Wrath of the Lich King - World Event

[Boubouille]

Update 00:35 CEST - It seems that if you /duel another player and let him kill you while you're infected, you will get instantly transformed into a zombie.

Update 00:25 CEST - We've got the source of the infection ! You can get infected by looting the suspicious crates in Booty Bay



Update 00:00 CEST - Event is going live on ALL servers !!!!!!

Wrath of the Lich King - World Event
As I write this news, it looks like the pre-Wrath of the Lich King world event has been started on one of the US live servers, we're still unsure if it's just an error or if Blizzard is testing the event on a few servers. Below is a small preview of what to expect during this event .... You can probably expect more updates in the next hours if the event is extended to all realms.

• Zombies will randomly spawn in the world (and near cities) and infect anyone they damage.
• People infected by zombies can either get cured by other players or by Argent Healers deployed in most of the zones.
• If a player or NPC isn't cured within 10 minutes ... He will turn into a zombie !
• Players changed into zombies have access to a new set of skills to let them attack and infect other players. They become friendly with other zombies and hostile to all player factions.

Also ...

• Don't waste your time finding and creating a level 1 on this server, being hostile with all player factions also means that guards will kill you on sight and pretty much instantly in the case of a level 1 character.
• This is probably just the first part of the world event, it doesn't look fully deployed at all

You might want to get ready for some serious zombie invasion in the next days ....

[Genesys]

reminds me of the days naxx launched and that tabard~ 8)

[Jarath]

Thats a pretty cool event, better than the TBC one I look forward to being a flesh eating fiend.

[got3n]

wow that looks, fun, something to keep me off the beta server ^_^

[kavod]

Well it's just my luck that the army will be taking me in on Nov 12... well I guess I'll be trading my Spellblade in for an M-16

[Antiles]

Confirmed to have started on Windrunner US

[LavaDuck]

inc lag!

[bleeter]

Oceanic realm here, some AD banner next to the mailbox in UC. Looking around for more 'foo' to report

There's an Argent Dawn NPC 'Argent Healer' behind the innkeeper in UC, too. She's barely got anywhere to stand between all that Hallow's End stuff on the ground

Also an NPC outside... 'Be wary, for the plagues tendris of the Lich King lurk close'

[Peon]

This is going live in EU now too, I just saw the Argent Dawn npc spawn at the Stormwind gates.

[avagro]

Can report that Argent Healers have show up on Daggerspine-EU

[jacce]

And Alonsus EU too. Looks interesting...

[ackis]

inc lag!

Eh didn't we already have lag?

[lordkarthas]

I've been seeing the Argent Healers on Farstriders US.

[Unclean1]

healers on Moonglade EU

[memento]

And healers on Zirkel des Cenarius Germany.

So healers all around the world. Someone here who spotted something... well.. to heal for them?

[Napalm]

ROFL, Welcome to the World of Wa... Resident Evil? WTF!?! OH NOES!!!!!
lol, this is awesome and should be much better then defending the portal from pre TBC.

[valashe]

confirmed on Cenarion Circle (US). Saw a zombie in STV.

[Mordiceius]

INC Zombie Apocalypse

[Zigeuner]

healers & Banners on Azjol-Nerub (EU)

[Ziros22]

Booty Bay guards infected on Bonechewer. Looting suspicious crates grants infection.

Conspicuous Crate is correct item.