

In other words, I have a hard time thinking Baa’l will be related to BlizzCon goodies. The one time WoW didn’t get an in-game pet, Diablo 3 got one - and it was still a Murloc. As far as BlizzCon rewards go, the WoW pets have been exclusively Murlocs. Let’s start with the items on that list that aren’t likely. Where have we seen rewards like this before? We’re about to dissect these options more thoroughly than a dead frog in the hands of an overzealous 9th-grade biology student! If you have a little while to take an incredibly deep dive into those arguments, I have good news for you. There are arguments for and against every single one of the items on that list. A Diablo 3 expansion or new DLC content.So what are our options in terms of what this could be cross-promoting? Let’s list ’em: Sure, there’s a bit of flavor text from the pet journal entry - not much is known about this otherworldly minion - but that tells us nothing.Īll the same, it’s a pet seemingly named after a Big Bad from the Diablo universe, so speculation isn’t entirely unwarranted. Now, to be clear, this pet is literally the only thing anyone has to go off of.

Which is why this recently datamined Baa’l pet from the Battle for Azeroth files has people’s hopes up yet again. So naturally, whenever fans see something that potentially points to Diablo news, they get excited and the speculation starts. While Diablo 3 did release the Rise of the Necromancer pack last summer, the biggest major update prior to that was the release of Reaper of Souls - a whole four years ago. To say Diablo fans are desperate for information on something - anything - new out of the franchise would be an understatement.
