World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

[DemonHunter18]

Maybe bolvar was still lvl 83?

he got an upgrade in Legion.

[Faroth]

So while we're galavanting around the Shadowlands, doesn't this mean the Scourge is essentially off its chain and just mindlessly going to rampage across the lands in Azeroth?

[Enrif]

Perhaps the pre-expansion patch event? The scourge attacks, we the players have to stop them. This might also be the reason for new death knights. People who die in that battle will be resurrected as death knights, thus allied race DKs.

[Aucald]

I'd imagine this is a salient point to handle. Hopefully so.

[Lupinemancer]

Btw, for such a "hellish" realm, there are some very cute animals there...

There is nothing in the Shadowlands that suggests it is "hellish" in any way.

[Friendlyimmolation]

So while we're galavanting around the Shadowlands, doesn't this mean the Scourge is essentially off its chain and just mindlessly going to rampage across the lands in Azeroth?

Zombie event 3.0 hype.

[Mehrunes]

Not really funny. This artifact was build to raise and control the dead. I imagine that raising and concentrating so much undead at this location weakened the barrier between the world and the shadowlands. Or it was like a giant battery, for each undead raised, the artifacts power rises. And then, releasing all that undead energy abruptly and at once punches a whole in the border to the land of the dead.

The Scourge got most of its undead from the Lordaeron continent as Northrend was a desolate shithole with only the Nerubians having any remarkable population there. So going by your first explanation here the opening in the veil should be somewhere in the Forsaken territory (meaning that it should have been healed by Calia's love before Sylvanas got to roflstomp Bolvar).

[Abitou]

So, who's that behind Sylvanas in the features trailer ?

[Arrashi]

So while we're galavanting around the Shadowlands, doesn't this mean the Scourge is essentially off its chain and just mindlessly going to rampage across the lands in Azeroth?

I don't think bunch of zombies on the other continent is much of threat to anyone.

[Mehrunes]

There is nothing in the Shadowlands that suggests it is "hellish" in any way.

Except from its description in the Chronicles.

[Maljinwo]

In all seriousness I grieve with you, I loved the idea of Vol'jin becoming a loa or something, maybe he'll show up in the features presentation?

Not even a loa. He literally spent BfA looking for stuff in the Shadowlands.
And he doesn't even get mentioned.

But we get KAEL'THAS

[Arrashi]

Not even a loa. He literally spent BfA looking for stuff in the Shadowlands.
And he doesn't even get mentioned.

But we get KAEL'THAS

Merely a setback!

[Mehrunes]

So while we're galavanting around the Shadowlands, doesn't this mean the Scourge is essentially off its chain and just mindlessly going to rampage across the lands in Azeroth?

Blizzard kind of forgot that the reason why WotLK ended with "there must always be the Lich King" was their asspull that the Scourge would become an even greater threat without a master (instead of simply breaking free as was the case whenever the Lich King suffered major damage).

So, who's that behind Sylvanas in the features trailer ?

Likely Mueh'zala.

[Isilrien]

...how many expansions are we going to have to deal with chasing carmen sandiego around?

hahahaha. Love this comment.

[Orby]

I loved the fact that Sylvanas tore the helm of domination apart, no one saw that coming, everyone was like 'oh here we go, she's gonna be the new Lich Queen blah blah blah'

But yes I actually like where they went... Sylvanas has obviously got given a lot power (from the Old Gods most likely). At least they are making her a threat. Got the feeling she did some leveling :P

Sorry man, the only thing that cinematic is good for is making people vomit...

Well I loved it and a lot of people outside of this forum of doomers did too. So tough cheese.

[Dagoth Ur]

Speaking of that purpose, it was weakening of Azerothian forces. Which begs the question, why go through the long process of subterfuge via the Lich King inside the helm if simply crushing the helm would cause Azeroth to be flooded by a giant army of death? Logic, not even once. Then again the Legion proved itself to be quite retarded.

Yeah, makes it seem like Legion didn't even know what the hell they were doing when creating that. Hopefully, they'll clarify the helm and what Sylvanas actually did there.

As for other stuff, I also wanna know if we're going to see Kel'Thuzad there. Probably the character I'm most excited about seeing again.

[Mehrunes]

But we get KAEL'THAS

Wait, what?

[Souflikar]

he got an upgrade in Legion.

Well, didn't do much. He never got one punch in. That glorious hammer was useless.

[Mehrunes]

Yeah, makes it seem like Legion didn't even know what the hell they were doing when creating that. Hopefully, they'll clarify the helm and what Sylvanas actually did there.

As for other stuff, I also wanna know if we're going to see Kel'Thuzad there. Probably the character I'm most excited about seeing again.

Well, Chonicles did mention he's lost in the Shadowlands, so that would make sense. Maybe he's a member of one of the covenants? Teaming up with him would be funny. Or an enemy to one that we will get to kill when teaming up with it?

[Enthusiastic Steward]

Except from its description in the Chronicles.

It's possible there is a central zone (one of the images flying around on here with the announcement, I think with the pre-order stuff, states five zones) that serves as the 'gateway' that fits that description, the the rest of the zones branching out from there into mysterious random weirdness.