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 Posted: Sat, 15th Aug 2009 17:56 Post subject: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm |
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Expansion time, kiddies! I don't play anymore, but should be interesting to some folks here.
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
| Quote: | | World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is the next expansion for World of Warcraft. Dark and forgotten threats that have long stayed out of sight have finally arrived on our shores, unleashing a cataclysmic event upon Azeroth and now preparing more nefarius plans to take it back. |
Level Cap
The level cap in the next expansion will be slightly lower than expected this time around; 85.
This suggests Blizzard wants more room for expansions before hitting the level 100 cap. With less leveling to do (along with the revamped leveling listed below likely to increase the speed and ease of leveling), leveling a new race remains appealing for new and existing players alike.
Leveling from 80-85 should be a much bigger deal, the idea is to make sure that gaining a level really means something and doesn't make you feel like you just have 4 more levels to go.
New Classes
Cataclysm doesn't introduce any new classes to the game. Instead, Blizzard have offered more race and classes combinations to players. The Some of these have alreadly been datamined from the 3.2.2 Test Realms. The An Injured Colleague quest and it's new Night Elf counter-part help to introduce the lore for these new race and class combinations, so we can probably expect to see more of these for some of the less traditional ones.
- Human Hunter
- Orc Mage
- Night Elf Mage
- Dwarf Mage
- Blood Elf Warrior
- Dwarf Shaman
- Undead Hunter
- Tauren Paladin
- Tauren Priest
- Gnome Priest
- Troll Druid
New Races
The events of the cataclysm has caused two new races to seek new allies. The Goblins for the Horde and the Worgen for the Alliance.
Goblins
Deathwing once again sought the services of the goblins, as slaves. Unable to refuse such an offer, the goblins were enslaved by him. A large group have resisted however. With their previous homes devastated by the cataclysm, they escaping to an island off the coast of The Barrens. As they strive to recover, they come across an Orc captured on an Alliance ship and rescue him. The Orc turns out to be none other than Thrall himself, and in return offers the Goblins a place within the Horde. These events are carried out in a quest line, allowing players to experience first-hand the reasons behind the Goblins' shift from neutrality.
Worgen
The cataclysm has cracked open the Greymane Wall, finally revealing what has happened to the kingdom of Gilneas and its citizens. With the Worgen curse taken hold, they have found a partial cure, allowing thme to retain their Human minds even when transformed. Venturing forth from Gilneas and seeking help from the Alliance, they have decided to join them, to combat the new threats of Cataclysm.
Gilneas will make extensive use of the phasing system (much like the Death Knight starting area), to show what happened while the kingdom was cut off from the rest of the world and lead up to present day.
Worgens will have two forms, a Worgen form and a Human form. Players will be able to customise the look of both forms.
New Content
Cataclysm will be the first expansion not to introduce a new continent, instead making use of previously unreleased zones and revamping existing ones.
Classic Azeroth Revamp
A cataclysmic event caused by Deathwing and Azshara will change the face of Azeroth as we know it. Most of the new content for Cataclysm will take the form of a revamped Azeroth, taking advantage of newer additions to WoW such as phasing and daily quests. Most of the quests and mobs in the classic zones will also be redesigned to make leveling less painful. With the revamp, a greater narritive and sense progression will be offered to players. Some zones and dungeons will change drastically to fit this, e.g.,
- The Barrens will be split into two separate zones of two different level bands.
- Azshara will become a low level (~10-20) zone.
- Some of the zones like the Thousand Needles will be flooded.
- Durotar is wrecked and apparently Orgrimmar could be destroyed. A new Orc city is rebuilt over the course of the expansion.
- Gnomeregan will be part of the expansion as well and gnomes might be able to reclaim their capital. (The last part is still unconfirmed)
- Wailing Caverns will be become a lush tropical area as a result of the druid's magic.
- The Blackrock Spire will erupt and a new version of Blackrock Mountains will be available, apparently Ragnaros will be back too.
In the aftermath of the cataclysm, and the new conflicts on the horizon relief efforts can be found in many zones and new open PvP areas similar to Lake Wintergrasp.
Flying in Azeroth
Part of the redesign of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor is the introduction of flying to the two continents, allowing access to many new areas and quicker travelling across the large continents.
Classic Dungeon Revamp
Redesigning Onyxia's Lair in Patch 3.2.2 was just the first step. As most of the leveling will take place in revamped areas of Azeroth, so too will the dungeons, allowing players to use them to level from 80 to 85.
