Getting Ready for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
So you want to get ready for Wrath of the Lich King, do you? Wrath of the Lich King will be bringing several new features, many of which you can prepare for right now. This article shall outline several of these features.
One such feature that the expansion will bring is the release of the new continent Northrend. This area is being designed as new content for players to reach the new level cap of 80. In order to begin taking advantage of this new continent you will need a minimum level of at least 68. Upon reaching 68 you will have a high enough level to begin questing in either Borean Tundra or Howling Fjord, which are two of the entry zones to the new continent.
If getting to 68 is not a possibility for you then perhaps you can reach 55 before the release of the expansion. Upon reaching level 55 you will unlock the new Death Knight class. Once you reach level 55 on a character the Death Knight will be unlocked for your account. You will be able to create a Death Knight on any server, but the limitation is that you will only be able to create one per server. The benefit of creating this class compared to another class is that the Death Knight will start out at level 55.
There is another feature that Wrath of the Lich King will bring that you can begin preparing for now. That new feature is the new profession of Inscription. Inscription promises to introduce the Glyph system. Glyphs are enhancements that you will junction to your spells to change the way your spells behave. For instance, glyphs may reduce the cool down of a particular spell or reduce the cast time of the spell. Each player will have the ability to equip six different glyphs regardless of whether or not they pick the new inscription skill.
For those that choose inscription as a new profession, you can begin preparing now. It is already known that inscription will utilize herbs primarily. Therefore, you can begin stockpiling herbs to be best prepared. The various glyphs will likely be spread throughout the skill levels of inscription, which would require a stockpiling of many herbs of all levels.
One final tip would be to begin saving your gold. The upcoming expansion promises many new gold sinks that players will be required to purchase. One such sink is the need to unlock cold weather flying for the Northrend continent, which will allow you to utilize your flying mount. This gold sink will become available at level 77 and will cost about 1000 gold. Another, much larger, gold sink will be the new passenger mounts. A caravan mammoth can be purchased that will carry you and several friends at the same time. These mounts will cost a small fortune of 20,000 gold.
Whatever feature you may be looking forward to most in Wrath of the Lich King, you can be sure that there is a way to best prepare for it.
October 01 2008 03:23 pm | Uncategorized