WoW: Cataclysm (la nuova espansione)

World
of Warcraft: Cataclysm is the next expansion for World of Warcraft.
Dark and forgotten threats that have long stayed out of sight have
finally arrived on our shores, unleashing a cataclysmic event upon
Azeroth and now preparing more nefarius plans to take it back.

Level Cap
The level cap in the next expansion will be slightly lower than expected this time around; 85.

This
suggests Blizzard wants more room for expansions before hitting the
level 100 cap. With less leveling to do (along with the revamped
leveling listed below likely to increase the speed and ease of
leveling), leveling a new race remains appealing for new and existing
players alike.

Leveling from 80-85 should be a much bigger deal,
the idea is to make sure that gaining a level really means something
and doesn't make you feel like you just have 4 more levels to go.

New Classes
Cataclysm
doesn't introduce any new classes to the game. Instead, Blizzard have
offered more race and classes combinations to players. The Some of
these have alreadly been datamined from the 3.2.2 Test Realms. The An Injured Colleague
quest and it's new Night Elf counter-part help to introduce the lore
for these new race and class combinations, so we can probably expect to
see more of these for some of the less traditional ones.

• Human Hunter
  
• Orc Mage
  
• Night Elf Mage
  
• Dwarf Mage
  
• Blood Elf Warrior
  
• Dwarf Shaman
  
• Undead Hunter
  
• Tauren Paladin
  
• Tauren Priest
  
• Gnome Priest
  
• Troll Druid
  

New Races
The
events of the cataclysm has caused two new races to seek new allies.
The Goblins for the Horde and the Worgen for the Alliance.

Goblins
Deathwing
once again sought the services of the goblins, as slaves. Unable to
refuse such an offer, the goblins were enslaved by him. A large group
have resisted however. With their previous homes devastated by the
cataclysm, they escaping to an island off the coast of The Barrens. As
they strive to recover, they come across an Orc captured on an Alliance
ship and rescue him. The Orc turns out to be none other than Thrall
himself, and in return offers the Goblins a place within the Horde.
These events are carried out in a quest line, allowing players to
experience first-hand the reasons behind the Goblins' shift from
neutrality.

Worgen
The
cataclysm has cracked open the Greymane Wall, finally revealing what
has happened to the kingdom of Gilneas and its citizens. With the
Worgen curse taken hold, they have found a partial cure, allowing thme
to retain their Human minds even when transformed. Venturing forth from
Gilneas and seeking help from the Alliance, they have decided to join
them, to combat the new threats of Cataclysm.

Gilneas will make
extensive use of the phasing system (much like the Death Knight
starting area), to show what happened while the kingdom was cut off
from the rest of the world and lead up to present day.

Worgens will have two forms, a Worgen form and a Human form. Players will be able to customise the look of both forms.

New Content
Cataclysm will be the first expansion not to introduce a new continent, instead making use of previously unreleased zones and revamping existing ones.

Classic Azeroth Revamp
A
cataclysmic event caused by Deathwing and Azshara will change the face
of Azeroth as we know it. Most of the new content for Cataclysm will
take the form of a revamped Azeroth, taking advantage of newer
additions to WoW such as phasing and daily quests. Most of the quests
and mobs in the classic zones will also be redesigned to make leveling
less painful. With the revamp, a greater narritive and sense
progression will be offered to players. Some zones and dungeons will
change drastically to fit this, e.g.,

• The Barrens will be split into two separate zones of two different level bands.
  
• Azshara will become a low level (~10-20) zone.
  
• Some of the zones like the Thousand Needles will be flooded.
  
• Durotar is wrecked and apparently Orgrimmar could be destroyed. A new Orc city is rebuilt over the course of the expansion.
  
• Gnomeregan
  will be part of the expansion as well and gnomes might be able to
  reclaim their capital. (The last part is still unconfirmed)
  
• Wailing Caverns will be become a lush tropical area as a result of the druid's magic.
  
• The Blackrock Spire will erupt and a new version of Blackrock Mountains will be available, apparently Ragnaros will be back too.
  

In
the aftermath of the cataclysm, and the new conflicts on the horizon
relief efforts can be found in many zones and new open PvP areas
similar to Lake Wintergrasp.

