We've got a press disc that we'll upload just as soon as this opening ceremony is over. Cataclysm is playable on the floor, so as soon as we can shove some people out of the way, we'll get you our hands-on impressions.
[Via WoW.com]
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm expansion confirmed; new races, level cap, quests
by Christopher Grant 
on Aug 21st 2009 3:15PM
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We've got a press disc that we'll upload just as soon as this opening ceremony is over. Cataclysm is playable on the floor, so as soon as we can shove some people out of the way, we'll get you our hands-on impressions.
[Via WoW.com]
Reader Comments (45)
Posted: Aug 21st 2009 3:19PM TheDarkWayne said
Press Disc? That's cool. I hope the "cataclysm" refers to The Sundering that happened thousands of years ago and not some new catastrophe that tears Azeroth apart, but i guess if old zones were completely reworked that'd be cool too
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 3:20PM StormEagle said
Can't wait. It's going to be awesome. Now if I could stop taking 6 month breaks and get one of my toons to 80 before this expansion comes out, I'd be set.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 3:27PM TheDarkWayne said
unless the Wolvar are the playable race and not the worgen as we suspected
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 4:41PM (Unverified) said
I hope thats a typo, the Worgen seems so badass and the Wolvar seems like a teddy bear with armor :[
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 5:08PM (Unverified) said
It is Worgen, It's displayed on the wallpaper http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/media/?autoplay=true#video
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 3:28PM (Unverified) said
*sigh* guess even selling my account wasn't enough to keep me away forever. Damn you blizzard
Since I'll be starting from scratch I may as well try Alliance this time, and their new fancy worgens.
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Since I'll be starting from scratch I may as well try Alliance this time, and their new fancy worgens.
Posted: Aug 21st 2009 3:31PM TheDarkWayne said
you can get your account back, just call customer service and tell them you sold your computer or something and you left your login data on there. You might have to send in your birth certificate or something but my friend's done it like 3 times
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 3:33PM (Unverified) said
Nah, I left right before Ulduar and so much has changed. I've been through that 3 times and catching up on all the missed stuff is such a pain in the ass.
Since cataclysm is going to change the old Azeroth completely, I may as well start over then. Perfect time to do it if any.
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Since cataclysm is going to change the old Azeroth completely, I may as well start over then. Perfect time to do it if any.
Posted: Aug 21st 2009 3:37PM (Unverified) said
I demand a Worgen rogue though, as those are my specialty. Rogues are the only class I had fun leveling from 1-80. Mage and Warrior had their moments for me, but lots of boring patches...and you can't ever dps as a warrior cause everyone expects you to tank, which I guess I shouldn't complain as it always guaranteed me a group and I was quite good at it.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 3:45PM TheDarkWayne said
what? You said you quit just before Ulduar? Warriors do fine dps now, ever since DKs came out the tank shortage hasnt been a problem, you can do whatever you want as a warrior now, i get pugs all the time as an Arms/fury dps.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 3:49PM (Unverified) said
Yeah I actually found a buyer for my account literally a day after the Ulduar patch so I never got to experience it. On my server, dragonmaw, we've always had a huge shortage of tanks and healers for whatever reason. Random groups we usually had DPS warriors tank or DPS death knights tank, which aggravated me because they were never geared enough or good enough to hold my insane damage.
Guild groups were always good though since we were one of the best on the server. Loved doing daily dungeons and heroics in 30 minutes.
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Guild groups were always good though since we were one of the best on the server. Loved doing daily dungeons and heroics in 30 minutes.
Posted: Aug 21st 2009 3:29PM (Unverified) said
Despite already knowing that this expansion will make Blizzard a lot money, I wonder if this expansion will sell as much as the Lich King
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 3:36PM Radical Dylan said
I'm still working on the burning crusade...
haven't even bought lich king yet...
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haven't even bought lich king yet...
Posted: Aug 21st 2009 3:39PM (Unverified) said
momma mia poppa pia baby`s got the diarhea. just thought i`d put it out there....
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 4:11PM HighFiveJesus said
Great, time to buy some more Hot Pocket stock. Things are lookin up.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 4:13PM StormX said
I quit after getting to 80 and this certainly isn't getting me back.
WoW has just become about Blizzard seeing how many previous resources they can reuse.
