Verfügbare Informationen zu "Instanzen im kommenden Addon"
Qualität des Beitrags: Beteiligte Poster: Karash Forum: www.azshara.dl.am Forenbeschreibung: Das neue Community-Forum! aus dem Unterforum: Allgemein Antworten: 1 Forum gestartet am: Mittwoch 18.07.2007 Sprache: deutsch Link zum Originaltopic: Instanzen im kommenden Addon Letzte Antwort: vor 16 Jahren, 7 Monaten, 25 Tagen, 15 Stunden, 3 Minuten
Alle Beiträge und Antworten zu "Instanzen im kommenden Addon"
Re: Instanzen im kommenden Addon
Karash - 28.08.2007, 09:56Instanzen im kommenden Addon
Aus der Zeitschrift Games for Windows:
Zitat: The zone list revealed earlier is true.
For the moment, Northrend is split into 10 zones (boundaries and level ranges are subject to change). Enter through Howling Fjord or Borean Tundra in the eastern bay or western point, and fight your way to Icecrown Glacier, where Arthas' Frozen Throne waits. Wrath of the Lich King introduces a couple new concepts: Lake Wintergrasp is WoW's first outdoor PVP zone and Azjol-Nerub, home of the spiderlike Nerubian race, is the first "outdoor undergorund" zone - a cave under the heart of Northrend, vast enough to house massive structures and cities. The full (but tentative list)...
* Howling Fjord (68-72)
* Borean Tundra (68-72)
* The Dragonblight (71-75)
* Zul'Drak (73-76)
* Grizzly Hills (74-76)
* Azjol-Nerub (74-78)
* Sholazar Basin (75-78)
* The Storm Peaks (77-80)
* Icecrown Glacier (78-80)
* Lake Wintergrasp (outdoor PVP)
"The guiding principle is that it should never feel like you're grinding," says lead game designer Tom Chilton of Wrath's ascent to level 80. "You should never run out of quest content. We don't expect it to be drastically different from what 60 to 70 was like." And despite complaints from the early days of Burning Crusade, even the most epically geared players should be getting new gear from almost the start. "The hardcore resent that at first," says Chilton, "but it's only a matter of time before they start getting into the endgame again."
One of WOW's greatest mysteries will soon be solved: Just what the hell have those wizards been doing inside the sealed-off purple dome of Dalaran? Turns out they were prepping Azeroth's de facto capital of arcanum for a move to Northrend - or, more accurately, to the skies above it - where it will serve as the Shattrath of Wrath of the Lich King; the major hub city for Horde and Alliance alike. The reborn Dalaran will contain an instanced dungeon or two, similar to Ragefire Chasm in Orgrimmar or the Stockade in Stormwind, and players will likely be able to use portals to reach any of the Old World's main cities. However, don't expect to see any auction houses or class trainers hiding in Dalaran's walls.
* Borean Tundra: This flat, sprawling zone would be filled with snow from seashore to its most inland borders - if it weren't for those dang Naga. Half the zone is iced over, while the other half consists of semicircular pools of meltwater. The main inhabitants are a race of walruslike people called the Tuskarr - nomadic, tribal folk whose homes and structures are attacked to giant tusklike sliders so they can move their villages wherever they need to. Borean Tundra will also house a giant Horde citadel (Warsong Hold) - the largest in Northrend.
* The Nexus: Both of Northrend's starter zones will contain a winged instance similar to Hellfire Citadel. Near Borean Tundra lies The Nexus, an instance hub and ancient home of the Blue Dragonflight. "After all of these years Malygos sees magic out of controla cross the globe," says Metzen. "So Malygos and the Blue Dragonflight are going to declare war on magic - if you use magic, you've gotta go." Acolytes of Malygos prepare for their arcane inquisition on the floating rings of th nexus - summoned into place piece by piece by Malygos - where instance goers will play out their adventure. The final raid wing will probably end in a fight with half-mad Malygos himself. "I wouldn't call him evil - but he's definitely gone off the deep end," says Metzen.
