It's Cataclysm. New race/class combinations, revamped zones, new quest lines, EVERYTHING.
Except Worgen and Goblin, which will NOT be in the patch. Worgen and Goblin will be playable on the 7th.
So yeah, it's Cataclysm without the new races.
See...
It's not official, but the Shattering (4.0.3a) is pretty much Tuesday.
Because:
1) Blizzard stated the patch would be 2 weeks before Cata's release on Dec 7, this week is 2 weeks before it
2) There is official planned server downtime on Tuesday
3) Tuesday is WoW's anniversary
4) Releasing it...
Some stuff going on.
Cataclysm pre-event(s) in major cities, elemental invasion of level 80 elite mobs
Apparently 4.0.3a is being released next week or something.
EDIT:
After reading a bit on the WoW forums, rumor is 4.0.3 is released the 16th (tomorrow) which brings the forth stage of the...
Well, cataclysm is right around the corner already. With nothing to do this month I'll probably be rolling a Troll Warrior to try out tanking and see how it feels, and if it's worth it for the instant dungeon queues and praise at 80. Anybody here have an experience with playing a tank?
That's a good thing and a bad thing for me, I wish I could do the pre-sale but I've already ordered the Collector's Edition. I guess on launch day I'll have to wait for it to install. Ugh.
I know quite a few people on my server who exploit the gearscore system (although my realm doesn't use gearscore that much) just by buying high iLevel items that they can use but doesn't really fit their class/role to get into the raid. Once in the raid, they switch back to their normal gear. It...
Luckily, the guy who created the Gearscore addon wasn't allowed to join a raid because of he had a low GS, so he raged and stopped updating Gearscore. Lmao.
Ugh. Used to play Global Agenda- yeah, it's fun, and the game was going in a good direction but the president of Hi-Rez believes content>quality and they ****ed it up. Not worth buying at the moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYFskTHpJ3c&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfC0jACUeyg&feature=related
Could have been better. Would have been nice to see a mix between the twilight hammer portal and Deathwing instead of scrapping the first one.
Also...
I haven't played TTT in a bit (the server regulars are playing FNV) but I have prepared a few new maps for the TTT server, looking forward to playing them with a bit of people.
Order the collector's edition off Amazon once it comes back in stock. Save the pet code, sell it for $$$ years later.
Also, it's official, Deathwing will fly around old world zones, attacking major quest hubs and killing players with his flame breath.
See: http://cata.wowhead.com/achievement=5518
I have those same exact options where I live, except the fastest DSL I can get to my house is 300 kB/s, and the only cable internet provider that can get to my area is Comcast, which I've heard dreadful reviews about. ****ing sucks.
I agree with your first point. I really wish they would give WoW a graphical facelift. Yes, they are releasing a new graphical engine update, but the graphical improvements aren't THAT great.