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Opening Ceremony:
The next World of WarCraft expansion has been confirmed to be Warlords of Dreanor that is probably going to be about the war between the Draenei and the orcs and the first war. At the opening Chris Metzen said to the alliance that the first war when the alliance races dwarves, gnomes and humans united under one banner and since to few had been there and experienced WarCraft: Orcs and Humans they planned to bring it back in the next expansion Warlords of Draenor.
Other words of notice is that in the video shown at BlizzCon it was said that the new level cap would be 100, that there would be upgradeble Garrisons. I will upload the video as soon as possible. Characters that were mentioned by Metzen was Gul'Dan, Ner'Zhul, Blackhand and Sargeras so I would expect these to carry great weight in the next expansion. All WoW character skins will also be redone. Also if you buy the new expansion set you will be allowed to boost one character of your choise to level 90.
Chris Metzen also said that the plot story of the WarCraft Movie was not going to be unclear after tomorow. Metzen Also says that he does not want Thrall to be the racial leader of the orcs but that the mantle will probably fall on Saurfang or possibly Eitrigg but who it's going to be has not been decided. He also says that the Emerald Dream is a good place for raiding content but he does not want to use it as the foundation of a new expansion.
World of WarCraft: What's Next?
Alright so now I got an f-load of information to put on you guys.
The story I that has been revealed so far is basiclly that Garrosh has been put in prison to answer for his crimes but before his trials can take place he's teleported out of danger by a time travelling friend Kairoz. Garrosh is disgusted by the current Horde and he wants to make the Horde into his image of the perfect Horde so he is taken back in time to stop the orcs from becoming corrupted so he is taken back to the time just before the orc chieftains accepts the blood of Mannoroth and he in turn creates the Iron Horde with goblin engineering from the present as we know it to create a unstoppable force, but he still is planning on opening the Dark Portal. The expansion is mainly going to take place in old Draenor and both factions have their own capital the Alliance have Karabor which is in Shadowmoon Valley and the holy draenei temple many today knows as the Black Temple, the Horde on the other side has Bladespire Citadel as their capital and are helping the Frostwolf Clan in their struggles. There is also the city of Talador which is the capital of the Arakkoa before they were corrupted. At this point in time there really are no dominant power although the strongest empire at the time is the Ogre Empire which at this point is at the height of their power just before they're taken down in the timeline as we know it today. There is also the large island of Feralon which today is know as Netherstorm this is a zone that will not be active during launch but is going to play a large role later on. There's also going to be a lot of interraction Between Thrall and Durotan and his other family members and even some we don't know today as hinted by Chris Metzen.
There are is a large veriaty of orc clanns first of all we ofcourse have the Frostwolf Clan as the Horde is going to see a lot. We also have the Shattered hand clan which is led by Kargath who brought his people to freedom by braking free from their Ogre slavers. After this many orcs of the Shatter Hand Clan decided to cut of their own hand to replace it with a metal blade. The Bleeding Hollow Clan is a shamanistic clan and their members carve out one of their eyes to see ffutures of their own deaths. The Blackrock Clan is also a large clan at this point of time, it's lead by Blackhand and is considered to be the backbone of the Iron Horde, Blackhand at this point is a very honest and honoreble orc and the Blackrock Clan is mostly built up of smiths. The Shadowmoon Clan is another Clan that at this point is lead by Ner'Zhul and this a very shamanistic tribe that also happens to live in the same lands as the Draeneis so much tension can be expected there. The Warsong Clan is another probably one of the most well known clans that is lead by Grommash Hellscream that lives in Nagrand at this point and it's hinted by Chris that this clan is not going to be heroes in this expansion.
We will see a few returning and also new creatures in this expansion such as the Gronn who at this point mostly are servants of the Iron Horde. We got the Ogres which are told to be a lot bigger and stronger than the ogres we know today whom at this point also has the largest empire on Draenor. The Saberon is a new feline sapien race that can be found all over Draenor, why they went extinct is unknown. We got the dragonfly which mostly will serve as mounts and the Chimera which nothing is known about other than its appearence.