Flying in Azeroth
Part
of the redesign of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor is the
introduction of flying to the two continents, allowing access to many
new areas and quicker travelling across the large continents.

Classic Dungeon Revamp
Redesigning
Onyxia's Lair in Patch 3.2.2 was just the first step. As most of the
leveling will take place in revamped areas of Azeroth, so too will the
dungeons, allowing players to use them to level from 80 to 85.

Unreleased Zones & Dungeons
With
the addition of flying mounts to Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms and
the redesign of many zones, most of the previously unreachable or
incomplete zones will now be made available to players. This is where
most of the new content from 80 to 85 will take place. Some of these
are,

• Hyjal (present)
  
• Gilneas - The Worgen starting Zone.
  
• Uldum
  

It
is unclear if the old Goblin locations such as Kezan and Undermine will
be included in Cataclyms with the revelation of the goblins' plight,
but several new islands have also been risen from the seas by the
events of Cataclysm, some on the backs of giant sea turtles and whales,
with the addition of several underwater zones.

Characters and Events

Deathwing
Deathwing the Destroyer / Neltharion the Earth-Warder
will play a major role in Cataclysm. Having been driven mad by Old God
whisperings and turning against his own kind only to be fail in his
attempts, Deathwing has sunk into the shadows. While the Horde and the
Alliance were busy fighting back the Burning Legion only to then be
beset with the Scourge, he has been lurking and moving things into
place. After Lady Sinestra's failed attempts to create a Twilight Dragonflight,
he again retreated to Grim Batol and succeeded where she failed. With
his results seen in the Obsidian Sanctum, he has finally created the
supreme Dragonflight he sought and plans to unleash it upon the world.
But what of the Old Gods' sway over him?

Azshara
Queen Azshara
will also play a major part in Cataclysm. Unknown to many mortal races,
long forgotten by others, and believe to be dead by her own kind, she
has not been dormant in depths of the Maelstrom. Having those around
her transformed by the Old Gods into Naga after her failure in the War
of the Ancients, she has become far more powerful and a greater threat
than she once was. Not content with just Nazjatar and the depths of the
sea, Azshara seeks to reclaim power and reign once again. With the true
plan behind Lady Vashj's support of Illidan remaining a mystery we do
not know what hand Azshara has yet played. The big question remains, is
she now serving her "saviors", the Old Gods?

The Cataclysm
I'm
still not sure who is the true end boss of Cataclysm is, but the
cataclysm appears to have been caused by attempts to incantation to
summon extremely powerful beings using an ancient incantation by
Deathwing and Azshara. They're both very powerful, but the cataclysm
itself suggests something more powerful is behind it, perhaps their
shared past of Old God influence?

The Guardian of Tirisfal
Malfurion Stormrage will be returning to Azeroth to aid in the creation of the new Guardian of Tirisfal - Thrall! Med'an's role in these events is currently unknown.

The New (New) Horde
Thrall
will hand over the leadership of the Horde to Garrosh Hellscream, while
he serves as a coordinator for both the Horde and Alliance forces in
and effort to combat the new threat of the Naga and Black Dragonflight.
Without Thrall to keep Garrosh in check, he declares open war on the
Alliance. In the political upheaval Cairne Bloodhoof is implicated as a
traitor to the Horde and murdered by Garrosh. Cairne's son Baine takes
over as the new Tauren chieftan. This could explain why Baine was
removed from the game in Patch 3.2.2, you can find more information
about this in Ahmo Thunderhorn - replacement for Baine Bloodhoof?

Nani shaman? Nnononon va in mona....

Ma che casini combinano???
...e soprattutto xche' sui siti ufficiali non c'e' traccia di sta notizia?
Se l'hanno data al BlizzCon credo che almeno sui siti del gioco dovrebbe apparire no?
Le fonti sono attendibili?

suppa se è tutto vero ti amo e ti odio

Pare che mmochamp (la fonte della notizia?) abbia smentito...quelle note sono un fake.

La notizia è apparsa su MMOChampion e a quanto si sapeva era una "fuga" pesante di notizie dalla blizz, il problema è che visto che l'espansione non è ancora pronta difficilmente sono attendibili al 100%

Però la cosa dei goblin e dei wargen sarà con un buon 90% vera, così idem per il fatto che verrà fatto il vecchio continete con anche le mount volanti ma in phasing (blue post della bliz)

Infine siete pronti per onixia?

