I hope many of the World of Warcraft fans are very excited by the upcoming expansion, Wrath of the Lich King.
One of the main features in this expansion is the introduction of Hero Classes.
The first Hero Classes to be introduced in Wrath of the Lich King is the Death Knight. As we know that the death knight is a powerful user of necromantic skills. One of the famous Death Knight in the Warcraft universe is Arthas. Arthas was a paladin who became a death knight and terrorised Azeroth and Northrend, eventually fused with the spirit of Nel’zhul and became the Lich King.
So you might be wondering how to we play the Death Knight? Detailed information have not been released by Blizzard yet, but you will need to meet certain criteria before this Hero Class is unlocked. Once unlocked, you are able to create a new character under the Death Knight class.
As the name suggested, it sounds like a Warrior class, but definitely more cool.
These are some characteristics of the Death Knight class:
- It can fulfill either the DPS build or the tanking build.
- Able to dual-weld weapons or handle a single 2H weapon. Shield is not necessary. =)
- Plate armour (how to tank with a mail armour?)
- Different from Warriors as Death Knights are more casting oriented, with summoning spells, etc.
- Unlocked through specified quests and interaction with Arthas.
- Start off at relatively high level, 55 to 70 (unconfirmed yet)
- Use the Rune Resource System, which runes are carved on the weapons.
- Runes belongs to the following 3 schools, Blood, Frost and Unholy.
Currently, details of classes that are able to unlock the Death Knight is unavailable, but both Horde and Alliance are able to unlock this class.
As expected, Wrath of the Lich King is announced in BlizzCon. Whenever Blizzard announces new stuffs, it gets the gaming world in awe. Starcraft II was announced weeks ago, and here comes the World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King.
World of Warcraft : Wrath of the Lich King is the second expansion to the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. Since its release in November 2004, the subscriber base has reached more than 9 millions to date, making it the most popular MMORPG.
New features to Wrath of the Lich King
- Level cap rised to Level 80
- More talents, skills and items
- Customise your character, including new hairstyles, dances and etc.
- New continent to explore, Northrend, the home of the Lich King.
- New profession which allows you enhance your skills, “Inscription“.
- New battlegrounds and arenas.
- New 5-man dungeons, 10-man and 25-man raids.
- New epic siege warfare for your deployment for destruction of buildings.
- New Hero Class, Death Knight
Watch the Wrath of the Lich King trailer here!
The expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, is already available for public testing during the BlizzCon. Hence it is already at a playable stage where tweaks and balances need to be sorted out before releasing it to the public with a boom. The release date of Wrath of the Lich King has not been announced, but the earliest we can deduced might be early next year.
It will be an exciting year 2008, with Starcraft II and Wrath of the Lich King imminent for release. Check out GameBlog for more update on Wrath of the Lich King.
While all of us are speculating the next announcement by Blizzard on another game release, someone has already uncovered it using the legal way. Through the United States Patent and Trademark Office, “Wrath of the Lich King” has been issued to Blizzard Entertainment, Inc as a registered trademark.
The release of the 2nd expansion to the world’s most popular MMORPG seems imminent in 1 year or 2 years’ time. Many might think that the release of Burning Crusade is too long of a wait. However, avid fans are able to wait for it.
The announcement of the new game or expansion (most likely) will be probably held at the upcoming BlizzCon, which is only about 24 hours away from now.
Do check back GameBlog for the latest update on this new expansion (if any).
