• World of Warcraft: The Dark Below - Valid leak, or not?

    A couple of hours ago, an anonymous member of the famous image board called 4chan posted a new topic regarding the supposedly upcoming Blizzard's expansion called: World of Warcraft: The Dark Below. The wall of text tells us about the supposed 4th spec, level cap increase [90 - 100], new zones and new content. The leak is in no way confirmed by any Blizzard's officials. No valid source has been given. Hit Read More to read the whole leak.

    Sup guys, its that time of year again. As usual I post, you call b*******, its all confirmed at Blizzcon. So buckle up.

    World of Warcraft: The Dark Below
    >covers levels 90 to 100
    >The primary antagonist’s are Azshara and her naga, N’zoth and his faceless ones and the kvaldir clashing with the zandalari
    >No new character models planned at launch as they are getting sub race options which require more animation time
    >Zones will be connected to other locations in the game and can be accessed from above in their lore respective zones, however they can also be accessed by underground tunnels called the “Webway”, ancient aqir carved deep roads that act as deeprun tram style shortcuts to keep everything feeling connected.
    >Locations are split between underwater, underground and island based.
    >no new level of flying, climbing arachnid mounts for underground, some new aquatic mounts including a ship take their place.

    Zones:
    >lvl. 90-92 Azjol-Nerub, The New Kingdom: In the wake of wrath of the lich king the remaining nerubians not cursed to a life of undeath have thrived in a far less predatory environment and the hive city is once again alive with activity. However they have unearthed an artefact related to “The Final Titan” which has lead to the city nation coming under siege from Nzoth’s faceless army. They have sent envoys to both Alliance and Horde to come to the aid. The zone is an underground city complex based off the instances in wrath of the lich king

    >lvl. 90-92 Kul Tiras: The results of the end of the siege of Orgimmar have lead jaina on a journey of rediscovering what life and family means to her. Using the magical assets of dalaran she has relocated her home island nation just in time to discover the once peaceful port she called home is under siege by naga in unprecedented numbers. Jainas brother has located something called “The heart of neptulon” which both naga and for some reason the forsaken are seeking.
    CONT.
    >lvl. 92-94 The Maelstrom: Thanks to the efforts of thrall and the earthen ring, aided by the begrudging earth mother Therazane to heal the wounds caused by Deathwings cataclysm, the once furiously churning Maelstrom has quieted. Both the explorers guild and the reliquary seek to explore the littered ring of uncharted islands around the former engine of chaos and destruction that has left a graveyard of half destroyed galleons littered around the islets that mark its outer edge. Who knows what long lost relics have come to rest on these shores?

    >lvl. 93-95 World’s Heart: At the centre of the aqir web way lies the centre of the colossal titan world engine. A massive installation known as the worlds heart. Once left to gather dust and lie forgotten it is now the focus of N’zoths second attempt to reorigionate the entire world in his own image. Fortunately the engine has been under the watch of an unexpected protector, Magni Bronzebeard the Diamond king of the Earthen has awoken ready to call heros to the halls below the Iron Forge to save the Worlds Heart from the old gods.
    >lvl. 94-96 Ruins of Tel’dranash: Deep below darkshore waits a labyrinthine maze of Kaldorei ruins. Spirits of long dead and long tormented Highborne roam these dead halls where the minions of the old gods seek both the origional moonwell “The tear of Elune” and to poison the roots of Teldrassil to fell the great treetop home of the Night Elves. Players are sent to explore the newly discovered entrance to the ruins in Remtravel’s Excavation by both Malfurion Stormrage and Warchief Lor’themar to stop the corruption of Kalimdors forests from the roots – and to make sure the other faction doesn’t obtain any possible long lost Highborne relics of power that may remain in the ruins.

    CONT.

    >lvl 95-97 Gishan Caverns: Taking the fight to the Naga a coalition of Goblins and Gnomes have, when not breaking out into fights over which is the better explosive the use, have excavated a series of caverns from one of the larger islands surrounding the maelstrom into deep volcanic caverns filled with giant creatures. Players will be cut off from their escape and discover why even the Naga fear to tread here.