We will also see new Zones, those are, Gorgrond that is a region filled by steam vents and is the native home of the Blackrock Clan. Talador which is today more known as the zone of Terokkar Forest and much as the name suggest it's a forest where the funeral sight of the Draenei can be found. Next patch will feature an event where we realise that something is wrong so we are sent on a suicide mission into the Dark Portal where the Horde finds the zone Frostfire Ridge which is a snowy fields covered with giant rocks and volcanic activities and you as a Horde character go there to stop the Frostwold Clan from joining the Iron Horde and your mission is to recapture Frostfire Fortress. The Alliance on the other hand goes to Shadowmoon Valley and try to help the Draenei protect and save Karabor which once again is the holy temple now known as the Black Temple and they ofcourse receive alot of problem from the Shadowmoon Clan which is lead by Ner'Zhul. Shadowmoon Valey is in this period not the descolate hell hole that we know today but rather a forest where there's always night.
There will also be new character models and so far we've seen the new Dwarf, Orc and Gnome models. We get to see them with much more advanced emotes and we get to see teeth and tounges and hair that sways appropriatly with the actions.
Blizzard also announced that they would feature the ability to build a base on Draenor known as Garissons, these Garrisons will work as the housing system of WoW, or atleast that's what Blizzard says. Other players will be allowed to be invited in to your houses and you can even trade recources with each others. You will be allowed to collect followers and send them on missions for you and they will have offline progress so if you logg out they will keep doing your dirty work, you will be allowed to build your Garrison at many zones depending on where you'd like to have it and it will be intergrated to the world so it wount be any loading screens and it wount be in any distant zone far far awey. So what can you get from the housing system? What anyone would want, epic loot. And to actually get there you need to gear up your companions by sending them out on objectives like quests or scenarious, you will also need to level up all of your companions from 90 to 100. You will also be allowed to acces limited proffesion advantages from proffesion you have not learned you can for example build a mine in your garrison and send one of your companions to mine for resources. Building will also offer unique benefits that may affect you only inside the garrison or in the outside world, one example that was given on outside was being allowed to ressurect a friend x times a day. Every individual building will have three tiers and you will be allowed to rank them up and once you reach rank three with them you will be allowed to choose a unique way that this building will affect you and your garrison. You will also have a lot of interactions with your compansions it was discussed wheter or not they would work as reputations but nothing is set in stone. You will also be given trophies and Monuments that can be obtained through eiter Achievements or killing rare mobs throughout Draenor. You can also decide where you want to place a building in your garrison so your garrison is as modified to your liking as possible. There will also be separate appearences between the Horde and Alliance garrisons so yours will never look the same as that of the opposing faction. You can also change the name of your companions so if you'd like your companion could be called Sir Scratch and Sniff, the companions will also all have different abilities and traits to match up the situation you'd need them in. By unlocking sertain building you can also unlock special missions such as rescue missions.
One of the buildings that were brought up as an example was the inn that would supply you with cooking aid and would allow you to pick out companions to your liking, maybe healers, tanks or dps's.
Inventory updates is also something Blizzard will be betting big in the next expansion for starters they will give account wide acces to heirlooms so you don't need to worry which character has what, once you've bought a heirloom everyone can acces it, possibly this will also be included for tabards. Blizzard also fealt that creating larger bages did not really help anyone when it came to sorting the bags so they will do that for you by sorting by allowing you to simply tell the game that you want gear in bag a, consumebles in bag b and newly obtained items in bag c. And guess what, quest items will no longer take up bag space. You will also be able to select favorite mounts pets and other account wide items so you will be given the opertunity to summon a random favorite mount. You will also be able to craft with materials you have in the banks and stack sizes for most crafting materials will also be increased.
Blizzard will also introduce a new system called the Adventure Guide that will help players and give suggestion of what to do wthat is speciallised to their roll, class and proffesion(s).
