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[MMOC] Blizzcon 2013 Recap (New World of Warcraft Expansion)

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Leave Blizzard/WoW hate at the door please.

Some highlights:
- Level cap of 100.
- 2 new raids featuring 16 bosses.
- 7 dungeons
- LFR/Normal/Heroic scale between 10-25 players, with a new Mythic difficulty for 20 players only. All other difficulties removed.
- Player made garrisons/towns.
- New (greatly improved) models with separate fingers, facial expressions, etc
- Hit/Expertise/Dodge/Parry/Reforging Removed.
- All gear dynamically adjust stats based on your spec, no more needing 2-3 sets of gear to play all your specs.
- None (or very few) dailies.
- Item Squish is happening (will not affect ability to solo old content).
- Toybox and Heirloom tabs to reduce bag clutter.
- A lot more

There is also links on there for SC2 and D3 announcements. Feel free to discuss anything Blizzard in here!
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Not all that thrilled with the expansion notice. At least the way they presented it. Too many questions. Guess I'll watch the next panel, or try to since I'm at work.
 
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Originally Posted by Angrybutcher View Post

Not all that thrilled with the expansion notice. At least the way they presented it. Too many questions. Guess I'll watch the next panel, or try to since I'm at work.
Still 2 panels that are an hour long each that will hopefully answer these questions.
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Really looking forward to the D3 panel too. The leaked trailer really showed how much they improved/fixed the game. Adventure mode will definitely make me throw another 500 hours into it.
 
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Originally Posted by Cyclonic View Post

There was also insta lvl 90 in that trailer.

To bad no new classes or races, i always find the xpansions that dont have new classes are races the least fun.
Added, that's a big feature and really addresses the increased leveling grind with this many expansions.

I'll take new player models and player/guild towns over a new race/class any day.
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I know this is a thread about WoW, but on the paid stream, apparently they are opening up SC2's Arcade Mode to anyone. You don't even have to buy the game, essentially making SC2 F2P if you don't like playing ladder or the campaign.
 
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World of Warcraft Panel 1 starting now. Will update if anything major is announced.
 
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For people who don't know the lore. Draenor is the new continent, which is outland way back in the day.
The expansion will take place almost completely in the past, as we travel back in time to stop Garrosh after he escapes. However, they confirmed that Garrosh is not the main enemy of this expansion.

 
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Originally Posted by SharpShoot3r07 View Post

MoP had a much more exciting first impression. I'm sure I'll resub to my WOW account when this xpac is closer to release.
Agreed. The Cataclysm intro was pretty crazy. I did like the Pandaria intro, but this one was kinda meh IMO. I think the intro that stole the opening ceremony, was Heroes of the Storm.
 
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Agreed. The Cataclysm intro was pretty crazy. I did like the Pandaria intro, but this one was kinda meh IMO. I think the intro that stole the opening ceremony, was Heroes of the Storm.
Catacylsm had a good intro but is deemed by many to be the worst expansion by a big margin. I feel like Pandaria was the 2nd best expansion, next to BC and many people deemed it was going to be a huge flop.

I really enjoyed Pandaria, all the raids they released were top notch.
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I don't understand the whole lvl 90 at start deal.

Wouldnt that just make the game boring? I know a bunch people, myself Included, enjoy quests and lvling up.
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It's a 1 time use.
 
#21 ·
I love it when there's news about WoW. Reminds me to check up on the story so far.
Was really happy to see Vol'jin take the reigns of the horde. Go Team Trolls ! (I was a troll warrior tank in WoW )
 
#22 ·
Of all the lore they could do with WoW they chose to ignore all of it and go back in time. Really Blizzard, really? This is the best you could come up with? I used to love WoW during Vanilla, BC and WOTLK because of the story, now they are just taking a huge dump on the lore and that's what has me most upset.
 
#23 ·
Updated OP to point to MMOC. Tons of information on there if you don't have a virtual ticket.
 
#24 ·
Looks good. But Monthly Sub=No bueno

Plenty of other MMOs out there that are nearly as good or just as good and they have no monthly fee.

GW2 model is the best. Pay for Base game+Xpacs and that's it, no monthly fee.
 
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Looks good. But Monthly Sub=No bueno

Plenty of other MMOs out there that are nearly as good or just as good and they have no monthly fee.

GW2 model is the best. Pay for Base game+Xpacs and that's it, no monthly fee.
But if your like most people, you end up paying for other things like storage and character slots. I've spend over $150 on GW2 at this point, not including the initial cost.
 
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