There are four main issues that are still present / within the near future of happening:
-Azshara wanting to invest in some prime beachfront property all over Azeroth, leading to a Naga invasion a la Frozen Throne. Old Gods playing a similar but not primary antagonist role -
my personal opinion "Please No" seriously im done fighting orcs and demons, but i don't think i like also the idea ti fight reptilian/serpent people no matter how annoyed i'm from the clitorcs
-Sylvanas bringing to complete fruition the genocide of the Eastern Kingdoms north of Arathi, leading to a potential war to finally cleanse what was once Lordaeron of the plague -
I don't think we will have (at least any time soon) another expack where another racial leader goes nuts, so his people can be "the master race".
-Your favorite former faction leader Bolvar Fordragon awakening and potentially aligning with the old gods (Yogg-Saron has only been pacified -- for now) or deciding to just go it solo -
"There always must be a Lich King!" (/thunders in the distance). As much as we like the idea (or not), Blizzard said somewhere recently that they are done with the LK.
-The Emerald Dream turning into a Nightmare (thank N'Zoth for this one folks). This one's validity and possibility was increased when the Green Dragonflight lost their glowing eyes at the end of Cataclysm, meaning their powers are weakening and therefore more susceptible to corruption. -
this will really get me offguard, it will feel like "filler" expansion a la MoP and honestly i think its stupid idea for a solo expansion (think of it - new unexplored land, hidden threat, awakened by some event... sounds familiar?)
-Sargaeras coming to wreck. This is basically, lorewise, the end-all-be-all of expansions for World of Warcraft. He is and always has been the most powerful enemy in the universe -
there were hints somewhere in the TBC that the quraji might be a part of force a lot ancient, bigger and stronger than the Burning Legion, so about the Sargeras being " the end-all-be-all of expansions" i think the right thinking on the matter should be "the player base will be the end-all-be-all of expansions", because as long as there is sufficient number of players playing WoW "There always will be a World of Warcraft!" (/thunders in the distance)
-Outland being revamped and re-invaded by the Burning Legion. If Kil'Jaeden could arrive on Outland to scare the shit out of Illidan once couldn't he do it again? If it is just a few floating islands in the nether logically it can be accessed from the nether itself. Also, I kinda just want to see more ethereals -
Yup for the Ethereals, Nope for revamped Outland (remember the last revamp of the Old world and its success + at the moment we basically are on revamped Outland, but insted of KJ we will kick the ass of Archemond, just like in the good ol days in Outland)
-Things involving using the last vial of the Well of Eternity. Basically this last one is just a term for an umbrella of things that can happen. Since the vial can ressurect the dead (presumably) and gift immortality to mortals, Blizzard can just poke a little jet of water into any avenue of lore to make it happen. -
from where did you come up with this shizzle mate?!?
What do you guys think? Personally, I would love to see an expansion centering around Sylvanas and focusing on cleansing Lordaeron. Blizzard really likes to use characters that were established in Warcraft III as antagonists (Illidan, Arthas, Kil'Jaeden, Archimonde, etc.) and Sylvanas is right up there with them. Plus, it would be nice to have an expansion that didn't focus on something to do with Orcs or the Burning Legion.