The elements of that logo are as follows;
Title: Dragons (Obviously)
Background: Void/Old Gods
Border and Letters: Titans
The "Titan" border even surrounds the background like a prison, and the world (Azeroth) is corrupted and breaking.
My guess would be we're pretty much picking up where BFA left off, and we're probably looking at a corrupted dragonflight of some type. Possibly the Voidwings. I could see Wrathion either being a protagonist or an antagonist, and I definitely see a return of N'Zoth or Xal'natath(sp?). I have no idea what level Titan stuff is going to come into play, but if that logo is real, its going to be significant.
I am hype for this week as well. However, I am worried that a lot of people are jumping to the assumption that we are going to get WoW specific news. Mike Ybarra represents Blizzard, not WoW (singular/by itself). Furthermore, if we do get WoW related news, I imagine it’ll be 9.2 only.
It’s true, we’ve had new expansion announcements before the final patch/raid tier. However, I can’t think of any scenario where announcing 10.0 won’t spoil the ending on 9.2. All in all, excited for anything!
Pretty easy
1. Shadowlands time flows differently than Azeroth
2. We beat Jailer but he damaged Azeroth too much making her born before time and weak
3. Time passed as time pass but during these 5 years that we perceived as 1 in Shadowlands, Nzoth and Black Empire forces attack while we were away
We come back and Azeroth is half conquered by Nzoth forces and we are looking for a titan facility in the Dragon Isle where wrathion is going mad like his father but the current black brood is asking us to help him Yadda Yadda other dragon broods are allying with use etc
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Expect always the worse.
Especially with Blizzard 2.0
Dragon Isles: Look for information regarding these islands and with the help of the dragonflights venture in AU Draenor to the ancient Ogre continent where you find hints that Farahlon is the Dragon Isles, but in the end we figure out that the Dragon Isles are the friends we made along the way.
People were also like 80% going toward DI last leak season. (With revampe as aftermath of azerite). Tbh how many World Changing events have happen since Cata that would make sense for a revamp. Imo Legion Invasion and BfA (and probably end of SL).
Tho now that they have a couple reasons to revamp the zones means they have different stories to tell in zones where they can't come up with their won. For example some of the zones where Legion invaded could have the aftermaths of that and still som demons sliding by, or going in league with unaligned warlocks
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That's definitely a possibility. I don't think it's black dragons though, I think it's the Voidwings. Definitely Old God based stuff though, because I'm thinking Blizzard wants to make up for 8.3. If we have titan stuff in the border and lettering though, titan stuff is going to have a big role. Bigger than us just looking for, and finding a new titan facility.
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I've missed this in the last days and just saw it now, this looks pretty epic to be honest. I like the name as well, but it's EoD which is the same abbreviation for Guild Wars 2 next expansion "End of Dragons". After Shadowlands - Shadowbringers I doubt Blizzard would do something so similar. Nevertheless, the logo is excellent.
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Its metallic nature, and its accents (especially surrounding the expansion title, below the "C" and on either side next to the "W" and "D"), which strike me as something crafted, and slightly tech. However, not industrial tech, but more streamlined. At first I thought Naaru, but the more I thought of it, the more it struck me as Titan. It also heavily relates to the other elements of the logo (Void and Dragons) whereas Naaru doesn't.
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Yes, very well done logo. I wouldn't be surprised if this is it, simply because no one was considering any of these themes in those "leaks", and frankly I don't recall a fake logo ever looking this good.
Did they suffer in any way with that name tho? I'm honestly asking since if they didn't then makes no sense why it wouldn't happen again. It isn't a naming they make to confuse people but I think they don't look too much at names of other MMO content patches
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Huh? Void vs Light has been a guessed theme for some time, as well as dragons and titans (since dragons need the titan pillars for new aspects). Void vs Light got even more traction with the race page updates.
Also seeing how they redesigned the race pages give me hope for the rest of the heritage soon.
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It has, but it doesn't match the title of the expansion, which is dragon-based. Naaru have nothing to do with dragons, and the "Void" in of itself are not a direct threat against a weakened Azeroth, the Old Gods are. Titans match up with both, because they're highly interrelated with both.
I do think this expansion will lead into a Light vs Void expansion though. More than likely Yrel's Lightbound invading Azeroth.
Those don't strike me as bows, it looks like the typical arch you see in every logo. I can see why some people may think they're bows, but I don't buy it. Night Elves aren't central enough to command the border on that level, and don't relate to the Old Gods or Dragons on that level either.
I don't mean to come across as crass, but you're being intentionally obtuse. They're quite clearly Night Elvish bows, they eve strike a chord by reminding you of the Warcraft 3 NE bows. Additionally the mini arrows just lend further weight to them being bows. Not to mention the purple/wood brownish color setup
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