Unreleased Zones & Dungeons
With the addition of flying mounts to Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms and the redesign of many zones, most of the previously unreachable or incomplete zones will now be made available to players. This is where most of the new content from 80 to 85 will take place. Some of these are,
- Hyjal (present)
- Gilneas - The Worgen starting Zone.
- Uldum
It is unclear if the old Goblin locations such as Kezan and Undermine will be included in Cataclyms with the revelation of the goblins' plight, but several new islands have also been risen from the seas by the events of Cataclysm, some on the backs of giant sea turtles and whales, with the addition of several underwater zones.
Characters and Events
Deathwing
Deathwing the Destroyer / Neltharion the Earth-Warder will play a major role in Cataclysm. Having been driven mad by Old God whisperings and turning against his own kind only to be fail in his attempts, Deathwing has sunk into the shadows. While the Horde and the Alliance were busy fighting back the Burning Legion only to then be beset with the Scourge, he has been lurking and moving things into place. After Lady Sinestra's failed attempts to create a Twilight Dragonflight, he again retreated to Grim Batol and succeeded where she failed. With his results seen in the Obsidian Sanctum, he has finally created the supreme Dragonflight he sought and plans to unleash it upon the world. But what of the Old Gods' sway over him?
Azshara
Queen Azshara will also play a major part in Cataclysm. Unknown to many mortal races, long forgotten by others, and believe to be dead by her own kind, she has not been dormant in depths of the Maelstrom. Having those around her transformed by the Old Gods into Naga after her failure in the War of the Ancients, she has become far more powerful and a greater threat than she once was. Not content with just Nazjatar and the depths of the sea, Azshara seeks to reclaim power and reign once again. With the true plan behind Lady Vashj's support of Illidan remaining a mystery we do not know what hand Azshara has yet played. The big question remains, is she now serving her "saviors", the Old Gods?
The Cataclysm
I'm still not sure who is the true end boss of Cataclysm is, but the cataclysm appears to have been caused by attempts to incantation to summon extremely powerful beings using an ancient incantation by Deathwing and Azshara. They're both very powerful, but the cataclysm itself suggests something more powerful is behind it, perhaps their shared past of Old God influence?
The Guardian of Tirisfal
Malfurion Stormrage will be returning to Azeroth to aid in the creation of the new Guardian of Tirisfal - Thrall! Med'an's role in these events is currently unknown.
The New (New) Horde
Thrall will hand over the leadership of the Horde to Garrosh Hellscream, while he serves as a coordinator for both the Horde and Alliance forces in and effort to combat the new threat of the Naga and Black Dragonflight. Without Thrall to keep Garrosh in check, he declares open war on the Alliance. In the political upheaval Cairne Bloodhoof is implicated as a traitor to the Horde and murdered by Garrosh. Cairne's son Baine takes over as the new Tauren chieftan. This could explain why Baine was removed from the game in Patch 3.2.2, you can find more information about this in Ahmo Thunderhorn - replacement for Baine Bloodhoof?
(shamelessly stolen from MMO-Champion)
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Aug 2009 18:27 Post subject: |
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i hope they dont charge for this expansion pack.....
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Aug 2009 18:29 Post subject: |
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Their "reliable source" is a somethingawful goon, I dont trust this.
Im gonna wait for Blizzcon to confirm stuff.
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Aug 2009 18:35 Post subject: |
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lol, sounds really shit. especially bringing ragnaros back. The goblin race is pretty shit as well, aren't goblins supposed to be neutral? Tauren paladin, is this some sick joke?
I certainly hope that the info isn't true.
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Aug 2009 18:44 Post subject: |
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fuk this wow shit, its old, bring out d3
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Aug 2009 19:26 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Tauren Paladin
Tauren Priest |
Lost my interest there.
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Aug 2009 19:43 Post subject: |
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maybe they should worry about getting diablo III and SC II out instead of worrying about an EA style release of fucking expansions
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Sin317
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Aug 2009 20:11 Post subject: |
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WoW has its own dev team.
+ This Expansion (pretty sure) won't come out for sometime. Certainly not before sc2 or d3 ...
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Aug 2009 20:20 Post subject: |
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They will continue milking it until all the money in the world will be in their pockets.
It would take some time though, with all the china man around....
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Aug 2009 21:20 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Aug 2009 22:43 Post subject: |
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This information sounds all to shaky... Also if this is real it sucks cause there is still so much LORE out there that it is unnecessary to create new events. Im waiting for Gamescom or Blizzcon for official news. If nothing is spoken about it then this news is trash.
