New Allied Races are a very long ways off. The reason people think they'll go Alliance is less story driven (though there are a few threads there with potential) and more because they're a thematic match with Vulpera, who are almost certainly going Horde if added.
They also seem to match up well with a Blizzard comment on looking at evening out themes between factions, something about balancing it out if one side has a shortage of "cool races" while the other needs a "cute race". This can pretty easily be attributed to Vulpera and Sethrak.
Xal'atath whispers: Your allies consider me a bad influence. Yet all I've ever done is speed you along the path you chose.
I'm sure we will be bedazzled like last year
You can't take what ya can't see... *rolls d20* You rolled a natural 20* The skill of stealth is successful.
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Probably about patch 8.2 and finally more news about Classic to those who cannot wait for it.
This seems pretty realistic and is what I expect
Don't forget they will probably reveal the next set of Allied races after Zandalari and Kul Tirans, which I bet will be Vulpera and Junker Gnomes.
The Barrens warfront being Tauren vs Dwarves is a conclusion I came too as well.
And the surprise will probably be the reveal of Nya'lotha.
Yeah, I think about Vulpera/some Gnomes too. So far every Allied Races is connected by model or lore to existing "classic" race. And for 7.3 we will probably see Calia Alliance Undead and some kind of Horde "Worgen"/"Worgen model" (maybe Saberon?) race. Or other way around.
And 1 change - I missed the fact that Stormsong raid will happen after Zuldazar (which is kinda strange).
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I hope something better than predicted
Uhm 8.1 is on PTR later this week so most likely released weekend before blizzcon as 4 weeks is standard fare for PTR? Or did I miss something? I'd expect SoZ to be out before or directly following blizzcon and with CoS the month after / holliday lull period. With 8.2 dropping somewhere in late january or early february.
8.2 raid, dungeon, allied races, heritage armor, story, and flying.
Maybe Classic, but I'm not really expecting anything about it until 2019.
Overall though, I expect it to be a fairly light Blizzcon for WoW.
8.2 Nazjatar patch:
- New 10-12 boss Azshara themed raid
- New Nazjatar level 120 zone with continuation of war campaign + WQs
- New warfront
- 1-2 new 5-man dungeons
- New allied races. Vulpera for Horde and Murlocks for Alliance. If the naga are the focus of the patch this is the perfect opportunity to make murlocks playable
Next allied races and i guess the azhara content (zones) like Argus.
Blizzcon is about all of their games. It's typically where they announce big stuff, but they don't guarantee big things for WoW, most likely they'll do a "state of WoW type presentation and tease stuff in the Q&As.
I expect something Diablo related as the big reveal, and possible something Overwatch related. Maybe announcements for the Diablo and Starcraft remakes. Possibly a Hearthstone expansion reveal.
They really need a new game, but I'm not expecting a new franchise. Possibly in the future, they have an unnamed project that isn't Diablo related they're working on.
It's very possible this year's Blizzcon will have no big announcements - there have been years like that before.