations pop up for 10 fucking weeks.
Make a megathread for that shit instead where people can post their supposedly "leaks"

[zlygork]

Including some old expansions made it more believable, esp. Knowing they changed of mind with wod halfway through. 10/10

[Arainie]

Najs level ranges!

[Immitis]

if this plan is from before mists of pandaria why does it mention old draenor and the iron horde when the original plan was for garrosh to gather up a bunch of "mongrel races" from around azeroth and make a mongrel horde?

and before that to use an ancient horn from northrend to ressurect all of the old warchiefs on outland and magically pull back pieces of land that were drifting in the nether?

[Evilmoo]

Blingtron Raid, Blingtrons against Old Gods? Ok.

Blingtron and Gamon are two titans in disguise.

[Shadochi]

Blingtron and Gamon are two titans in disguise.

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Blingtron

Blingtron is a race

[Saluna]

2018Remenants of the Burning Legion - The players find out that Velen's son escaped Argus with a powerful weapon and went to K'Aresh.

We killed his son in Legion. So. No.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

His son did die but does he fall under the catagory of demon now. If so he might be...well hanging around still.

[OGXanos]

Velen's son died in legion.

We killed his son in Legion. So. No.

Not to give this absurd theory any ground to stand on, but he died on Azeroth. We don't know how long resurrection takes. Even though they're getting rid of that story mechanic soon, there is theoretically time to bring him back.

[Shadochi]

Not to give this absurd theory any ground to stand on, but he died on Azeroth. We don't know how long resurrection takes. Even though they're getting rid of that story mechanic soon, there is theoretically time to bring him back.

I was under the impression that Antorus just speeds up the return of demons, but they can still slowly reform in the nether

[Deleted]

Why putting all that effort in something that will be regarded with posts like...well, like this one?

They are just bored waiting for LFR or a random bg and they post shit. Best way to stop shitposting is not commenting at all

[Shadochi]

Also, if this was written prior to mop as the first date suggests then they might've changed that too, as a lot of WoD and Legion things are different (just to make it clear, I dont think its real)

[Aeluron Lightsong]

I was under the impression that Antorus just speeds up the return of demons, but they can still slowly reform in the nether

Was it clarified that it was instant with Antorus or just super fast. I don't really remember if it was either or.