Set primarily in a dramatically reforged Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms on the world of Azeroth , the expansion set follows the return of the evil Dragon Aspect Deathwing the Destroyer—formerly known as the ancient guardian Neltharion the Earth Warder—who causes a new Sundering as he makes his cataclysmic re-entrance into the world from Deepholm , the elemental plane of earth.
Cataclysm returns players to the two continents of Azeroth for most of their campaigning, after years away in Outland and Northrend , opening new zones such as Mount Hyjal , the sunken world of Vashj'ir , Deepholm , Uldum and the Twilight Highlands.
It includes two new playable races, the worgen from the legendary kingdom of Gilneas for the Alliance , and the goblins of the Bilgewater Cartel from the isle of Kezan for the Horde. Among the many new developments in the expansion are the increase of the level cap to 85, the ability to use flying mounts in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms , the introduction of the secondary profession Archaeology , and the debut of reforging , as well as updates to player classes, new race-class combinations, and a dramatic restructuring of the world itself with major revisions to existing content from the original release of the game.
Before Cataclysm was announced as the official title of the expansion, it was known internally as World of Warcraft: Worldbreaker. Each of the five leveling zones features its own unique breadcrumb introductory quest and cutscene; afterwards, each is accessible quickly through portals in Stormwind City and Orgrimmar. Tol Barad is also available at level 85 via these portals. There has been no word as yet if this will continue questlines from Silithus, or simply marks flyover territory for flying mounts venturing into the area.
In addition, the Maelstrom appears as a region on player maps; Deepholm, Kezan, and the Lost Isles appear as individual zones on the Maelstrom region map. There were seven new dungeons included as part of the Cataclysm general release, with both regular difficulty versions levels noted below and heroic difficulty content to be encountered at level Four additional dungeons from classic World of Warcraft , both low-level instances or former raids, have had level 85 heroic 5-man versions added with new content:.
Cataclysm shipped with three end-game raid dungeons and a PvP-unlocked raid dungeon in the same style as the Vault of Archavon , each with both 10 and man settings; patch 4. Once the final boss of each has been defeated, players can set each boss to heroic mode as in Icecrown Citadel. Numerous new factions are introduced in the expansion, and like in previous expansions feature quartermasters selling gear and other faction perks.
New factions for end-game and leveling content include the following:. Several new options for player-versus-player gameplay are available with Cataclysm , including:. Both of the new battlegrounds released with Cataclysm will be rated, like arenas , and will provide the same rewards as arenas. New arenas are planned to be added with the expansion, but not directly at the release.
The Naga ruler and former leader of the Night Elves, Queen Azshara , makes a small but important appearance during the leveling process in the Darkshore region. All of these combinations, excluding the goblin and worgen options, will be available to all players regardless of expansion level in Patch 4.
These changes are not phased. The world-changing patch will happen in Patch 4. They will be seen by everyone, from level 1 to 85, whether or not they buy the expansion.
The launcher has been updated to stream installation and patch data from the servers instead of being required to download it all before playing. The new launcher is broken up into three stages of download progress:. The updater and downloader have been integrated closely into the Launcher, resulting in less application switching when patching and installing.
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Amazon adds clip sharing to the Prime Video app on iOS. The Evercade VS captures the spirit of retro gaming. There will also be an exclusive, limited edition bundle which comes with some decent goodies for the more hardcore World of Warcraft fans - of which there is no doubt a surplus. Now that a release date is set, you can expect anticipation to build pretty quickly - the wait is certainly not long, especially for those of us who were lucky enough to get in on the beta.
It's a perfectly-timed release for a most of us gamers to put it up on our Christmas wishlists, or even get a solid amount of playtime in before Christmas pulls us away for a few days. Cataclysm will be following the apocalyptic, world-splitting cataclysm that changes the face of the world - and introduces both the Worgen and the Goblins as playable races. From what we've all seen so far, Cataclysm is looking like a well-tuned, finely-oiled machine, and there will be a horde of gamers waiting to try it out get it?
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