Originally Posted by
Darkarath
Hey guys ¡ I'm reading a lot of speculation about next X-Pac, obviously the general thought is that Azshara and N'zoth are next, and I agree with this idea (hopefully with another world revamp), but there is another line of thought claiming that Nozdormu might finally became Murozond, and thus taking us to a timetravel X-Pac, which I think that is never going to happen.
What I see happening is Murozond being a side threat like the Emerald Dream was in Legion, which we'll be solving in a raid. Let's see some facts here:
- How big a timetravel X-Pac will have to be? If they do it, it will focused in past Azeroth, meaning that they will have to do a huge continent (Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor, or both together as they were before The Sundering). I just don't see them putting a few zones together and huge mountains or invisible walls to avoid us visiting the rest of the continent.
- Which threats will be facing? Infinite Dragonflight, Trolls and some Old Gods? Not enough for a full X-Pac with 3 big patches. I mean, probably they will manage to come up with more stuff, but those will have to be the focus, and they aren't enough IMO.
Infinite Dragonflight is Murozond, and maybe Chromie, Kairoz (already dead but who knows)? Not more than one raid.
We have decimated trolls in past expansions, don't even know one name of an important troll in those times, so I don't see them filling more than a raid.
Old Gods were still imprisoned in the past, so if we were to fight them again, the X-Pac will have to feature Ulduar, Ahn'qiraj, Pandaria... again. Highly unlikely.
- Nozdormu/Murozond, and the Aspects in general, have always been 'related' to the Old Gods, meaning that the Old Gods were always trying to corrupt/eliminate them (and they have been doing a pretty good job at it). Recently Ion said that Dragons will be important again in the future, guess when Dragons were very important, in Cataclysm, a heavily Old God themed expansion. Its only natural that they appear again when we face N'zoth.
- Let's see our history and the state of the Dragonflights:
Blue: Malygos dead and Kalecgos is a member of The Council of Dalaran. Important role in WOTLK and a questline in Legion. Few of them left.
Red: Alextrasza missing in Legion (maybe fighting the Legion in Northrend?). Presumably she's alive and well. Important roles in WOTLK and Cataclysm and a little cameo in DK class quests in Legion showing that they're not in their best.
Green: Ysera dead. Important role in Legion. Don't know their numbers but after Ysera's death and the healing of the Emerald Dream I supposed that they will head there. Probably we won't hear much of them in a long time.
Black: Deathwing dead. Important role in Cataclysm. Wrathion and Ebonheart will have a role in the future, when it suits Blizzard.
Bronze: Nozdormu alive but missing (as always). Dungeons in BC, WOTLK and important role in Cataclysm. Infinite Dragonflight were important in the liberation of Garrosh from his trial, thus provoking WoD, but in said expansion they didn't appear at all.
After this analysis, is clear to me that of all the Dragonflights, the Bronze is probably the one in better shape, as they never get involved in anything unless is strictly necessary.
So, honestly, what else has Nozdormu to do? He did his part, he helped stop Deathwing, losing, like all the other Aspects, a huge part of his power in the process. He knows that he will become Murozond, and that we will have to kill him.
When is going to be a better moment for that, that when N'zoth raises to conquer Azeroth? He has Azshara as an allie, sure, but having the Bronze Dragonflight will help ensuring his victory. N'zoth can corrupt Nozdormu, as he corrupted Neltharion.
N'zoth, Azshara and Murozond are the threats left in Azeroth. While I think that it will be possible to make individual expansions from Azshara and the Naga and the Old Gods an their minions, I don't think that the Infinite Dragonflight could lead one on their own.
What do you think? Do you think that Murozond could have his own X-Pac? How that would be?