Here are the parts I found the most interesting:
- Sunwell Plateau is the evolution of what Naxxramas was for the original game. They learned some lessons from Naxx; for instance, Naxx was just too big for many guilds to be able to get through it before The Burning Crusade hit.
- Northrend will have "a very Nordic, gothic fantasy feel" -- sounds cool! To set the scene, players will be rewarded with "Northrendy" items early in Wrath: "for example, say, a two-handed axe that's made of a dragon jaw, covered with spikes, leather, and other traditional materials. We want players to see the new gear and think, 'Yeah, that guy's been to Northrend.'" I want my dragon jaw axe now please. Er...you can make that with +heal, right? And give priests axe skill?
- As the player treks through the zones of Northrend, the landscape gets bleaker and players get more spread out, escaping the hyper-population of the starting zones. Blizzard wants to invoke a "growing sense of isolation and dread" as players get closer to Arthas.
- The two starting zones are at opposite tips of crescent-shaped Northrend. They wanted to give us an easy way to travel between them, so we get boats. But not just any boats -- turtle boats! Brack talks about "a giant turtle with a deck mounted on top of its shell." Best form of transportation since Captain Placeholder, if you ask me.
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4-16-2008 @ 9:50PM
Kiyokko said...
Turtle. Freaking. Boats.
Win!
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4-16-2008 @ 11:05PM
Chris said...
Hmm, Giant turtles, swimming around with a large disc on it's back? All that's missing is the 4 elephants Terry Pratchett
4-16-2008 @ 11:48PM
Xeren said...
Aren't there skeletonized turtle boats washed up on the shore of Darkshore or Ashenvale? Is that what they're referring to?
4-17-2008 @ 7:35AM
Psychosis said...
/agree
4-17-2008 @ 5:40AM
Junzim said...
Weren't turtle boats a staple unit in WCII?
Good times!
4-16-2008 @ 10:04PM
crsh said...
It'd be nice if they'd stop yapping about how cool WotLK is going to be, and actually release some updated footage (at something more than just concept sketches), game/area/class/ability details, or (God forbid) a launch date; or are they aiming for vaporware of the year?
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4-16-2008 @ 10:24PM
Slayblaze said...
Who is this "Insider" in the interview..? Heh heh
And the turtle boat, what's next - a giant pink sea snail?
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4-16-2008 @ 10:32PM
Charlie said...
Turtle Boats! W00t.
Awsome.
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4-16-2008 @ 10:37PM
Charlie said...
Also, I've never seen those screenies they got on there. They are absolutley brilliant. They make me really excited to go running around Northrend. I remember thinking "Oh, thats cool" when i saw the Outland screens for the first time, but these definatley give me a "Wow, thats amazing" reaction.
Awsome.
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4-17-2008 @ 7:11AM
Zarzuur said...
Yeah the forest of Grizzly Hills looks good.
Also, the GIANT giants .. !
4-16-2008 @ 10:50PM
Robin Torres said...
Awww, I miss Captain Placeholder.
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4-16-2008 @ 10:56PM
Dready said...
Turtle boats need a community on top of them. Discworld style.
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4-16-2008 @ 10:59PM
glorft said...
I highly doubt players will feel 'isolated' as they progress. With so many players buying the xpac, there won't be any shortage of people.
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4-16-2008 @ 11:22PM
Havitech said...
Maybe points of interest will be farther spread out, the higher level the zone. Especially the end zones, when people will likely be able to use their epic flying mounts.
4-16-2008 @ 11:02PM
Bastinator said...
Turtle submarines, imo.
Just like Wc2.
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4-16-2008 @ 11:30PM
Verit said...
I should quit my job so I can see this instance.
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4-17-2008 @ 1:21AM
Riktopher said...
I wondered when the turtle transports from the old rts games would show. Nice.
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4-17-2008 @ 5:22AM
Matt said...
That article was great. A nice teaser with a good amount information on implemented content and things yet to come. I hope these articles are regular and frequent now!
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4-17-2008 @ 8:10AM
Nightwatch said...
As a diehard Dwarf, and with a fondness for Norse inspired fantasy all I can say is WOOT!
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4-17-2008 @ 9:25AM
MiChAeL said...
They should have water mounts so we can go deep sea fishing in Wrath. Be pretty awesome.
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