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World of Warcraft: Blizzard Announces New End Game Content

SzarkSzark News ManagerMember Posts: 4,420
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The folks over at Blizzard recently revealed a bunch of new end game content for World of Warcraft, including the much anticipated Black Temple, and the opportunity to acquire your very own ethereal drake.


In addition to the Black Temple's appearance in the upcoming 2.1 patch, an abundance of new solo and small-group content is coming to World of Warcraft. Groups and solo adventurers will discover much to do in the new quest hubs of Skettis, Ogri'la, and the Ethereum Prison. Druids will be able to acquire their epic Flight Form, and what's more, everyone can now quest for their very own Nether Drake epic flying mount.

Learn more about the patch here.

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  • cupertinocupertino Member Posts: 1,094

    Black Temple is a 25-person raid dungeon located in Shadowmoon Valley.

               Explore an ancient site steeped in Warcraft lore

                Gain access to more than a hundred new rare and epic items, including tier-6 armor sets

                Choose your path through a nonlinear level-70 raid dungeon, as you make your way to...

                  Face Illidan himself!

    Druid Epic Flight Form

      The Druid Epic flight form will be available through a series of quests, similar to the Warlock and Paladin Epic mount quests before it. This quest series will also open up a new boss in Sethekk Halls, and ultimately to the epic flight form.

    Ethereum Prison

      Players in good standing with the Consortium will be tasked to deal with the most recent activities of the nefarious Ethereum. With new quests, items, and content for the solo and small-group level 70 player, the Ethereum Prison will be the proving grounds for many aspiring to greatness.

    Skettis
      The Skyguard, Sha'tari warriors specializing in their command of the skies above Shattrath, have taken the offensive directly to the Arakkoa capital city, Skettis. Perched high in the mountains of Terrokar, and only accessible with use of a flying mount, Skettis holds new and exciting content for the solo or small-group level 70 player. All new quests, 5-person bosses, rare and epic items, and a new type of flying mount await those willing to lend their sword or stave to the battle.

    Nether Drake

      The Netherwing faction and quest line continues and the long awaited Nether Drake becomes available. The Nether Drake is a special 280% speed epic flying mount that is obtainable through solo and small-group play. The quest to obtain one will be difficult, but the reward will surely show your dedication to the Netherwing cause as you soar through the skies of Outland on your very own ethereal drake.

    Ogri'la

      The Ogre plateau of enlightenment opens to those who prove their worth in Blade's Edge Mountains. Level 70 players will be able to help the Ogres of Ogri'la battle invading forces and engage in new and exciting quests, such as a repeatable and ever popular bombing-run, this time using your own flying mount but with a dangerous twist! Featuring tons of new quests, the Ogri'la faction, 5-person bosses, and rare and epic items, Ogri'la is a place we're hoping all will aspire to enter.
    Now thats a content patch, i wondered what that plateau above Alerian stronghold was for, and im glad to see an epix quest for flying mounts, cus there was no way I could afford one.

    And Ogri'la sounds like a fun event too player controlled bombing runs



    ofc the haters will just see more grind.. blah blah.

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  • SramotaSramota Member Posts: 756

    Indeed it shows that Blizzard, despite popular belief, does listen to the needs of the community..
    Now I just wonder (hope?) that they cater to the Engineering and I'm all good :)

    Thumbs Up blizz, even though I don't play.

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    It all sucked.

  • sitheussitheus Member Posts: 230
    I'm surprised to see Blizz release a lot of content for one patch. How is this? Did they fire all the EQ guys? LOL.
  • BattlepoetBattlepoet Member Posts: 26
    Too bad they took two years to finally get to this point. I might care otherwise.
  • AlienovrlordAlienovrlord Member Posts: 1,525
    Originally posted by sitheus

    I'm surprised to see Blizz release a lot of content for one patch. How is this? Did they fire all the EQ guys? LOL.
    lol  Or at least put muzzles on them.   They got rid of 40 man raids before the Expansion and the new patch includes solo and small group content.
  • CiredricCiredric Member Posts: 723

    <laughs> no this content was all intended for BC, it just did not make it in for some reason.

    While the Black temple will probably be nice, it is again one of those instance that few in the game will ever explore, just like Naxx.  A lot of development effort for something that few will see.  If you wonder why I say this, investigate the requirements to get in this instance.  Just not for a casual gamers at all.

    But they are adding other instances that the casual gamer can experience.

