Cataclysm has finally gone to beta and the major news sites are flooded with the latest information. MMO Champion has the lion’s share of the new information, and I have to say the first thing I went to see was the new feral forms. Troll Bear Form looks a little awkward, but the glow-in-the-dark feel works slightly better on the troll cat models. I think I’d like for my Horde druid to go trollish just for the teal cat form. The worgen bear form looked familiar, and finally it hit me: isn’t that the same bear form the druids of the claw changed into during Warcraft 3? The Worgen cat form looks pretty good. Sort of like a male version of the night elf version. You can expect me to be playing a Worgen druid (that black model, most likely) when Cataclysm occurs. I also enjoy the Worgen druid plot, though I won’t spoil it for anyone!
Speaking of spoilers, most of what I’m enjoying about the beta information is all spoilers, and I know most of my readers won’t want to read them. There are two points of interest which are not spoilers that I wanted to share, though. First, there are lv 78 green quest reward weapons that put Shadowmourne to shame. No matter how good your gear is right now, it will be replaced by greens quickly. This makes me a little sad. In Vanilla, my Field Marshal’s Sanctuary set lasted me through most of the Burning Crusade. Then my Feral Tier 6 lasted me from 70 to 80 when Wrath of the Lich King became the new hot thing. Now my Death Knight’s heroic Cryptmaker is going to be vendored in favor of quest reward greens. Oh, the shame! And yet, since I want to go Worgen druid, it is a little bit liberating to know that all are made equal.
Oh, and mounts! We have a blue post saying the Frostwyrms and Proto-drakes from Glory of the Meow Raider won’t be going away. So I can spend time at my job and fixing up my home and not worry about missing out on the Frostbrood Vanquisher mount. Also, archeology seems to include some cute skeletal raptor companions and even skeletal raptor mounts! Nice, isn’t it?
And finally, an introduction. I’ve had a guest poster who would like to post her own versions of dungeon guides here, and I said I’d be happy to have them as a party of The Cute Fuzzy Meow. With Fire Festival winding down (I hope everyone has their Ice Chip and Frostscythe!) she’ll be posting her guides over the next week or two. Give her a warm welcome for me!
On a non-WoW note, I just rewatched The Big Empty. Rachel Leigh Cook is one of my favorite actresses, and Sean Bean rocks any role you put him in. While some of the dialogue Rachel gets is a little awkward to listen to, it’s great to see such two great actors working together. Somehow I imagine Sean Bean’s roles in this and Sharpe as being less about acting and more about just being himself. “Where did you come from?” Sean Bean is asked. “Your Momma sent me. She asked me to give you this” he replies with his Sheffield accent, shooting the man again. Oh Sean Bean. Now if only Billy Zabka and Dean Cain worked so well in Dark Descent. My goal for the summer is to finally sit down and finish that and There Will Be Blood. Well, and Jeanne d’Arc and Chocobo’s Dungeon.
