ok the next expansion is going to be maelstrom you should know the from blizzards plan it is:

1.outland 2.northrend 3.maelstrom 4.legionar

i wish u could play as panderean…(probably spelled wrong) and maybe even a satyr

that and maybe a hero class such as a monk, spellbreaker, or better yet some race specific hero classes……..dont know how…but maybe a witch doctor(troll) or maybe that one rogue class using not the normal dranei but the wierd looking ones i have some other ideas….but some are pretty wierd.

The next expansion will definitely be the Emerald Dream, followed by the Maelstrom. The number of hanging threads left in Northrend and ready to be filled in by the Emerald Dream being numerous, combined with the fact that a new Emerald Dream-related lore book is coming our way (it’s called Stormrage) sets the stage perfectly for what is coming. There just isn’t really a lot of links between current content and the maelstrom to justify an expansion. I mean honestly, there needs to be some pretty major events to occur before Blizzard can set up the Maelstrom expansion. For starters, the thing is still underwater, so how does that work? It’s not like people are going to be doing everything underwater. How the hell would you ever get a drink in or a place to eat?

Once Ulduar comes out (I’m predicting we’ll be killing Yogg’saran (sp?), another old god like C’thun) then Id really like to see Uldum… That place has some cool hooks, like the hole in the gate there.

They’ve also got lots of other content out there too… Namely Tel’Abim, Kirin Tor (w/ Crestfall and Tol Barad), The Broken Isles, Zandalar, Northeron, Argus, Plunder Isle, the home planet of the Ethereals, Gilneas (cool stuff is coming up for this one!), Kezan/Undermine… ETC. Plus they have something along the lines of 10 other cool places to open up in already-opened azeroth, like the Stormwind Vault, 3 unknown zones, Hall of Thanes (Old IF), Tirisfal Grove (empty space in Tirisfal), location behind the stormwind harbour, etc.

BTW those two Islands that disappeared off the coast of STV are Gillijim’s isle (south, small) and the Isle of Doctor Lapidis (north, larger). They existed in the WoW Alpha, but were later removed.

Seriously, the one thing that I want to see class wise is a demon hunter. I have been in love with that character since I first played WC3. Possibly a few other things could possibly be the witch doctor(Very nice class) or possibly the Shadow Hunter.

After the emerald dream and maelstrom, how about we hop on the rocket in the netherstorm and explore the cosmos?

And where is Maelstrom and Legionar going to be put? On in the air and one in the water or what?

IIght LOOK! there most likely not gonna make a another class, but a hero class,possibly blade master, most likely blade aster will be a horde class, and they will make one for allience

they should probably make like two seperate classes for the horde and alliance.
like maybe the alliance has the shadow hunter and the horde has the blade master
or something like that

Next Hero Class(es) in Next Xpac: Blade Master for Horde/ Mountain King for Alliance, Yes?

wood gear Cool But unpracticle
Fire ball armor would just burn to ash.

People have to stop suggesting bards/monks/etc. While the game may have stolen some from Dungeons and Dragons. Well, a lot, they will not make a D&D hero class. They already have a roster chock-full of new classes they need to implement. They had hinted at battle-healers and necromancy, though they kinda tied that in with DKs.

Also, there are NO loose ends with WOTLK. Patch 3.1 drops today, and Icecrown isn’t out till 3.3. How can you say there are loose ends when it hasn’t ended?

I thought BC, and WOTLK would be maelstrom. Could be wrong again. Emerald Dream is important, maybe more with the Old Gods, who knows? I love the scourge lore, and at heart I’m still a Vanilla WoW guy. BC sucked, WOTLK maybe redeemed it a bit, but I would love to see Maelstrom or perhaps more with EPL/WPL. Save for DKs, they didn’t implement the old world enough in my opinion. Northrend is where it’s at, and I love the Old World. Beautiful.

Anyways, I hope that, either way it’s good. I believe they have also suggested there are only 2 more Expansion packs *planned,* up to level 100. The programming can go higher, but they have promised to kill WoW. They have a new MMO that has nothing to do with their previous IPs planned.

Signing off, have fun everyone.

Everyone is always going on about emerald dream…but think about it, who would the main boss be? WoW is all based on story from the three previous warcraft games, and im not a WC genius or anything, but theres nothing that says the Emerald Dream has a killer boss like Illidan or the Lich King. The Maelstrom on the other hand, boss could be Gul’dan…is that how you spell it?

ACTUALLY
it does…
his name is like
Surganar or something
i forget i know it begins with an S

cuz they pro at warcraft lore. they know whats next and next and next =)

Crawdaddy I officially love you. I have been talking about woodworking for 2 years. We can make bullets, guns, swords, axes, but not staves, arrows, or any of that stuff. I say wood armor should only be allowed to Druids, Shaman, and witch doctor if they add that class since it fits their “nature” type feel.

