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BlizzCon 2007
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KyanMehwulfe
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Here we go: WoW info.
TekunoRobby
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Holy shit, finally. Took them long enough. Don't play WoW anymore but great news!Quellex said:
echoshifting
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gah the jokes, please make it stop
KyanMehwulfe
Member
Hahaha.
"Any orcs? Yeah... we're going to triple the size of your shoulders"
"Any orcs? Yeah... we're going to triple the size of your shoulders"
echoshifting
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Tamanon said:
:lol That was the sort of speech I would have expected from my Dungeon Master back in high school
Outdoor Miner
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Deathknight=Hero class confirmed.
TekunoRobby
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Huahuahuahua so true.Tamanon said:
Outdoor Miner
Member
Kinda disappointing vid to be honest.
This thing is probably a year off at minimum.
This thing is probably a year off at minimum.
echoshifting
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Do you convert an existing character into a death knight or was that just for the trailer??
KyanMehwulfe
Member
The new terrain looks awesome. Very epic.
I'm a whore for snow. I've been keen on Northrend since the first chapter of Warcraft III.
I'm a whore for snow. I've been keen on Northrend since the first chapter of Warcraft III.
Animal
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i'm two lvl's away from stepping into Outlands for the first time :lol
WTV, i love story content and i can't play without having any story/motivational drive.
my gut feeling is that Death Knight is a Warrior and Warlock crossbreed class. ie your new PVP overlord. And i'm pretty sure you won't be able to start as a death knight from the start. you will start from another class and you will need to go through a series of training quests and itemizations on your way to being a death knight.
WTV, i love story content and i can't play without having any story/motivational drive.
my gut feeling is that Death Knight is a Warrior and Warlock crossbreed class. ie your new PVP overlord. And i'm pretty sure you won't be able to start as a death knight from the start. you will start from another class and you will need to go through a series of training quests and itemizations on your way to being a death knight.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161725
1up's got a lot of info from the new Games For Windows mag about the expansion
New Hero Class: Death Knight
World of WarCraft's first Hero Class is a plate-wearing tank/DPS hybrid that works a little something like this: When players hit level 80, they'll be able to embark on a quest (similar in difficulty to the Warlock's epic mount quest, back before the level cap was raised to 70) that unlocks the ability to create a Death Knight character. The Death Knight starts at a high level (somewhere around 60 or 70, though Blizzard isn't certain yet), so you won't have to grind your way back up all over again. It's intended as an alternative, advanced class for end-game use only.
Rather than using rage, energy, or mana, Death Knights have a special "rune sword" displayed beneath their health bar, onto which the player can etch six different runes (choose between Frost, Blood, and Unholy). Different abilities require different mixes of runes, and using abilities consumes the requisite runes until a cooldown timer causes them to be available again. Stuff like talents, spells, and other specifics are still being finalized. So are key questions like what races can be a Death Knight (start a Gnome petition now) and whether unlocking the Hero Class on one server means you can create a Death Knight on any server.
That sounds cool as hell!
1up's got a lot of info from the new Games For Windows mag about the expansion
New Hero Class: Death Knight
World of WarCraft's first Hero Class is a plate-wearing tank/DPS hybrid that works a little something like this: When players hit level 80, they'll be able to embark on a quest (similar in difficulty to the Warlock's epic mount quest, back before the level cap was raised to 70) that unlocks the ability to create a Death Knight character. The Death Knight starts at a high level (somewhere around 60 or 70, though Blizzard isn't certain yet), so you won't have to grind your way back up all over again. It's intended as an alternative, advanced class for end-game use only.
Rather than using rage, energy, or mana, Death Knights have a special "rune sword" displayed beneath their health bar, onto which the player can etch six different runes (choose between Frost, Blood, and Unholy). Different abilities require different mixes of runes, and using abilities consumes the requisite runes until a cooldown timer causes them to be available again. Stuff like talents, spells, and other specifics are still being finalized. So are key questions like what races can be a Death Knight (start a Gnome petition now) and whether unlocking the Hero Class on one server means you can create a Death Knight on any server.
That sounds cool as hell!
Outdoor Miner
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Oh schnap I just realized no Diablo 3! I said wow.
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Well I'm psyched for Death Knight but stunned and disappointed that there will be no low level content and no changes whatsoever to the rest of the world.
I also am hopeful that Death Knights require a full character CONVERSION as implied in the trailer, although that might be hard to pull off if there are race restrictions. That's a great way to keep everyone from playing the new class exclusively and to make 'hero class' really mean something without making it an awful pain in the ass to unlock like the jedi was.
I also am hopeful that Death Knights require a full character CONVERSION as implied in the trailer, although that might be hard to pull off if there are race restrictions. That's a great way to keep everyone from playing the new class exclusively and to make 'hero class' really mean something without making it an awful pain in the ass to unlock like the jedi was.
Forgotten Ancient
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Need to hear more about this new class and get a release date.
I kinda want to re-up my account now, but I don't have a guild anymore and I'm rather noobish for a lvl 70 (only played about 3 months total).
I kinda want to re-up my account now, but I don't have a guild anymore and I'm rather noobish for a lvl 70 (only played about 3 months total).
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Forgotten Ancient said:
:lol :lol :lol
maniac-kun
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i love necromants and i love the death knight 
i need one
i need oneGameriot has some video from the Starcraft II demo booths -- there's a teeny bit of new gameplay there.
http://www.gameriot.com/news/4084/BlizzCon-Footage-StarCraft-2/
http://www.gameriot.com/news/4084/BlizzCon-Footage-StarCraft-2/
jiangjunizzy
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Unholy Embrace
Instant Cast. 5 min cooldown.
Target is embraced by a silhouette of darkness for 6 seconds, corrupting any healing spells and effects cast upon or currently affecting the target to cause damage for 50% of their healing potential instead of restoring health. Any damage shields cast upon or currently affecting the target will also be instantly consumed, dealing 50% of their absorption potential in damage. Once afflicted with Unholy Embrace, the target cannot be afflicted with Unholy Embrace again for 1 minute.
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x60/jazzmanx33/SSPX0054.jpg
posted from World of Warcraft forum.
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I really don't like the fact that you start a new character and that it seems like there's only going to be 1 hero class..
Instant Cast. 5 min cooldown.
Target is embraced by a silhouette of darkness for 6 seconds, corrupting any healing spells and effects cast upon or currently affecting the target to cause damage for 50% of their healing potential instead of restoring health. Any damage shields cast upon or currently affecting the target will also be instantly consumed, dealing 50% of their absorption potential in damage. Once afflicted with Unholy Embrace, the target cannot be afflicted with Unholy Embrace again for 1 minute.
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x60/jazzmanx33/SSPX0054.jpg
posted from World of Warcraft forum.
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I really don't like the fact that you start a new character and that it seems like there's only going to be 1 hero class..
Mojojo said:um I have mixed feeling abouth the Hero class...the way to become one reminds me so much of the Jedi class in Star Wars Galaxy. That thing killed SWG..Nasty.. making guilds crumble and killing community("care to join our group ""can't i am on my deathknight's quest").
I wonder if Blizz considered this scenario. I can see lots of people rolling a Death Knight. Two hero classes would have been better as it divides things up better. We'll see...maybe you can't use them in arenas or anything.
SepticLiquid
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God I just want something any little scrap of info on the Zerg.