For PvE we have 7 new dungeons 4 which are used for leveling and 3 which is for max leveled characters, Blizzard will also be reintroducing the old concept of heroic dungeons making them alot harder than those of MoP and WotLK. With all this about Draenor and the orcs Blizzard also though it would be perfect to introduce remade Blackrock Spire, other dungeons will be included such as Bloodmaul Slag Mines, Blackrock Foundry, Auchidoun, Arakkoa Spires, Shadowmoon Burial Grounds and Iron Barracks. There will also be two raids, Highmaul which wil be an Ogre raid with 6 bosses and Blackrock Foundry which is an orc raid with 10 bosses. The next expansion will also include new world bosses, adaptation of Flexible into RF, Normal, Heroic and the new super hard difficulty Mythic.
For PvP we have a new world PvP zone, Ashran which will be located in the sea to the east of the Dark Portal which wont serve as a resemblance to Wintergrasp but rather old AV, battles that seemed to have almost no end, they will also use cross realm servers to bring balance to the Horde - Alliance unbalence in population. You will also in this BG be able to build and upgrade a vechile that you might spend two days building to bring chaos upon your enemies. There will also be UI improvements so you now can see for example the capture timer on bases in Arathi Basin. Also one thing that will be introduced is BG score something that has been requested for a long time so that players can see their score compared to others, in this score everything is supposed to be calculated into the final score. BG rewards is also something that will be included so you have the chance of winning honour, gear or something else at the end of the BG if you're lucky and weekly quests will also be included so you may upgrade pvp gear do you have the desire too. Then we also have the Trial of the Gladiator which is a new kind of arena ladder where you are immediatly rewarded all the gear you could want and are pited against other players where only skill matters.
Q & A:
Q: What about the 70 pages story about Keal'Thas that you talked about in 2011 will we see it?
A: It will be pulished soon.
Q: How will our actions in the past affect the present?
A: It will not since Garrosh is assaulting drom an alternetive timeline and this has no impact on what has already happened in the past.
Q: Will we see Alleria and Turalyion.
A: We have plans for them but for now they are still out there somewhere we don't know.
Q: Red shirt guy asks, considering the fact that all the southern regions are either dessert or jungle is it possible that we might not be at the southern part of Azeroth but rather on it's ecvator?
A: It's a possibility.
Q: Uther finds a tome in Deadmines that hints at Paladins that have been existed before the paladins where founded and it's also hinted in WarCraft: Orcs and humans what does this mean for the paladins?
A: No f-ing clue.
Q: How will the Garrosh lore turn out?
A: He will not be redeemed but it will give a more satisfying ending to the Garrosh fans.
Q: What will happen with Guld'dan and Medivh, will they still open the portal?
A: Gul'Dan still drinks the blood of Mannoroth so in that regard he's the outcast of the orcs.
Q: Seeing as Chris Metzen is sort of the father of Thrall will Chris voice the father of Thrall?
A: No, he has voiced to many characters already.
Q: Will we see Orgrim Doomhammer?
A: Yes.
Q: What did Ji and Aysa add to the MoP storyline?
A: Nothing, we really didn't have time to evolve their story in proper way.
Q: Is Cho'Gall going to be in the next expansion and in that case will he play an important role in either the Shadowmoon Clan or the Iron Horde?
A: He will play a large part as the servant of the Shadowmoon Clan and his part in the story will be large.
Q: How's Garrosh and Thrall going to react to meeting their family?
A: Garrosh and Thrall are both characters that never had the chanse to meet their parents so there will be a lot of story unfolding regarding them and their family.
Q: Will we explore more alternetive timeliness?
A: Yes.
Q: What's happening with the Dragonmaw?
A: At this point in time there where no actuall dragons on Draenor so the Dragonmaw Clan did not really exist at this point in time.
Q: Are we going to see Thrall grandmother?
A: Yes she's alive at this time and is still att the age where she could be considered his mother.
Q: How does Grommash look so young?
A: Good genes.
Q: How far back is this expansion taking place?
A: Garrosh arrives about two years before the orcs would originally accept the blood of Mannoroth.
Q: Are we going to see Sylvanas Windrunner?
A: Not any time soon.
Q: Will the blood elves be involved in the next expansion?
A: Yes, we're going to see a lot of the Blood elf paladins and the Naaru.
Q: What will we see of the shamans in the next expansion?
A: We will see a lot of their culture but we still want to keep them mystical however we will see events like when Drek'Thar goes blind.
