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I'm looking forward to the new underwater zones and the cool seahorse mount, and mostly because I love my warrior the new rage system

If I could pick one thing that is the most exiting in the upcoming expansion, it would be ... hmm.. all of it! I “studied” the whole warcraft lore, i also play wow since it came out, so i have to say im looking forward to the continuing of the lore and how it connects to the past, to all the new/redesigned quests, to the changed terrain, since in the previous expansions they only added new continents - although changing just minor things on the old ones- but with Cata redesigning and revamping azeroth it gives us something new and unexpected somehting refreshing,ofcourse to the improved and more used (previously introduced in Wotlk) phasing since it gives a awesome depth to questing. the new underwater regions are pure genius!
Just living through the whole Cataclysm is what I am most exited about.

I'm pretty excited about experimenting with updated professions. Too many of the professions in Wrath became boring too quickly and it sounds like there will be lots of perks for all of them in Cat!

Also I'm hoping the corpse runs for most of the classic runs have been simplified, I can never find my way back into Maraudon.

* i wanna try goblins, i really want to
* i wanna test the new 41 points talent trees
* and i wanna find as many bugs as i can so we get cata live asap

oh and i have a full month of vacations to play so, pick me!! xD

I am looking forward most to in cataclysm is heroic dead mines and well almost everything else it will be interesting to see how all the changes are going to work out

One of the main things i'm looking forward to in Cataclysm is the new class changes. I've been playing a resto druid for a couple of years and adapting to new changes is what I find fun the most. I'm also looking forward to leveling alts through the new redesigned old world zones as well as leveling my druid through the 78+ area zones and doing the new dungeons.

Instead of simply telling you what I'm excited about (everything, lore wise leveling wise and graphics wise, plus nostalgia), Why don't i simply tell you what i would do if i got in?

First, i would have to double check to make sure it was real. Look at the webpage, check my email, look at the specific Cataclysm account and make sure the key worked. Then, it's time to download and patch up.

As soon as that patch is done, it's game time.

First thing i would do is immediately create a Goblin. Let me tell you, i would create the CRAP out of that goblin. I'd go with all the weirdest combination of facial expression, hair, and skin color. Why? Because I'm in the beta. Anyone within earshot would no doubt attest my maniacal laughter as a sign as of my insanity as I swapped through the various skin colors of the Goblin, each one increasing my volume 2 fold until i managed to get the most out of whack one.

I would be unable to hold back the squeels of excitement as i pressed "Enter". Each little bit the bar progressed to the end would make me crazier and crazier. As soon as I'm in, ALT TAB.

Yeah, ALT TAB.

Quick as a whip, I pull up the Cataclysm account management page. There is no time to waste in my own little world at this point. I copy my Druid and premade a warlock and shadow priest ASAP and get the ETA asap, although i won't be touching them for a while. Then, ALT TAB. No time to waste!

As my squeels are coming out in quick succession, I would begin to do hardcore testing on the Goblin starting zone. Not a single foot of ground would go unwalked on by me as i feedbacked every single quest. Not one letter would go un spellchecked, not one mechanic unviolated by my insane scrutiny. I would zip through the zone as a rogue, and immediately head over to the Forsaken areas.

Low and behold as many loregasms would be had as I pretended my goblin had been recently revived by Sylvanus, and I was simply serving my Dark Lady. I would kill and crush as though i were crushing players on the other end, and i was /point and /laugh at any corpse I found.

Break time.

Breaking into a full sprint, I rush to get some water. I pull out a large sized cup, press the refrigerator to the water setting, and begin pouring. I would be hopping up and down, causing the water to spill out over the cup. No time to worry about it. I get 3-6 medium sized icecubes and sprint back to the computer, spilling half of the glass on the way up.

Oh well.

I would frantically regain my position and return to my squealing as i continued to quest like a maniac, rushing through 1-60 while being as thorough as possible on the Eastern Kingdoms, and then doing 60-80. Of course, I would be squashing bugs.

And how so.

I would have to be kicked out of the beta due to my rapid succession in finding bugs, the CMs and Devs no longer wanting to deal with my reports and feedback on the forums and ingame and wanting some new players to give feedback. The other players would hate me for squashing bugs before they could.

Nothing I can do, haters going to hate.

I would proceed to pimpwalk past all of them, and if I see any stopping to report a bug or feedback a quest, I would slide on up to them and whisper "I already beat you to it" and then gallop off into the sunset on my various mounts. This would continue until I was removed from the beta. Once i realize what they had done, I would sit in my room and begin plotting to regain access to the beta, knowing full well that once i returned the beta servers would face a testing the likes of which had never been seen before.

And then i would eat some oats.

