Warcraft Cataclysm – Latest WoW Info
by Paul Rone-Clarke on Jan.31, 2010, under Warcraft, WoW Leveling
Most of the big detail about the forthcoming Cataclysm expansion that will come alongside patch 4.0 is now in the public domain.
Speed seems to be the key. The game has become faster and faster over the past five years, and Cataclysm may well be the biggest speed boost yet.
The first thing you will notice with most classes is that you will be skilled with, and equipped with, more weapon types right from the beginning of the game.
You will still start off with no proficiency points, but at least a Rogue can start with two daggers right from the get-go.
Not that you’ll be right at the start for long. Blizzard have hinted at double speed levelling for all. Though more recent postings have said this might just be a 50% increase.
However, to balance this, levels 81 to 85 will be by far the longest experiences in the game so far.
Blizzard have said that, rather than each level being a grind to the next, levels 81 to 85 will be “events” in themselves, with the promise of some big “unlocks” at each and every stage.
Although real detail is some months away, we can now be pretty sure that both mana and health regeneration are going to be upped. I have heard only one figure mentioned here. That’s double speed regen. Alongside this, the “rested” stat will increase more quickly and give at least 66% more rested bonus (minimum of two and a half levels rested rather than the current one and a half)
Is it just me, or would this change the whole dynamic of levelling? Now I see it as a bonus to have double XP. The new system will reverse that and I will be loath to level with anything other than double XP.
This is probably Blizzards intention.
The future belongs to the end game. The main experience will be levels 80 to 85, then the end game instances. Expect a re- envisioning of some classic instances. A level 85 Strathholme beckons.
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