That time of year again, Blizzard just announced the seventh expansion for World of Warcraft;
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/7117-BlizzCon-2017-World-of-Warcraft-What-s-Next
Battle for Lordaeron
Kul Tiras: Alliance Continent
Tiragarde Sound
Stormsong Valley
Zandalar: Horde Continent
Zuldazar
Nazmir
Vol'dun
Main Heroes
Zone Flow
Allied Races
Leveling Improvements
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/7117-BlizzCon-2017-World-of-Warcraft-What-s-Next
Battle for Lordaeron
- Horde burns down Teldrassil
- Alliance attacks Lordaeron
- All out war sets up for Horde controlled Kalimdor and Alliance controlled Eastern Kingdom
- No external threat, so war against each other becomes focus
Kul Tiras: Alliance Continent
- Ancient human kingdom
- Powerful nautical empire
- Rules by four houses
- 3 main regions
Tiragarde Sound
- Capital of Kul Tiras
- Led by Katherine Proudmoore, Jaina's mother
- Monster hunters
- Trouble with pirates
- Playable demo for area on show floor
Stormsong Valley
- Ruled by House Stormstrong
- Provide ships to Kul Tiras
- Dark forces invading
- and quillboars!
Zandalar: Horde Continent
- Ancient Troll Empire
- Powerful naval force
- Continent in turmoil
Zuldazar
- Capital of the Zandalari
- Ruled by King Rastakhan
- Investigate an uprising
- Stop blood troll invaders
Nazmir
- Festering swampland
- Enlist powerful Loa
- Uncover titan secrets
- Playable on show floor
Vol'dun
- Foreboding desert
- Criminals exiled here
- Befriend the vulpera
Main Heroes
- Thrall
- Sylvanas Windrunner
- Anduin Wrynn
- Jaina Proudmoore
- Explore story of Vol'jin
Zone Flow
- 6 zones spanning 2 continents
- Level up in your faction's zones
- The rest of the world opens up at 120
- Epic "War Campaign" arc woven throughout
- World Quests and Emissaries at 120
Allied Races
- The lines of battle have been drawn
- Bring a new ally into your faction...
- Void elves, Lightforged Draenei, Dark Iron Dwarves for Alliance
- Nightborne, Highmountain Tauren, Zandalari Trolls for Horde
- Quest chains unlock new races
- New racials for the allied races
- Begin at level 20
- Level to 110 as an allied race to unlock Heritage Armor to show off your achievement
- 6 Allies races at launch, more planned
- Heritage Armor works for all armor types
Leveling Improvements
- Expanding zone scaling to all zones
- Zones have level ranges with caps
- Flexible expansion order
- Burning Crusade is 60 - 80
- Northrend scales from 60 - 80
- Applies to dungeons as well
- Beginning in 7.3.5!