You stole my idea lol. Anyways I have been complaining about not having woodworking and had hoped it would be added in WOTLK. Maybe they will add it in the next big patch or hopefully in the next expansion..who knows?

it would be great if in the next expansion blizzard creates a guild hall or something, a sort of instance that the guild leader could pay some g to gain acess to the same as with the guild vault.
then players in that guild could go to the guy that you get the charter from… ( you know the guild guy ) …and learn the ability to port to this guild hall and in it could be obviously a guild vault, a forge, anvil, and some other useful stuff. ( Mabey a banner on the wall with the guild tabard on it )
Also if the guild leader could control who can enter the hall it would stop it over flowing with noobs who would really have no use for it. Then mabey some chairs a fire and a butler… called chives…
then you can exit a portal to go back to the place you ported from.

if anyone agrees on my idea, and if you know someway to suggest things to blizzard please tell them about this :)

oh yeah, and WC3 doesnt really contain gnomes as a sepperate race, so thats why there is much more technoligy in wow, besides, I believe that there ARE actually tanks and flying machines in WC3. they are called tanks and flying machines….

At This Point it can go either way I think woodworking proffesions have been hinted at with the argent tournament daily jack me some lumber,
Emerald Dream-Basically wow if it was uncultivated and untouched by humans, the giant pangea that was there b4 the sundering
Maelstrom-Has Kezan/Undermine being the new city, Azshara would be a boss as well as Neptulon *(water lieutenant/ water ragnaros) Uldum, Caverns of Time: The Sundering, Maybe a Tomb of Sargeras with the ghost of gul’dan as a boss.
IMO even though the Maelstrom has much more Cold hard evidence, blizz has been hinting at emerald dream content. Also With Pandaren, They Will never be implemented They are an April Fools joke gone wrong,instead of saying WTF people said cool, so chris metzen wrote some lore and such and made it happen, even if they are a real part of wow lore it will never happen because in china theres some shit about no images of killing pandas and such and China Is a huge portion of the 11.5 million people that play.
as with hero classes i think demon hunter would fit emerald dream and witch doctor would fit maelstrom, i think that there should be more Race-Class options tho like
Orcs-Druid(having returned to shamanism they’ve gotten in tune with nature with the help of the tauren)
Troll-Warlock(looking for a way to sate their lust for voodoo)
Tauren-Priest(found out the healing powers of the light and such)
Undead-Hunter(Nathanos Blightcaller, Human Dead ranger lord enough said)
Blood Elf-Warrior(they just need it)

Human-Hunter(Nathanos Blightcaller when he was alive, enough said)
Dwarf-Mage(Dwarves have begun learning the art of magic in return for sharing the light with gnomes)
Gnome-Priest(learned from Dwarves about the light in return for arcane schooling)
Night Elf-Paladin(Interested in the healing powers of the holy light, They are already priests)
or Night Elf-Shaman(they have a link to nature)
Draenei-Druid(broken and draenei alike have become tuned with nature since meeting the night elves)

also i think we need sub races, just a minor aesthetic change on the character selection screen with new mounts like if you were an orc you could get a wolf but need to be exalted with orgrimmar to buy a talbuk from a mag’har mount vendor and vice-versa
Orc-Mag’har
Troll-Forest troll(primal torntusk)
Tauren-Taunka
Undead-Skeleton or undead w/o bones showing
Blood elf-Redeemed wretched?

Humans-High Elves(they do take refuge in human cities)
Dwarf-Frostborn (Muradin bronzebeard enough said)
Gnomes-Mechagnomes?(Discovered their brethren in ulduar)
Night Elf-??
Draenei-Broken(Nobundo enough said)

New possible races
Goblin for horde, the entire race of goblins wouldnt leave but a certain trade prince could
they’d Ride turtles

Furbolg for the Alliance, makes sense they have alliance NPC’s already

You guys realize that most of the current WoW classes are based off the abilities and mechanics of those “heroic classes” presented in WC3 right? I mean blade master and mountain king became warrior, paladin stayed the same, many different abilities and features brought together the rogue class, warlock has been there since day one, hunter was introduced in the side campaign in the WC3 expansion and that basically set up WoW itself, priest was also a mix of things, shaman has been there for a while as well along with mages and druids. The Death Knight class was the ideal choice for a heroic class because it used elements that weren’t apart of any other class and didn’t fit in the either Classic or BC. When you look at character like Illidan he had evasion, immolation, demon form, etc. Blade master had the ability to make mirror images which I believe currently mages can do. Warriors got many if not all the melee abilities from mountain lord, blade master, and the abilities Cairne had in the campaign (I cant think of his class name of the top of my head), and lets not forget the ability to bubble, which has been pissing off the enemies of Paladins since day one. I think Blizzard is going to come out with brand new stuff for heroic classes that may be very similar to the older classes yet branch off into a new direction just like the Death Knight class did.

