I'm sure we'll get a new Warchief for next expansion. Who might it be?

[Toore]

Because we have player choice in the quest I'm 100% sure we won't keep our current Warchief - Sylvanas won't trust players who choose Saurfang/Baine and Saurfang can't become Warchief because of players who had chosen Sylvanas. Basicaly by giving players a choice between the two "subfactions" its impossible to keep current leadership after story aftermatch - both Sylvanas and Saurfang cant have players who chose differently still be Heroes of the Horde (Sylvans eves says smth similiar to you if you choose not to side with Zekhan the Zappy Boi)
My question then: who will become new Warchief, how and why?
My personal candidates: Lorthemar (best politican atm in horde), Talanji (Queen doesn't bow to anyone), Thrall (VERY UNLIKELY - would be back in some form ingame already). Other racial leaders are leaders too short timewise (like Rokhan, Thalrysa), or also involved in the player choice (Baine) or just to insignifcant to play Warchief role (Gallywix). Dont think followers have a shot too so that excludes f.e. Rexxar.
Opinions?

[owbu]

They might decide to split the horde (Thrall and Sylvanas are the new Warchiefs)

Or they might "screw over" one side of the playerbase (Okay my loyal followers - Your Queen is going off screen to have some really cool adventures. You guys please just stay here and pretend to be loyal to the "HONOR!" faction. I know that in your heart, you will always love me! ..this choice will totally be relevant some day!")

Or Lorethemar would probably be a good compromise, because he seems to be the most neutral choice. He is clearly not a fan of Sylvanas crazier escapades, but he also seems to be able to appreciate getting things done.

[sam86]

Baine since he is getting pushed, if not baine then lorthemar, rest are out of option

[Amaterasu65]

You should make a poll.

Choose between Saurfang, Baine and returning Thrall. People actually considering Lorthemar, the most irrelevant nobody of Horde's leaders. Even Gallywix has more action than him.

[Flurryfang]

The sorry truth is, that nobody is really obvious or qualified to take the role of Warchief currently. Blizzard have failed at finding a candidate, that can bind the differences between the Thrall horde and the Garrosh/Sylvanas Horde, and until they find a character who can take that role, we will always have a lackluster Warchief.

If i had to give my guess, i would proberly say Baine since he is getting the spotlight currently, but he would be a very bad warchief in my opinion. Its just that he is more of a peace guy than a WARchief guy. He is the advisor, not the field general.

The Horde is really in a bad state.

[Fistfighter]

Anduin hopefully

[Kwento]

Anduin is going to be the new Warchief.
The Horde would loose and Baine would be sitting in Grommash Hold, writing daily reports to his overlord.

[owbu]

One idea I have is that they could remove the faction divide (solving the issue with Alliance/Horde population balance in PvE) and then just make a couple of subfactions on each side that are dedicated to the war but are essentially paramilitary organizations that the main factions do not endorse or recognize (but also don't bother to control).

I love that idea, because it would give the writers so much more freedom to write different kinds of stories. Not sure if blizzard is brave enough for that though

[Exkrementor]

Its the same fucking story as MoP.
Sylvanas (Garrosh) is pushing the Horde too far in one direction and Saurfang (Voljin) is seting up a revolution and becomes the new leader.

Sylvanas will be a Boss and Saurfang gets stabbed by a demon. Sourfang dies and puts someone else in charge.

You heard it here first folks!

[Destinas]

Unless they truly build up someone else, I would imagine Saurfang would become the Warchief. People have been angry since the end of MoP with a non-orc leading the Horde. Saurfang is basically your average, run-of-the-mill honor-flavored orc, who has a unique model, and a unique storyline this expansion. He's a veteran in the Horde, moreso than most other Horde racial leaders, and he's starting a revolution like Vol'jin did in MoP.

[Super Dickmann]

Saurfang and Baine are both Alliance patsies, but that's what Blizzard like, so it's not a disqualifying offense. Thrall has been away too long and there's very little time left to introduce him, but it'll be one of those three.

Of them, with the Metzen tease at Blizzcon, this may well be the glorious return of Green Jesus, here to teach us savages what it is to be honorable. It also cuts the knot they've made - some people will side with Saurfang, some with Sylvanas, and to not upset either group in their minds while still achieving Muh Honor as the sole characteristic of the Horde, Thrall shows up as a third option.

[Arikara]

Perhaps they'll finally get rid of the title of Warchief and instead handle things as a council of factions.

[Daevelian]

I kinda hope it's Baine, if for no other reason than to watch the reee shitstorm that would occur on these forums.

Realistically though, i can see this being the final expansion with the faction barrier remaining, whether we end up splitting in to the forces of light and void or all just unite in to one giant army, who knows, i just cannot see the Horde and Alliance staying in one piece at the end.

[Dagoth Ur]

I still wanna see what's up with Saurfang before I fully commit to a choice, but as things stand now, we're basically choosing the lesser "evil" it looks like.

Out of the candidates we're currently presented with as possible choices, presented meaning they stand out in the story, I'd begrudgingly pick Saurfang with faint hope there's still possibility to salvage him from the blessed hands of our treasure.

Trying to look at it somewhat-optimistically-but-not-really-optimistically though, I wouldn't be against it that much if Thrall or Vol'jin were to return. In case of Vol'jin, not as some Loa-God-Warchief but the normal troll Vo'jin.

Saying all that, ideal scenario would be if we get a timeskip with soft cast reset and we'd pick our warchief from the new orcs there. I say orcs because I'd prefer having an orc warchief again, but if they'd pop out interesting character of other race also I wouldn't be against that either.

[Kwento]

Saying all that, ideal scenario would be if we get a timeskip with soft cast reset and we'd pick our warchief from the new orcs there.

That would have been sweet...

[Sanguinerd]

I'm voting for Thralls return, though I wouldn't mind seeing each faction have a council or something though. That being said having Vol'jin return as Warchief in some Loa form or so could be really cool and give the Horde some power.

Less so for the Horde(except the Sin'dorei really) because a Warchief made sense but I never understood why ancient races would fall in line with the Humans at all.

I always pictured Velen and Tyrande being like

[steelballfc]

They might decide to split the horde (Thrall and Sylvanas are the new Warchiefs)

Or they might "screw over" one side of the playerbase (Okay my loyal followers - Your Queen is going off screen to have some really cool adventures. You guys please just stay here and pretend to be loyal to the "HONOR!" faction. I know that in your heart, you will always love me! ..this choice will totally be relevant some day!")

Or Lorethemar would probably be a good compromise, because he seems to be the most neutral choice. He is clearly not a fan of Sylvanas crazier escapades, but he also seems to be able to appreciate getting things done.

Lorethemar to be warchife is needed

[Nnyco]

I just hope it wont be baine or saurfang.

[Pua]

Varok Saurfang.

If you don't support him, you have no honour.

[Arrashi]

At this point mudmug is the only valid choice. He is the only character that truly embodies horde ideals.