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Post by Kugar on Aug 15, 2009 10:07:13 GMT 1
Since rumours are starting to slowly emerge in the WoW world, I thought I'd make a thread where people (who doesn't mind spoilers) can freely discuss the upcoming expansion and all its glory.
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Post by Kugar on Aug 15, 2009 10:20:15 GMT 1
So, apparently Cataclysm is the name of the next installment in the WoW franchise. If the rumours are true there are already some potentially huge spoilers out there on various sites........ ...including the death of Cairne (!!!), two new slightly weird classes for a Tauren (Paladin and Priest). Apparently that new dead end quest from the Tauren near the portals in Dalaran to bring something to Thunderbluff will continue and connect the lore behind these two new classes. Most people probably know the rumours about the two new races, Goblins for Horde, and Worgen for Alliance. There are also changes to Azeroth including flying, new zones opened (Gilneas/Hyjal) and old ones getting updated (Thousand Needles flooded, The Barrens split in half into new zones, Orgrimmar destroyed, etc). Also the level cap is raised, but not as much as in the previous expansions. This time only to 85.
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Post by Aroh on Aug 15, 2009 11:54:32 GMT 1
Groax posted some stuffsies in another thread already, but this is such lorelulz it is not even funny. "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." Right...
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Post by The Deserted Grail on Aug 15, 2009 17:24:52 GMT 1
If I had to put my thoughts on this into one sentence, it'd be "It's not as ridiculous as introducing samurais to Ultima Online, but it's pretty darn close." Probably not worth quitting the game over, even if a lot of people say that all that keeps them to the Horde is about to disappear.Still quite a few of the changes are just screaming that they've put gameplay over Lore (class introductions) and rolling a dice over dramatic effects to decide what happens to both factions. Gnome Priests - Possible under the same pretense as gnome mages, I guess. Gnomes like mechanical stuff which is very different from actual magic. Plus dwarves' influence.
Tauren Priest- I understand priest in the same way troll and night elf priests exist. Granted, tauren don't do Elune, voodoo or shadow magiks, so what is it that the tauren priests would be wielding?
Tauren Paladin - Just kill me now.
Night Elf Mage - Even more ridiculous than the previous one. Night elves have always banned arcane magic. Finding tauren mages or warlocks would be far more likely than night elf ones.
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Post by Groax on Aug 15, 2009 18:09:37 GMT 1
Troll warlocks would be kewl, but otherwise it's somewhat blah. I did laugh at some parts over at MMO Champion, like...
Oyeah, because leveling is indeed so hardcore stuff nowadays...oh well, maybe I won't complain when leveling up a goblin. Maybe.
Besides that, the expansion sure seems to make a lot of changes to our dear Azeroth. But, assuming it's true, I'm pretty sure that Blizzard can work it out and so on. Can only wait patiently...
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Post by The Deserted Grail on Aug 15, 2009 18:58:03 GMT 1
Picture of a flooded Kalimdor. No idea of the source, got it from GameFAQs forums. Goodbye half of Mulgore...
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Post by Groax on Aug 15, 2009 19:10:35 GMT 1
Looks pretty interesting. Also, with water apparently being some sort of a maintheme for the expansion, I'm ready to ignore all the bad changes as long as we'll get a badass river added somewhere! Boats as well for some rafting.
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Post by Aroh on Aug 16, 2009 5:13:51 GMT 1
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! My beautiful Mulgore. /emo quit
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Post by Scyepogg on Aug 16, 2009 14:17:34 GMT 1
This all seems like a photoshop+things invented on the spot and doesn't seem trust-like at all. I honestly believe this is untrue...
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Post by Kugar on Aug 16, 2009 15:05:29 GMT 1
There are some screenshots out though, with clues of how the world will look in the new expansion. Apparently, these clues are found in Ulduar, but I've never been there so I couldn't say. Kalimdor Eastern Kingdoms
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Post by Scyepogg on Aug 17, 2009 7:19:56 GMT 1
Probably that is rather a past than a future look?
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Post by Kugar on Aug 21, 2009 22:11:49 GMT 1
Cataclysm HD trailer
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Post by Groax on Aug 22, 2009 7:12:03 GMT 1
Well, despite all the news I've read and so on...at least it looks wicked cool, like Blizzard trailers tend to.
But dwarf shamans...? GTFO.
Oh and Mulgore getting split to half....NNNNEEEEEEINRGHHH!!!11
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Post by Kugar on Aug 22, 2009 8:19:56 GMT 1
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Post by Scyepogg on Aug 22, 2009 9:57:35 GMT 1
Yeh, the trailer is epic indeed. Was it officially released at BlizzCon?
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