Gamespy's hands on with Wrath of the Lich King
by Mike Schramm 
May 9th 2008 at 3:09AM
Gamespy has lifted their press embargo, and there's lots of new Wrath of the Lich King info up. They apparently did a long hands-on with the expansion, and lots of new zone and gameplay info has come out.- The area is apparently much bigger than Outland
- There is an aerial gondola, a huge sea battle, and apparently an archeological expedition where you'll be able to fly planes
- All five Dragonflights appear in Dragonblight, a huge graveyard for dragons
- There's "a sister area to Un'goro," which means tropical rainforests. There are also lots of different areas within larger zones.
- Worgen and the sons of Arugal are back, and the Scarlet Crusade is now called the Scarlet Onslaught. And one quest is based on a mission from Warcraft III.
- Death Knight can turn dead teammates into ghouls -- "plenty of fun in the Arenas"
- There are "vehicle" quests, where players drive a vehicle (planes, trucks, or even dragons) around to accomplish tasks
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, Instances, Death Knight, Wrath of the Lich King, Rumors
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kathuzad May 9th 2008 3:26AM
Forgot the big news, which would be that all raid instances will be 10 and 25 man.
Ryan May 9th 2008 7:46AM
Different loot tables though, hopefully they won't lag too much behind or the be content significantly lesser in difficulty. I also think they should both drop the same 'badge' type as 10 and 25 mans do now.
Verit May 9th 2008 11:36AM
@Ryan
Don't worry - Blizzard is way to predictable in this area - it will be overtuned for the first year after launch.
KaiserKronos May 9th 2008 9:05AM
Theres that small bit of raid news that every raid will come in 10 man form... which um... is THE BEST WOW NEWS EVER.
Anthony May 9th 2008 3:28AM
Yea raid instances can be done as 10 or 25 man, so they officially killed raiding now. Time to move on!
Dinna May 9th 2008 3:30AM
wouldn't allowing a player to raise their dead arena members (even briefly) be more than a little overpowered? i certainly hope that won't be allowed in arena..
Anthony May 9th 2008 3:32AM
Kaplan is making a Death Knight so of course it will be in arena lol
Sneakstar May 9th 2008 3:30AM
I fail :(
Ametrine May 9th 2008 3:34AM
I came.
Twice.
Abhinav Kumar May 9th 2008 3:39AM
READ: Going forward, all raid dungeons will have both 10- and 25-man versions with their separate itemization lists and progression tracks.
OH MY GOD!
"Kaplan believes that having Naxxramas as a new 10- and 25-man introductory raid serves a few functions for Wrath of the Lich King. First, it lets the vast bulk of players experience what many believe are some of the best raid encounters Blizzard ever produced. Finally, it serves as the start of the new "two-tier" raiding system. Going forward, all raid dungeons will have both 10- and 25-man versions with their separate itemization lists and progression tracks. There will be no attunement requirements nor will getting into a 25-man raid be dependent on any 10-man raiding. "
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/world-of-warcraft-wrath-of-the-lich-king/872778p3.html
Give me some post loving wowinsider.
C.A. May 9th 2008 8:01AM
(maybe Grand Theft Azeroth is realer than we thought)