  • coffeecoffee Member Posts: 2,007
    Originally posted by Ciredric


    <laughs> no this content was all intended for BC, it just did not make it in for some reason.
    While the Black temple will probably be nice, it is again one of those instance that few in the game will ever explore, just like Naxx.  A lot of development effort for something that few will see.  If you wonder why I say this, investigate the requirements to get in this instance.  Just not for a casual gamers at all.
    But they are adding other instances that the casual gamer can experience.
    I think you got tripped up by the april fools link which showed what was needed to attune to the black temple, it will be no where near that hard in reality.

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  • achesomaachesoma Member RarePosts: 1,768
    woo hoo more pointless, timesink grinds.  nothing new here
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    Originally posted by achesoma

    woo hoo more pointless, timesink grinds.  nothing new here

     

    Although you may be completely correct, I think that good non-raid end game content is the one thing that WoW has always been missing.  Hopefully, this will take a step towards resolving that problem.  However, I'm still waiting for a small content completely focused on end game content.  If you look at wow critically, you will notice that there are a grand total of TWO high-level zones in the entire game.  This is simply not nearly enough.  Coming from SWG, I'm sure people could understand why I feel very claustrophobic in the World of Warcraft.  :)

  • misiu_dkmisiu_dk Member UncommonPosts: 77
    Now they start roling, nice!

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  • Darkclown304Darkclown304 Member Posts: 14
    Originally posted by sitheus

    I'm surprised to see Blizz release a lot of content for one patch. How is this? Did they fire all the EQ guys? LOL.

    Or could it be that they realized that Turbine MMORPG "Lord of the Ring Online" is going to be taking huge amount of money away from those little fruity hands of theirs.Cause we all should know by know that blizz doesn't give a crap about the community that they built, all they really care about is how much money they raking in every month.

    also blizz probably releasing so many content as a desperation move to try to keep their subscribers from swiching to LOTRO, i mean come on who hasn't been waiting to face Illidan i know i have that for sure. And with this upcoming patch having Illidan in it also around the same time of LOTRO being release oh yeah definitely just a coincidense.

    Peace to the world.

  • GreenHellGreenHell Member UncommonPosts: 1,323
    Originally posted by Ciredric


    <laughs> no this content was all intended for BC, it just did not make it in for some reason.
    While the Black temple will probably be nice, it is again one of those instance that few in the game will ever explore, just like Naxx.  A lot of development effort for something that few will see.  If you wonder why I say this, investigate the requirements to get in this instance.  Just not for a casual gamers at all.
    But they are adding other instances that the casual gamer can experience.
    i have to agree with you on this content being intended for the expansion.  It only makes sense. Blizzard doesnt develop anything that fast.
  • JindujunJindujun Member UncommonPosts: 18
    Originally posted by Darkclown304

    Originally posted by sitheus

    I'm surprised to see Blizz release a lot of content for one patch. How is this? Did they fire all the EQ guys? LOL.

    Or could it be that they realized that Turbine MMORPG "Lord of the Ring Online" is going to be taking huge amount of money away from those little fruity hands of theirs.Cause we all should know by know that blizz doesn't give a crap about the community that they built, all they really care about is how much money they raking in every month.

    also blizz probably releasing so many content as a desperation move to try to keep their subscribers from swiching to LOTRO, i mean come on who hasn't been waiting to face Illidan i know i have that for sure. And with this upcoming patch having Illidan in it also around the same time of LOTRO being release oh yeah definitely just a coincidense.





    This is so true! LOTRO will kill wow just like Vanguard did, and DDO did before it oh and dont forget how guild wars just cut their subscribers in half! I hardly think this is out of desperation, this content patch has been in the works for a long time and you didnt think they added stuff like Skettis and the netherdrake faction in the game and then leave them unfinished did you?





    So yeah, LOTRO _WILL_ kill WoW, just like all the games before it did, i'm sure of it >_>
  • JadetoothJadetooth Member UncommonPosts: 372

    and as for professions:

    We have taken the time to put together a brief preview of the Profession changes for the upcoming content patch. This list does not contain all of the upcoming changes, but instead gives a brief look at what is to come.


    Alchemy


    * Elixirs now stack in two categories, Battle (Offensive) and Guardian (Defensive) Elixirs. You can only have one of each type of Elixir up at a time. As a result Elixirs now stack with class abilities such as "Arcane Intellect."
    * Four new defensive elixirs have been added. Two are on trainers, one is in Halaa and one is in Cenarion Expedition.
    * "Flask of Petrification" can no longer be turned off during its duration, but it now will clear all threat from all monsters for the duration of the effect. Though monsters may reaquire you after the effect ends.
    * The cost to purchase Imbued Vials has been reduced.

