Possible BlizzCon Leak -- New Expansion

[EaTCarbS]

My guess is that the next expansion will be even more craptastic than cataclysm

[ebony]

I am sure they are well underway on the next expansion...it's not like the announce and then start working on it. They can't wait another year unless they have some pretty big filler. Players are just too impatient now.

upto level 100 was made from what tey said once. but if they wait till next year bizzcon 2012 to announce it. then it more like 2013 till we see anything. from the sounds of the dev talks 4.3 soulds like the last raid and firelands hc been clean out on day one then this not going to be a long one though they culd add some hc agean.

[Kedash00]

prediction...next hero class will be "Demon Hunter" some hybrid of a hunter and lock, aka a ranged death knight... Just my two cents.

[ebony]

prediction...next hero class will be "Demon Hunter" some hybrid of a hunter and lock, aka a ranged death knight... Just my two cents.

/vote or the hunter thats the boss in the undercity. its going to be a raged hunter caster hero class though

[Tonuss]

I am sure they are well underway on the next expansion...it's not like the announce and then start working on it. They can't wait another year unless they have some pretty big filler. Players are just too impatient now.

On some level, I would assume that they are working several expansions ahead. There's simply too much work going into new zones and quests and items, etc, that you can't develop them sequentially and expect to release a new one every 12-18 months. I can only imagine how long they were working on the old-world revamp in order to allow flying in those zones, while still telling players that they 'hadn't made plans for it yet.'

As for the document re: Vengeance of the Void, I didn't see it until I saw the "it's a hoax" messages so I don't know how I would've reacted. Though some people did point out that it had several red flags. Aside from the header and address and the "neglected shadow priest class" line, someone pointed out that it really didn't read like an internal memo giving guidance to employees. It read like a "let's show people what we intend to add to the expansion" memo... and no one writes memos like that; you have meetings to discuss that kind of thing.

I dunno, even later this year seems a bit early to do more than give a quick glimpse of the next expansion. I'd be happy if the main announcement at the next BlizzCon is "Diablo III is ready to ship."

[Akoko]

That document looks fake but I wouldn't be surprised if the idea was real. Blizz just came out with a whole bunch of art (created by in-house concept artists, not fans) relating to Burning Crusade so I wouldn't be surprised if they are going along in that direction.

[Starbuck_Jones]

I don't think it is real as far as an expansion goes. Maybe a major patch? They already said it was weird to be fighting deathwing to level 60 then hop to outlands and for 10 levels you are suddenly up against Stormrage and poof, back to the whole deathwing bit again.

Also I am pretty sure A'del is a race not a NPC, and with no new race/class why have new starter zones?

[Umbaalo]

I'd be happy if the main announcement at the next BlizzCon is "Diablo III is ready to ship."

^THIS!

If I were to bet on the next expansion, I would be placing my money on a revamped Outland. Would be very curious to see how they keep the 60-70 level grind intact while adding new content though...

[Kedash00]

there are still tons of "worlds" they haven't tapped into yet. The burning legion's starting planet (i forget the name) is one. Also Sagreas or whatever his name is is still a powerful boss we haven't battled yet.

[Umbaalo]

Sargeras is the Dark Titan, you could consider him the supreme commander of the entire Burning Legion. If we start battling him, that's going to be the last expansion for WoW. Period.