Blood Elves will have a new starting zone north of Eastern Plaguelands and a new dungeon will be included.
The racial trait of the Blood Elves will be a "Mana Tap" to slowly leech the mana of the target (it will be applicable more than once like the Sunder Armor) and that will then directly load the second trait: "Arcane Torment (or Torrent)" which will work like an area silence.
Battlegrounds shared between servers.
No hero classes.
Alliance race will NOT be showcased at BlizzCon.
Outland will come, Illidan as well.
Further news
The Blood Elves will be Mages, Warlocks and Warriors but it's undecided if either hunters or rogues.
Their starting zone will be Quel'Thalas (what is left), north of the Eastern Plaguelands (Sunstrider Isle is the name of the starting area) and with a three-zones valley inbetween (Eversong Woods with the capital Silvermoon [does this mean they have to enter another zone to visit their capital?], Ghostland and a troll themed zone called Zul'Aman).
"The Scourge devoured our ancient homeland of Quel'Thalas. The once-proud bloodline of my people is nearly spent. The few of us that remain now call ourselves blood elves, in homage to our murdered people." - Prince Kael'Thas Sunstrider
About the live content, the opening of Silithus will be introduced by a live event that will require the collaboration of everyone and that will only happen once for each server. Behind the gates there will be a open zone tailored for 20 players (defined by Blizzard "casual hardcore" with a temple at the center with an instance that will be the biggest to date (two-three times Molten Core). The players will also get access to special mounts (insects) that will be only usable in the dungeon.
The Outlands will be divided into differently themed regions (like the rock valleys of the Hellfire Peninsula and the luxuriant forests of Zanga Marsh, part of what is left of Dreanor), while within Shadowmoon Valley there will be the Black Temple with Illidian himself as boss.
The flying mount will be for level 70 players and after an epic quest chain. But only usable in the Outlands (floating isles).
No new engine changes or features. The Blood Elves models seem to use 20% more polygons. Blizzard is also experimenting with Specular Environmental Mapping.
The atmospherical effects should arrive soon as a live patch.
Also, by the time the expansion is out, the Battlegrounds should be finally linked between the servers to kill the queues.
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딱 하나 거슬리는게 있다면 블엘의 시작 지대라는 쿠엘타라스가 바로 동부 역병 지대라는 최고렙 지역에 맞붙어 있다는 정도인데 이거야 쿠엘타라스 -> 티리스팔 숲 정도의 항로를 만들면 되는 일이겠죠. 이렇게 되려면 확실히 호드쪽이어야 말이 되긴 합니다.
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