WOTLK Classic: stop the cataclysm and Deathwing

The story for Shadowlands was disappointing with Arthas in Shadowlands. Huge possible ideas most likely won’t happen but in my opinion, it is a missed opportunity.

Cataclysm classic can easily be avoided with WOTLK classic + and what better way than to have Arthas face off against Deathwing and STOP the cataclysm with the help of the heroes? Instead of killing the Lich King Arthas in the WOTLK classic, why not try to save him? We see Bolvar get his helm ripped from his face by Slyvannas, so it is possible to separate the Lich King from his human form. Convince Arthas, let him see the future, let him see the destruction caused by Deathwing, I am sure many great stories can be rewritten. Instead of the fall of the Lich King patch let's change it to the redemption of the Lich King. Or another great way this can work is to have a cross-over event with retail (Dragonflight).

Cross-over event. Something big goes down in Dragonflight, something unordinary, and the only way to prevent it from happening is to travel through the Warcraft multiverse and save Arthas. Maybe something comes from the WOTLK classic and causes trouble in Dragonflight, so the heroes go back in time on a parallel timeline to help the old heroes stop it, creating a new timeline for classic players. Some new villain can travel through different multiverses. This could allow for a BIG event WoW Dragonflight X WoW WOTLK classic, some new que-up system that will allow both games to join each other, maybe even a raid. And you may get more chance to get WotLK Classic Gold.

Most likely it would work if this new villain traveled from Dragonflight’s current timeline to WOTLK classic and changed an event, which would lead to Arthas surviving. The ending of the fall of the lich king would change and eventually lead to the precata patch, but instead, WotLK classic + takes place, alternating history by surviving Arthas, continuing on to fight Deathwing alongside Arthas. This can open whole new possibilities with a parallel timeline of events to occur in the future. Crown Arthas as the new king Stormwind? or Azeroth? Wed him to Jaina? Arthas kids become the new evil? Some house of dragons in your WoW? Just some overthinking of possible storylines, but it could expand Warcraft and even create new universes.