the next expansion

The Next Expansion: Making A Case For Guild/Server History

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 - 12 Comments

My name is iTZKooPA and I’m a History Channel addict. /me waits for other members to say “Hi, iTZKooPA.” I watch numerous other shows across the greater TV universe, but the History Channel is one of the networks I always check first.  I don’t know what it ... More

The Next Expansion: A Skeptical Look At The Leaked Information

Monday, August 17th, 2009 - 21 Comments

The Next Expansion is an ever growing series of articles that focuses on WoW’s upcoming third expansion.  The column covers news, speculation and even gameplay mechanics that PL’s writers would like to see implemented. Late last Friday MMO-Champion ran a story on the next expansion that ... More

The Next Expansion: What Blizzard SHOULD Do With New Races

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 - 55 Comments

With BlizzCon less than two weeks away there is no surprise that we are starting to see leaks and rumors. MMO-Champion had reported on the races first with their data mining showing new Halloween masks that featured Goblin and Worgen races (of both sexes) and ... More

Leaked: WoW Cataclysm will Feature Worgen and Goblin

Monday, August 10th, 2009 - 59 Comments

Source image courtesy of MMO-Champion. It may come as no surprise since we’ve been speculating on this for quite some time, but it seems that folks over at WoW.com have confirmed from “multiple sources close to the situation” that the next expansion will be World of ... More

The Next Expansion: Sacking A Town

Friday, July 31st, 2009 - 37 Comments

The Next Expansion is an ever growing series of articles that focuses on WoW’s upcoming third expansion.  The column covers news, speculation and even gameplay mechanics that PL’s writers would like to see implemented. The little quip about Southshore vs. Tarren Mill in yesterday’s post was ... More

The Next Expansion: Future Tradeskill Design

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 - 65 Comments

Blizzard has already set the bar for the next expansion. Based on Wrath and The Burning Crusade, players expect to have to level 90. Players expect either new races or a new hero class starting at a high level. Something that not many people talk ... More

Wishful Thinking: Neutral Faction

Friday, July 24th, 2009 - 42 Comments

Ever since MMO-Champion.com dug up those stupid masks the corner of the Internet that is home to WoW has been a storm of investigation.  Shortly after discovering the pair of Worgen and Goblins masks another four pairs, Naga, Ogre, Murloc, Vrykul were found.  The discovery ... More

The Next Expansion: New Playable Classes?

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 - 52 Comments

To date, our series of speculative creativity has relied upon some inkling of a rumor as the basis of most of the pieces.  I am going to pull a hard 180 and go completely off the cuff with this one.  No backroom discussion, drunken rant ... More

The Next Expansion: Pure Speculation On WoW v4.0 To v4.4

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 - 18 Comments

I, like many of you, absolutely love Warcraft’s lore.  We’ve been talking about it much lately, ranging from various quests and zones all the way to the predicted reveal of the upcoming expansion.  To be completely honest, the lore is what I spend most of ... More

The Next Expansion: Guild Progression

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 - 35 Comments

BlizzCon is slowly creeping up on us, and this year most people expect the company’s big announcement to be World of Warcraft-based.  With StarCraft 2 locked in for this year, and Diablo III looking like 2010, early 2011 is rip (if not late) for the ... More