BlizzCon 2009 confirmed for August News

Less WoW more Starcraft/Diablo!

I'd wager that they won't mention another WoW expansion tbh, with so much else going on, but we'll see...

Me and a few friends are playing through D2 for the first time in about a half decade, that's how much we want D3 :p

The new MMO springs to mind. It's a little early for the next expansion to be announced although they might do a brief teaser.

Burning Crusade was released early 07, Lich King announced at BlizzCon in August 07. Given that they take 18 months to two years per expansion, they'll release the next one in 2010 - so if they're going to announce it at a BlizzCon (they are) and at least a year before it comes out (they will), it basically has to be at this one.

Sounds about right, Oli.

Is there any specualations about where this 3rd expansion will be set? Im not up to date about wow, like I used to.

Krelle, most people think the Emerald Dream is the most likely setting for the next one. Or at least I do.

This may also be useful.

Yeah, Emerald Dream or Maelstrom.

Thanks~ (:

oh yea guys http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underd...

let me guess, level cap to 90, more zones, more quests

maybe 1 new class

borrring

@Benno - so, more things to do and more places to do them in...and maybe new ways to do them. Er, what other factors can they change to please you?

sieges like warhammer

also, a persistent world which changes due to players

player created cities
guild created shops
proper horde-alliance warfare

and i dont mean wintergrasplol

a while ago after the finally got a late burning crusade out they mentioned that they wanted to make the expansions annual.

WOLTK isn't even at the point where we can even go into Icecrown. A third expansion to even announce so soon in August is a little too enthusiastic.

benno
Your problem is that wow is not what your looking for, so dont expect them to change the game in a way you want.

"player created cities
guild created shops "
..is two things that I hope thell never add to wow, for example. I like those 2 features, but not i wow. It doesnt add to the experience that is wow, in the same way that it did add to a game like Galaxies.

And, benno, try not to sound so sad when you post. It doesnt suit you very well.

"let me guess, level cap to 90, more zones, more quests

maybe 1 new class

borrring "

12 Million people seem to disagree. Don't get me wrong I would like to seem some innovation, and frankly I think they need to re-think the level cap idea as not only will the idea of 1-90 put off anybody new to the game or anybody looking to roll an alt but also specs will start to become way to hard to balance.

MOAR CARROT!

"12 Million people seem to disagree. Don't get me wrong I would like to seem some innovation, and frankly I think they need to re-think the level cap idea as not only will the idea of 1-90 put off anybody new to the game or anybody looking to roll an alt but also specs will start to become way to hard to balance."

Don't quote meaningless numbers to me. Wow attracts addictive personalities doesn't it, Blizzard dangle the carrot without really adding anything new, just reskinned enemies and similar quest design. People lap it up (usually kids - who'll grow up damaged). Both expansions have been pretty good improvements on each other but to be honest, anothe expansion pack adding nothing but new zones and new quests would just bore me.

Playing warhammer makes me want sieges and proper horde-alliance warfare. Playing Eve makes me want a proper persistant world where you and your friends actions actually change things. Wow is really showing its age now. I wasn't giving it the doomsday talk, it wont be "the end" if they make another 'boring' expansion, all the carrot munchers will lap it up still. I just said I think its boring. You really have a problem with that?

Actually the quests in Wrath of the Lich King were literally 3x as interesting as the old ones (no 3x0 = 0 jokes please). I think the main area they could innovate in is the AI - the whole 'aggro range, run at you, hit you until you die' is a bit boring. They could expand the boss-fight tactics to the rest of the world.

2 months after release and and I'd seen everything Lich had to offer so far. Nothing left to but grind itemz and rep.

That's not even going to at it "Hardcore" Very good while it lasted but my sub has lapsed.

Im sure they will do some new and exciting things eventually but for now its back on the shelf.

"Less WoW more Starcraft/Diablo" Yes please.

What with the lead designer of WoW moving over to the new MMO project hopefully we will see it unveiled at Blizzcon and hopefully it will be World of Starcraft FPS planetside style :)

""12 Million people seem to disagree. Don't get me wrong I would like to seem some innovation, and frankly I think they need to re-think the level cap idea as not only will the idea of 1-90 put off anybody new to the game or anybody looking to roll an alt but also specs will start to become way to hard to balance."

Don't quote meaningless numbers to me. Wow attracts addictive personalities doesn't it, Blizzard dangle the carrot without really adding anything new, just reskinned enemies and similar quest design. People lap it up (usually kids - who'll grow up damaged). Both expansions have been pretty good improvements on each other but to be honest, anothe expansion pack adding nothing but new zones and new quests would just bore me.

Playing warhammer makes me want sieges and proper horde-alliance warfare. Playing Eve makes me want a proper persistant world where you and your friends actions actually change things. Wow is really showing its age now. I wasn't giving it the doomsday talk, it wont be "the end" if they make another 'boring' expansion, all the carrot munchers will lap it up still. I just said I think its boring. You really have a problem with that?"

Oo

I get the impression you typed that while jabbing a finger and spitting flem

I agree with you but was simply saying not everyone thinks the core of their game is boring, those games you mention don't have half the userbase and to then start throwing in stuff about all wow players being kids growing up damaged is just as meaningless and a crass generlisation.

/jabs finger

/spits at venk

:)

WOTLK has only been out for a few months. If you've already done everything in there, you're in the minority. Most people are still happily playing and they will have plenty to do until the next patch/expansion.

Any new WoW expansion willl be... a WoW expansion. If you want something new, a conceptual leap forward, don't look a WoW expansions, look at that mystery MMO they're doing. (Well, not much to see there yet, but you know...)