For those who are familiar
with the world of Azaroth,
Nov. 13 is an important day.
It’s the day that Wrath of the
Lich King Expansion pack is
being released to the millions
of dedicated Warcraft fans
around the world. What can
players expect from the new
expansion? Simple-a lot.
This is the first expansion to
have a hero class included in
it. What’s a hero class? It’s a
class that’s more diverse and
has more specialization than
the current classes.
Specifically, in this new
expansion the Death Knight
hero class will be making its
debut. This is an important
step as Blizzard
Entertainment announced
that one new hero class will
be included with each new
expansion.
The Death Knight is a new
and creative addition into the
“World of Warcraft” universe.
It is the first class that
will allow you to start from a
high level, specifically level
55. The Death knight has two
major jobs, tanking or attacking
lots of enemies and dealing
out lots of damage.
Players will be able to create
their own Death Knight
provided they have a character
that is level 55 or above
already on the server.
Also, instead of using the
regular mana, rage or energy
they will be using runes.
These runes make up certain
abilities such as Blood, Frost
and Unholy. As these runes
are used, they will have to
refresh over time much like
mana.
Also important to this new
expansion is the inclusion of a
new level cap, which is level
80. The previous level cap
was 70; a lot of people have
reached over that over the
last 12 months. This new
level cap will allow players to
do more quests.
This will relieve a lot of
boredom players have experienced
especially since most of
them are fighting in battlegrounds
or building up new
characters from the beginning.
Another inclusion to this
expansion players will like is
new mounts, like the Death
Knights Deathcharger mount
and the new Mammoth
mounts. Also included is the
new profession skill cap
which will be raised to 450,
thus making it easier to level
up all skills.
The biggest inclusion of all
is the new continent. That’s
right a new continent, of
Northrend, home of the Lich
King, formerly known as
Arathas Menethil, an Alliance
paladin who became fused
with an evil spirit.
This spirit gave him the
powers of necromancy. His
power grew so great that he
gained control of the Burning
Legion, now known as the
Scourge, whose attacks were
so vicious it forced the
Alliance and Horde to join
forces.
The new continent of
Northrend is slightly larger
than those of the Outland in
size and scope. Some of these
regions house some of the
deadliest creatures in all of
the Warcraft universe including
the Frozen Throne which
is home to the Lich King.
Thankfully there is no level
requirement to enter
Northrend, although it is
highly suggested that players
be at least level 68 or higher
before venturing this far
north.
As it gets closer to the
release date for Wrath of the
Lich King, it looks like
Blizzard will be receiving
more players to their still
growing number of subscribers.
If you think this game will
interest you, go to worldofwarcraft.
com to download
the original game for a 10-day
demo play.