World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

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Template:Future game Template:Infobox CVG World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is the upcoming second expansion for the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft, following The Burning Crusade. It is set in the land of Northrend, home of the Lich King, Arthas Menethil/Ner'zhul. It was confirmed on the first day of BlizzCon 2007, August 3, 2007.<ref name="GameSpy Wrath announced">{{

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Contents 1 Features 2 Northrend 3 Instances 4 Hero classes 4.1 Death Knights 5 Inscription 6 Graphical improvement 7 References 8 External links

Features

Some of the features announced at BlizzCon 2007 include:

• Level cap raised to 80
• A playable Death Knight Hero class
• A new continent: Northrend
• The creation of a new profession: Inscription
• Profession level cap increased to 450
• Introduction of siege weapons
• Destructible buildings
• All new items, quests, dungeons and creatures
• Customizable hair styles and additional dances for new and existing characters
• A non-instanced Battleground

Northrend

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}}</ref> Players will land either at the Howling Fjord or the Borean Tundra zones, located at opposite ends of the continent, when they first arrive. Howling Fjord is home to evil vampiric half-giants called the Vrykul (clearly modeled after the Vikings) as well as Utgarde Keep, the first dungeon to be described in the expansion. Meanwhile, the naga are attempting to melt the continent's ice in Borean Tundra. The Dragonblight and Grizzly Hills zones are located in the southern central part of the continent. Furbolgs reside in the forested Grizzly Hills. Dragonblight features graveyards of dragons who came to die.<ref name="BlizzCon XPac Panel">{{

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The Forsaken and their Banshee Queen, Sylvanas, have also arrived with a new contagion that they hope will prove to be effective against the undead minions of the Lich King. The Forsaken are seeking vengeance for being subjected to Arthas's magic. They have recently created a settlement called "New Agamand" in the Howling Fjord.

The magi of Dalaran have also relocated to Northrend to deal with the rising threat of the Dragonflight and Arthas. The city of Dalaran will function as the neutral sanctuary city for the continent, similar to Shattrath City in Outland. Dalaran is levitating at great heights but can be accessed by either foot or flying mount.<ref name="BlizzCon XPac Panel" />

Arthas (the Lich King of the title) is the main focus of the entire expansion according to Blizzard game designers.

Instances

Several new instances have been announced at BlizzCon 2007.<ref name="GameSpot BlizzCon XPac" /> Another instance will appear in the Caverns of Time and previously unimplemented instances from the original continents will be included. Many new 5-man, 10-man, and 25-man dungeons will be located in Northrend, including:

• Utgarde Keep - An instance in the Howling Fjord filled with the Vrykul, a Viking-like race devoted to serving the Lich King.
• Grizzlemaw - Located in the furbolgs' home of Grizzly Hills.
• Azjol-Nerub - The ruined fortress of the Nerubian race of spider-people.
• Icecrown - Players will battle Arthas the Lich King, the ruler of the Undead Scourge.
• Naxxramas - An updated version of the original Naxxramas, redesigned to cater for 25 man content.<ref>http://www.mmo-gamer.com/?p=218</ref>

Hero classes

At BlizzCon 2007, Blizzard also announced the debut of Hero classes, a long awaited feature to World of Warcraft. Hero classes will consist of classes from Warcraft III that were too strong to play from level 1 or could not fit a primary class role. Currently, Blizzard has confirmed only one Hero class: the Death Knight.<ref name="BlizzCon Class Panel 1">{{

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Death Knights

The Death Knight is the first announced Hero class for World of Warcraft. Death Knights, according to Blizzard developers, will be able to fulfill the tank and DPS roles efficiently. Death Knights can use plate armor and new rune weapons like Runeswords and Runeaxes, but they cannot use shields. They will have summon abilities which resemble, but are different than, that of a Warlock. According to an interview a Death Knight's summoned pets will be more similar to a Priest's Shadowfiend or Mage's Water Elemental in that they are pets with a set duration. The Death Knight is not considered a pet class because of this.

This class will not be accessible using normal character creation. Instead, players must first progress through a series of challenging quests. Participating in raids will not be required as part of the questline, which begins at level 80. Upon completing the quests, the player will then unlock the Death Knight class. Unlike Arthas, who evolved from a paladin to a Death Knight, the player character will not become a Death Knight upon quest completion. Instead, players will have to use a separate character slot to create the Death Knight. The new character will start at a yet-to-be-determined high level, equipped with a generous arsenal of spells and access to three unique talent trees.<ref name="BlizzCon XPac Panel" /> Both the Alliance and Horde factions will have access to the class, but Blizzard is still working on the lore as to how Death Knights were accepted into the Alliance.<ref name="BlizzCon Lore Panel">{{

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Inscription

The profession of Inscription is similar to the profession of Enchanting. However, Inscription permanently enhances the attributes of players’ spells and abilities. For example, an "Inscriber" could take the Fireball spell, and give it the ability to daze a target for 3 seconds, or give Shadowbolt a Nature damage bonus, for example 50 Shadow damage, then 60 Nature damage over 10 seconds.

Graphical improvement

Blizzard has announced that they will be revamping the World of Warcraft graphics engine to some degree with the release of the new expansion. For example, the developers are experimenting with a new shader to use in areas containing ice.

References

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External links

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