This will serve as the first in a series of blogs for ECC members who want to get information from the Wrath of the Lich King beta firsthand, from a guildie they can trust, even if I AM relatively new to the guild.  What I post here will be from the viewpoint of either my Night Elf Death Knight Tyrenda (currently level 72) or from Allassea (still sitting at 70) from the NORTHREND (PvE) Beta server.

I will try and cover as much newsworthy tidbits as I can, so feel free to add comments and such on what you would like to ask me.

My first blog will be on the creation and coming of age of your first World of Warcraft “hero” class: the Death Knight.   Read the rest of this entry »

What makes a death knight ‘heroic’? To me, it’s just another, albeit interesting, class. The word ‘heroic’ is a little misleading. We run instances on heroic, and that typically means it’s much harder, but the rewards are much greater. As far as I can see, it’s not harder, or more rewarding to have a death knight, other than the fact you unlock that class. As pointed out in the WOW Insider article, paladins are technically a heroic class themselves, but they’ve been in the game from the start. Maybe Blizzard should come up with a new term?

‘Unlockable,’ ‘advanced,’ or something similar would fit what this new class is. Because every class must be carefully balanced, it’s not like death knights will totally pwn everyone else in battle. (Let’s hope not, anyways.) Yeah, they’re ‘heroic’ because they are based off of heroes, but outside of that, the term is a little misleading. But hey, you won’t catch me complaining at the opportunity to create yet another alt!

Interesting rumor on WOW Insider this morning: Will death knights be arriving early in Azeroth? Indeed, DeathKnight.info has stated that it’s a possible announcement this weekend. Supposedly, if you pre-order the expansion, you’d get to play the new class earlier. There’s a few things that support this rumor:

• You only need an existing level 55 toon to create a death knight.
• It would be a good way for people to try out the class. (And possibly to prevent thousands of death knights from being created the day the expansion starts.)
• Slightly newer content for those with no life a lot of time on their hands.
• Today’s teaser image does look like the Lich King’s eyes. Read the rest of this entry »