World of Warcraft: Cataclysm To Launch Dec. 7th

Blizzard announced today that the third expansion to World of Warcraft, dubbed Cataclysm, is set for launch on December 7th. In addition to upping the level cap to 85 and including several new high level zones, the expansion will revamp the parts of Azeroth that have been around since WoW's initial launch, bringing the 1-60 leveling experience more in line with the improvements Blizzard has made in the expansions. Cataclysm will also give players two new races to play, Goblins and Worgen, who have joined the Horde and the Alliance, respectively.

Re:Really?

[digitalnoise615]

I started with MUDs, moved on to Meridian 59, Ultima Online, Everquest, etc...I absolutely LOVED my time spent with MMOs, especially WoW (closed and open betas, continued until about 1.5 years after launch), but the genre got boring for me. Not even The Old Republic can get me excited about an MMO.

I still find it surprising when I hear so many people are still playing WoW. Anyone on here still playing since launch? What's kept you with it all this time? Gameplay, community, what?

Been playing since early 2005. Blizz has managed to keep it interesting, despite some missteps. About time for the old world revamp though. Bring on the Cataclysm!

As a Beta Tester, I gotta tell you - the water effects ALONE are worth the 4.0 patch. So much has changed, yet alot is still the same, or just slightly different - but it feels like a new game, truly.

Re:Sorry Blizzard, no longer a customer

[B4light]

I don't want to play a game with FURRIES in it.

Re:Really?

[darkwing_bmf]

TF2 has 9 classes to choose from! And quests ("push the cart!", "go get the flag!", "defend the point!"). You gain new loot by playing. You can get achievements. You group with other players and kill enemies. It's basically the best online RPG ever.

Noooooo

[Anonymous Coward]

I almost got laid this year....damn....

"The Guild" makes it all worthwhile...

[jayveekay]

While the game itself varies from occasional memorable moments to a great deal of mundane (and frequently mind-numbing) activity, the meta-game and content that surrounds the game can be very entertaining. The game is fuel for interactions with fellow players, discussions with game developers, and music videos such as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMrN3Rh55uM [youtube.com] .

Twenty years later...

[Myji Humoz]

Sociologists will wonder in vain why final exam grades in 2010 were so abnormally abysmal.

Re:Really?

[Anonymous Coward]

WoW is juts a Skinner Box for humans.

What isn't?

Going to the dentist.

Re:Really?

[Skadet]

just because you can reduce it to "doing the same thing over and over" doesn't necessarily mean that it loses all appeal.

Tell that to my wife.