Jumjalum Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 So the WoW expansion is hours away from being announced, but some details have been leaked already for those who haven't heard. # New profession, Jewelcrafting, which will allow for slotting and modding items ala Diablo 2. # New Blood Elf starter area and zones north of the Eastern Plaguelands, Silvermoon (their Capital City), Ghostland, and Zul'Aman. # Epic FLYING FREAKING MOUNT useable only in Outlands. # The name is Burning Crusade. # Takes place in the Outlands. # Small upgrades to the graphics engine (BE will have 20% more polygons than original races for example). # Weather effects added. # Exploring how to add in cross server Battlegrounds. # Level cap raised to Level 70. # 2 new races, Blood Elf (Horde) and TBA (Alliance). For some reason, I'm most excited about the weather effects (if they really are being implemented) as its something I always wanted to see implemented from the start and it worked so well for the atmosphere in Morrowind to be in the middle of a lightning storm. There are rumours that the alliance race is going to be Pandaren but the evidence for this is an extremely suspect screenshot that's probably seen some photoshop twiddling. I'm not over the moon about Blood Elves, there are already hundreds of pointy ears in the game as it is but it doesn't really bother me one way or the other. Ogres would have been cooler. We now bring you live footage from the World Championship Staring Final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 My roommate has convinced me to pick this game up again. Though I won't be able to play it for a few days though because of school responsibilities. The expansion sounds neat. I kind of hope it's "free" though I doubt it. There is a subscription fee that we pay, and it kind of sucks to segregatte the game members by only having some people be able to go certain places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 REEEEEHEHHHHHHHH? The blood elves are Horde? I THOUGHT THEY HATED HORDE! Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumjalum Posted October 28, 2005 Author Share Posted October 28, 2005 The official site is just up. http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/ We now bring you live footage from the World Championship Staring Final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Moth Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 (w00t) Sweetness!!!! Too bad I don't have the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 I'm very excited about this. WoW really needs a bunch of new territory, and new player races sounds great. Blood Elves are a good fit for the Horde. They've been outcast by the Alliance, and thier greed for power mixes well with the undead. Still seems a bit vague on the new Alliance race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 (edited) Let's see how long it takes for Hades to come in to type: "It's an MMORPG and therefore ignorable" or something like that... Edited October 28, 2005 by Berserk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 I just watched the trailer...Oh man...I just actually felt my life being taken away again. I had almost regained control, but Blizzard has yanked me back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 and yet you have EQ2 on your Xfire acct... Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Yeah, I'm really torn. I've only been in EQ2 for the last month, but I've been on WoW since the release. WoW still is the better game to me, but I needed a change after a year. EQ2 does some really neat things, but it's not quite as compelling. I'm going to keep my account with both for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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