Illidan coming back. Next expac NOT Burning Legion.

[zloitima]

From devs QnA

When...Will...We..See..Sargeras??
You are not prepared.

Any chance we will see Illidan return soon?
Also not prepared.

Edited title so it will more obvious that it's a speculation.

[Coleslaw]

This confirms/denies absolutey nothing.

[torterra275]

This confirms/denies absolutey nothing.

Simply this, they are making a joke. They can do that y'know.

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

This confirms/denies absolutey nothing.

Aye, but it does stir up a lot of speculation and could change people's thoughts. Just how you view it really.

[Coleslaw]

Aye, but it does stir up a lot of speculation and could change people's thoughts. Just how you view it really.

Possibly. But us "seeing" Sargeras would ultimately spell our doom. We can definitely see an avatar of him or some form of him (Sargeras' finger of doom?) in a Burning Legion expac without seeing him.

[bohapjut]

Next expac: Tides of the Betrayer

[Elite Peon]

Simply this, they are making a joke. They can do that y'know.

Um , on the flip side of the coin leaving out both major players in the burning legion very much says the next ex-pac has nothing to do with the burning legion ,.

[Brewski]

Aye, but it does stir up a lot of speculation and could change people's thoughts. Just how you view it really.

It does stir up speculation, you're right. However, at the same time it isn't definitive. Blizzard always does things like this to keep people guessing.

[checking facts]

I think "you are not prepared" means "not anytime soon"

When...Will...We..See..Sargeras??
not anytime soon.

Any chance we will see Illidan return soon?
not anytime soon.

[Coleslaw]

It does stir up speculation, you're right. However, at the same time it isn't definitive. Blizzard always does things like this to keep people guessing.

This.

Remember when the Goblin/Worgen masks appeared on the PTR before Cata came out? Then they added Ogre masks to throw people off guard? It's what Blizzard does.

[Diabloss]

Isn't that implying that we won't, in fact, be seeing Illidan?

[-Zait-]

Simply this, they are making a joke. They can do that y'know.

That's what they said about the pandas...

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

It does stir up speculation, you're right. However, at the same time it isn't definitive. Blizzard always does things like this to keep people guessing.

And it's brilliant really. It causes people to discus/argue for days/weeks on forums likes these. Blizzard wants the playerbase to speculate on these things.

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This.

Remember when the Goblin/Worgen masks appeared on the PTR before Cata came out? Then they added Ogre masks to throw people off guard? It's what Blizzard does.

Well actually, Blizzard was going to add Ogre in Cata but switch to Goblin at some point.

[Krekko]

Or, it could be a "red herring" of sorts.

Make it think that we're not getting it anytime soon then BAM "YOU ARE PREPARED!"

Kinda like when Mmo-Champion datamined the Worgen and Goblin Halloween masks, and then they had someone make random/obscure race masks overnight.

[Not Helping]

What does this even prove?

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

What does this even prove?

Nothing! But it makes you think!

[Teriz]

Yeah, I'd be surprised if next expansion isn't us versus the Naga in their capital.

[K i s u]

Certainly isn't definitive at all and is up in the air, though it's stirring up a little hope inside plus the little joke made me smile.

[nyc81991]

How did you get Illidan is coming back but not the Burning Legion?

The answer was the exact same for both questions.... If anything we will see both make a return.

[Bathory]

It always amazes me, the "legit" stories that people can create with zero or fictitious answers.