World of warcraft Cataclysm Alpha - Stormwind Changes

[XxxSilentShreddaxxX]

where is the king cuz i play horde ain't seen since where'd he go???

[OllyRox97]

so the changes are SW being populated and then empty?-Pointless

[Nomanite]

@OllyRox97 It was done in a Sandbox for ease of travel (and lag) so theres no npc, just the enviorment. This is all on Live now so it IS populated.

[hristokgj]

yeh so i made my own wow cata alpha private server but one question how can i get to the new places gm commands wont work for me :S

[keeshorror]

nice the music of the gnomeregan event lovei t!

[wtfaheavyman]

my god... amasing that you got into the ALPHA! i've cant even get into the beta -.-' and yes.. i am signed up

[Konor1998]

cool park XD

[SilvarSlayar]

Thanks for the spoiler alert ;)

[W00T1122]

i think blizzard prefers horde they seem to done awesome things with horde not enough cool stuff for alliance org looks epic.

[TcolAce100]

Dude this music is epic what is it!?!?

[Khrome1]

looks like even more of a pain in the rear to walk up to the king

[thomaswinzy]

bah now druid have to run all the way to darnassus to train or fall of a cliff

(i chose the cliff)

[Nomanite]

@thomaswinzy Haha, I imagine they would move the npc somewhere else, like they have the Shaman trainer outside of Stormwind, eventually though they will put the Worgen District in there which will most likely have a druid trainer too.

[thomaswinzy]

@Nomanite there aint no worgen district? :S

[Nomanite]

@thomaswinzy There is, as what Blizzard has said at a panel during the 2009 BlizzCon, I imagine there will be an in-game event, like the pre-Cataclysm event that causes Stormwinds destructions, than it slowly gets rebuilt over time or something. Blizzard did say they have BIG stuff for the pre-event, Zombies anyone? XD

[Seikigahara]

@Nomanite lol well the events r gonna be Gnomes taking Gnomergan back and Trolls taking back the Echo Islands soo yeah XD

[MrWyatt0721]

great

[zephmeupemily]

can someone explain to me what "guild housing" is plz ive heard it b4 and i guess its what that area in SW was for but what dies that term mean? thanks

[Nomanite]

@zephmeupemily Guild housing would have been like a guild hall that only your guild would have access too, you could upgrade and purchase merchants and stuff for the area. Blizzard got rid of this idea because they wanted people to still populate the cities and not just stay in the guild housing.

[freakshow460]

daym...i found it hard enough wen i was lvl 20 to find my way around sw now its gonna be triply hard cos im 80!! i dont rly like it sorta looks a bit more modern like the fountain in trade district and stuff =/

[Nomanite]

@freakshow460 What makes that more modern? It's just a marbel fountain in the city. They just updated it so it is an actual fountain with water flowing and everything, aswell, from what I can tell in some cataclysm files, *SPOILER* Stormwind will get attacked and something may happen to Trade district too (we know the park gets demolished) But theres an instanced stormwind with phases that block off trade district.

[strp0wns911]

why odnt they improve the graphics if there gonna change everything?

[Nomanite]

@strp0wns911 Blizzard is slowly improving graphics, with Water Effects and certain other features. But the main reason they just don't do a big overhaul is because not everyone has the computer to be able to play that type of game, and Blizzard doesn't want to lose a chunk of their subscribers.

[imameeble]

,i wonder if that darn gate with the instance in sw will ever be opened. cross your fingers.

[Nomanite]

@imameeble That is actually removed, and there is a fountian on the wall now. That originally was supposed to be a guild housing area from what I've heard. But it is removed now so we will never know.

[trus3683]

seems to me it changes for the better.. looks cooler; larger

[Nomanite]

Make sure to watch the video too the end >_>

[saulpax]

one question.... why do we want to fly in azeroth?? azeroth is low lvl... unless the new lvling area for 80-85 is in azeroth? :O

[Nomanite]

@saulpax It will be in Azeroth the new leveling area, well on the elemental planes that break through. Cataclysm is changing all the zones in WoW, if you were to level a new character the story has progressed, so all new quests and experience. No zone is going untouched, Desolace will no longer be a desert waste land, the plaguelands are free of most of the plague, and theres a giant whole in the twilight highlands.

[saulpax]

@Nomanite another question... how do u know all of this ? :P ... are u some kind of Gm or something? hehe

[Nomanite]

@saulpax If I was a GM, I wouldn't be able to answer that >_> But anyways, I know all these because I do lol, Blizzard does release a lot of information if you read between the lines, and from Blizzcon the released a full statement regarding most of that I said.

[trus3683]

@saulpax PART of it is. the barrens, for example, will be divided in two. one half will be part of a leveling area for higher ups, 83, i think.. the other half will be as it was. for 20's

[weezecutioner]

@saulpax it is, they are opening up some previously closed areas, making those the leveling areas

[Nihlathak12]

OMG, I CAN'T WAIT <3

5/5 Video <3 it

[Chameleon1337]

Cool as ice, very nice

[Nomanite]

Depending on how many views I get, and positive comments/remarks I will make another video of other zones.

[Crazelmaxthelock1337]

I believe what this shows is what it will look like

[Gundude5]

so this is how stormwind is going to look during cataclysm?

[Nomanite]

@Gundude5 Some of it... The park district that will be destoryed will probabily be where the new Worgen District will be going... It may, or may not be a phased event aswell.