Wrath of the Lich King Cometh…
Hey peeps!! Hope all is well and everyone is enjoying the summer (hears all Brits saying “What summer??”)
So the expansion is around the corner!! I’m sure all of you have seen the EPIC cinematic that was also released last week – wow!!! Truly amazing work! Nice to see those furry boots again!!
Blizzard also announced the following over the weekend:
With the release of Wrath of the Lich King approaching, we wanted to provide you with some important information. In preparation for the expansion, we will be issuing a new content patch in the coming weeks.
Much like the patch made available shortly before The Burning Crusade’s release, this content patch is designed to bridge current game content with that of the expansion and will contain some exciting changes and additions.
We have outlined some of the larger features scheduled to release with the patch below:
New class spells and talents
Stormwind Harbor
Barbershops in capital cities
Zeppelin towers outside of Orgrimmar and Tirisfal Glades
Two brand-new Arenas featuring challenging new layouts, terrain hazards, and moving obstacles Guild calendar
Hunter pet skill revamp
New profession: Inscription
As mentioned above, this is not a comprehensive list, just some of the major highlights. We’ll post the full patch notes as soon as they’re available.
Regarding Inscription, please note that all Burning Crusade players will be able to select Inscription as one of their two professions and level up to a skill level of 375 with it. Upon the release of Wrath of the Lich King, players who purchase and install the expansion will be able to continue leveling in Inscription and the other professions beyond 375.
Well that should put WotLK as a October/November release I predict. Play.com says 4th November so we’ll see!
I’m NOT going to be leveling inscription on Firelight, I might do it on my Mage, Edam, but not 100% sure.
It will however be interesting to see how much enchants are going to cost on the AH once people are able to do that – that is providing if they are not able to do so until they reach 450 Inscription…We’ll see what Blizzard have decided with regards to that on the day the patch hits.
I’m so eager to see how the new Ret-Paladin will work – not that it is working at the moment…
I was so happy when i saw the first release of the Ret-tree then they got the nerf bat out and starting taking swings at our new tree, breaking things off left right and centre to the point where I’m really worried we’re going to be mind-numbingly broken when Wrath hits…to the point where i might just say “ah bugger it, I’m going to level my druid to 80 first!!”
God knows the Balance tree is shaping up pretty nicely at the moment.
This is the inherent problem with having 4 level 70′s to choose from…which toon do I pick to go first – i should choose Firelight for obvious reasons as he’s my main but I’m also finding my Mage, who’s now level 68 and tearing a hole in Shadowmoon Valley as we speak with her instant cast fireballs, a lot of fun!
This is the order i think i will level my 70′s:
Firelight – Ret Paladin.
Edam – Arcane/Fire Mage.
Gwindle – Balance Druid.
Starslayer – Demo Warlock.
This way I’ll have been out of Outland so long that when i decide to make my Deathknight and start leveling him Outland will new and fresh again! haha! I wish!!
Do you have Multiple 70′s? If so who are you planning to level to 80 first!
5 Responses so far
Suicidal Zebra
August 26th, 2008
5:37 pm
I’ll definitely be levelling my Paladin to 80 first, though it’s going to be a little tough to level her professions without Mining. Second will be a toss-up between my Hunter and Shaman. The Shaman will be there just to feed Jana a steady diet of Cobalt and Saronite, but the changes to Hunters and especially Pets have renewed my interest in him. Likely my Mage and Warlock will languish a bit until those three have been levelled to the cap.
As for a Deathknight… I doubt whether I’ll really want to level him past 60. He’ll certainly be at the bottom of my list of priorities.
Brandon
August 26th, 2008
9:33 pm
70 Hunter (MM) lw/skin
70 Mage (frost) tail/ench
70 Priest (shad) tail/inscr
70 Druid (feral) herb/alch
70 Paladin (ret/holy) eng/smith
39 Rogue UNK min/jc
55 DK UNK UNK
Hunter is my main & my #1 alt is the mage. As you can see I have some classes whose professions depend on the others. So that is my dilemma. I want to have all 3 gatherings covered at 80 just like I did near the end at 70.
Galoheart
August 27th, 2008
7:39 am
Well as for me Its pretty clear cut since I only have 2 high level characters and one being my main.
My Protection Paladin will get leveled first since he is my main and one I'm most committed to.
My only other 70 is my Hunter which goes next especially because he is a double gatherer.
Next it will be my Death Knight that I would have already created just as a placeholder character and in name till get around to him third and last to level to 80 at some point.
I can say for sure it will happen in that order when I do and that will be as many character that ever see lvl 80. Just Three!
As I don't have any great love to keep leveling one after the other through same content. More specifically I'm more of a focused character player and spend my time on pushing one character as far as he can go in the content. The other two will just be side kicks.
But if I have to guess. Mining WILL be extremely valuable and profitable in the early part of the new expansion for obvious reasons. Too bad I won't be leveling my Hunter first to mine all that Cobalt & Saronite. I'm going to predict he how will be mining will make a ton in the wallet.
Cowcontroll
August 27th, 2008
8:41 am
This is my order:
1.Shaman 70 Alch/Herb
2.Rogue 70 Skinng/LW
3.Druid 70 Tail/Ench
4.Hunter 37
5.Mage 70
Im altso leveling my main first to, since its the char i feel most attached to, my rogue is probably next since i like the rogue talents, druid will probably tank quit many instances wich is good:)
I really want a hunter to 80 aswell, with all the new pets and abilities they get, their future looking pretty good:)
HolyWarrior
August 27th, 2008
1:39 pm
Well, my aim is to Refer-a-Friend myself again so that I have 3 accounts.
Then I will be moving my Shaman to the new account so I can get the shammy, rogue and warrior up to 70 before WotLK.
Then I will be taking the pally, shammy and rogue to 80 3 boxing-stylee.
Then my “alt” team will be warlock, warrior and priest, but that entails actually getting my priest up from level 35 or whatever!
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