"If we tried to introduce all the heroes from Warcraft III at the same time, we'd face some pretty disastrous consequences in terms of impact on the whole game," he said.ĭeath Knights will be unlocked by completing a quest chain at level 80, said to be similar in feel to the Warlock epic mount quest. The new Death Knight class will be the first of several hero classes to be introduced to the game, said Chilton. In Wrath of the Lich King there will be much more interaction with Arthas from the moment you arrive in Northrend." "We're aware that in The Burning Crusade we didn't give you enough interaction with Illidan. The capital city will be Dalaran, which has been transported from the Eastern Kingdoms to a new location floating in the skies above Northrend.įinal boss the Lich King - formerly the paladin Arthas - will be a prominent presence all the way through the new content, promised Kaplan. Despite the continent's northerly location they won't all be snowy: Grizzly Hills, for example, the home of the furbolg race, is a lush, tall forest. There will be two points of entry into Northrend, from the east (in Howling Fjord) and west (in Borean Tundra). One zone, Lake Wintergrass, will be a new type of outdoor world zone totally dedicated to player-versus-player combat, even on normal servers.įour more regular questing zones were shown: Howling Fjord, Borean Tundra, Grizzly Hills and Dragonblight. A map shown indicated ten new zones as well as a new captial city, Dalaran. His fellow lead Jeff Kaplan promised that the expansion's new continent, Northrend, would contain more zones than The Burning Crusade's Outland - since Blizzard isn't having to create starting zones for new races this time.
"It'll come out when it's ready," said lead designer Tom Chilton.
They refused to name a date for its release, however. Blizzard has revealed a slew of fresh details on the second World of Warcraft expansion at its BlizzCon convention in Los Angeles.īasic information about Wrath of the Lich King leaked earlier this week and was confirmed at the opening ceremony, but an audience of thousands of fans was delighted to learn more at an ensuing discussion panel with designers.
0 kommentar(er)
