[url]http://pixelatedgeek.com/2009/08/world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-leaked-info/[/url]
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[quote]Thanks to the wonderful people at MMO-Champion, we might have new and leaked info on the heavily rumored World of Warcraft expansion called Cataclysm. Now these are labeled leaked rumors for now. But we’ll be at Blizzcon next week to give you the definite news.
New Races and Class Combinations:
* Goblins
* Worgens
* Human Hunter
* Orc Mage
* Night Elf Mage
* Dwarf Mage
* Blood Elf Warrior
* Dwarf Shaman
* Undead Hunter
* Tauren Paladin
* Tauren Priest
* Gnome Priest
* Troll Druid
Leveling Experience
* Level Cap raised to 85
* Azshara becomes a low level starting zone
* Barrens split up into two separate zones
Other Updates
* Azeroth will be entirely revamped.
* Flying is allowed in parts of old Azeroth.
* Unreleased zones and dungeons, including Hyjal, Gilneas, and Uldum will become part of WoW.
* Deathwing and Azshara will be playing a major role in the Cataclysm that will happen.
For the full post, go past the break.
World of Warcraft – Cataclysm
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is the next expansion for World of Warcraft. Dark and forgotten threats that have long stayed out of sight have finally arrived on our shores, unleashing a cataclysmic event upon Azeroth and now preparing more nefarius plans to take it back.
New Classes
The expansion doesn’t have any new class. Instead, Blizzard will offer more race and classes combinations to players, some of them have been datamined on the 3.2.2 Test Realms.
* Human Hunter
* Orc Mage
* Night Elf Mage
* Dwarf Mage
* Blood Elf Warrior
* Dwarf Shaman
* Undead Hunter
* Tauren Paladin
* Tauren Priest
* Gnome Priest
* Troll Druid
Level Cap
The level cap in the next expansion will be slightly lower than expected this time around; 85.
This suggests Blizzard wants more room for expansions before hitting the level 100 cap. With less leveling to do (along with the revamped leveling listed below likely to increase the speed and ease of leveling), leveling a new race remains appealing for new and existing players alike.
New Races
The events of the cataclysm has caused two new races to seek new allies. The Goblins for the Horde and the Worgen for the Alliance.
Goblins
The Goblins have found themselves washed upon an island off the coast of The Barrens, their islands devastated by the cataclysm. As they strive to recover, they come across an Orc captured on an Alliance ship and rescue him. The Orc turns out to be none other than Thrall himself, and in return offers the Goblins a place within the Horde. These events are carried out in a quest line, allowing players to experience first-hand the reasons behind the Goblins’ shift from neutrality.
It is unclear if the old Goblin locations such as Kezan and Undermine will be included in Cataclysm with the revelation of the Goblins’ displacement.
Worgen
The cataclysm has cracked open the Greymane Wall, finally revealing what has happened to the kingdom of Gilneas and its citizens. The Worgen have ventured forth from Gilneas and sought help from the Alliance, deciding to join them to combat the new threats of Cataclysm.
Gilneas will make extensive use of the phasing system (much like the Death Knight starting area), to show what happened while the kingdom was cut off from the rest of the world and lead up to present day.
Last but not least, Worgens will have two forms and will be able to morph between a human form and a worgen one. Players should be able to pick both appearances when they create their character.
New Content
Cataclysm will be the first expansion not to introduce a new continent, instead making use of previously unreleased zones and revamping existing ones.
Classic Azeroth Revamp
A cataclysmic event caused by Deathwing and Azshara will change the face of Azeroth as we know it. Most of the new content for Cataclysm will take the form of a revamped Azeroth, taking advantage of newer additions to WoW such as phasing and daily quests. Most of the quests and mobs in the classic zones will also be redesigned to make leveling less painful. Some zones will change drastically to fit this, e.g.,
* The Barrens will be split into two separate zones of two different level bands.
* Azshara will become a low level (~10-20) zone.
Flying in Azeroth
Part of the redesign of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor is the introduction of flying to the two continents, allowing access to many new areas and quicker travelling across the large continents.
Unreleased Zones & Dungeons
With the addition of flying mounts to Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms and the redesign of many zones, most of the previously unreachable or incomplete zones will now be made available to players. This is where most of the new content from 80 to 85 will take place. Some of these are,
* Hyjal (present)
* Gilneas – The Worgen starting Zone.
* Uldum (Most likely as a dungeon)
Classic Dungeon Revamp
Redesigning Onyxia’s Lair in Patch 3.2.2 was just the first step. As most of the leveling will take place in revamped areas of Azeroth, so too will the dungeons, allowing players to use them to level from 80 to 85.
As far as I know, Ragnaros will also be back in this expansion.
