"Wrath of the Lich King" probably to be announced

I've got it on good authority that the next WoW expansion will be in North Rend and the official name is "The Wrath of the Lich King"

This comes from insider rumors and the fact that blizz has a www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath address which gives a forbidden message instead of the usual "file not found" meaning there is something there and it's locked down.. This is in addition to new NorthRend musical themes already announced/leaked in the Blizzcon song book.


It's also rumored that a new playable class "Deathknight" is being considered.

We may not get a new race in the expansion but we may be getting new classes.


Tasty....Mmmmmm.

Further proof just popped up. The European game ratings board has a preliminary application from Blizzard to register a game add on titled "The Wrath of the Lich King"

http://kotaku.com/gaming/whats-in-a-name%3F/is-world-of-warcraft-wrath-of-the-lich-king-the-new-expansion-284582.php

CONFIRMED

There is a FAQ in the material being passed out to people at Blizzcon.

Heres a photo http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2007/08/996783595_9c1600687f-thumb.jpg


The guide mentions

- Introduction of the Death Knight as a playable dark necromatic character class.
- New zones, quests, items and monsters packed into the Northrend, an icy continent that is home to the Lich King.
- Raised level cap to 80
- New battelgrounds featuring siege engines and destructable buidlings.
- More character customization, including hair, dances and skin color.

Well I sure hope they slow down because there is just so much content that I still want to tackle as a guild. I want atleast another year to get into some of it.

Good lord not lvl 80!!!!!

I'm mostly ecstatic about the news. A new continent, hero classes, new customizations and new gear.

I just hope that they learned their lesson with the whole attunement and rep grinding nonsense from TBC. The game has enough time sinks built in without dragging out heroic rep grinds to get attuned or recipes.

I really hope the story line picks up more as well so it's not so weak in the middle. I want to feel like I'm part of a huge battle and that we are at war, not that I'm going off to grind...


In any case it will be at least 6 months or more before we even see a beta for the expansion so it will be about the right time when it comes out.