Old Raids? Sure let's just up the level.
Old Armor sets? New stats and re-color and their good to go. Didn't palette-swapping go out in the early 90s?
Old zones? Sure, set some stuff on fire and call it a flashback.
It's quickly becoming World of We've seen this before, haven't we?
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WoW has just become about Blizzard seeing how many previous resources they can reuse.
Old Raids? Sure let's just up the level.
Old Armor sets? New stats and re-color and their good to go. Didn't palette-swapping go out in the early 90s?
Old zones? Sure, set some stuff on fire and call it a flashback.
It's quickly becoming World of We've seen this before, haven't we?
Posted: Aug 21st 2009 4:51PM (Unverified) said
It's already around 11gigs, they have to re-use armors.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 7:03PM (Unverified) said
Blizzard can't please everyone.
Especially not the kind of person who says they're bored sitting at 80 one day, then the next day says the patches and expansions are coming out too soon, then the day after that says the newer content sucks and that Blizzard should bring out vanilla servers, and then on the fourth day blasts them for revisiting old content.
I'm happy with what I'm seeing.
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Especially not the kind of person who says they're bored sitting at 80 one day, then the next day says the patches and expansions are coming out too soon, then the day after that says the newer content sucks and that Blizzard should bring out vanilla servers, and then on the fourth day blasts them for revisiting old content.
I'm happy with what I'm seeing.
Posted: Aug 21st 2009 4:40PM (Unverified) said
More of the same? This looks like about as far as they could realistically get from the style of the previous expansions. The old world is gonna get totally destroyed (set some stuff on fire and call it a flashback? Did you watch the trailer, or, y'know, look at any of the information released?), and I think this is probably the best direction that they could have taken.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 4:40PM Jeremy White said
Anyone know why the level cap didn't go up ten?
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 4:51PM (Unverified) said
I don't think they've really said, but there are several possible reasons -
So that they can release an expansion a year, like they want to.
Because revamping all of the old content takes a lot of work, which means less new content.
So that they can release more expansions before a level 100 end boss dude (this is purely speculation as far as I'm aware)
Because this expansion is supposed to have more raiding content than the other two, so less focus on levelling and more on endgame.
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So that they can release an expansion a year, like they want to.
Because revamping all of the old content takes a lot of work, which means less new content.
So that they can release more expansions before a level 100 end boss dude (this is purely speculation as far as I'm aware)
Because this expansion is supposed to have more raiding content than the other two, so less focus on levelling and more on endgame.
Posted: Aug 21st 2009 4:41PM cowthulhu said
Sorry but this all sounds rather uninspiring. I'll probably get it for a month or two but not beyond that. The starting zones for races have always been one of the most fun, and I'd like to see what they have for the Worgen and Goblins, but I probably won't stay long beyond that. Have been clean for about six months now.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 4:48PM Pipp said
Yeah, I'll probably resubscribe for a week or two, or however long it takes to get to 85, do all the quests, and a few raids.
At least their expansions don't take a year to get through like Everquest ones did. These are pretty quick and fun for the time it takes to do everything but the top 1% of the end bosses.
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At least their expansions don't take a year to get through like Everquest ones did. These are pretty quick and fun for the time it takes to do everything but the top 1% of the end bosses.
Posted: Aug 21st 2009 5:12PM Lov3 said
It's pretty unfortunate that this came out *after* the guild wars 2 trailer that was shown off earlier today. It looks very uninspired by comparison, I was distinctly underwhelmed, wheras if i'd have seen this yesterday i'd probably be all over it.
Guess i'm changing MMO's soon eh.
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Guess i'm changing MMO's soon eh.
Posted: Aug 21st 2009 5:22PM TheDarkWayne said
because then people would be level 1 million why most are just 80 or something, that'd be retarded
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 5:30PM (Unverified) said
Apprently the reason they are only adding 5 new levels is so that they can fit in some more expansions before they reach the level 100 mark.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 7:05PM (Unverified) said
They're only adding 5 new levels because they're redoing 60 old levels.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 5:25PM PantsParty said
There is a sweet trailer on the official Blizzard Website if you guys just can't wait for WoW.com to get theirs up. It's pretty long and shows pretty much every new feature.
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