    Enchanting


    * Enchant Bracer-Spellpower had its primal costs reduced slightly.
    * Enchanting recipes that increase spell damage now also increase healing as well.
    * The "Major Defense Bracer" enchantment has been moved from Ethereum Researchers to Ethereum Nullifiers.

    Engineering


    * A recipe for "Frost Grenades" and the "Icy Blasting Primers" needed to make them are now on engineering trainers.
    * Engineering recipes can now be placed in engineering bags, as can engineer made fireworks.
    * Many engineering recipes will now give skillups for longer than the previously did.
    * "Seaforium" now opens locked chests as well as locked doors
    * The Poultryizer and Nigh Invulnerability Belt now cause mishaps less often.
    * The Goblin Rocket Launcher cooldown has been reduced significantly.
    * 11 new epic goggles have been introduced at 350 engineering skill and are available from the trainer. They range from cloth to plate, and have a variety of stats to appeal to most talent specs.

    Fishing


    * The fishing timer has been reduced from 30 to 20 seconds and it now takes less time to fish.
    * The fishing timer can no longer run through its duration without a fish biting.
    * Fishing has been removed from Arathi Basin and Alterac Valley.
    * You can now fish in Underbog.

    Jewelcrafting


    * The jewelcrafting UI now has gems split up by color so it is easier to find gems of a specific color to create.
    * A number new gem cuts to existing gems have been added to the game. Included among them are a spell hit gem and more multi-stat gems that have attack power on them.
    * Jewelcrafters can make two new melee oriented meta gems. One is found randomly as a world drop and the other sold by the <Faction> reputation vendor.
    * Thorium requirements for most recipes has been reduced.
    * Prospecting now always yields at least 1 gem. Overall, the amount of gems received from prospecting has been increased.
    * New recipes have been added that use the Jaggal and Shadow Pearls.


    Leatherworking


    * Skinning higher level creatures will give more leather; you will no longer get a single leather scrap.
    * "Knothide Armor" kits now require less leather to make and give skill increases for longer.
    * Leatherworking made primalstrike set now has an attack power set bonus rather than a strength set bonus.

    Taken from here

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  • RecantRecant Member UncommonPosts: 1,586
    Hmm yeah. WoW sucks, while  SWG had such a wonderful and meaningful end game didn't it, Master Jedi?



    I wonder what happened to that old chestnut?

    Still waiting for your Holy Grail MMORPG? Interesting...

  • Wowluva4Wowluva4 Member Posts: 23
    WTF!!!!!!!!!!! No way not cool does SWG give you one free month before charging you? NO! So zip you lips

    WoW 4 life biznatch

  • ZorvanZorvan Member CommonPosts: 8,912
    Originally posted by Wowluva4

    WTF!!!!!!!!!!! No way not cool does SWG give you one free month before charging you? NO! So zip you lips

    Yes, they do. When you buy the box, same as WoW. Oh, and they give a 14 day downloadable trial, same as WoW. So, zip your lips until you know of which you speak.

    As far as WoW content, nice to see you get some every 2 years. I'm enjoying LoTRO, myself. But don't worry. I bet Blizzard will assimilate some form of monsterplay into the game, just like they assimilated parts of all other games to make WoW. Just like they adapted Warhammer to "make" their first games. Have fun.

    Edit: Nice name, by the way, Wowluva4. Guess the first three gave up, huh? Nice to see you hangin' in there. lol

  • calibekcalibek Member UncommonPosts: 300
    Originally posted by Wowluva4

    WTF!!!!!!!!!!! No way not cool does SWG give you one free month before charging you? NO! So zip you lips
    Actually yes. When you buy the orginal game a free month comes with it. It's pretty much an MMO standard anymore. And yes SWG did give a free month. It's the expansions that don't give a free month.

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  • JowenJowen Member Posts: 326
    So the game hasn't ended yet?
  • JetrpgJetrpg Member UncommonPosts: 2,347
    Every x-pack i bought did .. - wows

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  • calibekcalibek Member UncommonPosts: 300

    Most expansion packs that offer the original game plus all previous and the current expansions do. If you buy and expansion without buying the originial game then they do not offer a free month...at least mine haven't. TBC did not add a free month for me when i upgraded.

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