The next expansion will have nothing to do with dragon lore or anything going on in this expansion

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Expansions never go smoothely into each other. None of the expansions flowed into each other in any logical sense.

Vanilla had a lot of varried stories but went from fighting Ragnaros and his minions, to fighting C’thun an old god, to fighting evil dragon and his minion, to fighting a major remnant of the lich king’s forces on eastern kingdoms.

Now after that last one you might think of we beat up Kel’thuzud let’s go to northrend and beat up the lich king!

SIKE

We’re going to outland to beat up illidan and his gang.

After that NOW we go to northrend even though it has literally nothing to do with outland politics or expansions other than being another part of the Wc3 story that was left unfinished.

After northrend we have cataclysm which again has nothing to do with the plot of the previous expansion. Just deathwing randomly getting free with little to no warning. Northrend DID have an old god presence as did the cataclysm expansion but it’s not even the same old god.

After that we have MoP. So a secret continent revealed by the cataclysm that’s sort of a connection but still nothing connecting cataclysm to mop in the cata storyline.

Durring MoP we got some hints that the burning legion might be returning soon but instead of that we take a sojourn into an alternate reality version of the past for literally no (good) reason.

Then after WoD we got legion which yeah kind of connects. Both involved the burning legion as a threat and the events in WoD made us just how close and dangerous the legion threat was. WoD to Legion is oddly probably the closest connected expansion despite the radical change in setting.

After legion we had BFA which I will admit DID have some set up with the conflict between Genn and Sylvanas. Still Zandalar and Kul’tiras wasn’t particularly relevant and the 4th war wasn’t gaurenteed or anything. There was tension but the expansion could’ve easily lead to something else. Emerald dream for example which was a major part of the lore.

After BFA we get one of the stranger shifts. We go from fighting each other to the realm of the dead where the gods are robots and one of the gods is secretly behind everything that’s ever happened ever but then goes down as easy as any other raid boss. Welcome to the shadowlands.

After the shadowlands suddenly we’re back on azeroth in the dragon isles for again no apparent reason. The only dragon lore at all in shadowlands was Ysera.

Now we’re on the dragon isles. The dragonflight expansion. Based on past expansions there is unlikely to be anything related to the current lore, story, theme, locations in the next expansion.

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lol, “conflict”. This is so political.

Genn and his crew out of hatred and aggression attack a Horde crew -during- a demonic invasion, when we were suppose to be working together: “They had a conflict :relieved:”.

If Horde did it…: “Murdering traitorous bastards! :rage: ”.

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WoW doesn’t have an overarching main story campaign. That’s intentional. Each expansion is its own thing. WoD → Legion is literally the only one that directly connects.

We have plot points that affect things going forward. A metric crapload of WoW’s story revolves around the single plot point of “Thrall steps down and names Garrosh Warchief”.

But it’s not like that plot point actually makes the transitions smooth.

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Still more then three months left until we see what’s next on the roadmap. Lots of time to speculate.

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I guess you weren’t paying attention over the years?

Garrosh survived MoP and caused WoD
AU Gul’dan survived WoD and helped initiate the invasion in Legion
Sylvanas became Warchief in Legion, then started the 4th war in BfA
Sylvanas survived BfA and opened the path to the Shadowlands

Dragonflight is the first expansion in a long time to NOT have a lead in from the previous expansion, and IMO Iridikron’s escape in the megadungeon will probably lead into the next expansion.

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Correct.
/10char

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probably for the better, with how they’ve made the dragons in recent years… they’re unnaturally smooth looking now… i miss when they were big, scaley, and felt like a threat. like back in cata, or classic, or… any expansion 'cept for this one.

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There’s been sooo much connection and foreshadowing leading to a void expansion.

If you haven’t noticed it, you aren’t paying attention or don’t actually care about lore - or both.

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I expect the next expansion will have a lot to do with Void, which has been pretty prominent during DF.

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I hope so. The void is cool.

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WoD and Legion I suppose. Maybe Cata and MoP.

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eatj

wH ICH likely means it wont be.

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Yeah, I agree there tends to be a character who transitions us to next xpac.

My biggest guess would be Iridikron and the Harbinger stuff he’s going on about. Perhaps it would lead us into a very heavy light themed expansion since he’s siding with an intense void, solike, YELLOW EVERYWHERE!! vibes. It’d be a pretty new aesthetic I imagine?

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We could use Merithra or Kalecgos for any upcoming Worgen or Blood Elf content

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Someone didn’t play Warcraft 3 and it shows. Otherwise us going to outlands first would’ve made sense to you.

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Garrosh escaped with a help of one of the dragon buddies.

Well that, and the sword plunging into Azeroth, making the whole azerite thing, which lead to the tree burning, which leads to BFA.

Slyvanas pulled an Ed, Edd n Eddy from Run Ed Run with the sky and kidnapped Anduin somehow. (the only best part of Shadowlands and one of the best highlights of Dragonflight)

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I only joined wow because of dracthry dragon race and dragons. I love dragon’s. I must save and protect them.

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That’s rich coming from a cracked out mana addict!

My King Genn Greymane did absolutely nothing wrong keeping you savages in check!

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Legion is most definitely a part 2 to WoD. In fact, the whole story of Garrosh grew from a quest chain in TBC to the main storyline across several expacs and ends in Legion.

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No hard feelings, but if you’re looking for a game with a solid story, then WoW is completely the wrong choice.
It may have had the potential for a good story at some point, but that has long been thrown out the window. As I said, if story is what matters to you, there are alternatives that are a hundred times better than what you’ll find in this game.