I've been a fan of Blizzard's games since the original Diablo, which I played when I was 8, as well as the second game. I first got into WoW around the time Zul'Aman was released, and when I started my Blood Elf paladin, I was instantly hooked on the game. The lore of the game; I read and reread my game manual over and over to get as much as I could. To this day, I'll read about the lore on the WoW wiki site. The gameplay; Fantastic. It was fun. I loved every aspect of it. My paladin was fun to play, and I learned how to play while having fun so that I made my experience enjoyable.Quests were enjoyable, sometimes to the point that I wished to do them again, but dungeons were the best. The Environment; Some of the zones blew me away. When I made it to Outland, I was stunned by how amazing the place looked. I loved leveling there.
Then Wrath of the Lich King was announced. I fell in love with the Death Knight class. Dark warriors that could wreck havoc and destruction across a battlefeild? I was so there. I never got into much of the Burning Crusades endgame content due to me hitting level 70 shortly before Lich King. I was stoked though. I knew what I wanted with my death knight, and what I would be doing. I got wrath on release day, and Blizzard blew my mind away with how epic the starting quests for death knights were. My jaw stayed on the floor the entire time. I leveled my DK through outlands, enjoying all of the quests once again. I hit Northrend then, and my jaw once again remained on the floor as I leveled through the amazing zones. Blizzard earned major props from me, as they always have.
I hit 80 with my DK and have been amazed by everything along the way. But it didnt stop there. I started to do the one thing I had craved for most in this game: Raids. Naxx was amazing for me, since I had never experienced the original. Ulduar, though I still haven't finished it, it remains one of my favorite. It blew my mind. Trial of the Crusader was a little lackluster to me, and sorta dropped my spirit. Then came Icecrown. I was nowhere ready to do the raid yet, so I settled for the 5 mans (dungeons, woot!) as I got that experience and more into the lore with the Quel'Delar chain. I'm progressing through the raid right now, and it is awe inspiring.
With Cataclysm rounding the bend, I know Blizzard will once again blow my freaking mind. I'm looking forward to so many new things. The new DK talents are definately going to be interesting. I enjoyed blood as dps, but I also really like DW and frost. Worgen are a single reason why I am now going to experience the gameplay and lore from the Alliance side, as I've been Horde since my first day. Of course that doesnt mean im not going to have a goblin or two ;) .I want to level my DK to the new cap and watch my jaw fall to the floor as I experience so much of the amazing things Blizzard has put into their games. One of the most exciting things for me doesnt involve the new world or races though. I want to see how the new quest system plays out. I heard that quests are going to be different in that instead of starting in the new town with 20 quests, you have only a few, and you work your way to new ones. To me this gives some personality to my characters. You start in the new town not completely trusted, so you get a small handful of quests to prove your worth to the town. As you complete the quests, they like you more and give you the bigger stuff. This seems much more rewarding to me and for my characters.
I want to begin to experience the amazing thing that Blizzard has decided to call World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Thank you for reading this, and sorry if it is too long.