Rumour has that since Cataclym/The Sundering brought us Archaeology (due to obviously the Earth changing), The Wound and the Inner Earth theme of 8.0 will surely bring us Spelunking.
Rumour has that since Cataclym/The Sundering brought us Archaeology (due to obviously the Earth changing), The Wound and the Inner Earth theme of 8.0 will surely bring us Spelunking.
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Anyone who doesn't agree with me is an idiot, a bad, and a pleb.
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This is my signature. It states my prediction of the next expansion. Not only is it correct in my eyes, but should also be in yours too.
Anyone who doesn't agree with me is an idiot, a bad, and a pleb.
- A Quote from every narcissistic, defiant, self-absorbed theorist on these forums. True story.
People have been talking about Ogres since Vanilla. Kinda like people were talking about Goblins and Worgen and High Elves since Vanilla.
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Realtalk I'd be entirely okay if Blizz made professions more lucrative on their own without needing to rely on the AH.
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A hidden small-sized ogre Empire on Azeroth reproducing what was done in Goria would be nice.
Whilst it isn't my favourite zone, I do quite like Vash'ir. Much better than the seen-it-all-before Hyjal snoozefest, anyway. At least they were trying to do something new and different and it's stunningly beautiful.
Top tip for those confused by the 3D: shake the camera from side to side and you brain can work out where things are.
Guessing right is not the same as having insider information.
Blizzcon has 'Voices of Blizzard - The Powerful Women of Warcraft' on the Legendary Stage late Friday Evening.
I think its time I pull my WoD Boost out in preparation.
30 days, still no leaks ...
Did we ever really know what was coming next? TBC was unexpected, WotLK had unencrypted files already in the game, Cataclysm's F&F leaked, MoP had a public trademark, WoD leaked a week before the announcement and Legion leaked two days before (and the riddle which I don't see as a reliable source of information). We knew what was coming because it leaked one way or another, but the story hasn't been predictable.
"Obviously" we had to deal with Arthas and Deathwing at some point, but "obviously" we've been expecting to deal with Azshara for quite some time and they haven't given us that expansion yet. WoW expansions have always been a surprise in some way.
If the next expansion is indeed Kul Tiras and/or the South Seas, it'll be the most predictable one yet. Which is why people are throwing crazier ideas around, such as another Cataclysm, an underground expansion or a secret ogre continent, they're trying to expect the unexpected.
On the other hand, at some point we have to deal with Azshara, N'zoth and/or the Zandalari. It could be this announcement, the next one or the one afterwards, but eventually the "South Seas expansion" will happen, and even then it could be presented in a way that subverts expectations.
Something minor that's been bothering me: Will a sea expansion be "South Seas" or "High Seas"? Or maybe even "The Great Sea"?
Meanwhile, back on Azeroth, the overwhelming majority of the orcs languished in internment camps. One Orc had a dream. A dream to reunite the disparate souls trapped under the lock and key of the Alliance. So he raided the internment camps, freeing those orcs that he could, and reached out to a downtrodden tribe of trolls to aid him in rebuilding a Horde where orcs could live free of the humans who defeated them so long ago. That orc's name was... Rend.
It became clear that it wasn’t realistic to try to get the audience back to being more hardcore, as it had been in the past. -- Tom Chilton
To be fair, every zone older than MoP could use a shiny new skybox. If they use them to create a better illusion of the other continents and islands being there, even better.
I'd love it if Teldrassil could be seen from anywhere in Kalimdor, and somehow the skybox transitioned into the landscape as you got close to it.
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Yes, but it's a stump the height of Hyjal (or maybe even taller).
It's taller than most mountains in Kalimdor, so I think it should be visible from pretty much anywhere.
Obviously I'd love it more if they remade Teldrassil the way it's supposed to look, but unless it plays a major role in the expansion, that's very unlikely.
Using a skybox to create the illusion that it's visible from anywhere without rendering the landscape would be nice. It could even be applied to the skybox in Azuremyst Isles, without having to move them to Kalimdor (which they should do at some point anyway...).
Other large landmarks that could get this treatment would be Skywall, Blackrock mountain, Icecrown Citadel or, as you point out, Nordrassil (a 2D image will always be prettier than an untextured, low-quality render of the actual model).