Opening Ceremony:
The next World of WarCraft expansion has been confirmed to be Warlords of Dreanor that is probably going to be about the war between the Draenei and the orcs and the first war. At the opening Chris Metzen said to the alliance that the first war when the alliance races dwarves, gnomes and humans united under one banner and since to few had been there and experienced WarCraft: Orcs and Humans they planned to bring it back in the next expansion Warlords of Draenor.
Other words of notice is that in the video shown at BlizzCon it was said that the new level cap would be 100, that there would be upgradeble Garrisons. I will upload the video as soon as possible. Characters that were mentioned by Metzen was Gul'Dan, Ner'Zhul, Blackhand and Sargeras so I would expect these to carry great weight in the next expansion. All WoW character skins will also be redone. Also if you buy the new expansion set you will be allowed to boost one character of your choise to level 90.
Chris Metzen also said that the plot story of the WarCraft Movie was not going to be unclear after tomorow. Metzen Also says that he does not want Thrall to be the racial leader of the orcs but that the mantle will probably fall on Saurfang or possibly Eitrigg but who it's going to be has not been decided. He also says that the Emerald Dream is a good place for raiding content but he does not want to use it as the foundation of a new expansion.
World of WarCraft: What's Next?
Alright so now I got an f-load of information to put on you guys.
The story I that has been revealed so far is basiclly that Garrosh has been put in prison to answer for his crimes but before his trials can take place he's teleported out of danger by a time travelling friend Kairoz. Garrosh is disgusted by the current Horde and he wants to make the Horde into his image of the perfect Horde so he is taken back in time to stop the orcs from becoming corrupted so he is taken back to the time just before the orc chieftains accepts the blood of Mannoroth and he in turn creates the Iron Horde with goblin engineering from the present as we know it to create a unstoppable force, but he still is planning on opening the Dark Portal. The expansion is mainly going to take place in old Draenor and both factions have their own capital the Alliance have Karabor which is in Shadowmoon Valley and the holy draenei temple many today knows as the Black Temple, the Horde on the other side has Bladespire Citadel as their capital and are helping the Frostwolf Clan in their struggles. There is also the city of Talador which is the capital of the Arakkoa before they were corrupted. At this point in time there really are no dominant power although the strongest empire at the time is the Ogre Empire which at this point is at the height of their power just before they're taken down in the timeline as we know it today. There is also the large island of Feralon which today is know as Netherstorm this is a zone that will not be active during launch but is going to play a large role later on. There's also going to be a lot of interraction Between Thrall and Durotan and his other family members and even some we don't know today as hinted by Chris Metzen.
There are is a large veriaty of orc clanns first of all we ofcourse have the Frostwolf Clan as the Horde is going to see a lot. We also have the Shattered hand clan which is led by Kargath who brought his people to freedom by braking free from their Ogre slavers. After this many orcs of the Shatter Hand Clan decided to cut of their own hand to replace it with a metal blade. The Bleeding Hollow Clan is a shamanistic clan and their members carve out one of their eyes to see ffutures of their own deaths. The Blackrock Clan is also a large clan at this point of time, it's lead by Blackhand and is considered to be the backbone of the Iron Horde, Blackhand at this point is a very honest and honoreble orc and the Blackrock Clan is mostly built up of smiths. The Shadowmoon Clan is another Clan that at this point is lead by Ner'Zhul and this a very shamanistic tribe that also happens to live in the same lands as the Draeneis so much tension can be expected there. The Warsong Clan is another probably one of the most well known clans that is lead by Grommash Hellscream that lives in Nagrand at this point and it's hinted by Chris that this clan is not going to be heroes in this expansion.
We will see a few returning and also new creatures in this expansion such as the Gronn who at this point mostly are servants of the Iron Horde. We got the Ogres which are told to be a lot bigger and stronger than the ogres we know today whom at this point also has the largest empire on Draenor. The Saberon is a new feline sapien race that can be found all over Draenor, why they went extinct is unknown. We got the dragonfly which mostly will serve as mounts and the Chimera which nothing is known about other than its appearence.
