The new expansion is going to be “Legion”

It will include:

• The Broken Isles – new continent
• Level up to 110
• New dungeons and raids
• New honor system
• Artifact weapons
• Class Order Halls
• Demon hunter class
• The beta starts later this year

In the announcement trailer we saw demons, satyrs, khadgar and a grown up Anduin wrynn!

The cinematic for Legion will come relatively soon!

Story and Setting:

• The Broken Isles are at the heart of azeroth and were long forgotten
• The tomb of Sargeras can be found here.
• The tomb is a gateway to endless legion worlds thanks to Gul’dan
• A demon invasion bigger than the war of the ancients is underway!
• We will go to the broken isles via the broken shore. This will be the introductory event. Anyone who has played WoW will be “surprised and shocked”.
• After the broken shore, we will use the artifacts such as Ashbringer and Doomhammer to fight against the legion.
• To organize we will create class orders, or restore old ones like the Silver hand.
• We will see the story of the demon hunters through illidan’s eyes.
  • We will go back to the moment in The Burning Crusade when Illidan sends his illidari (demon hunters) on a special mission.
  • It will be experienced on Mar’dun. This was created by Sargeras when he was a good titan to imprison all the demons. When he became evil he released them to become the burning legion.
• Artefacts and demon hunters won’t be enough against the burning legion.
• We will need the help of the titans.
• We’ll search for the pillars of creation on the broken isles to close the massive gate of the burning legion.
• Dalaran and the mages of the kirin tor lead by Khadgar will help as well.
• Dalaran will become the main hub for players in this expansion.
• Jaina was pissed off when she left…
• Val’sharah is a refuge of the night elves. This is where Malfurion became a student of Cenarius.
  • We will come across demi gods, Ysera, Xavious (linked to the emerald nightmare)
  • We are going to go into the emerald nightmare.
• Stormheim will show us the fate of the Vrykul who left northrend thousands of years ago.
  • Kvaldir and Valkyr are here as well
• Azsuna
  • we will discover the ghosts of ancient elves and a dieing race of the blue dragonflight.
  • Queen Azshara will be here
• Highmountain
  • Home of the highmountain tauren
  • We’ll see the lair of neltharian, to seek some answers (deathwing before he became corrupted)
  • Nesingwary will appear
• Suramar
  • Here we will discover a new race of elves.
  • They have profited off of their huge magical ability.
  • They are now pawns of the burning legion.
  • They have the last relic we need.
  • We will need to kill them all.
• Valleria and Turalyon will make their appearance in this expansion.

Artifacts and class orders

• 36 artifacts – one for each specialization
• You will seek out the artifact for your spec
  • “Retrieve shards of Frostmourne from the base of Icecrown”
  • “Venture to the broken shore where heroes fell”
• Earn Artifact Power as you adventure
• Spend Artifact Power to unlock traits
• Customize your weapon with visual customizations
• Each artifact has a trait tree (talents for your weapon)
• A few examples of Artifacts:
  • Doomhammer
  • A spear for Survival Hunters
  • Frostmourne,
  • Fangs of the First Nightsaber – feral/guardian druids will customize their form’s look!
• You are the leader of your class order!
• Alliance and Horde are at each other’s throats
• Each class comes together to face the legion and it will focus on the class identity
• Order halls
  • Base of operations for your class
  • Shaman conclave overlooking the Maelstrom
  • Paladin templar sanctum beneath Light’s Hope Chapel
  • Warlock enclave on a legion portal world
  • For everyone of the class, not just you like the garrison
• You will have champions
  • Evolution of the Draenor follower system
  • Fewer followers – more meaningful
  • Not raising an army this time
  • Think Knights of the Round Table
  • More world integration/interaction
  • More customization
  • Example: Lady Liadrin
  • They will help you do greater deeds
  • E.g. Scouting or giving bonuses in a zone

Dungeons

• More dungeons, more challenges, more replayability and more reasons to keep doing them
• Halls of Valor
  • Level up dungeon in the clouds above stormhein
  • The God-King is cooperating with the legion
  • These are not the undead scourge influenced valkyr
  • These are the pure valkyr
• Black Rook Hold
  • Ancient elven fortress in Val’Sharah
  • Ancestral Home of Lord Ravencrest
• Vault of the Wardens
  • Return to the demon hunter prison
  • Begin the hunt for illidan
• Eye of Azshara
• Darkheart Thicket
• Neltharion’s Lair
• Helheim
• Suramar City
• Violet Hold

Raids

• The Emerald Nightmare
  • 7 bosses
  • Emerald Dream, twisted and shadowed
  • Pursue Cenarius, face Xavius
• Suramar Palace
  • 10 bosses
  • Home to the nightwell, center of Suramar’s power
  • Face off against Gul’dan, he won’t be able to run this time
  • Reminiscent of black temple in terms of structure
  • Elegant, no green fel!

Demon Hunters

• Character creation
  • They’ll have horns
  • Tattoo’s
  • Skin variations – scaly / normal
• It’s a hero class
• Starts at a high level
• Only 2 specs
  • Havoc (dps)
  • Vengeance (tanks)
    • Uses metamorphosis
• Uses Fury as a resources
  • Generate Fury with spells
  • And spend Fury with spells
• Spectral sight – allows you to see through walls (2min CD)
• Demon hunters can double jump

PvP Honor System (version 3)

• The effect that gear has in pvp will be dialed back
• It’s a pvp talent system, ranks 1 -> 50
• These will only work in places like battlegrounds and arenas.
• If you want to, you can reset your honor level back to 1. It will give you +1 prestige.
• Prestige will earn you cosmetic rewards
  • Portrait badges
  • Unique mounts
  • Unique pvp artifact variants