The thing I am excited for is the fact that they are making the old Azeroth much for enjoyable for both the newcomers of WoW and 4 year vets like me :). For once in a long time I cant wait to roll some alts and see all of the changes they are doing. On top of this the fact that they are doing a lot of stuff with the major players in WoWs lore instead of them just sitting in the capital cities. As a lore nut I am very excited for all of the changes they are doing and I cant wait to see all this in action and start over to see all of the new content :).


Ps. yer contest ends 2 days before my B-day a beta invite would be a great gift ^.^ :P

I'm excited for many things!

1. To try the new secondary profession. It definitely sounds like something up my alley since a lot of it deals with vanity things. I love collecting weird interesting things in game, and I'm excited to see what this profession will bring.

2. I'm excited to find new and fun ways to kill people on my main character (A priest) with my new priest spell "Leap of Faith". Sure I could use it for it's actual intention of saving someone's life, but where's the fun in that? When I could be dragging low health people into fire.

3. I'm excited for the new mounts and pets. As an avid mount and pet collector (120 mounts/126 pets) I'm more than excited to see what Blizzard is introducing into the game. Oh, and to be one of the first to saddle up on them =D.

4. The new dungeons! Who wouldn't want a change of pace. From what videos I have seen, I cannot wait to get in there and try them out! Seeing all the new bosses, fight mechanics, new boss loot and the itemization that comes with it. Sounds all win to me.

5. Flying around Azeroth, finally! I cannot begin to explain how long I have been waiting to fly my phoenix anywhere. And now I can. The sooner the better! To be able to go exploring through the old world like never before, to see all the new changes. Finally it has come.

6. Finally the last thing I am looking forward to is female Worgen! They are so bathed in mystery that I would love to be one of the first to roll one once they become available. For so long I had wondered why there were so many male Worgen in Shadowfang Keep, without a female in sight. And I cannot wait to finally see their dance, and to watch it first hand would be fun.

I have many other reasons, but these are my semi-unique ones. Thank you for your time =).

~Asilwen

I'm most excited about the continuation to the lore and quests that are going to be introduced. Even with the "nerfs" to archaeology there will still be items of Azeroth's past for me to collect. I love immersing myself into the world and just experiencing the awesome universe the people at Blizzard have created. I plan on taking a tour of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor and taking screenshots of my favorite areas now and then doing the same after the release to see how they have been affected by the cataclysm.
I know it seems ultra nerdy but questing and exploring are way more fun then raiding to me.

The one thing i am really looking forward to is the Lore and how it interacts with every dungeon and every raid you enter. Does it flow together well and is it easy to follow. Also are the tasks/quests harder then they are in Wotlk. I think the big thing with this expansion are the revamp class talents/trees and how that will also help with dungeons and raids. Wow being hard again would make this game fun. I cant wait!

The reason I find WoW: Cataclysm so aluring is the whole lore behind it, I want to get in and experience the story as it develops and be a part of it. It is a game, and since I am quite the nerd i find the game mechanics the second most important thing on my list. I enjoy using them and figure out ways to reuse them in different areas, which allso is the cause of my addiction to the talent tree's.

I have played allot of different MMORPG's through my time and i have yet seen a game who can compete with WoW on all aspects. We can see this by only looking at the huge amount of players who is currently playing it daily and each and every one of them plays the game for their own reason. Some for the social experience, others for the plain reason to humiliate others in the arena and some even to get into a role and live it out in a world full of magic.

The developers have created it so that many types of players can enjoy the game on different areas which is why it have become this popular, and personally I am not going to miss the next expansion when WoW have been a part of my life for roughly 5 years.

Hope to see you all in a slightly scarred but still magic world when the cataclysm strikes.

Oh and by the way, my goblin warlock will dance on your corpses.

What I am really looking forward too in the new expansion is the new landscape and the new look of Azeroth, the new ways we are going to experience the game, I did love the original quests. But seeing it be changed around gives a new look for veteran players and new players, it really makes me wonder what they are going to do with Cataclysm.

Another thing I look forward too even more is Worgens, I thought they should always be a race, and actually seeing them become one is amazing, and I would really want to be one when I could get the chance. They are very interesting creatures, with which I think has the most interesting lore out of all the races, not to mention they look awesome.

Something I've come across is the new 31 talent points, I really want to use this, and see how it functions and works, and see what Blizzard is going to to do with it, the other thing I've seen that Blizzard is implementing is the new guild system, which really makes being in a guild more appealing, other than the constant 25 Man ICC raid every Thursday.

Lastly, I praise Blizzard for this, NOT raising the level cap too 90, and keeping it at 85, so instead of dreading gaining another ten levels, I only have to suffer another five more, which isn't as bad especially with all the new quests they are introducing. Making leveling more fun. I think Cataclysm will revive World of warcraft.

Edited, Jul 26th 2010 11:15pm by Deathisfear101