9.0 General Discussion

[Feali]

https : // imgur.com/qVyWcH3 . jpg

https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...cts?p=51759780

The leak this coincides with

[Raunchy]

its just funny how a leak now that is pretty relevant was sort of copy pasted from some guy 7 years ago and the only comment says its a stupid idea lol

[Sondrelk]

I have an old theory about expansion cycles.

Act 1: Exploration and Wonder.
Act 2: Visit exotic worlds and fight alien threats.
Act 3: Battle against a mighty long-time foe
Act 4: Destruction to renew the setting.


So, the first iteration was:
Vanilla: Exploration and Wonder.
TBC: Visit exotic worlds and fight alien threats.
WotLK: Battle against a mighty long-time foe
Cata: Destruction to renew the setting.

And then second iteration:
MoP: Exploration and Wonder.
WoD: Visit exotic worlds and fight alien threats.
Legion: Battle against a mighty long-time foe
BfA: Destruction to renew the setting.

I don't think this is done on purpose, it's just a natural progression in which the setting is explored, pushed beyond boundaries, old threats are finally confronted and then we have an act to destroy the old and set up the next iteration.

If I'm right, next expansion is back to Exploration and Wonder. Then we will visit another world (which may be an exotic unfamiliar part of Azeroth, a new planet is not necessary), and then we will fight a big threat that has tormented us for a long time (it's probably being setup right now). Then it's destruction to renew everything.

Funnily enough i started suspecting this when i first played WoD actually. All the callbacks to TBC made me think how similar MoP was to Vanilla in a way, new location, faction war and surprise old god at the tail end.

With Legion i found it surprisingly similar ot Wrath as well. We return from a different planet to realize an ancient enemy has returned, so we venture to a location that we knew was tehre, we just didnt have reason to go there until it turned out the only way to stop the invasion was to go to its source. At the end we defeat the ancient enemy and the world can go back to the way it was.

With BfA as well, 2 continents, faction war and old gods. You could even argue that it ends in a similar way to Cata. No new zones, instead we go back to an older one. Dragonblight for Cata and Uldum/Vale for BfA.


Always wondered whether that was just me looking too deep into it, but its good to see someone else has thought the same thing.

[Nyel]

Oh yeah, time for a fake logo again. Nice!

[Raunchy]

Ftfy

alright that's gotta be it.

[Cherry123]

https : // imgur.com/qVyWcH3 . jpg

this cataclysm logo lulz, don't even try

[Valysar]

The hidden space cannot contain "Twilight of", it's too long, too bad !

[Syegfryed]

humm, the smell of riddle leaks in the lunch

[deviantcultist]

Oh yeah, time for a fake logo again. Nice!

We've never had a logo leak before, so I think it's safe to assume we won't be getting it now either.

[Syegfryed]

We've never had a logo leak before, so I think it's safe to assume we won't be getting it now either.

we kinda had, i think wod look slip into one video before, but it was in blizzcon already, but was before the announce.

[Hitei]

What would be the point in blocking out the first word/s if you're trying to leak?

The same point as not just taking a horizontal shot camera where the logo is straight and you can see all of it: to sell a shitty fake.

[Wildmoon]

Lol trying to block the first part of the name to look legit.

[deviantcultist]

we kinda had, i think wod look slip into one video before, but it was in blizzcon already, but was before the announce.

https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...5#post51736525

Thanks to @Polybius, we have the compiled list of leaks for WoD, Legion and BfA in the leak above.

Sadly, leaks during the day of Blizzcon aren't truly leaks per se. I mean, at that point you might as well wait for the big announcement.

[niv78]

The border of the logo looks intricate enough to be real. Plus the leak itself is the only one that I've liked the sound of so that's a bonus.

[FlemmMinis]

Until we know better, let's call this leak "Proof the Aspects"

[deviantcultist]

I'll give them one thing the Border is unique alot of effort went into it:

You can tell we miss a purple expansion logo!

Also, I hope they make a joke about The Bolvar at Blizzcon. Shame it most likely will stay an insider joke.

[Teriz]

I have an old theory about expansion cycles. I made it around WoD, when I noticed WoD had some similarities to TBC, and remembered devs commenting MoP was meant to have a "vanilla" feeling. Then came Legion and BfA and I kept seeing similarities.

The cycle is like this:

Act 1: Exploration and Wonder.
Act 2: Visit exotic worlds and fight alien threats.
Act 3: Battle against a mighty long-time foe
Act 4: Destruction to renew the setting.

So, the first iteration was:
Vanilla: Exploration and Wonder.
TBC: Visit exotic worlds and fight alien threats.
WotLK: Battle against a mighty long-time foe
Cata: Destruction to renew the setting.

And then second iteration:
MoP: Exploration and Wonder.
WoD: Visit exotic worlds and fight alien threats.
Legion: Battle against a mighty long-time foe
BfA: Destruction to renew the setting.

I don't think this is done on purpose, it's just a natural progression in which the setting is explored, pushed beyond boundaries, old threats are finally confronted and then we have an act to destroy the old and set up the next iteration.

If I'm right, next expansion is back to Exploration and Wonder. Then we will visit another world (which may be an exotic unfamiliar part of Azeroth, a new planet is not necessary), and then we will fight a big threat that has tormented us for a long time (it's probably being setup right now). Then it's destruction to renew everything.

I agree with this cycle actually, and I believe we're going to get an expansion that is something completely unexpected. IMO, it's going to be an underground expansion where we explore beneath the surface of Azeroth.

[Hitei]

The border of the logo looks intricate enough to be real. Plus the leak itself is the only one that I've liked the sound of so that's a bonus.

No it doesn't, it's super simplistic.

[ercarp]

@ercarp are you behind the logo?...

Not this time, I'm afraid.

[Samin]

I'll give them one thing the Border is unique alot of effort went into it:

This really helped, you can clearly see that the S and E of the Aspects logo are the completely wrong font.