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Thas · 08-15-2009, 08:56 AM

Thread was made when Cataclysm was still a rumor. Here's a list of the features that the Cataclysm will include, taken from MMOChampion. All credits go there;

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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.

Leveling from 80-85 should be a much bigger deal, the idea is to make sure that gaining a level really means something and doesn't make you feel like you just have 4 more levels to go.

New Classes
Cataclysm doesn't introduce any new classes to the game. Instead, Blizzard have offered more race and classes combinations to players. The Some of these have alreadly been datamined from the 3.2.2 Test Realms. The An Injured Colleague quest and it's new Night Elf counter-part help to introduce the lore for these new race and class combinations, so we can probably expect to see more of these for some of the less traditional ones.

* Human Hunter
* Orc Mage
* Night Elf Mage
* Dwarf Mage
* Blood Elf Warrior
* Dwarf Shaman
* Undead Hunter
* Tauren Paladin
* Tauren Priest
* Gnome Priest
* Troll Druid

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
Deathwing once again sought the services of the goblins, as slaves. Unable to refuse such an offer, the goblins were enslaved by him. A large group have resisted however. With their previous homes devastated by the cataclysm, they escaping to an island off the coast of The Barrens. 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.

Worgen
The cataclysm has cracked open the Greymane Wall, finally revealing what has happened to the kingdom of Gilneas and its citizens. With the Worgen curse taken hold, they have found a partial cure, allowing thme to retain their Human minds even when transformed. Venturing forth from Gilneas and seeking help from the Alliance, they have decided 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.

Worgens will have two forms, a Worgen form and a Human form. Players will be able to customise the look of both forms.

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. With the revamp, a greater narritive and sense progression will be offered to players. Some zones and dungeons 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.
* Some of the zones like the Thousand Needles will be flooded.
* Durotar is wrecked and apparently Orgrimmar could be destroyed. A new Orc city is rebuilt over the course of the expansion.
* Gnomeregan will be part of the expansion as well and gnomes might be able to reclaim their capital. (The last part is still unconfirmed)
* Wailing Caverns will be become a lush tropical area as a result of the druid's magic.
* The Blackrock Spire will erupt and a new version of Blackrock Mountains will be available, apparently Ragnaros will be back too.

In the aftermath of the cataclysm, and the new conflicts on the horizon relief efforts can be found in many zones and new open PvP areas similar to Lake Wintergrasp.

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.

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.

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

It is unclear if the old Goblin locations such as Kezan and Undermine will be included in Cataclyms with the revelation of the goblins' plight, but several new islands have also been risen from the seas by the events of Cataclysm, some on the backs of giant sea turtles and whales, with the addition of several underwater zones.

Characters and Events

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?

The Guardian of Tirisfal
Malfurion Stormrage will be returning to Azeroth to aid in the creation of the new Guardian of Tirisfal - Thrall! Med'an's role in these events is currently unknown.

The New (New) Horde
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?

Cataclysm is REAL. It was confirmed in the BlizzCon 2009, and we don't know the release date yet.

News:

08/21/09
The Cataclysm was confirmed in BlizzCon

Cataclysm page opened at the site. Today's news include info about Gilneas and the Lost Isles

Complete list of the classes available to each race now. Also includes Goblin and Worgen classes;

Alivada · 08-15-2009, 09:22 AM

If all that stuff is true, it could be a really nice update with just the new races and extra classes.
Always wondered why Humans couldn't be hunters and I'm so looking forward to the Goblin and Worgan race.

Thana · 08-15-2009, 09:33 AM

http://cinderboy.blogspot.com/2009/0...cataclysm.html

lol check cinderboys blog about the news,

check the LOGO in his blog. you will understand =p

just click the link above

Candyholic · 08-15-2009, 11:17 AM

This makes me want to go back pretty badly.
I guess I'll try the expansion whenever it arrives.
:B

Thas · 08-15-2009, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Candyholic

This makes me want to go back pretty badly.
I guess I'll try the expansion whenever it arrives.
:B

Indeed. I'll deffo re-sub when the new expansion comes

But it's getting kinda interesting with the lore. Thrall leaving, Cairne getting murdered and all that.

SnOwBunZz · 08-15-2009, 11:42 AM

Expansion?

I'd rather call this a transformation then expansion. ._."

jazneo · 08-15-2009, 11:51 AM

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.

finally player can fly there mount in azeroth now. if they add this patch

SnOwBunZz · 08-15-2009, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by jazneo

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.

finally player can fly there mount in azeroth now. if they add this patch

Any idea what this means for newbies and alts on pvp servers?

rhdonald · 08-15-2009, 12:28 PM

The game is more fun with the more lore it gets.

Most likely resubbing once this is out.

Serebii · 08-15-2009, 12:35 PM

Duudee, I face-palmed at the new race combos. That's just too much for me. Something about it just makes me want to slap someone. I'm excited for the expansion and all and the new race combos made me cringe for some reason, but I know I"ll end up playing a Dwarf Mage to 80. >.>

08-15-2009, 09:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Alivada OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 5,130 Reputation: 162	If all that stuff is true, it could be a really nice update with just the new races and extra classes. Always wondered why Humans couldn't be hunters and I'm so looking forward to the Goblin and Worgan race. __________________

08-15-2009, 09:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
Thana Still learning the ropes Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: who cares Posts: 23 Reputation: 10	http://cinderboy.blogspot.com/2009/0...cataclysm.html lol check cinderboys blog about the news, check the LOGO in his blog. you will understand =p just click the link above __________________ Thanathos the keeper of the hells gate Tartarus, the god of death awaits.

08-15-2009, 11:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
Candyholic OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: bel sverige Posts: 6,218 Reputation: 182	This makes me want to go back pretty badly. I guess I'll try the expansion whenever it arrives. :B __________________

08-15-2009, 11:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
SnOwBunZz Nyan nyan ni hao nyan Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The Flanders Posts: 8,016 Reputation: 319	Expansion? I'd rather call this a transformation then expansion. ._." __________________ [My Anime List] \| [last.fm] \| [xfire] \| [Steam] If anyone would like me to build a rig, I'd prefer it to be in a thread in the tech section rather than PM. Thank you.

08-15-2009, 12:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
rhdonald 42 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Rochester , NY Posts: 912 Reputation: 18	The game is more fun with the more lore it gets. Most likely resubbing once this is out. __________________ Currently playing League of Legends. Summoner name : Don

08-15-2009, 11:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
jazneo Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA, Wisconsin Posts: 1,184 Reputation: 26	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. finally player can fly there mount in azeroth now. if they add this patch

08-15-2009, 12:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
Serebii Cut back drop turn?! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Up and to the Left Posts: 2,872 Reputation: 44	Duudee, I face-palmed at the new race combos. That's just too much for me. Something about it just makes me want to slap someone. I'm excited for the expansion and all and the new race combos made me cringe for some reason, but I know I"ll end up playing a Dwarf Mage to 80. >.> __________________

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