I did not think anything could break me away from the Death Knight class. The minute I got my hands on the Wrath of the Lich King beta, I was going to go to the character selection screen, pick Death Knight, and never look back. Sorry Druid, Sorry Hunter. Sorry Warlock. Maybe I'll come back to you when my uber awesome Death Knight is level 80 and I have Frostmourne in my hot little hands.
Blizzard has once again raised the bar. No longer shall I be a Death Knight. Instead, I shall be a Bard. That's right, Blizzard's just announced a new Hero Class, and it's not the Archdruid that was previously rumored.
With such amazing Punk abilities such as Mosh Pit, a group buff that removes movement impairing effects and increases movement speed, useful Indie crowd control abilities such a Tapejam and Shoegazer, and such awesome Metal abilities as Shred, we can expect the Bard class to be an amazing addition to any party as a DPS/CCer. In addition, the innovative Fret Bar looks like it should blow anything the Death Knight Rune system brings out of the water. At last, we can be assured that the Activision-Blizzard merger was a good thing. I'm looking forward to melting the snows of Northrend with my hot, hot axe riffs.
If that's not exciting enough for you, you can also look at Blizzard's new Molten Core console game site, complete with a trailer that lists some of the amazing innovations that should make the console game a worthy addition to the Warcraft pantheon of games in addition to a companion to the World of Warcraft. In fact, I'd have to say that I strongly urge them to copy the "Aggro Every Bears" feature to WoW itself, as it only makes sense. While the only console currently announced for release is the Atari 2600, Blizzard states that they will announce more in the future. I'm going to be praying for a port to my Commodore 64, myself.
Oh, by the way, Happy April Fool's day.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
4-01-2008 @ 4:59AM
nikP said...
lol you suck
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4-01-2008 @ 5:33AM
jrb said...
who are they mocking more? themselves, or LotRO? ;-)
4-01-2008 @ 6:43AM
imparush said...
if they do so much for April's fool, then it is impressive, and bard anyone who need to play guitar hero;P
4-01-2008 @ 5:02AM
Thyz said...
Lol, gotta love April's Fool with Blizzard ;)
http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/features/bard/bardclass.xml
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4-01-2008 @ 7:51AM
Harmun said...
I know this is a joke, but I think it would actually work! It looks fun...
4-01-2008 @ 5:05AM
jugurtha said...
hahahaha...i want a frostmourne guitar
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4-01-2008 @ 5:08AM
Fellhorhn-Uldum said...
I can't wait for the WoW startup page tomorrow after maint. I bet it's going to be much more believable.
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4-01-2008 @ 5:09AM
Hansbo said...
I think I'd prefer the Death Knight. I mean, seriously, a bard? And it looks like it's played like guitar hero. gg blizz :(
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4-01-2008 @ 5:11AM
Babalam said...
You should probably mention the fact WoW is coming to consoles too. :)
4-01-2008 @ 6:35AM
Durane said...
Do you not get that its a joke?
4-01-2008 @ 12:04PM
Hansbo said...
Yes, I am very well aware of the fact that it was a joke. A joke, however, gets a lot more fun if you play along and act gullible.
4-01-2008 @ 5:11AM
Muu said...
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/moltencore/
also lol
Happy April Fool's Day!
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4-01-2008 @ 10:18AM
Kaeb said...
OMG! LOOT THE DOG!
(For those of you who don't get that:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Ancient_Core_Hound#Reward
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=11673
4-01-2008 @ 5:12AM
Tenchan said...
The 4th screeny is the best.
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4-01-2008 @ 5:14AM
SaintStryfe said...
Orc Shaman: Buh... buh... I stick little sticks into the ground! My buffs help too!
Tauren Shaman: Mine have horns!
Draenei Shaman: At least yours don't look like Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner should be recharging their power rings at your Healing Stream totem.
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4-01-2008 @ 5:15AM
tikitakaa said...
yeahh and the game for console??? with the new experience with 2d graphics??? :O OMG
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/moltencore/
Look also to the new avatars in the official forums!! we are all bears!!! and the blues are buckets!!! :S
Blizzard FTW! XDDDDD
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4-01-2008 @ 5:17AM
Balasan said...
My favourite part on the new Molten Core game page was the concept image of Lucifron vs. how Lucifron would look like in the game. Makes me wonder if all atari games used similar concept arts before putting it into the game.
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4-01-2008 @ 7:10AM
Zarzuur said...
It reminded me of how old games were marketed!
But those Molten Core concepts are very atmospheric, maybe one day they should revamp it for higher levels. It's a cool (hot?) dungeon!
4-01-2008 @ 5:33AM
Darkharmony said...
So we all know it's a joke, and I give them credit they went the extra mile with everything from the molten core video to the screenshots and talents about bard. And the map was just great for MC. But I gotta say I think some music based class would be kind of a interesting twist to put in the game at some point. I have no idea how they would do it but I think it would be different for sure.
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4-01-2008 @ 7:06AM
Zarzuur said...
There was a Bard class in NWN, it did song spells that gave lots of big group buffs.