I am firmly in the grip of pre-expansion apathy at this point. 
I still log on for raid night but don't really play casually any more.
I still log on for raid night but don't really play casually any more.
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I really only have one main per expansion. For Vanilla it was Pally, then Hunter for BC and DK for Wrath. I'm thinking Priest for Cat.
I've always had one main, as well. And never so many max level characters until this expansion. I've been trying to juggle which of my alts to focus on with my free time. That was a priest for awhile there, though that got sidetracked when I started running heroics on all of them to farm primordial saronite. Talk about heroic burnout.
I had one 60, my first warrior, in Vanilla, and two 70s in TBC. My main was a mage. The second one was a warlock I didn't get to 70 until well sometime after 2.4 came out. The most I did with him was some Kara alt runs.
I had one 60, my first warrior, in Vanilla, and two 70s in TBC. My main was a mage. The second one was a warlock I didn't get to 70 until well sometime after 2.4 came out. The most I did with him was some Kara alt runs.
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I just did the event quests but they left me a little disappointed. For something that had so much buildup over the last few months, the whole thing seemed really light and almost pointless. Done in 15 minutes. It seemed the sort of thing they could have presented as a cutscene at the beginning of Cata or something, like the Wrathgate event.
On the other hand, the quests gave a huge amount of free XP, so I dinged on all but 1 of my non-80 toons.
On the other hand, the quests gave a huge amount of free XP, so I dinged on all but 1 of my non-80 toons.
It's just the very first in a chain of events over the next couple of months, I don't think there was that much hype for it, other than the fact that people were interested in seeing some new content. And it was fun for what it was. Not Wrathgate/Undercity event fun, but interesting and another taste of the kind of phased events we're going to see a lot more of in Cata.
I just did the event quests but they left me a little disappointed. For something that had so much buildup over the last few months, the whole thing seemed really light and almost pointless. Done in 15 minutes. It seemed the sort of thing they could have presented as a cutscene at the beginning of Cata or something, like the Wrathgate event.
On the other hand, the quests gave a huge amount of free XP, so I dinged on all but 1 of my non-80 toons.
interesting... i've heard this before about the hype and don't really see it... there were two pages put up months ago about the event, and that was it.
as for doing a cutscene instead, i imagine that the devs felt this would kinda be an interactive cutscene. that it would be more fun to participate in an event like this than just see a video of it and then boom, it's new. it also allows the players to feel ownership of the event. in a few years players can look back at the event, and the gnome/troll starters and feel that they helped contribute personally. something a cutscene cannot do.
The cloak was meant to be an overcloak, that goes over your existing one but Blizzard retracted that with a very lame excuse about hiding your cloak's true ilevel (as opposed to the always-been hiding it out right option). Some people have taken the GM quote about not vendoring it as a sign this might change in the future.
The event itself is only a lead up to the events leading up to Cataclysm and is more an introduction for the new Troll Druid and Gnomish Priest (I think, I've yet to do the Alliance version).
There will be far more steps in the build up to the actual Cataclysm including the new race/class combos, new trees, etc. Then we'll get the actual game changes with new zones when the expansion itself is out or just before. I'm not sure how that'll work beyond some tenative comments on how they plan to do it. Regardless of whether you've got the expac or not, you'll see the revamped zones as if you did (new 80-85 stuff and flying excepted for those who do buy the expac).
The event itself is only a lead up to the events leading up to Cataclysm and is more an introduction for the new Troll Druid and Gnomish Priest (I think, I've yet to do the Alliance version).
There will be far more steps in the build up to the actual Cataclysm including the new race/class combos, new trees, etc. Then we'll get the actual game changes with new zones when the expansion itself is out or just before. I'm not sure how that'll work beyond some tenative comments on how they plan to do it. Regardless of whether you've got the expac or not, you'll see the revamped zones as if you did (new 80-85 stuff and flying excepted for those who do buy the expac).
Correct on the weapons.
Here's a summary of what we know about patches and content from 3.9 through the launch.
MMO Champ is also now reporting a close source that says they'll announce a November 2nd launch date at Blizzcon, which is weeks earlier than had been predicted.
Here's a summary of what we know about patches and content from 3.9 through the launch.
MMO Champ is also now reporting a close source that says they'll announce a November 2nd launch date at Blizzcon, which is weeks earlier than had been predicted.