    >lvl 96: The Drowned Reaches: This far below the sea even light may die. Heros that breach the danger of the Gishan Caverns find an undersea forest of dark coral, luminescent monsters and amidst the ancient Highborne temples and rotten sea vessels the unexpected reveal of the sunken ruins of Zandalar.
    Players will finally encounter the Prophet Zul, the avatar of Nzoth who is attempting to turn the imprisoned Zandalari that didn’t agree with his zealots into faceless ones for his masters army. A new faction “The Zandalar Court” are interacted with as The dethroned troll king Rastakhan pleads with the heros of both factions to defeat Zul and restore his people.

    >lvl 96-98: Nazjatar: Capital city of the Naga, seat of Queen Azshara, this ethereal city of lights at the bottom of the ocean has seen better days. The cataclysm rocked the world to its core, the ocean floor did not escape and nor did the city. Players have freed the Kraken from the nagas influence and in their frenzy are crushing the city beneath them.
    The naga appear to be on the retreat and the Alliance and Horde move in to end them. Never questioning just what they might be retreating to.

    >lvl 97-99: Nya’lotha, The Dead City: Following the Naga into the rift leads players to a sight that would drive a weaker resolve mad. Neither truly organic or Architecture we see the form of an Old God released. N’zoth does not reside in Ny’alotha, he IS Ny’alotha. An endless city of Madness and Despair twisting and winding in impossible ways in every direction. Players must take down all of N’zoth’s Generals and the remaining Naga before entering the core of N’zoth at the center of the tormented land.

    >lvl 100: The Rift of Aln/The Nightmare: Neither part of Azeroth or the Emerald Dream proper, The Rift of Aln is N’zoths pathway into the dream. His attempts to rebuild the world to his liking have failed multiple times in Azeroth. In a last ditch effort he has pushed through the bonds that kept his nightmare echo contained now that the green flight has lost most of its power. If the heros of Azeroth cannot stop N’zoth then he will rewrite the dream and endless darkness will pour from the worlds Emerald portals and drown the lands in eternal shadow.
    Dungeons:
    >Tomb of Sargeras
    >Bloodsail Cove
    >Mak’ara
    >The World Engine
    >Zandalar, The Drowned Treasury
    >Zandalar, Archive’s of History
    >Crypts of the Highborne
    >Heroic Blackfathom deeps
    >Heroic Azjol Nerub

    Raids:
    >The Abyssal Maw
    >Palace of the Consort
    >The Echoing Darkness

    Scenarios:
    >Whispering Woods
    >Faceless Invasion (Ironforge)
    >Naga Invasion (Silvermoon)
    >Too greedily and Too Deep
    >A Pirates Wedding Party
    >Horns of the Kval’dir
    >Blazing Shipyard
    >Infiltration
    >Tears of Elune
    >Battle for Gilneas
    >Battle for the Undercity

    Battlegrounds:
    >Azshara crater
    New system: PATH OF THE TITANS
    An account wide progression system where all characters on one account earn “Titanic Experience” that increases progression for all characters on the account in the new system. Sharing perks such as mounts at level 10 and +10% honour points in battlegrounds it allows players to enjoy the game on any character without feeling like they are being hindered too much by changing character.
    Milestones will also include cosmetic gear, rare cosmetic glyphs and booster packs for Blizzards Hearthstone digital CCG

    NO
    >new class
    >new races
    >models at launch
    >4th specs across the board

    Portion of the post: http://i.imgur.com/cc55qvJ.jpg
    Thanks to the member Emisary for the intel.
    One thing to keep in mind. This was posted on 4chan so my personal recommendation would be to not to get too excited about this.
    Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
    Comments 32 Comments
    1. DavidTwo2009's Avatar
      DavidTwo2009 -
      It's fake.
    1. drm420's Avatar
      drm420 -
      see comment below
    1. DarkVanir's Avatar
      DarkVanir -
      If it's true (which is most unlikely) they are working on the best expansion yet.
    1. Thaadevil's Avatar
      Thaadevil -
      Can't the just nerf all expansions and make it TBC/WOTLK again? ._-
    1. Dante's Avatar
      Dante -
      I saw it coming from miles away
    1. 1kaotik1's Avatar
      1kaotik1 -
      this is pretty in depth to be honest. just keep an open mind guys. maybe it is a real leak...
    1. Valmere's Avatar
      Valmere -
      >believing anything you read on 4chan

