Blizzard will get back to you with an announcement
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Jul 11th 2007 at 6:58PM }
For World of Warcraft they showed off the new raiding dungeon Zul' Aman. It will be in the Ghost Lands, north of the Eastern Plaguelands. Zul' Aman is designed as a 10 man instance for those done with Karazhan. The Forest Trolls have infused themselves with animal gods and now they are half troll and half beast. A new loot system will have a time limit like the Baron Run in Undead Strat -- the faster you get through it, the better your loot will be. The Amani tribe who reside there have a new game mechanic called the scout who will call for more adds. For those wondering if there will be a return to 40 man raids, it's not in the cards. Tony Hsu, associate producer, says, "Currently we're very happy with the 25 man being the cap -- 10 man content as well."
As was already known, voice chat is in an upcoming patch and so are guild banks. A Blizzard rep says, "We're still trying to test it and evaluate how large it's going to be." Guild masters would be able to give permissions and assign who can access the bank.
StarCraft II? Nothing we didn't already know. Hsu says the thinking behind StarCraft II was, "To make a successor to the original game that's in the flavor of StarCraft, but adding new mechanics and tricks to how you know the game." He says players who have tested the game say it starts the same but feels different about ten minutes in.
That's it, Blizzard is saving it all for BlizzCon. Considering there are no more tickets available, be sure to check on Joystiq and WoW Insider at the time for our coverage. There were no dates for anything given ... what do you want? It's Blizzard.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Matt B @ Jul 11th 2007 8:01PM
"Look at the bones!!"
TreetarD @ Jul 11th 2007 11:30PM
new instance looks pretty fun, ghostlands seems like a good place for it. i just dont want to have to wait for the update like when they released black temple
Kwipper @ Jul 12th 2007 4:58PM
Voice Chat!
It's about time!
This is the very thing that will get me back into playing World of Warcraft again. You have no idea how much more fun this game is going to be to me now that I and my guildmates can actually voice chat to one another without the need of Ventrillo.
Dud @ Jul 12th 2007 9:18AM
I used to love playing EQ and raiding with over 60 people back in the day. It was like a huge party the whole way through the dungeon. How come they cut it down to 25? Does WoW not have a huge community or something? What do you do when you have over 25 friends you want to raid with?
Wadefade @ Jul 12th 2007 2:25PM
You got outside.
Krispykorn @ Aug 10th 2007 4:51AM
quit bitching and go to aq40.