Blizzcon 2013

[lupi]

instant boost to 90:

seems like it is just what it sounds like. Not sure if you have a limit of how many chars or a cooldown period but designed to allow older unused chars for players coming back to get right into the new expansion.

 

[lupi]

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
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Garrosh will be put on trial and escape before a verdict. He is going back in time, altering the current timeline slightly.
Garrosh's goal is to stop the Orcs from drinking the blood of Mannoroth and building the Iron Horde using technology from the present.
The end of this expansion is going to spill over into the next one. Many more expansions are lined up now.

 

[lupi]

sounds like the ps4 version of D3 will not be available till after the PC expansion release so it will be the same at that point.

 

[lupi]

wow movie filming starts early '14.

 

[lupi]

blizzcon wow expansion art shot has garrosh and a panda.

 

[lupi]

wow at the new mob models..if the char ones come close good things.

 

[lupi]

expansion announcement vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYueIdI_2L0






A portal into Warcraft history has ripped open, and the fifth World of Warcraft expansion has been revealed! Warlords of Draenor sends players to the savage world of Draenor—home of the mighty orcs and haven of the mystic draenei—to fight against and alongside legends from Warcraft’s brutal past.

Amid Draenor’s untamed jungles and battle-scarred plains, a merciless new Iron Horde has been forged from the mighty orc clans of old. To save their own world from impending invasion, Azeroth’s heroes will need to explore the far reaches of this unforgiving land, achieving new heights of power on their way to the new level cap of 100. To establish a foothold on Draenor, players will construct, command, and expand their own Garrison, a customizable base of operations and refuge for the followers you recruit to your desperate cause. Warlords of Draenor also empowers players to instantly boost one character to level 90, making it so anyone can join the battle for Draenor alongside their friends.

For more information, check out the official press release.

 

[Aikouka]

production of tablet version of hearthstone has advanced so it is not much behind the pc version currently.

I really wish they would release the iPad version on the App Store. It's not like it would matter since you would need to log into your Battle.Net account that has Hearthstone attached to it to play anyway. I tried to show someone Hearthstone once using my iPad while remoting into my desktop using Splashtop Remote Desktop. It was... awkward.

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Story
Garrosh will be put on trial and escape before a verdict. He is going back in time, altering the current timeline slightly.
Garrosh's goal is to stop the Orcs from drinking the blood of Mannoroth and building the Iron Horde using technology from the present.
The end of this expansion is going to spill over into the next one. Many more expansions are lined up now.

My first thought about the expansion... "I'm... pretty sure we've been to 'Draenor' before...." So, the whole time thing makes more sense, and it might be nice to see some of the areas only told in legend. But, if that's back in time, does that mean we'll get to see people like Gul'dan? That could be cool....

did I just see diablo riding a horse

Yes, and it looked really awkward.

What did you think of the StarCraft Ball Z trailer?

 

[Schfifty Five]

new world draenor

level cap 100

upgrade mechanism for towns

new character models

new dungeons/raids

new outdoor PVP area

new mobs

"boost to 90 and play immediately"


the grull with cannons strapped to their backs looked cool.

Very Gears of War-esque.

 

[lupi]

garrosh gets the old orc warlords together, teaches him the modern technologies to arm the orc armies, and works to build a portal back to modern day azeroth.

 

[lupi]

What did you think of the StarCraft Ball Z trailer?

Had to pause for a moment and the feed crapped to live so had to go back and manually reset, think that was one thing I skipped to get closer to live.

 

[lupi]

calling the "old orcs" you will be facing the "iron horde".


7 new zones.

 

[lupi]

talking about the map and how the areas relate to what you see in outland.

to me the map looks almost like the overall size of the pandara map, just erase some of the land between zones and replace with large bodies of water.

 

[lupi]

blacktemple will be the alliance hub.

horde will be in what becomes blades edge.

 

[lupi]

ogres are a powerful entity still, have large islands off the main map that they hold.

 

[Malladine]

expansion announcement vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYueIdI_2L0


A portal into Warcraft history has ripped open, and the fifth World of Warcraft expansion has been revealed! Warlords of Draenor sends players to the savage world of Draenor—home of the mighty orcs and haven of the mystic draenei—to fight against and alongside legends from Warcraft’s brutal past.

Amid Draenor’s untamed jungles and battle-scarred plains, a merciless new Iron Horde has been forged from the mighty orc clans of old. To save their own world from impending invasion, Azeroth’s heroes will need to explore the far reaches of this unforgiving land, achieving new heights of power on their way to the new level cap of 100. To establish a foothold on Draenor, players will construct, command, and expand their own Garrison, a customizable base of operations and refuge for the followers you recruit to your desperate cause. Warlords of Draenor also empowers players to instantly boost one character to level 90, making it so anyone can join the battle for Draenor alongside their friends.

For more information, check out the official press release.

Sounds predictable but hey it's a new Warcraft continent to explore so that's a plus

I hope Garrosh isn't the new big enemy in WoD...

 

[lupi]

netherstorm is a closed area at launch, probably similar to the isles in MOP.

 

[Malladine]

blacktemple will be the alliance hub.

horde will be in what becomes blades edge.

wow so they're completing phasing Outland? edit: nm they must be rebuilding it since this is Outland in the past

 

[lupi]

outland will still exist as is (at least they haven't said anything otherwise yet), WOD is travelling to it at an earlier time.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Had to pause for a moment and the feed crapped to live so had to go back and manually reset, think that was one thing I skipped to get closer to live.

What was the SC Ball Z trailer?

 

[lupi]

Grommash and Warsong play a big role.

 

[lupi]

they had a prefilmed piece showing some mod type stuff with starcraft, assume it was in that.

 

[lupi]

Kilrogg rules the clan in what becomes hellfire peninsula.

 

[lupi]

a new reptilian-centaur like being.

 

[Aikouka]

What was the SC Ball Z trailer?

They had a cinematic for Heroes of the Storm that showed Raynor + Nova + Tyrael vs. Lich King + Diablo + Queen of Blades. It had some crazy flying, energy ball throwing action... StarCraft Ball Z style!