As for the upcoming expansion I wouldn’t be surprised to see ED come out next. There is a lot of footage of people “entering the emerald dream” on youtube and even concept art floating around, etc. And while WoTLK seems like the dramatic climax of WoW it seems like Blizzard has been hinting very heavily at ED since our first runs through Wailing Caverns or even before that. And with the constant Rare Spawn dragons and the different portals located all around the world, its almost like stumbling across the Dark Gate in classic or wondering what the hell was up with Uldaman and later find out it was apart of the whole Titan theme. Not to mention the constant worrying of all NPC Druids of the Emerald Nightmare and the great evil that lies there. (An example being those elite flower things that pop out in the room in Moonglade)

While Maelstrom may be an interesting setting, I think Blizz may save that for a later time, if they do it at all. Sure they would have a hell of a story line, along with an interesting setting change (I mean c’mon, think of the crazy Naga Armor we would all be wearing) But the Dream seems like the next frontier to me. Besides, Sargeras was around before The Shattering as one of the Titans and he is the reason for The Shattering. Which puts Sargeras as a lot stronger than the dragon(I think) that is causing the Emerald Nightmare. Although, Blizzard only introduced the area where Gul’ dan was killed off by Sargeras (the place where most of the Warden campaign takes place) so I wouldnt be surprised if that wound up being a seperate End Game Raid sort of like Onyxia or Molten Core, and the Emerald Dream could wind up being the area that leads up to it. Either way Blizzard is going to have to give most if not all players a crash course in the history and mythology off that whole situation. We’ve only had a fraction of it introduced to us with the expansions, mainly BC and Wrath, and there is still much of that story to tell.

well.. that was certainly indepth.. just wait till blizzcon in augaust. we shud get details. cause blizz said there gunna do a expansion a year soooo . we will definitley find out

Good lord this discussion thread has been going on for a long time!

the above comment was a reply to “Logose”

@Mr.X -> Those technology you are talking about is already a part of the lore, Titans of the Pantheon have created the denizens of Kalimdor with understanding of technology and the use of it, allowing them to create new and better one according to their needs, as they can be choppers, helis and various stuff, go play WC2 and see what i mean (spoiler -> Gnomish Submarines)

I think they should add Deathwing at some point. now i dont know how but it would be cool to fight him. also i think they should add grim batol. i mean its a big portion of the wetlands with nothing in it plus its got a lot of history, who knows maybe deathwing could be the raid boss seeing as no one knows where he is. now dont take this to heart im just throwing ideas out there.

or…if its the Emerald Dream…you’ll enter through any of the portals in the dragon shrines…around azeroth…i hear that the new expansion will be introducing ariel dog fights on ragular flying mounts!!!!!!!!!!!

not at all… its going to go
Vanilla wow -> Burning Crusade -> Wrath of th Lich King -> Emerald Dream -> Mealstrom -> Sargeras’s homeworld
theres is and always was going to be 5 expansions…..

One word: Gnomeregan.
Technology has always been a part of WoW and since it’s only the engneerer, who has existed for ages, that can make these mounts I don’t see anything strange in that.

feral and demonolgy the destructivebalance

the rumors are somewhat may be true as Metzen’s joke led the pandaren to be real after all, and yes Blizz have started to work on the new exp. pack already, and also yes Legionar is the last, and there is 5 expansion packs, but there will not be one for Emerald Dream by itself, i mean we can’t do permanent changes in ED, nor can we affect the living world of Kalimdor (or Azeroth w/e you call it, i coose the old name) also ED is nearly complete and already injected to the ongoing content that we are on (i mean you can get there in live servers resulting in perma. ip+name ban, some people tend to hack through or get up a private server to show it to people), also yes the new expansion has 2 new races, wolvar or nathrezim (not much known about wolvar, so i can’t say much about them, but we know that Xoroth is the homeworld of Nathrezim and their Dreadsteeds, and i’m telling this as i’ve seen that Xorothian Plains are planned to be 10-20 lvling zone…) and probably the other as Pandaren (Blizz would have problem with Chinese Goverment tho, seen what they have done to Forsaken skins, i can say that it can be solved easily :D)… if any1 has a question feel free to ask me via msn or e-mail at reliquary_of_pain@hotmail.com (yea i know it is lame, but had to get a blizz acc for beta, thus made something like that -.-)

Legionar?

i’ve also always wanted to see a demon hunter. the problem is finding a way to make that class unique from all others

LOL man you all are guessing why do use have to know what comes out next cant use all just be suprised lol well i do hope the next expansion will come out in a year or so

Undermine lvl 16 druid :) oh yeah ownage

thar sounds great mountian king and blademaster also mage hunters and clerics

Stop QQing minx, it was made to balance pvp… as it ruined with arenas with bc…

there is also a new character system that deals with increasing attributes and skills!

wow blizz is making it awesome spending time on flying mounts in azeroth alot of open space needs to be filled or shut off with trees or mountians