Deathwing
Deathwing the Destroyer / Neltharion the Earth-Warder will play a major role in Cataclysm. Having been driven mad by Old God whisperings and turning against his own kind only to be fail in his attempts, Deathwing has sunk into the shadows. While the Horde and the Alliance were busy fighting back the Burning Legion only to then be beset with the Scourge, he has been lurking and moving things into place. After Lady Sinestra’s failed attempts to create a Twilight Dragonflight, he again retreated to Grim Batol and succeeded where she failed. With his results seen in the Obsidian Sanctum, he has finally created the supreme Dragonflight he sought and plans to unleash it upon the world. But what of the Old Gods’ sway over him?
Azshara
Queen Azshara will also play a major part in Cataclysm. Unknown to many mortal races, long forgotten by others, and believe to be dead by her own kind, she has not been dormant in depths of the Maelstrom. Having those around her transformed by the Old Gods into Naga after her failure in the War of the Ancients, she has become far more powerful and a greater threat than she once was. Not content with just Nazjatar and the depths of the sea, Azshara seeks to reclaim power and reign once again. With the true plan behind Lady Vashj’s support of Illidan remaining a mystery we do not know what hand Azshara has yet played. The big question remains, is she now serving her “saviors”, the Old Gods?
The Cataclysm
I’m still not sure who is the true end boss of Cataclysm is, but the cataclysm appears to have been caused by attempts to incantation to summon extremely powerful beings using an ancient incantation by Deathwing and Azshara. They’re both very powerful, but the cataclysm itself suggests something more powerful is behind it, perhaps their shared past of Old God influence?[/quote]
This is going to be awesome :D sadley Worgons are not part of the horde =/
Don't be stupid, it says right there in what you quoted that worgon will be alliance.
ninja edit fag
yeah i love worgons. they seem pretty cool.
i can't wait to play one. probably gonna make a worgon priest if you can, and if not, then a worgon warrior.
[QUOTE=Cheesemonkey;16706276]yeah i love worgons. they seem pretty cool.
i can't wait to play one. probably gonna make a worgon priest if you can, and if not, then a worgon warrior.[/QUOTE]
i want to see a worgen hunter or rogue :D
This expansion has forced me to re-activate my WoW account.. Ugh.
god fucking damnit
I didn't want to come back to wow
but orc mages and an actual incentive to revist all of azeroth again may just send me over the line
:orks:
[QUOTE=Urog;16706323]god fucking damnit
I didn't want to come back to wow
but orc mages and an actual incentive to revist all of azeroth again may just send me over the line
:orks:[/QUOTE]
Exactly! I promised myself I'd never come back but this is just.. Awesome.
But one thing I don't understand.. What's going to happen to all the lower level content? Is it just going to remain pretty much the same until they reach a certain level or will the lower levels see the same torn up world?
[QUOTE=Spaztastik;16706296]i want to see a worgen hunter or rogue :D[/QUOTE]
i was making fun of you
None of this even makes sense.
This is fake for one obvious reason.[B] Night Elves cannot become mages because of the lore.[/B] Mages use Arcane Magic. A Night Elf could be executed for using arcane magic due to the fact that it almost wiped out their entire race to begin with.
[quote=WoWwiki]
Early Kaldorei civilization was defined by direct manipulation of magic drawn from the Well of Eternity to create and sustain their society. The constant use of the well attracted attention from Sargeras and the Burning Legion, and their coming resulted in a massive war known as the War of the Ancients. The war had grave consequences, for even though the combined might of Azeroth's mortal races were victorious, the continent of Kalimdor was shattered, and a swirling, raging miasma of seastorms flowed into the vacant area where the Well of Eternity used to reside. This Great Sundering caused the Well's waters to be permeated into the atmosphere and spread magic all over the world.
[B]This event convinced the majority of night elves to reject arcane magic and embrace Malfurion Stormrage's call for druidism. Many of the Highborne refused this lifestyle, and left in self-imposed exile to Lordaeron where they eventually founded their kingdom of Quel'Thalas and became the High Elves. When their kingdom came under siege by the trolls of Zul'Aman the high elves agreed to teach one hundred humans the arts of magic in exchange for military aid from the human nation of Arathor. From these two races, the arcane arts have spread to various races all over Azeroth.[/B] [/quote]
I deem this a fake.
[QUOTE=Fangz;16708354]This is fake for one obvious reason.[B] Night Elves cannot become mages because of the lore.[/B] Mages use Arcane Magic. A Night Elf could be executed for using arcane magic due to the fact that it almost wiped out their entire race to begin with.
I deem this a fake.[/QUOTE]
They're adding a quest in 3.2.2 that actually sets up the lore for Night Elf mages, apparently.
The Alliance equivalent of the completely random new Horde quest in Dalaran.