Ciao Fabio

Orogastus ha scritto:

Pare che mmochamp (la fonte della notizia?) abbia smentito...quelle note sono un fake.

veramente non c'è scritto da nessuna parte, anzi il contrario...
Dei blue hanno detto semplicemente di togliere 3 quote che gli avevano fatto dove dicevano che gnomeregan sarebbe tornata ai goblin e altri 2 cose che non ricordo, ma per il resto, seppur leak, sono notizie che hanno una buona attendibilità.
D'altronde come ogni hanno, esco i primi leak, che il 90% delle volte rispecchiano quella che sar l'espansione.
Solo che di solito, finché la blizzard non entra più nel dettaglio, non capiamo/non diamo molto peso a quello che veramente sarà "fondamentale".

Hunter

• Hunter's mana is GONE!!!
  
• Hunters now use focus, no longer care about intellect or mana regen.
  
• Focus regenerates contunously, Steady shot improves the rate of getting focus bag.
  
• Rogue energy comes back at a 10 / sec rate, Hunter focus comes back at 6/sec (12/sec with steady shot)
  
• A shot costs 30 to 60 focus.
  
• Hunters will have fewer cooldowns on abilities
  
• Ammos will become an item, not a consumable.
  

Azz...è una rivoluzione !

Ma anche "Most of the Talent Trees will be changed dramatically, a lot of the
passive bonuses will be removed and talent trees should be more fun.
(No more "Hurray! Level up! I just got 1% more hit!)" non è da poco

EDIT: Ma avete visto che sgrave le skill delle nuove razze ?

Goblin Details

• Racials
  
  
  
  • Best Deals Anywhere
    
    
    
    • Always receive the best possible gold discount, regardless of faction.
      
    
    </li>
    
  • Pack Hobgoblin
    
    
    
    • Calls your personal servant allowing you bank access for 1 min. 30 minute cooldown.
      
    
    </li>
    
  • Better Living Through Chemistry
    
    
    
    • Increases Alchemy skill by 15
      
    
    </li>
    
  • Rocket Barrage - shares cooldown with Rocket Jump
    
    
    
    • Launches your belt rockets at an enemy, dealing scaling fire damage. 2 minute cooldown.
      
    
    </li>
    
  • Rocket Jump - shares cooldow with Rocket Barrage
    
    
    
    • Activates your rocket belt to jump forward. 2 minute cooldown.
      
    
    </li>
    
  • Time is Money
    
    
    
    • Cash in on a 1% increase to attack and casting speed.
      
    
    </li>
    
  </li>
  

Worgen Details

• Racials aren't currently implemented, but-
  
  
  
  • Viciousness
    
    
    
    • +1% damage
      
    
    </li>
    
  • Dark Flight
    
    
    
    • +70% run speed for 10 seconds. 3 minute cooldown
      
    
    </li>
    
  • Abberation
    
    
    
    • Length of Curses and Diseases reduced by 15%.
      
    
    </li>
    
  • Flayer
    
    
    
    • Skinning skill increased by 15 and allows you to skin faster
      
    
    </li>
    
  • Two Forms
    
    
    
    • Switch to your currently inactive form. 1.5 sec cooldown. (seems purely
      cosmetic but has an absolutely awesome transformation from human to
      worgen)
      
    
    </li>
    
  
  </li>
  
• In the starting area your goal is to find a cure for the worgen effect
  
• As you progress through the quests, phasing takes place; you're fighting off a forsaken assault on Gilneas
  
• The land is sundered as you quest through it and battle the forsaken. The starting area becomes more and more flooded due to the destruction.
  Some quests require you to swim into the water and bring drowning
  watchmen back to shore.
  

Ulteriori notizione, prese sempre da MMOCHAMPION, sulla nuova espansione.

Citazione :

General

* Level cap will be 85 because developers wanted to focus on the right things: redoing Azeroth and providing more end-game content.
* A new guild advancement system will let you earn guild perks and level a guild through 20 levels with points to spend in a talent tree. You will access abilities such as cheaper repairs, less durability loss on wipes, or mass resurection.
* Phasing can now add and remove terrain based on your progress. Coasts will be progressively more flooded depending on how far you are in a storyline for example.


