http://www.wowlichking.info All the Latest on the World of Warcraft Expansion Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:36:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Blizzard rep Nethaera was asked how Blizzard will choose players to participate in the Wrath of the Lich King beta. Here's her response: "We generally pull from many places so that we have a good variety of people in the beta. Some of it is random and some are winners ... http://www.wowlichking.info/closed-beta-news/ In case you missed it, Blizzard produces a periodic podcast that features World of Warcraft - especially the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. Episode 3 has just been released - here's an excerpt: Bornakk The first dungeon many players will explore in Northrend is Utgarde Keep. Can you tell us ... http://www.wowlichking.info/blizzcast-episode-3/ As the Wrath of the Lich King expansion nears release, more and more leaks and hints from Blizzard are surfacing about what's going to be included. In this case it's updates to druid spells - especially important to all you balance druids out there. Most balance druids were disappointed by the ... http://www.wowlichking.info/druid-spell-changes-leaked/ In a recent post on the official World of Warcraft forums, Blizzard had this to say about Priest enhancements in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion: "Though some priests have found a use for the discipline tree, right now, it doesn't quite have a solid purpose/goal, but rather seems to ... http://www.wowlichking.info/wotlk-priest-enhancements/ In a recent interview, Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan talked about the new voice chat tools to be introduced in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion: "We've just started implementing the voice chat on the test servers. It's an important evolution for WoW. Lots of players are used to running that kind ... http://www.wowlichking.info/new-voice-chat-tools-for-wotlk/ In a recent interview, Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan has this to say about the a few issues introduced in Burning Crusade r.e. the difficulty in accessing certain instances: "I fully agree with you, we did learn many lessons from The Burning Crusade. We've already fixed the access issue with recent updates. I ... http://www.wowlichking.info/instance-issues-fixed/ There's been a recent rash of phishing emails claiming to be from Blizzard and offering the chance to get into the Wrath of the Lich King beta. It claims to come from 'WotLK Development Team <wotlkBETA@blizzard.com>' and reads: Greetings, You have been selected by Blizzard Entertainment to take part in our special World ... http://www.wowlichking.info/lich-king-beta-key-scam/ World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King will add a new option to the game’s class roster with the introduction of the first hero class, the necromantic death knight. During the Second and Third Wars, the people of Azeroth learned to fear these merciless, unholy opponents and their terrifying ... http://www.wowlichking.info/more-death-knight-qa/ More from a recent interview with Blizzard's Tom Chilton - this time about flying mounts in Northrend: "We're still discussing how (flying mounts) are going to work - we're not sure if you'll actually be able to use your flying mount right away. You might have to earn your 'Northrend flying ... http://www.wowlichking.info/flying-mounts-in-northrend-2/ In a recent interview, Blizzard's Tom Chilton had this to say about the new Death Knight rune system in Wrath of the Lich King: "The current idea we're playing with is you have a fixed time, say 10 seconds, for a rune to fade back in and become usable again, and ... http://www.wowlichking.info/more-on-runes/