[QUOTE=Fangz;16708354]This is fake for one obvious reason.[B] Night Elves cannot become mages because of the lore.[/B] Mages use Arcane Magic. A Night Elf could be executed for using arcane magic due to the fact that it almost wiped out their entire race to begin with.
I deem this a fake.[/QUOTE]
YOUR OPINION MATTERS! Not.
Back around the time of the Well Of Eternity, there was plenty of NE mages, the only reason they went away was because of Illidan. Not to mention with the 3.2.2 PTR the Highbourne are back, it isn't far from reality.
I deem you retarded.
[quote=http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=92919.0]
[B]The New (New) Horde[/B]
Thrall will hand over the leadership of the Horde to Garrosh Hellscream, while he serves as a coordinator for both the Horde and Alliance forces in and effort to combat the new threat of the Naga and Black Dragonflight. Without Thrall to keep Garrosh in check, he declares open war on the Alliance. In the political upheaval Cairne Bloodhoof is implicated as a traitor to the Horde and murdered by Garrosh. Cairne's son Baine takes over as the new Tauren chieftan. This could explain why Baine was removed from the game in Patch 3.2.2, you can find more information about this in Ahmo Thunderhorn - replacement for Baine Bloodhoof?[/quote]
That isn't good.
I haven't even bought Wrath yet fffffff
I went to buy it today but I saw Left4dead and tried to buy that instead
didn't get it because I didn't have my ID on me
Do I not look old enough to play a video game or something??
[QUOTE=SilverHammer;16708716]I haven't even bought Wrath yet fffffff
I went to buy it today but I saw Left4dead and tried to buy that instead
didn't get it because I didn't have my ID on me
Do I not look old enough to play a video game or something??[/QUOTE]
L4D would have been a bad choice anyway, it gets really repetitive after you play each campaign 3 or 4 times.
I played Left4dead fanatically on my 360 so it's kind of a personal choice
[QUOTE=SilverHammer;16708790]I played Left4dead fanatically on my 360 so it's kind of a personal choice[/QUOTE]
Eh, to each his own I guess. But you really should get Wrath ASAP, you will love it. The quests in Northrend never seem to get old, and I have been through them twice now.
cool stuffff
Im not buying this. Seems to good to be true.
What's with the "sudden" Class changes? Watch the whines come in, this is complete bull. Hardly any of it makes sense. Anyone can say they found leaked crap but made it up in 5 minutes.
Not to mention half the "leaked" stuff are things blizzard said they'd never do a fillion times.
Huh, they don't mention undead pallies.
[QUOTE=JohnWallace;16709096]What's with the "sudden" Class changes? Watch the whines come in, this is complete bull. Hardly any of it makes sense. Anyone can say they found leaked crap but made it up in 5 minutes.[/QUOTE]
At least someone agrees with me.
[QUOTE=ketchup;16708574]
Not to mention with the 3.2.2 PTR the Highbourne are back, it isn't far from reality.
[/QUOTE]
Have you been to Dire Maul lately? I am guessing you have forgotten about the [url=http://www.wowwiki.com/Shen%27dralar]Shen'dralar[/url].
[QUOTE=Fangz;16709289]At least someone agrees with me.[/QUOTE]
Isn't MMO-Champion getting all this from SomethingAwful forums, & aren't they.. The BIGGEST trolls of all?
MMO-Champion is very reliable, but none of this Goblin/Worgen crap would've been said if there weren't new "masks".
Caire being assassinated, Garrosh leader of the Horde. Thrall wouldn't allow any of it. Next we getting to play as any Class/Race Combo we want?
I choose to be a Gnome Paladin. >.> Plus lots of places wrecked, flooded. Seems a little bit much.
This would be hell of a lot of work to do.
[url]http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=10543375583&sid=1[/url]
Good topic for reading the rage.
EDIT: Rate my Dumb all you want, doesn't bother me.
[QUOTE=JohnWallace;16709391]Isn't MMO-Champion getting all this from SomethingAwful forums, & aren't they.. The BIGGEST trolls of all?
[/QUOTE]
Didn't they try to pull off a claim that Rick Ashley died? I really don't consider Something Awful a reliable source.
If Dwarf shamans are true, shit yes i am gonna make one, i hate draenei, fucking space cows
I hear that skinning a bear will aggro every bears in a 40 yard radius in [url=http://www.wowwiki.com/Skinning_a_bear_should_aggro_every_bears]cataclysm[/url].
[QUOTE=Itszutak;16709189]Huh, they don't mention undead pallies.[/QUOTE]
You mean Death Knights?
They're already in the game. :confused:
Ugh.. I shouldn't of gave my old account away.
Leveling on this new one is slow, Level 22 after 1 day - 7 hours played. Is that slow, average, or fast? :/
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