BlizzCon '09: WoW: Cataclysm Worgen Hands-On

[SomeBritishDude]

Dammit, I can no longer call my self a Hordie. Or a Tauren enthusiast.

Blizzard, why must you test my loyalties so?

i no, horde will want this way more than alliance

This is going to be very much like Burning Crusade. When it first came out you couldn't move for Blood Elves in the horde area, and for the first time since launch the Alliance began to become smaller than the horde.

I think the Worgens are another attempt at balancing out the two factions. The Worgens are badass while appealing to monster lovers and furrys of the horde side. The Goblins aren't quite as cool in most people eyes, but they appeal to thoughs who like comic relief and "cute" characters such as the Dwarfs and Gnomes.

 

[slipknot4]

GNOME!!! *points accusingly*

NO! It was like this when i first got here! I SWEAR!

 

[Angron]

Dammit, I can no longer call my self a Hordie. Or a Tauren enthusiast.

Blizzard, why must you test my loyalties so?

i no, horde will want this way more than alliance

This is going to be very much like Burning Crusade. When it first came out you couldn't move for Blood Elves in the horde area, and for the first time since launch the Alliance began to become smaller than the horde.

thats great but the server i used to play had an amost 2:1 of alliance:horde xD

 

[mistwolf]

I have the live stream (Hey, I take what I can get here in Australia!) and have to say, I've been thrilled with it all.

I'm a die-hard hunter since Vanilla, and this is the first expansion that's actually made me look forward to it with eagerness. BC I completely skipped (Burned out over-raiding aq40 and naxx. >.>) and Wrath was good but nothing really 'grabbed' me.

I'll probably reroll a worgen hunter, at the least. I've always loved the worgen, and am really looking forward to playing them. =)

I think that revamping the old world is definately the way to go and much less cheesy than a 'forgotten' continent or a risen one or whatever. I think WoW has come a long way in the last 5 years, and the chance to streamline the whole experience with what's been learned from the quest flows of BC and Wrath are only going to do good things for the playerbase. Leveling alts will be much less chorelike and much less 'run around everywhere!'.

I love that Ragnaros is back, and looking for revenge for that whole MC thing. =)

Goblins are a bit meh to me, but then, I've never really played horde, so I'm not fussed. I suppose if Worgen had gone Horde, I'd play them still, but I'm glad they didn't.

All in all, I'm hooked! And they didn't, y'know, redo it like this and release it as 'World of Warcraft 2', and try to maintain both in parallel, like some other game I could think of.

Not to say they aren't remembering EQ: I am pretty sure EQ had an expansion focusing on the elemental planes, and implementing a system of small character perks/improvements not connected with levelling. One could, perhaps, call it an 'alternate advancement' system. And this looks like it's going to be every bit as controversial as PoP was in EQ, with a loud subset of the population yelling 'No! You're making it too easy! I ground uphill both ways in snow, so noone should ever have a shovel!', while most of the population is quietly going 'Wow, this sounds less annoying and more fun!'.

 

[ItsGamingTime]

the new expansion looks very worth it and i love that the alliance is getting the worgen even tho same thing as BC is gona happen again everyones gona go make a worgen lol just like how everyone made a blood elf oh well im a bit sad to see alot of azeroth getting destroyed [ darkshore =[ ] and it thats prob gona be a huge patch to download..... i just have one question about the worgen so far when in human form i wonder if u can still wear w/e equipment u have and if so when in worgen form would u still be wearing it ? and dash racial ability sounds prety cool the whole claw thing eh i dont like skining to much so dosent rely afect me =/

 

[Ivor The Spider]

But... what if I haven't explored the original world yet...?

-shrinks back into a minority-

 

[milomalo]

But... what if I haven't explored the original world yet...?

-shrinks back into a minority-

then hurry up, i cant imagine the new world...(drools to dead)

 

[Cheesebob]

I wanted Ogres

 

[SUPERtwinky]

BlizzCon no longer exists, It has been replaced by WoWCon...

 

[open trap]

fight the foresaken, but thats my favorite faction (technicly they are horde but if you have played as one they seem to be distant from there allies almost enouph to be there own faction)

 

[Draco Kaiser]

Shame they have no racials.. Unlike those cheapskate goblins.

I really hate how the goblins have so many good racials. As a Worgen, I wouldn't do skinning cause it would be immoral and only a Rouge-imitate dash?

The worgen racials are so much better than the goblin ones, the goblin ones are really more of a convenience while worgen have actual combat uses.

But seriously, best sales? Really? That is so freakin cheap since they get everything at a lower cost. Worgen's only get like Viciousness and Abberation. Darkflight is ok, but Goblin's don't have to go to the bank and waste GRINDING TIME!!!

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

But... what if I haven't explored the original world yet...?

-shrinks back into a minority-

Then get exploring, because its about to change. ALOT.

 

[samsonguy920]

Any word on a date for release? Or when the worldchange patch comes out which will be if you get the expansion or not?

 

[John Funk]

Any word on a date for release? Or when the worldchange patch comes out which will be if you get the expansion or not?

The world change patch will be for everybody, if you have the expansion or no.

 

[samsonguy920]

Any word on a date for release? Or when the worldchange patch comes out which will be if you get the expansion or not?

The world change patch will be for everybody, if you have the expansion or no.

Sorry that was what I meant in my statement, wasn't asking on if it was or not. My bad. But when will it happen?

 

[John Funk]

Any word on a date for release? Or when the worldchange patch comes out which will be if you get the expansion or not?

The world change patch will be for everybody, if you have the expansion or no.

Sorry that was what I meant in my statement, wasn't asking on if it was or not. My bad. But when will it happen?

It's Blizzard. "When it's done"

 

[mistwolf]

But... what if I haven't explored the original world yet...?

-shrinks back into a minority-

Honestly? Then you will have a different experience to 'old' players, but different doesn't mean worse. It will, in fact, possibly be better, certainly much more streamlined and with less 'run 10 minutes, talk to a guy, run 10 minutes back' silly quests.

MMOs evolve, or they stagnate, I think refreshing the content is a better plan than continually just adding new lands/planes/etc while the old stuff gets more and more desolate and lonely. This will also breathe new life into alt levelling, so you won't be as alone as you will be now.

I am sad that some epic questlines are gone (Onyxia, I'm looking at you!) but it's good the world changes and it feels like things are moving as you do things.

 

[Archemetis]

Not that I'm complaining, but if the picture is anything to go by, the worgen look more like "Were-Lions" then they do werewolves..

But like I said, I'm not complaining.

It sounds awesome that they're taking the time re-imagine the whole "you create a character and POOF! they're magically just standing near the starting zone waiting for you!" Method.

It was was getting a bit stale, I mean I know full well this new way will get old in time as well, but at least it's a temporary break from repetition.

 

[LiftYourSkinnyFists]

Worgen dks are a terrible idea; it doesn't fit with the lore.