* Howling Fjord: If you're averse to seeing snow the second you set foot in Northrend, you might want to set sail to Valgarde, one of the starting settlements in Howling Fjord. Norse themes dominate; metal-wrought structures shaped like Viking warships loom on the high cliff tops (also, expect to see new building models for old standbys such as inns). Oh, and 15 foot tall, protodragon-riding barbarians called the Vrykul, which bear more than a passing resemblance to Eric the Red and his ilk. With Wrath, Blizzar dplans on incorporating more of what they call 'micros' - dungeon like underground areas that aren't instanced, but play out more like a traditional dungeon crawl.
* Utgarde Keep: Utgarde is a citadel owned and operated by Northrend's native Vrykul - and it serves as a hub for Howling Fjord's instanced dungeons and raids. The first dungeon, the three-boss Utgarde Keep, is similar to Hellfire Ramparts in both look and length. While the Vrykul-allied Lich King hordes don't play a huge part in the trash pulls, they're pervasive in the boss fights. One boss is a Lich, another is Vrykul who summons Scourge slaves to do some dirty ditch-digging for him.
* Caverns of Time: Culling of Stratholme: Blizzard will be adding a new instance to the Caverns of Time. The latest instance will let you follow in the footsteps of Arthas as he slaughters the town of Stratholme - and, if any other Caverns of Time instances are any indication, your goal won't be to stop him, rather, to make sure he finishes his task. Arthas' appearance in the Caverns of Time won't be an isolated event. "We wish we had involved Illidan a bit more in the quest progress from 60 to 70" says Chilton.
Darth Vader's story ends in redemption, but what about poor old Arthas? "We don't want it to be predictable," says Metzen, "We don't want it to play like, 'Yeah, that's pretty much what I expected.'"
"There's a hook of The Burning Crusade that we never got to," says Metzen. "We never really had that final 'yeah, we kicked their ass; we ended the Burning Crusade; we saved the universe.' You kick Illidan's ass -- but he's not a fan of the Burning Crusade either. I don't know that we said everything we set out to say. Sunwell Plateau lets us end the sentence, at least."
* Sunwell Plateau: On an island north of Silvermoon City, the Blood Elves toil away trying to reignite the source of their ancient power -- the Sunwell -- with crates of energy ported in from Netherstorm by Prince Kael'thas (turns out that's what the mana forges were for). Unfortunately, rebuilding the Sunwell is just an elaborate excuse to bring Legion lieutenant Kil-jaden -- right hand man of big baddie Sargeras and creator of the Lich King -- into the Old World from Outland. In game terms, this amounts to one last 25-man raid -- the Naxxramas of The Burning Crusade -- for players before Arthas is let loose.
"This is something [lead game designer] Jeff [Kaplan] and I wanted to do ever since Silvermoon," says lead level designer Cory Stockton, "because Silvermoon's art assets are so insanely gorgeous." Inside the shining red-and-gold walls of the Sunwell structure (using the architecture/style from Silvermoon City), expect tweaker Blood Elves, high on magic, and anywhere from six to eight bosses. At the end, you'll take on Kil'Jaeden himself -- something that, in the grand scheme of World of WarCraft lore, 25 level 70 characters shouldn't really be able to do.
"You have to rationalize a lot of things," says Metzen. Sunwell Plateau's requisite disbelief suspension: The whole thing only works because Kil'jaeden's just a half-formed abomination, stuck in the middle of some twisted birthing canal.
More to come!
Mit folgendem Code, können Sie den Beitrag ganz bequem auf ihrer Homepage verlinken
Weitere Beiträge aus dem Forum www.azshara.dl.am
Ähnliche Beiträge wie "Instanzen im kommenden Addon"
Staffeleinteilung der kommenden Saison - Lücki (Freitag 14.07.2006)
Heroische Instanzen - viperer (Sonntag 06.05.2007)
Was wird benötigt um folgende Instanzen betreten zu können ? - Xanera (Dienstag 14.03.2006)
Instanzen Ellena + Nahemai - Nahemai (Dienstag 14.06.2005)
allgemeine meinungen über instanzen - Aries (Donnerstag 25.05.2006)
2. AddOn - Lord_Ledewig (Montag 21.05.2007)
Instanzen - labria (Freitag 29.06.2007)
Instanzen mit Gildengruppe! - Béndér (Donnerstag 26.10.2006)
wie heißt dieses Addon? - Yalon (Mittwoch 09.05.2007)
Hier die Instanzen samt lvl - blackshadow (Donnerstag 22.11.2007)