Just thought I would start this new blog with something very topical right now if you are someone like me and that is the aftermath of Blizzcon!

Despite all the information getting leaked (see wow.com and mmoinsider) well prior to the event, some rather large suprises occurred.

  • The permanent re-shaping of vanillaWoW lands (yay! no more desolate Desolace)
  • Two new races (sure we knew, but not how awesome each one would be)
  • Patch 3.3 Cross-realm PUG system. (As someone who has to PUG, this is awesome)
  • Everywhere flying mounts (seems unfair to someone who has been playing since level 40 ground mounts existed but woo!)
  • Heroic Deadmines and SFK (yeh, cool but not that cool)
  • Opening of Gilneas and Mount Hyjal
  • Level 85 cap (BOO! It should be 90)
  • The simplifying of stats (At first I was all “NOOOOOOO” but then it made much more sense and was therefore all “YAAAAAAAYYYY”)
  • Mastery, Path Of The Titans and Archaelogy (finally, some epic lore stuff to do!)

Basically, this is what I took from Blizzcon as being the most important points.  Most good, a couple meh and one crappy.

The two new races, Worgens and Goblins are pretty much awesome.  Their racials are also pretty spiffy but the Goblins seem to win at this.

goblin racials

O___O. Pack Hobgoblin and Best Deals Anywhere are bloody awesome.  The rocket belt ones are pretty cool also. At first glance you think this is incredibly unfair but makes sense lore and character design wise.

Sure, it may seem that they will get an unfair advantage but keep in mind that Blizzard haven’t announced their actual class specs.  Me thinks these won’t be very large and in so doing will try and counteract the Gnome-ing they will receive.

Now for Worgens.

worgen racials

Ok, so at first glance you may think that Worgens have pretty sucky racials.  Just think for a second.  You basically get two character models, both of which look amazing and in transformation you get one hell of a speccy animation. Darkflight is pretty cool but only 6 seconds. People that want to make money get a head start.  +15 skinning with no knife required.  Thats pretty cool and does allow for a whole other stack of leather or whatever which results in more money.

Sure, you may still be thinking “thats not so great” or as I’ve heard from some people “Worgens are so much more a horde character and should be so!”, then I present you three arguments.  Two pictures and one video.

Worgen_mountWorgen_(human_form)

These are insanely cool pieces of concept are, no?

Human form worgen is just amazing.  The mount shall be very interesting once it hits.

If this wasn’t enough, have a video.

Pretty damn amazing I reckon.  Hopefully the final product isn’t too different.

Well, I think my engine has run out.

Next time: another WoW topic!