      next expansion (and the last) is sargeras & the burning legion
    1. drm420's Avatar
      drm420 -
      I will literally post pictures of me eating my hat on the moon riding a space dolphin if this is wow's last Expansion / added content because that is how literally retarded the notion is. Blizz just announced they hired a crap ton of people to work on Warcraft a 40% increase in team size.
    1. Gr8's Avatar
      Gr8 -
      even if its fake or not - it was a nice read. everything mentioned seems to be possible and ok'ish if we look back at the past events/expansions/dungeons/lore - all that stuff would fit together somehow. i mean i expected n'zoth in mop already when we first about him in cataclysm (i guess it was cata?) but meh... abyssal maw was announced but rescheduled as well.

      Quote Originally Posted by Valmere View Post
      >believing anything you read on 4chan

      next expansion (and the last) is sargeras & the burning legion
      lets spin that wheel a bit. what i think (and here comes some huge nonsense theorycrafting)

      so the next expansion could be vs azshara and her nagas with n'zoth being the mastermind of the corruption. since nobody took care of outland something grew up there in the meantime (kil'jaeden came back from the nether and is a bit upset). as soon as we won't have any villains left in the lore there is not much for blizzard to do but... i guess there are plenty of "unknown" or minor characters to make even another 10 expansions but anyway; sargeras could be the final "final" boss but won't be killable - if we defeat him he just casts something like the lich king in icc. instead of some funky paladin saving us he escapes but i guess it is more likely that after "the dark below" the emerald dream will follow? sargeras is a pretty tough douchebag and think about how much blizz made up the whole thing about deathwing... a huuuuge dragon and very evil... that combined with millions of "hi i'm here" moments like with arthas in wotlk where you basically have to face him every 2nd level or something - that would be the sargeras introduction i guess.

      the dark below as next expansion with nagas and everything... sounds good. according to that nightmare stuff and rift and whatever that was from n'zoth it could lead to the emerald (night)mare and since outland would've lost some huge love over all those years the final expansion will take place there.
    1. TehVoyager's Avatar
      TehVoyager -
      fake.

      its just a wishlist of things people have wanted from previous expacs (example path of titans was a WOLK cut feature)
    1. riddla's Avatar
      riddla -
      Quote Originally Posted by TehVoyager View Post
      fake.

      its just a wishlist of things people have wanted from previous expacs (example path of titans was a WOLK cut feature)
      Path of the titans was a cut Cata, feature, not WOTLK, Thus why Cata only increased by 5 levels. It was a feature that they said was not completed yet, so it COULD show up later.
    1. Farylon's Avatar
      Farylon -
      Quote Originally Posted by Valmere View Post
      >believing anything you read on 4chan

      next expansion (and the last) is sargeras & the burning legion

      Pretty sure there's at least two more planned after MoP.
    1. DaigonoYouso's Avatar
      DaigonoYouso -
      the dude who leaked this leaked bunch of information since tbc regarding WoW, SC or D3 and they were all correct, so yeah, you can tell that most of this stuff, if not all, is true
    1. Pandaslol's Avatar
      Pandaslol -
      Quote Originally Posted by Valmere View Post
      >believing anything you read on 4chan

      next expansion (and the last) is sargeras & the burning legion
      yeah cos they're totally gonna kill their cash cow so soon lmfao
    1. Kelik's Avatar
      Kelik -
      Warchief Lor’themar
    1. GamerHaste's Avatar
      GamerHaste -
      I sure as hell hope it's fake. No new races/classes? Boring!
    1. Nyarly's Avatar
      Nyarly -
      Would make a lot of sense lorewise.
    1. Jaerin's Avatar
      Jaerin -
      Trusting a leak from 4-chan? Good luck with that