"The official trailer can be found here. It's not a cinematic, but ingame footage that sets the tone for Northrend. NEW CLASS: THE DEATH KNIGHT Naturally, people are pretty worked up about the Death Knight being released. However, many don't seem to understand exactly how unlocking it is going to work. This is what Blizzard has said so far: In order to unlock the Death Knight, you must perform a series of quests similar to the Onyxia key chain or the Warlock mount quest. This chain will begin somewhere between level 55 and level 70, as Blizzard doesn't want people rushing to level 80 purely so they can play as a Death Knight. When you have completed these quests, you will be able to create a Death Knight character that is pre-leveled to at least level 50 (exact value not confirmed). Your old character WILL NOT be consumed, or augmented, or anything like that. See the section on the Death Knight here to see Blizzard's confirmation of this. The Death Knight is a tank hybrid, similar to Paladin in that it is a tanking caster, but different in that it focuses on dark damaging spells whereas the Paladin is focused more on holy and healing aspects. The Death Knight utilizes a new ""Rune"" system, different from Rage, Mana, and Energy. ""When you are out of combat, you can switch your active runes around a few types; you have 6 rune slots. Abilities will put certain rune types on cooldowns or may even use multiple runes. Thus, what runes you choose affect how your deathknight plays in combat."" There are three rune types: Blood, unholy, and frost. Information found here. Death Knights will not use shields, but can dual wield as well as use the standard two-handed weapons. They can wear plate armor.

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Also, Death Knights ARE NOT superior to the classes already in place. They are different, but not better. So far, all races will be able to be a Death Knight, though this is subject to change. Rumor has it that you might not have to be level 80 to unlock the Death Knight... this is still up in the air. NEW CONTINENT: NORTHREND A continent supposedly about 10 zones large, Northrend can be found roughly midway between and to the north of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms. A cold and , until recently, desolate place, Northrend is the place where the Lich King Arthas holds dominion. wow gold kaufen However, it won't all be a snow-dominated wasteland, there will be zones with other ""themes"". You will be able to access Northrend as early as level 68, similar to how Outland became available at 58. The structure of the zones will look like this: Howling Fjord (lvl 68-72) Borean Tundra (lvl 68-72) The Dragonblight (level 71-75) Zul'Drak (level 73-76) Grizzly Hills (level 74-76) Azjol-Nerub (level 74-78) Sholazar Basin (lvl 75-78) The Storm Peaks (lvl 77-80) Icecrown Glacier (level 77-80) Lake Wintergrasp (Outdoor PvP) The rough zone layout can be found here. wow gold cheapest Blizzard has released extensive information about two zones, which will both be to Northrend what Hellfire Peninsula was to Outland: the Borean Tundra and the Howling Fjord. Another zone mentioned but not given a page of its own is the Dragonblight, which will apparently be your stereotypical snow-covered wasteland. It will contain the entrance to Azjol-Nerub, where the arachnid Nerubians dwell. lotro gold The Howling Fjord will contain Utgarde Keep, a winged instance with two wings thus far. One is a level 70 instance, and the other, apparently titled ""Utgarde Pinnacle"" is for level 80s.

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Both of these will have Heroic versions. gold wow The capital city of Northrend will be the Kirin Tor's home... the wizard city of Dalaran. Apparently they can make entire cities teleport and float. wow powerleveling Who knew. Lake Wintergrasp will act as a PvP area even on a PvE server. It will feature siege weapons and destructible buildings.

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