Cataclysm Alpha / SPOILERS BE AND GOES HERE!

Cyaska wrote:If only there was any way in hell those DK changes will make it through beta.

But eh well, I can dream.

Besides, all that blood juicyness makes me so tempted to go tank...

Marrenus wrote:...Do I even have to explain why I deleted my warrior now?

Those changes turn them into a gay lovechild of bad DK and bad paladin.

At least druids get buffed, now I know what my worgen alt would be. RAMPAGING TREE!

Ataris wrote:Yeah, it's basically gonna be a lot more like Metamorphosis than Bear or Car form.

There are rumours and some proofs even that similiar will happen to Gilneas, so I wouldn't get any hopes up for RP there. There is a pic of atleast huge amount of land being devoured by the sea and Gilneas City being turned in to BG etc.

Dharum wrote:Forgot to add, as we know Lost Isles will be destroyed (and Kezan?) in Cata so after you have finished quests there you can no longer enter.
There are rumours and some proofs even that similiar will happen to Gilneas, so I wouldn't get any hopes up for RP there. There is a pic of atleast huge amount of land being devoured by the sea and Gilneas City being turned in to BG etc.

Those tents, anyone else think they look a bit norse/viking?

Kozgugore Feraleye wrote:I like it how Silverpine looks like it's got one big, Forsaken highway.

Kozgugore Feraleye wrote:I like it how Silverpine looks like it's got one big, Forsaken highway.

Antistia wrote:

Kozgugore Feraleye wrote:I like it how Silverpine looks like it's got one big, Forsaken highway.

It's our version of the Autobahn.

Nathiniós wrote:

Antistia wrote:

Kozgugore Feraleye wrote:I like it how Silverpine looks like it's got one big, Forsaken highway.

It's our version of the Autobahn.

The Highway to Hell?

In the Echo Isles quests, the first few levels are pretty simple. They have you introduce yourself to Vol'jin, fish for some crab meat, best prisoners in a dueling pit, herd some raptors back to the tribe and basically just learn how to play. Once you get to Darkspear Hold at around level 5, the real storyline begins. Vol'jin has been having concerns about Garrosh Hellscream's direction for the Horde(as you see from the vision quest that many of us have scene). However, I must make it very clear that Vol'jin is not being cowardly. He ensures the player that the Darkspear Tribe deserve a lasting home, and that he will let no outsider threaten that. The Troll Druids have a few unique quests that explains a bit of their origins, nothing too significant. After that, you are directed towards the northern isles to deal with the naga that have been entrenching the place. After killing some of the naga, you learn a deadly secret: the naga are being lead by the Sea Witch. The same Sea Witch that had caused the death of Sen'jin. Vol'jin is furious at this revelation, and the final quest in the Echo Isles has Vol'jin and the player leading an attack on the Sea Witch and killing her. It is implied that the Sea Witch has been sent to the Echo Isles by a dark mistress from the deeps. As a minor note, there is also a new subzone called "Zalazane's Fall" at the location of where Zalazane was killed.

Then...moving on to Vash'jr! There is a very interesting questline here that can only be compared to the Matthias Lehner questline in Icecrown. It is a series of flashback quests where you play as an actual naga, "The Battlemaiden". The quests take place mainly in an area known as the Temple of Quel'Dormir(containing a weapon similar to the elven blades Quel'delar and Quel'serrar that is wielded by the Battlemaiden). The temple belongs to the naga, and they have recently come under fierce attack from the mysterious Kvaldir(the sea vykrul). The quests deal with how the naga manage to defeat the kvaldir, and at what cost. The Merciless Ones(monsters allied to an Old God sleeping beneath the Maelstrom) are corrupting the gilgoblins and long dead sea-kraken to slaughter all in Vash'jr. The Naga have been sacrificing Horde and Alliance prisoners and using their blood to aid a summoning ritual; a ritual that they hope will summon a powerful servant of the Old Gods to eliminate any non-Naga in the area. Now this is where it gets interesting...!

The kvaldir are working for Neptulon the Tidehunter, the Elemental Lord of the seas(like Ragnaros, only with water). Neptulon has within his possession a trident that can manipulate any river, lake, sea or Water Elemental to do his bidding. Queen Azshara been feeling emboldened and has ordered her naga to find a way to conquer Neptulon's home in the Abyssal Maw so that she may possess his trident. So far, she has been unsuccessful but after the Cataclysm Neptulon's realm has become vulnerable to attack. The last quest in the Battlemaiden flashback shows the Naga have been successful in summoning their monster from their ritual. Although it is not directly stated, it is strongly implied that Neptulon has lost any allies he used to have. It is hinted that the Old Gods have lost faith in Neptulon, and that Deathwing has been capitalizing on this by trying to force an alliance between the water elementals and himself.


So, to sum up:
Vol'jin = Determined to give the Darkspears their own home.
Sea Witch = Returned!
Vash'jr = Fourway conflict between the Horde, Alliance, Naga and Neptulon.
Battlemaiden = New flashback questline
Neptulon = Has the Kvaldir in his service, is pissed off at Queen Azshara and her naga!
Deathwing = Looking for elemental allies!

Raelan/Relithien wrote:

Nathiniós wrote:

Raelan/Relithien wrote:

Stormwind is now HUGE

Anaei/Vezullia wrote:There is an archway behind the Cathedral for weddings!

Also there is the new GRAVEYARD QUARTER!! xD That's ALOT of graves..

Madel/Vectoria/Koblitz wrote:

Anaei/Vezullia wrote:There is an archway behind the Cathedral for weddings!

Also there is the new GRAVEYARD QUARTER!! xD That's ALOT of graves..

Victims of the Cataclysm?

Anaei/Vezullia wrote:There is an archway behind the Cathedral for weddings!

Also there is the new GRAVEYARD QUARTER!! xD That's ALOT of graves..