As much as I enjoy the speculation surrounding new expansions, I have to say i’m a bit impressed by the fact that we are a shade under 3 weeks until reveal and there are no credible leaks that we can bank on.
I’m pretty sure since WOTLK we have have had at least a pretty solid idea of what was coming well before the announcement. I would suspect the lack of Blizcon and the subsequent marketing for that event has been a big factor in this being kept under wraps pretty tightly.
Good, it will make the disappointment that much better when we learn about it for the first time at the official reveal. Someone should make a bingo for it and make sure to include some kind of stupid borrowed power system again…
Can they make the AP grind Anduin Potential
Probably because they have no idea what the next expansion is going to be yet.
“Hey Steve! Got any ideas yet?”
“Well, Sylvanas….”
“No Steve, no. Any other ideas?”
“So Sylvanas right, she….”
“…Steve. Any other ideas that don’t involve Sylvanas?”
“Oh, well the players have to head to the Dragon Isles, where after some general tomfoolery they’ll run into an old friend in the form of Syl…”
Things we know and can confirm:
-Galakrond removed from Dragonblight
-Dark ranger questlines are present. May be hunter specific
" You’re Fired if you bring up anything Sylvanas related"
“No worries boss, I’ve been developing a brand new character, Sanavlys.”
Last time people were saying shadowlands for months and then it happened.
This time people have been saying dragon isles for months.
right but there was at least some hinting at it, and i don’t recall how early but i was pretty sure the concept art for the jailer was leaked, and there was some oribos concept art datamined that helped soft confirm that theory.
2023 - World of Warcraft: The Jailer Strikes Back
2025 - World of Warcraft: Return of the Maw Walker
2041 - World of Warcraft: The Shadow Menace
2044 - World of Warcraft: Attack of the Mawsworn
2047 - World of Warcraft : Revenge of the Shadow Lords
With Blizzs track record we can’t really trust any info till the 19th.
Mostly I think because of the Dragon pack a few months ago, now they have the cat pack so… Kitty Island? 
I don’t think borrowed power is going away ever
I hate being a negative dude but I got a feeling it is not going to be this spectacular turnaround, simply because the budget is not there for legion-sized expansion anymore. I feel their so out of touch with what the player base actually wants and Ion’s war against the casual community rages on as he digs deeper into more complex raiding mechanics and more of the best stuff stuck behind a raid only a handful at a mythic level will experience. I hope I’m wrong.
My expectations are about as tempered as they’ve ever been after BFA and Shadowlands.
I am betting they have a road map on file some place that outline the next several expansions. Now maybe actually content isn’t far along but I have no doubt that they already know what this and the next expansion will be about. Hell they probably already have ideas some place for the one after that.
“Steve, listen. We talked about this.”
"I am inventing a way to have Alleria killed and raised into undeath, and she’ll lead the forsaken and go on a completely unhinged war path against a long established character that’s well liked with extremely convoluted shallow twists and ultimately suggest that the long established character that’s also well liked just be forgotten. "
“Steve, are you a true believer? May I see the nape of your neck?”
With Blizzard’s track record, can we even really trust it after the 19th?
(Thinking of all those previous expansion promises that were never fulfilled.)
I’ve been predicting that whatever it is, it’ll be something the devs think is going to be way more exciting that players will.
Maybe the employees who kept giving leaks are somewhere else now, that’s a huge plus.