Much like how Cata, MoP, WoD, Legion, BfA, SL, and DF were all debunked and proven fake in the final week or so leading up to their reveals?
As I’ve said elsewhere:
The “It’s clearly fake!” crowd doesn’t exactly have the best track record once we start closing in on the final month prior to an announcement.
Right now, some of the reasoning people have been using is weak at best, especially considering we only have a small handful of screenshots that aren’t showing anything mindblowing. Sure, more than a few of you have brought up reused assets, but that’s something that EVERY expansion reveal has to some extent. The other big one that was pointed out on Wowhead was the spelling of certain words (defence instead of defense), but if the screenshots came from an European version of the website, then it’s easily explained as British English versus American English and not just a careless typo.
And I’ll say it again since Wowhead is also pointing it out in their own reporting: one of the screenshots has a pillar that matches up perfectly with some of the Blizzcon decorations that were being shown off a few days ago. To me, that’s currently the biggest thing that points towards this being a legitimate leak.
By all means, you guys have a right to remain skeptical. Just be aware that for every 5-10 obvious fakes we’ve seen over the years, we also have seven expansion leaks that were “clearly fake” up until the moment they weren’t.