Path of the Titans

* Talent trees won't be extended, you will just get 5 more talent points.
* The Path of the Titans will let players follow a path (not restricted to classes), this is a new talent system with new skills and passive abilities.
* A mastery system is being added as well, a lot of talents will be reworked to be more fun. The point is to get rid of a lot of the talent skills and not make you spend all your points in a talent tree just because it gives you more damage or higher crit chance.


Archeology

* Archeology is a new secondary profession, not many details about this one but we'll probably hear more about it in future panels.


Deathwing

* Deathwing, the leader of the Black Dragonflight will be the main vilain of the expansion.
* Deathwing heard the whispers of the Old Gods after the arrival of the Burning Legion, he eventually grew very powerful and also became very very crazy.
* His plan was to catch the Alliance and Horde unaware with something so massive that it would bring up the Elemental Planes.
* The Elemental Planes were created by titans to contain the elementals, they weren't happy with this decision and some of them like Ragnaros got really angry.


New races - Worgens

* Other races were discussed for the alliance, but the developers really felt that the alliance needed a monstrous race and horde needed something fun and tiny.
* Genn Greymane closed the Greymane Wall to block the Scourge's plague. Gilneas got nervous as the Scourge progressed to the south.
* Arugal was a patriot, he called the Worgens to battle for Gilneas but eventually was surprised by how dangerous what he called down was.
* Worgens are from somewhere else ... or even someWHEN else. They have a wolverine temperament and spent a lot of time trying to contain the beast within.
* One of the Worgen racial will be Dark Flight, a short duration sprint


New Races - Goblins

* Goblins are a technological race from Kezan, their society is broken up into trade cartels run by trade princes. They are new factions and not the ones you can already see in game.
* The Cataclysm hit Kezan really hard and it's possibly destroyed. The goblins are now refugees on the Lost Isles.
* As a goblin you start as a neutral cartel and eventually join the horde as you progress through the questlines.
* Racial - Rocket Belt will have multiple functionnalities, you can use it to launch yourself forward or launch rockets at targets.


The World

* Azeroth is now flyable. Pretty much all the zones will be changed to some extent, some of them like Elwynn Forest won't change too much but others like The Barrens will be sundered in two by Deathwing.
* The Wailing Caverns are now a lush and verdant Area.
* Desolace now has a lot more waters and a lot of plants can be seen in the screenshots.
* The Horde finally conquered Southshore.
* Auberdine was destroyed and the night elves have set up a new camp north of it. Garrosh wants to expand the horde and has built a fortified camp at the south of the zone.
* Stonetalon has been cleaned by the Goblins, Azshara will be the new Goblin zone, and are using quarries in the mountains of Azshara to build their town.
* We all left a little part of ourselves in Northrend and the old world will be much darker than it was to make heroism and brotherhood more meaningful like Warcraft should be.
* Every zones will be revamped with new quests, items, and art. The old world will be a brand new experience and you won't have to deal with the annoying agility/spirit quest rewards anymore.
* 7 new zones will be added : Twilight Highlands, Mount Hyjal, Deepholm, Uldum, Gilneas, The Lost Isles, Sunken City of Vash'jir.
* The Worgens and Goblins starting zone level goes from 1 to 15.
* Sunken City of Vashj'ir will be an underwater zone and was the home city of Lady Vashj before the original sundering, this is a gateway to the Abyssal Maw. Going through the Abyssal Maw will take you to the Elemental Plane of Water, even if the zone will be underwater you will be walking on the sea floor here, new underwater mounts will be available and should have the same speed as normal flying mounts.
* Deepholm will be the new hub of the expansion, you will have portals here to let you teleport to Hyjal, Uldum, etc ... The Twilight's Hammer now serves Deathwing and have brought him back to full health in the Temple of Earth at the center of the map.
* Uldum will have at least two dungeons and is heavily inspired from Egypt. The sea at the west of Tanaris was just an illusion created by the Titan and Uldum is actually a brand new zone. It is rumored to hold a super weapon. Uldum is also the home of the Tolvir, a race of stone-like cats created by the titans.
* Ragnaros used the cataclysm to come back from the Plane of Fire where we sent him and his now sieging the World Tree in Mount Hyjal to burn it down. Malfurion is back from the Emerald Dream. The whole zone (Hyjal) will make extensive use of phasing.
* Twilight Highlands will feature Grim Batol,
* Apparently Orgrimmar will be rebuilt and reinforced with steel, it now looks a lot like Garrosh strongholds...
* Undercity has been redesigned to be flyable, it now looks much more impressive from the outside.
* Deepholm isn't really connected to Azeroth, the connection is where Deathwing
* The Twilight Highlands will feature Grim Batol, Deathwing literally broke open Grim Batol as he emerged from the ground. This is the new Twilight's Hammer base in Azeroth and both Horde and Alliance will have a new port town with boats here. The Red Dragonflight is still here but has been pushed back to the west of the zone near the Wetlands.


