CONFIRMED World of Warcraft: THE BURNING CRUSADE
Updated as info comes in...
October 20, 2005
Source:
http://www.worldofwar.net/Confirmed by major staff member with Italian magazine scans.
A new territory:
Outlands
A new istance:
Kharzan a 5 person istance in the Deadwind pass zone
Caverns of time in Tanaris
Lvl cap raised to 70
A new profession: jewelcrafting, you can craft gems to apply to weapon and armor to add new effect
Two new race:
Blood Elves for horde
Still unknown for alliance
Atmospheric effect:
rain, snow
Release:
after may 2006
The gates of Ahn'Qiraj can only be opened once per server, and will take the serverwide efforts of the players of that server to do so.
In the region unlocked there is an additional 20 person instance designed to cater to a similiar audience as ZG.
There is also a new 40 man instance. It is to be harder than Blackwing Lair. I can't tell if I am reading the translation correctly here. Either to be 2-3 times harder than Molten Core... Or 2-3 times bigger.
Insect mount. No idea if it is normal or epic.
Hero classes. The update? There isn't one. Rob Pardo is quoted in Italian as saying they don't want to promise them in case they don't make the cut. Let the speculation begin on what the next 10 levels will mean.
Blood elves start north of the Eastern Plaguelands. Three regions, Eversong Woods with the capital of Silvermoon, Ghostland, and Zul'Aman.
The magazine then speculates that the new race for Alliance could easily be pandas.
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