99% chance that it is an expansion about Dragons and the Void.
1% chance that it is a meme expansion like MoP.
0% chance that it is an expansion set on another planet/dimension, because that's suicidal after Shadowlands. It's straight admission from Blizzard that they don't give a single fuck about player feedback.
0% chance of an expansion about a faction war because Ion said there will never, EVER, be another faction war. Although Genn Greymane (the king of Gilneas) is poised to become a problematic character for the Alliance, this was also stated by the Game Director Ion.
That’s a good catch, since Northrend is the top of the planet, and that’s where Zovaal drained the world soul. I wonder what effect that soul drain had on Azeroth.
I also pointed out in another thread that we fought a vision of Wrathion being corrupted by the Old Gods and calling himself the Black Emperor, and we got a new Dragonflight in BFA. I do wonder if Wrathion would be the main antagonist in the next expansion. Perhaps getting manipulated by Xal’natath into believing that the factions are incapable of properly defending Azeroth, and that he has to take matters into his own hands?
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I mean, yeah, it sounds foreign, because it's a fantasy word? I don't see the problem with Draenor.
Ashes of Galakaros is fine, other than the fact that the name "Galakaros" is stupid, because it doesn't roll off the tongue due to the "ka", and it literally is just a slightly changed "Galapagos". Maybe that's another reason why its so hard to say it right. If anything, it's not too foreign enough.
Right, but we didn’t really know what that meant. I don’t think anyone expected the Forge of Souls to be part of the cinematic, and I especially don’t think anyone would have expected the Forge to be huge drills into the surface of the planet.
So yes, we knew that Azeroth would be part of the fight but we couldn’t have known exactly how. That part was up for debate.
My point being is that the cinematic cemented exactly how and where Azeroth was involved and what impact the fight had.
It’s easy to look back in hindsight, now that we have a better understanding, but to have the foresight and accurately predict the outcome of the Shadowlands cinematic and then use that to visualise it into a globe… well, that seems too coincidental for it to be made up. WoW fans can be smart but are they THAT smart?
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It’s nothing to do with creativity, it is however to do with logic. You gotta think of it from a marketing perspective. If Blizzard release a game which a lot of people struggle to pronounce, even though it’s not a big deal in the greater scheme of things, it would still be a big deal and have a negative impact, especially if they want to attract new players, which has always been their goal.
So just for that simple fact, it discredits the leak. It’s just not a marketable name for an expansion. A patch, maybe, but definitely not an expansion.
I honestly don't understand what's difficult about pronouncing it. Its no different to learning a new fantasy word and having to pronounce that.
Also, in terms of marketing and new players - I think new players are more likely to pick up an expansion if there's a big badass looking dragon on the front, as opposed to being put off it because one word in the expansion title MAY be difficult to pronounce for some.
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I wouldn't put too much stock in that. Cataclysm had a giant crack down the globe from the top as well but the expansion didn't involve Northrend at all. It's kinda just the only place they really CAN show anything since the rest of the globe is interrupted by the letters.
It's not that it sounds "foreign", it's that "Galakaros" has a shit rhytmn with that unnecessary extra syllable.
Basically the same shit when there is an unnecessary 'The' in fake titles.
Whoever made the name up should've just gone with 'Galakros' or 'Galakar' or 'Galagos' if the Galapagos reference was so important to them.
Should also be mentioned that while Blizzard often takes heavy inspiration from real places they don't really copy the names as well.
Dazar'alor is clearly based on South American indigenous cultures, but it isn't called Tenochtrollzan, or King's rest called Macchu Trollzu.
The world revamp dream will never die!
The company that made Sylvanas the main protagonist of 3 expansions straight because an inconsequential minority (Undead and BE players) like her? Yes.
The same company that simultaneously keeps making fun of half the playerbase (Alliance)? Yes.
The same company that ALREADY OMITTED THE VOID ELVES FROM PATCH 8.3 because they wanted Wrathion-Anduin reunion? YES.