We will also see new Zones, those are, Gorgrond that is a region filled by steam vents and is the native home of the Blackrock Clan. Talador which is today more known as the zone of Terokkar Forest and much as the name suggest it's a forest where the funeral sight of the Draenei can be found. Next patch will feature an event where we realise that something is wrong so we are sent on a suicide mission into the Dark Portal where the Horde finds the zone Frostfire Ridge which is a snowy fields covered with giant rocks and volcanic activities and you as a Horde character go there to stop the Frostwold Clan from joining the Iron Horde and your mission is to recapture Frostfire Fortress. The Alliance on the other hand goes to Shadowmoon Valley and try to help the Draenei protect and save Karabor which once again is the holy temple now known as the Black Temple and they ofcourse receive alot of problem from the Shadowmoon Clan which is lead by Ner'Zhul. Shadowmoon Valey is in this period not the descolate hell hole that we know today but rather a forest where there's always night.
There will also be new character models and so far we've seen the new Dwarf, Orc and Gnome models. We get to see them with much more advanced emotes and we get to see teeth and tounges and hair that sways appropriatly with the actions.
Blizzard also announced that they would feature the ability to build a base on Draenor known as Garissons, these Garrisons will work as the housing system of WoW, or atleast that's what Blizzard says. Other players will be allowed to be invited in to your houses and you can even trade recources with each others. You will be allowed to collect followers and send them on missions for you and they will have offline progress so if you logg out they will keep doing your dirty work, you will be allowed to build your Garrison at many zones depending on where you'd like to have it and it will be intergrated to the world so it wount be any loading screens and it wount be in any distant zone far far awey. So what can you get from the housing system? What anyone would want, epic loot. And to actually get there you need to gear up your companions by sending them out on objectives like quests or scenarious, you will also need to level up all of your companions from 90 to 100. You will also be allowed to acces limited proffesion advantages from proffesion you have not learned you can for example build a mine in your garrison and send one of your companions to mine for resources. Building will also offer unique benefits that may affect you only inside the garrison or in the outside world, one example that was given on outside was being allowed to ressurect a friend x times a day. Every individual building will have three tiers and you will be allowed to rank them up and once you reach rank three with them you will be allowed to choose a unique way that this building will affect you and your garrison. You will also have a lot of interactions with your compansions it was discussed wheter or not they would work as reputations but nothing is set in stone. You will also be given trophies and Monuments that can be obtained through eiter Achievements or killing rare mobs throughout Draenor. You can also decide where you want to place a building in your garrison so your garrison is as modified to your liking as possible. There will also be separate appearences between the Horde and Alliance garrisons so yours will never look the same as that of the opposing faction. You can also change the name of your companions so if you'd like your companion could be called Sir Scratch and Sniff, the companions will also all have different abilities and traits to match up the situation you'd need them in. By unlocking sertain building you can also unlock special missions such as rescue missions.
One of the buildings that were brought up as an example was the inn that would supply you with cooking aid and would allow you to pick out companions to your liking, maybe healers, tanks or dps's.
Inventory updates is also something Blizzard will be betting big in the next expansion for starters they will give account wide acces to heirlooms so you don't need to worry which character has what, once you've bought a heirloom everyone can acces it, possibly this will also be included for tabards. Blizzard also fealt that creating larger bages did not really help anyone when it came to sorting the bags so they will do that for you by sorting by allowing you to simply tell the game that you want gear in bag a, consumebles in bag b and newly obtained items in bag c. And guess what, quest items will no longer take up bag space. You will also be able to select favorite mounts pets and other account wide items so you will be given the opertunity to summon a random favorite mount. You will also be able to craft with materials you have in the banks and stack sizes for most crafting materials will also be increased.
Blizzard will also introduce a new system called the Adventure Guide that will help players and give suggestion of what to do wthat is speciallised to their roll, class and proffesion(s).