Dungeons & Raids

* The Firelands will be a new raid dungeon, it will let you go to the Elemental Plane of fire and visit Sulfuron's Keep, Ragnaros will be here and he's really pissed.
* Uldum will feature two new dungeons, the Lost City of Tol'vir and the Halls of Origination (a titan city)
* Grim Batol will have a level-up dungeon and a raid instance.
* Skywall (Air Elemental Plane) will have a level-up dungeon and a raid instance.
* The Deadmines and Shadowfang Keep will be back in a brand new level 85 heroic version.
* Blackrock Caverns will be a new level-up dungeon located in Blackrock Spire. This is an entirely new dungeon, new art, new creatures, new everything.


Player vs. Player

* Battle of Gilneas will be a new battleground where the objective is to control the city by controlling as many districts as possible.
* Tol'barad will be a new PvP zone and will also be the most important daily quest hub. Just like Wintergrasp a battle will happen every few hours and the winning side will get access to the Tol'barad Prison and extra daily quests, the really profitable ones.
* Rated battlegrounds will be added to the game and should get you the same rewards as Arenas.
* New arena maps will be added.

* The Horde finally conquered Southshore



AHAHAAHAHAHAH e Vxxxxxxxo agli ally!!!!

Carnadia ha scritto:

* The Horde finally conquered Southshore



AHAHAAHAHAHAH e Vxxxxxxxo agli ally!!!!

azzz...ma ora con SS e TM dalla nostra, siamo i padroni indiscussi delle hillsbrand !
POTERE ALL'ORDA !!

EDIT: Questa si che è una cosa sgrava...

A new guild advancement system will let you earn guild perks and level
a guild through 20 levels with points to spend in a talent tree. You
will access abilities such as cheaper repairs, less durability loss on
wipes, or mass resurection.

Trailer:


Trailer ITA:
http://vimeo.com/6219724?hd=1

Vorrei avere maggior info su...

The Path of the Titans will let players follow a path (not restricted
to classes), this is a new talent system with new skills and passive
abilities.

basta che quella cosa degli undead hunter sia vera e ciò significherebbe un mio reroll istantaneo..

comunque vociferavano che avrebbero dato la possibilità di cambiare razza, un pò come ora si più cambiare sesso.. speriamo..tu che sei uber ne sai qualcosa?

h visto solo ora il filmato..a parte il doppiatore chiaramente ridicolo e comico me sembra na grossa sborata!!! scusate la volgarità..

trovato quello che volevo..

POWA UNDA UNTA!!!

You can earn guild experience from pick up groups if at least 75% of your group is from the same guild.

Guilds
will have a 20 point talent tree, and the talents affect the entire
guild. For example, a guild talent that is specable is "Cash Flow"
which increases the gold drop rate from all boss monsters slain, and
"Everybody's Friend" which makes it so nobody has to use Reagents to
buff. Other examples are "Mass Ressurection" and "Mass Summon"

EDIT:

Guilds earn guild currency and can spend it on different items. It works similarly to the badge system that is currently in place, except the items you can buy are tabards, banners, guild heirloom items (which are bound to the guild bank), and Guild Heirloom profession recipes. --Any character that is possessing a guild recipe or guild item that leaves a guild will have the item transfered to the guild bank as soon as they /gquit.

Every major city will have a guild vendor that members can purchase items from.

Carnadia ha scritto:

* The Horde finally conquered Southshore



AHAHAAHAHAHAH e Vxxxxxxxo agli ally!!!!

