Lich King Notes



Honestly, I get into my online games sporadically. When I have big blocks of time, I play as often as I can and even then it depends on whether or not I'm interested in grinding the levels. I've gone through a fallow time with both Warcraft and Second Life. And I've played Eve Online even less than those games.

Which is why I never updated my views on the new Lich King content since it's release. For a long time, I only played the Death Knight area then stopped. So during the holidays, I took my high level character to Northrend. Perhaps a bit prematurely since the toon was only 68.

I started in the Howling Fjord zone, not as a result of planning but because I was in Tirisfall and near the zeppelin for that zone.

In Howling Fjord, my character was thrown into an all out fight for the beach against the Alliance. The Lich King scourge was only a distant echo in these quests. However the Forsaken's desire of creating their own scourge disease was a very big element in this area. After the beach quests, my character was sent further inland into the lands of new NPC enemies called the Vrykul. These characters are based on Viking culture and their land reflected it. There were many wooden buildings with dragon gargoyles. The area had a more photorealistic sheen to it than the old WoW areas and it looks gorgeous.

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And I started this entry a few weeks ago and now have lost my train of thought. About what I really wanted to write about this expansion.

I've been playing it off and on for the last few weeks. There have been complaints that it is geared to easy and intended only for casual players. Truthfully, I haven't noticed a large difference between Lich King and the other areas except in terms of graphics. Then again, I'm the casual player that the hardcore sect likes to complain about all the time. The quests are a mix of the old "kill x number of these enemies" and the new phased tech in the Death Knight areas. I like that the Lich King allows the player to feel immersed in the story and not just tagging along.

Should a new player buy it right away? No. I think this expansion can wait until a player is near the proper level. But there is enough to look forward to after 70 that makes the expansion worth it when the player is ready.

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