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Next WoW Expansion Title Leaked?
Gamespot reports that the German software ratings board may have accidentally tipped Blizzard's hand on the title of the next World of Warcraft expansion. "Spotted by German community site Gamona, a listing for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King appeared on USK yesterday, accompanied by the tag 'GC-demo,' implying Blizzard will be showing Wrath of the Lich King at this year's Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. Responding to a request for comment, a Blizzard representative stated, 'We have not yet announced any details with regard to future expansions of World of Warcraft.'" No surprise that Northrend would be the setting for the newest expansion. A bit disappointing, really.
if you go to http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath you get a 403, versus an actual webpage for http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade .... Who knows, maybe it is an asshole web admin at blizzard
World of Warcraft: Wrath of my Girlfriend! There, two birds...one stone.
If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
There's some speculation that the Emerald Dream will make it in this expansion as well.
There's a ton of other good info at that site too.
Strange, based on the story five minutes ago, I thought the expansion was going to be something like WoW: Terrorist Training Grounds
UTF-8: There and Back Again
>No surprise that Northrend would be the setting for the newest expansion. A bit disappointing, really.
Lots of folks were pissed off last year when it was revealed that the expansion would not be Northrend but instead Outland. I think this will make quite a few WoW addicts happy.
World of Warcraft: The Quest for More Money
Quests whose object is... grinding.
Can you be Even More Awesome?!
...has been to add free new content (remember the War Effort Event) then a paid expansion. Given that many guilds are still making their way through the long string of instances, I don't think there will be any significant new content until late this year.
In addition to Northrend, there are still several locked areas -
*The various entrances to the Emerald dream.
*Grim Batol
*Uldum
*Gilneas
*Timbermaw Hold (the big gates in Azshara)
*Something that looks like two PvP entrances in Azhara.
I just hope they bring back Captain Placeholder.
Don't be so surprised.
/played, that's more than 60 weekdays worth (or 12 weeks) of devoting every hour of free time to WoW to go from 1-70. However, that doesn't cover running the instances to get the required gear/rep to begin raiding, nor does it cover that if the character in question being leveled is an alt it is entirely possible that one will be continually interrupted by guildies needing another person to tank/dps some instance.
I work a standard 40 hour work week, and also enjoy such things as eating and sleeping. Assuming I get a decent 8 hours of sleep a night, spend 1.5 hours on food and hygene and 1 hour commuting; 5 out of 7 days of the week I have a total of 5.5 hours of free time.
Assuming 15 days
Conversely, the typical console game completion time is 40 hours, or 80 hours if it's an unlockfest. In the time it takes to level (not gear) an alt, one could potentially complete 4-7 console games.
The problem will only become worse as the level cap increases. There are a large number of group quests in Outland that will be difficult to complete for alts due to the lack of contemporaries, most having moved on to newer pastures save for the occaisional raid. If Blizzard intends on further increasing the level cap it will become prohibitive for new players or alts to successfully catch up to other players.
I'm not asking for the option to instantly spawn characters at high levels. Leveling is an excellent way to allow players to understand and master a class. However, the amount of time required to do so is too much.
I personally recommend increasing the exp received from quests by a substancial amount. This can be lessened in earlier areas where the quests are already enough to carry a player from zone to zone, but should begin to take significant effect by level 25. Multi-zoning shouldn't be a necessary measure in order to level.
Thunderclone: ONE MAN ENTERS! TWO MEN LEAVE! ONE MAN ENTERS! TWO MEN LEAVE!