For PvE we have 7 new dungeons 4 which are used for leveling and 3 which is for max leveled characters, Blizzard will also be reintroducing the old concept of heroic dungeons making them alot harder than those of MoP and WotLK. With all this about Draenor and the orcs Blizzard also though it would be perfect to introduce remade Blackrock Spire, other dungeons will be included such as Bloodmaul Slag Mines, Blackrock Foundry, Auchidoun, Arakkoa Spires, Shadowmoon Burial Grounds and Iron Barracks. There will also be two raids, Highmaul which wil be an Ogre raid with 6 bosses and Blackrock Foundry which is an orc raid with 10 bosses. The next expansion will also include new world bosses, adaptation of Flexible into RF, Normal, Heroic and the new super hard difficulty Mythic.
For PvP we have a new world PvP zone, Ashran which will be located in the sea to the east of the Dark Portal which wont serve as a resemblance to Wintergrasp but rather old AV, battles that seemed to have almost no end, they will also use cross realm servers to bring balance to the Horde - Alliance unbalence in population. You will also in this BG be able to build and upgrade a vechile that you might spend two days building to bring chaos upon your enemies. There will also be UI improvements so you now can see for example the capture timer on bases in Arathi Basin. Also one thing that will be introduced is BG score something that has been requested for a long time so that players can see their score compared to others, in this score everything is supposed to be calculated into the final score. BG rewards is also something that will be included so you have the chance of winning honour, gear or something else at the end of the BG if you're lucky and weekly quests will also be included so you may upgrade pvp gear do you have the desire too. Then we also have the Trial of the Gladiator which is a new kind of arena ladder where you are immediatly rewarded all the gear you could want and are pited against other players where only skill matters.
Q & A:
Q: What about the 70 pages story about Keal'Thas that you talked about in 2011 will we see it?
A: It will be pulished soon.
Q: How will our actions in the past affect the present?
A: It will not since Garrosh is assaulting drom an alternetive timeline and this has no impact on what has already happened in the past.
Q: Will we see Alleria and Turalyion.
A: We have plans for them but for now they are still out there somewhere we don't know.
Q: Red shirt guy asks, considering the fact that all the southern regions are either dessert or jungle is it possible that we might not be at the southern part of Azeroth but rather on it's ecvator?
A: It's a possibility.
Q: Uther finds a tome in Deadmines that hints at Paladins that have been existed before the paladins where founded and it's also hinted in WarCraft: Orcs and humans what does this mean for the paladins?
A: No f-ing clue.
Q: How will the Garrosh lore turn out?
A: He will not be redeemed but it will give a more satisfying ending to the Garrosh fans.
Q: What will happen with Guld'dan and Medivh, will they still open the portal?
A: Gul'Dan still drinks the blood of Mannoroth so in that regard he's the outcast of the orcs.
Q: Seeing as Chris Metzen is sort of the father of Thrall will Chris voice the father of Thrall?
A: No, he has voiced to many characters already.
Q: Will we see Orgrim Doomhammer?
A: Yes.
Q: What did Ji and Aysa add to the MoP storyline?
A: Nothing, we really didn't have time to evolve their story in proper way.
Q: Is Cho'Gall going to be in the next expansion and in that case will he play an important role in either the Shadowmoon Clan or the Iron Horde?
A: He will play a large part as the servant of the Shadowmoon Clan and his part in the story will be large.
Q: How's Garrosh and Thrall going to react to meeting their family?
A: Garrosh and Thrall are both characters that never had the chanse to meet their parents so there will be a lot of story unfolding regarding them and their family.
Q: Will we explore more alternetive timeliness?
A: Yes.
Q: What's happening with the Dragonmaw?
A: At this point in time there where no actuall dragons on Draenor so the Dragonmaw Clan did not really exist at this point in time.
Q: Are we going to see Thrall grandmother?
A: Yes she's alive at this time and is still att the age where she could be considered his mother.
Q: How does Grommash look so young?
A: Good genes.
Q: How far back is this expansion taking place?
A: Garrosh arrives about two years before the orcs would originally accept the blood of Mannoroth.
Q: Are we going to see Sylvanas Windrunner?
A: Not any time soon.
Q: Will the blood elves be involved in the next expansion?
A: Yes, we're going to see a lot of the Blood elf paladins and the Naaru.
Q: What will we see of the shamans in the next expansion?
A: We will see a lot of their culture but we still want to keep them mystical however we will see events like when Drek'Thar goes blind.
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