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If it is Northrend, Doesn't mean that Icecrown Citadel will be a part of it, and that would mean no arthas. Personally I reckon they will leave that part for when they are launchign warcraft 4, so they have something to continue on from.
LinkIt's looking like Blizzard will use its BlizzCon event next month to announce a second expansion for World of Warcraft, and it's speculated that the expansion will open up the continent of Northrend.
The speculation's based on a leaked music sheet revealing scores that will be played by the Video Games Live orchestra at BlizzCon, three of the scores named Northrend 1, 2, and 3.
WoWInsider.com reports that the tracks mentioned have not appeared in WoW. Warcraft III or Burning Crusade - unless it's an old tune from the older Warcraft strategy games, the score sheet could have inadvertently revealed first details on the second WoW expansion.
So, will we be heading to the land of ice, snow and the Lich King come January?
Personally I'm still hoping that we'll get the Emerald dream first, but Northrend would offer a decent bit of variety - more undead, more giant insects etc. I think Blizz might intro a new class or two rather then more races this time. I'd guess that as BC is pretty much concerned with the Orcs and their lore (Horde-side anyway), Northrend would feature a lot of Forsaken lore and probably more 'free Scourge'.
Bit gutted if Arathas is actually going to be killable - with Illiden and Kael'thas out the way, he's one of the last few great villains of Warcraft.
Last edited by Hammer; 30th July 2007 at 10:18am.
If it is Northrend, Doesn't mean that Icecrown Citadel will be a part of it, and that would mean no arthas. Personally I reckon they will leave that part for when they are launchign warcraft 4, so they have something to continue on from.
More rumours: A name and a new class...
From WoW Insiderfour days to Blizzcon, and Boubouille, long-time source of quality information, thinks he knows what the next expansion is going to be called: Wrath of the Lich King. Obviously this supports previous information pointing to a Northrend-themed expansion, as Northrend is home to Arthas, the Lich King himself. The original post on the MMO-Champion forums claiming this to be the expansion name also asserts that there will be a new class: Death Knight! This seems to be less substantiated, but I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be true. Rumors aside, we'll almost certainly know for sure in just a few days. Are you excited? I am.
As far as the Death Knight rumor goes, the WoWWiki page lends a bit of support: apparently, Death Knight (as well as Necromancer) were originally planned to be classes in WoW, but didn't make it to release. Furthermore, there exists a green called Triumphant Shield of Shadow Wrath, which is confusing as no shield-using classes (Warrior, Paladin, Shaman) can use Shadow magic. This could just be an oversight in the random-enchant-generating code, but it could also be a hint at a Shadow-wielding, shield-using class...
Update: Over at MMO-Champion, they suggest that this is accurate because the link www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/ leads to a "forbidden" error, whereas accessing any other non-existent page on the site will give you a "not found" error. Continue to enjoy your rumormongering, everyone!
www.worldofraids.comWoWszene.de came up with a massive amount of leaked infos on the next WoW Addon: Wrath of the Lich King
We asked to WoWszene.de the permission to post the translation (thanks MyM|Leniya) of the german part of their article ; there it is:
WoW-Szene.de presents you the most important contents about the new addon by Blizzard- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. Last night you could see those informations shortly on an underpage of the officially EU-WoW Website and got confirmed to WoW-Szene.de by other sources, among others the official FAQ to WotLK.
What to expect from the Expansion :
*It is going to Northrend! With level 80 and new abilities! If some Objects are achieved, you can create a new Character. The Death Knight. He starts straight in High Level Area.
*In PVP there will be finally be the long-ago announced siege weapons available and there will be destroyable buildings, plus a new battleground
*The Deathknight will be a kind of Damage Dealer and at the same time a Tank with so far non existant new abilities. He will be playable by Alliance and Horde, but it will be just certain Races who will have the possibility to create a Death Knight. He is the first Hero class and other will probably come in the following Expansions.
More summaries of the of the FAQs:
* New possibilities of designing your Character.
* You will fight against the Lich King Arthas!
* Leveling from 70 to 80 will take as much time as leveling from 60 to 70.
* Howling Fjord will be the first area you will arrive to. Afterwards there will be areas following like Grizzly Hills and Dragonblight.
* The first Dungeon will be Utgarde Keep. You will be able to enter it at level 70 and it will be a 5-man Instance. 25er Dungeons will still be existant, just as well as Heroic Instances.
* New Profession: Inscription – Enduring amplification of spells and abilities.
* There will be a Cinematic Intro.
* Northrend will be about as big as Outlands.
Other contents like screenshots could sadly not be saved since the page went offline straight.
The complete FAQ with other Informations in English can be read at wowszene.de.
Teza
WoR reporter
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