You forgot to add Final Fantasy 14 as an option.
No idea... probably Anduin with story that will include Arthas.
There was to much work done on the whole story around Zovaal. They just introduced him to us. He was and got even stronger than anything we ever encountered. No way we will even attack him... What Sargeras is for Burning Legion, Zovaal is for the Undead. General who gets his commands from the forces that have not been revealed yet.
i think it's who ever the dreadlords are working for either malganis or sargeras
Pessimist in me says the Jailor will be the 9.2 end boss, because that's probably worst outcome. We barely know anything about him, and the game needs a big bad that sticks around and is a looming threat. If we kill him, that's the worst scenario. If we fight him and even appear to have a chance at beating him in 9.2, that just undermines the character, who will need a DBZ power-up of some kind to escalate his power even further. There's a possible scenario where you fight him but he handily beats us, but it would involve us just annoying him at best... and it could work, but I don't trust the route with the way the game's lore and story has been going.
“Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.”
“It's not an endlessly expanding list of rights — the 'right' to education, the 'right' to health care, the 'right' to food and housing. That's not freedom, that's dependency. Those aren't rights, those are the rations of slavery — hay and a barn for human cattle.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville
normally in a x.2 patch, blizzard changes up the setting a bit so it won´t all look the same. (not only in regards to the raid but also the zone that comes with it.)
so I think it will be either
-> Nathreza or something along the lines with the Nathrezim as Antagonists (with some enslaved demons or something like that as servants, maybe even a first look at the Tothrezim from the RPG) and Anduin as Endboss with 2 Blades, the 2nd being Ramornia
or
-> the "Lightlands" as zone with the Naaru (Naaru-Prime) / Elune / Lightsworn as enemies and Anduin as Endboss with 2 Blades, the 2nd being Ramornia
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Unless blizz ends the xpac at 9.2 - we won't be fighting the jailer next Raid. If blizz calls SLS quits at 9.2 then I expect it will be the Jailer next
9.2 is about 8-9 months away so.. get your potions saved up
Do you really think they will keep trotting along on this xpac?
It's unthinkable to me with all the delays and backlash.
But, yeah, maybe the development of the next xpac is also majorly delayed.
My money is on 9.2 being the last patch and the next xpac being a longer cycle as well.
I see 9.2 releasing around feb/march and next xpac a year after.
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Either His Majesty, King Anduin in 9.2, then Zovaal in 9.3, OR Zovaal in 9.2, and then the TRUE puppet masters in 9.3. (Whomever they may be.)
hopefully the jailer so we can skip a 9.3 and get a fresh xpac.
The safe pick: Zovaal
With basically the whole expansion building him up, this seems like the obvious one. Him as a final boss, with Anduin being either the boss before him or being part of the final encounter. This encounter would more likely than not feature a Sylvanas redemption arc, to the surprise of no one.
The slight reach: Anduin
This one would most likely bank on this xpac having four raid tiers. Anduin pulling an Uno reverse card on Zovaal is also a possibility here. Speaking of...
The big reach: Ve'nari
All the time helping her in the Maw ends up resulting in her pulling a fast one on Zovaal. Bonus points if this is a Mythic-only encounter for the "true" ending, but I wouldn't expect Blizz to be that spicy in this day and age.
Zovaal will somehow survive Shadowlands and we'll chase him to the next expansion. Anduin will be the final boss of 9.2 and Shadowlands. I am betting he dies for good because most players realize how often we've killed/fought Horde leaders or characters as bosses and think it's imbalanced that we never kill an Alliance hero.
RAAAaaaarrGGHHHH! -Bolvar Fordragon
Shouldn't Arthas make an appearance somewhere? He is still somewhere in the Maw. Maybe he will Pop up.