Blizzcon Day 1 Pictures Update, Day 2 Schedule

[Xaelyn]

"Will troll and worgen druids get unique bear, cat, travel and aquatic forms?"
CR: Yes. Yeah, we will... that's something we'd really like to do. That's one of the things we'll definitely be doing.

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[perera]

"We've heard thrall is leaving and garrosh is taking over; can you comment?"

CM: "About thrall / garrosh relationship and what's going on with varian. Been a lot of speculation on the web; I don't want to spoil anything. Yeah, there's a lot going on there. I guess I can say, with the world in the state that it is, with the cataclysm raging everywhere.

What do you think the world's mightiest shaman would need to do? I'll leave you with that question."

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"Are there going to be improvements to phasing; like so people can help you after they've done it?"

CS: Yeah that's something we want to do where you can share your phase with friends. It's on the list for cataclysm.

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"I want my 31 bosses in Icecrown."
"We can do that, we'll just give you the Ten Horsemen."

[Spaceboy33]

Im still curious as to what the alliance is going to win. It seems they're losing Ashenvale, Southshore, some of Darkshore, Azshara... And all they're getting is the newly "livable" areas from the cataclysm, like Desolace. Where do the allies WIN?!
I think we should take over an area of Silverpine (seems a logical second way to go for Worgen), then they could turn the Alterac Valley queue area into a real quest hub, same way as the horde city in Arathi, and it would expand into the game. Just give the alliance something! We finally get a badass leader and he's not going to win us any battles?
On the other hand, Im curious about the impact on a few areas... Burning Steppes, Searing Gorge, will they become more burning and more searing? Or will they get some life as well? And Deathwing is passing through Wetlands, will Wetlands dry up?

[perera]

@Spaceboy33: Regarding Gilneas, check this image from wowinsider:
http://www.wow.com/gallery/cataclysm-zones/2226096/

[BeerWolf]

Just me or is the Medium setting not streaming at all?

Watching the Low setting has got horrid buffing issues atm. :-\

[Pokchop]

They did include the Game Systems panel (they recorded it and played it between SC2 gameplay panel and closing ceremony). So besides the morning Q&A, the art panel, and the second Class Panel we didn't miss out on much.

Q&A? Seriously, all lame questions. I cringe at Q&A. People asking dumb questions that they could've answered themselves or asking something that isn't likely going to be answered. Or stupid crap like why'd you nerf me? It's like WoW Forums Live.

Art panel not going to be missed. There wasn't much else to the second class panel IMO.

So yeah I watched the whole stream and got all the new WoW information from whatever panels we got.

Anyway if you watched the stream just for WoW then you should've just waited for MMO-Champ to post the relevant info. If you're like me that enjoys Diablo and SC too, then it was all good. Really enjoyed the Monk reveal, definitely my new favorite Diablo class after the Barb.

[Pumps]

What is starting to worry me is that MMO history has taught us that every time a company radically redesigns the game (like Blizzard is now doing) it spells the end of the game. One need to look no farther than UO with AoS, DAoC with TOA and SOE SWG to see that radical redesigns normally don't work out nearly as well as they sound like they are going to.

The thing is the others change things out of desperation. Blizzard (at least old blizzard) changes things out of creative overflow of ideas. The only thing I'm worried about is that they destroy my favorite old world areas - and of course that they prevent us AGAIN from using the flying mounts... but apart from that it sounds interesting.