*

Ci saranno tauren paladin....



ELFO DELLA NOTTE MAGO????? E la storia gettiamola nel cesso?

la questione della gilda a livelli e stata rubata a pieno da warhammer on-line, così come la storia degli achievement..povera blizzi

hahahahahahhaah i tauren preti
ahahhahahahhahahahhahahahhahahhahahahahhahaha
hahahahahhahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahhaha



ok basta

Desmodrome ha scritto:

la questione della gilda a livelli e stata rubata a pieno da warhammer on-line, così come la storia degli achievement..povera blizzi

che l'ha rubata da microsoft live ?
E' tutto un ruba ruba, l'importante è implementare le cose giuste e con un criterio
A me sinceramente non dispiace la cosa...
Ieri hanno anche approfondito il path of the titans e i nuovi talenti, sembrano una buona cosa...
Poi ci levano di mezzo tutte le stat inutili che avevano messo con TbC (tolgono anche AP e SP da item).
Spero solo che tutte queste cose non rendano il gioco più semplice, perchè già siamo "to the ground !".
Cmq, non per ripetermi, ma confido molto nel path of titans e in archeology...
Delle razze/classi invece non me ne frega granchè, solo roba estetica

EDIT: molto incisivo sarà anche:

• Phasing can now add and remove terrain based on your progress.
  Coasts will be progressively more flooded depending on how far you are
  in a storyline for example.
  
• Cataclysm will change the ways abilities are learned. Abilities ranks
  are gone and ability will just scale progressively with levels instead.
  

una piccola curiosità

il "cataclisma" avverrà appena installata l'espansione o ci saranno una serie di quest che finiscono con un bel filmato in cg con l'apparizzione di neltharion dopo che si è svegliato con le balle girate?
e non ho capito se sarà tutto uguale per tutti oppure per i low level le barrens diventeranno in parte zona proibita?

You can't get Frostmourne because it would take control of your soul. Frostmourne would be playing your character, not you. The weapon has an unique fate and the encounter is going to be mega.


noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Da tutto cio' che ho letto son ben fiducioso....almeno ci sono un po' di novita' interessanti che magari porteranno una bella ventata di freschezza a questo gioco che ha ormai quasi 5 anni.

I livelli di gilda e i punti bonus ottenuti sono una buona cosa, UP.

Razze/classi mischiate: beh Wow manda avanti la storia x cui ci possono benissimo stare cambiamenti anche radicali, l'importante e' che il gioco sia il piu' bilanciato possibile.

Alcune novita' le avrei messe ben prima, tipo con l'uscita di Wotlk, sarebbe stata una nuova primavera x questo gioco...ma come si dice in questi casi....meglio tardi che mai.

la storia che tutti possono fare tutto intendo le classi è si una questione di estetica..però, devi tener presente che in wow non vi è la ben che minima caratterizzazione dei personaggi. io ho giocato solo a warhammer online come altro morpigi, e lì le classi erano caratterizzate, nel senso che poche razze potevanop fare alcune classi, seguivano il background del gioo da tavola pari passo, era molto più basato sulla skill. in wow siamo tutti uguali (gli endgame sono sosia),almeno il set 9 è diverso da orda a ally, e ci hanno messo 5 anni per capirlo!!

comunque questo è un gioco pieno di merda e ci si accorge benissimo che tutto è fatto per "costringerti" a giocare, e, nonostante ciò, ditemi se sbaglio, ma io un gioco con il quaale mi sono divertito come mi sto divertendo a wow non c'è stato!!

Dretnos ha scritto:

una piccola curiosità

il "cataclisma" avverrà appena installata l'espansione o ci saranno una serie di quest che finiscono con un bel filmato in cg con l'apparizzione di neltharion dopo che si è svegliato con le balle girate?
e non ho capito se sarà tutto uguale per tutti oppure per i low level le barrens diventeranno in parte zona proibita?

no, appena uscirà l'espansione ci sarà anche la patch 4.0 (dopo la 3.3 che sarà l'ultima pre Cataclysm) che introdurrà le nuove zone sia per i giocatori con ancora "wow calssico" che per chi ha tutte le espansioni.
Insomma, per tutti