World of Warcraft - Wrath of the Lich King Officially Announced

An anonymous reader writes "Wrath of the Lich King is official! BlizzCon is in full swing, and celebrants there are already enjoying the Northrend-themed imagery. For a look at what's going on, Joystiq has a liveblog of the opening ceremony up. Games For Windows magazine, meanwhile, will feature WLK its next cover. The post on the 1up site has a number of details on the next expansion, including the introduction of the Death Knight, the first new class since WOW's launch 'World of WarCraft's first Hero Class is a plate-wearing tank/DPS hybrid that works a little something like this: When players hit level 80, they'll be able to embark on a quest (similar in difficulty to the Warlock's epic mount quest, back before the level cap was raised to 70) that unlocks the ability to create a Death Knight character. The Death Knight starts at a high level (somewhere around 60 or 70, though Blizzard isn't certain yet), so you won't have to grind your way back up all over again. It's intended as an alternative, advanced class for end-game use only.'."

Re:wow

[e2d2]

Except with cocaine you don't have to grind for 10 hours to get a "hit".

Re:wow

[Anonymous Coward]

Yea, usually crack ho's only need 3-5 hours of grinding before earning enough for a hit.

Re:So more grind...

[Tackhead]

> The old EQ Skinner Box model strikes again. Every year or so, release an expansion that completely invalids any progress made in the last expansion. Problem is, it works as a money making venture, so other games follow the same suit rather than attempting to create games where content is for fun rather than for grind
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>In the long run, however, it tends to kill the game.

"How do you kill that which has no life?"

Easy. Release an expansion pack for Star Wars Galaxies.

Re:So more grind...

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, great, except the game sucks.

"Free piles of shit! Get your free steaming piles here!"

No thanks.

Re:Casual gamers?

[steveo777]

KIDS on the way?

Either your wife is having twins, you're adopting, or you, my friend, have been working a different kind of "consultant jobs".

Re:wow

[TriezGamer]

Informative? What the fuck, moderators...

Oh well. The more you know...

Re:wow

[Chris Burke]

Yea, usually crack ho's only need 3-5 hours of grinding before earning enough for a hit.

Sounds great, but I'm not sure I want to do the quest line that unlocks that hero class. :P

Re:wow

[mcpkaaos]

With cocaine, the 10 hours of grinding comes after the hit.

Re:So more grind...

[LKM]

"How do you kill that which has no life?"

Just take the scroll out of its head, I guess.