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 00:04 Post subject: |
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I lost interest at: World of Warcraft.
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 00:14 Post subject: |
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There's still enough milking to do by Blizzard. We still haven't seen an undead paladin. I bet my grandma's POLICE Bruce Willis sunglasses that THIS will happen!
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 00:35 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 01:04 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 01:49 Post subject: |
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Ankh
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 01:54 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 02:31 Post subject: |
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Phluxed
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 04:22 Post subject: |
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Well that depends, do you like world of warcraft? Because the people that do... enjoy spending their time playing the game they, you know, like.
I quit WoW over a year ago and prefer games like HoN and LoL.
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 05:40 Post subject: |
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speculation , rumours! posted as fact lol.
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NeHoMaR
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 07:13 Post subject: |
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Is this a fake?
I used to be a knee like you. Then I took an adventurer in the arrow.
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 10:45 Post subject: |
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Looks like fake. Didnt they say, the next add-on will be about the Emerald Dream?
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 11:25 Post subject: |
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give the simple hamsters a bigger wheel! but color a few of the spokes a different color they will think its new and exciting.
'go kill 10 bears' has a whole new outlook and fresh feel when your doing it with a goblin instead of a dwarf, or elf...
seriously, I dont know how the WoW players do it, after 2 weeks of the Fisher Prices "my first MMO' game called WoW, its linear and boring. its like finding new excitement in putting the round peg in the round hole because they colored the round peg a new color..
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 11:34 Post subject: |
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| |DXWarlock wrote: |
seriously, I dont know how the WoW players do it, after 2 weeks of the Fisher Prices "my first MMO' game called WoW, its linear and boring. its like finding new excitement in putting the round peg in the round hole because they colored the round peg a new color.. |
I doubt anyone thinks the lame quests are the best thing ever, what keeps most people hooked is the sense of community with other players.
And as far as this being legit or fake, who knows... Blizzard won't deny or confirm this before Blizzcon anyway. But if you think about all the possible sources from where this could have leaked, it is very possible.
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 16:29 Post subject: |
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| inz wrote: | | |DXWarlock wrote: |
seriously, I dont know how the WoW players do it, after 2 weeks of the Fisher Prices "my first MMO' game called WoW, its linear and boring. its like finding new excitement in putting the round peg in the round hole because they colored the round peg a new color.. |
I doubt anyone thinks the lame quests are the best thing ever, what keeps most people hooked is the sense of community with other players.
And as far as this being legit or fake, who knows... Blizzard won't deny or confirm this before Blizzcon anyway. But if you think about all the possible sources from where this could have leaked, it is very possible. |
One of the things that had me by the ballz was the race to the end game content, and being first to drop all bosses. That kept me going for a while, but I started to notice that was extremely bored when I wasn't raiding, and once everything was on farm status, I would disappear. They wont sucker me again... |
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 23:43 Post subject: |
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| Ashmolly wrote: |
One of the things that had me by the ballz was the race to the end game content, and being first to drop all bosses. That kept me going for a while, but I started to notice that was extremely bored when I wasn't raiding, and once everything was on farm status, I would disappear. They wont sucker me again... |
Farming wasn't that bad as long as everything went smoothly, but I always hated how people didn't do their best on farm status bosses - just slowed things down unnecessarily. And we were the top guild of the server with #1 on all kills, so it's not like I was in some crappy casual guild, either.
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Aug 2009 23:55 Post subject: |
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| inz wrote: | | Ashmolly wrote: |
One of the things that had me by the ballz was the race to the end game content, and being first to drop all bosses. That kept me going for a while, but I started to notice that was extremely bored when I wasn't raiding, and once everything was on farm status, I would disappear. They wont sucker me again... |
Farming wasn't that bad as long as everything went smoothly, but I always hated how people didn't do their best on farm status bosses - just slowed things down unnecessarily. And we were the top guild of the server with #1 on all kills, so it's not like I was in some crappy casual guild, either. |
Same here, but most of the time we were underperforming and when someone got all the gear they needed or wanted, they would rarely show up to any of the raids. |
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| Posted: Mon, 17th Aug 2009 00:00 Post subject: |
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farming equipment made me leave wow (several times) i just couldnt do anymore naxx/sartha/maly anymore lol.
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, plus i`m joking 
You have to pay every month to play it legaly:lol: 
I love Night Elfs and Mages.
