Cataclysm: The Echo Isles

[Zero44556]

Isn't "Zalazane's" like level 10? Just capture Hogger and send him over there, he'll go ape shit!! ;D

The real zalazane's actually raid-boss power, the ones we always killed were trolls hexxed to look like him

We're going to need the help of vol'jin, the tiger loa zintabra, and the watcher of the darkspear dead to defeat him for good

Also, something I caught about that bit with the horde's politics, could this mean there's more anger at garrosh's rise to power than just from the playerbase?

[Punks]

Funny, I was just thinking the same thing...

really they look nothing like that ol Isle....

the isle looked exactly like northern STV near the border to Darkshore.

this look completely brand new.

[Rthr-X]

Are those low-level training dummies in there? Now there's something else to look forward to!

[Sylviane]

That looks awesome. May have to roll a troll (or at least hang out there with a Goblin).

[Holycola]

So that is supposed to be the racial city for Trolls? With an Auction house and bank??

no it will be like valley of trials or northshire abbey, just a 1-5 place, which is a shame really, these look great and its a pity we'll only get to experiance them for like 30 minutes, I guess there couldnt be much done on that though

only question though is if this is just a starting area will voljin be there ?

[phluff]

this looks fantastic
absolutely great

[Seregon]

really they look nothing like that ol Isle....

the isle looked exactly like northern STV near the border to Darkshore.

this look completely brand new.

Well, not that much alike... It more reminded me of it.

[treston323]

Wow.. Alliance better get gnomer as a city instead of just the surface if trolls are getting the whole island as a city.

[mochaomhog]

Wow, look at that water!

And my video card falls over from overheating... But seriously, is that the windows openGL client? or? because a bunch of us use that one, still no new shadows there. I wonder if cata will bring a DX10/11 client, or maybe just switch compleatly to OGL3.2.

[Dragonshardz]

Looking forward to leveling a Troll Rogue or perhaps, a shaman! /bring on da woodoo mon!

PS: To all the people being amazed by the new water effects - do you really measure the quality of water effects in WoW just by comparing it to the one we have atm? It sure looks better but damn, it's on the level of Fable 1 graphics (and that even had little waves, splashes if you fiddle around it)... I doubt WoW: Cataclysm water effects will ever have that xD

[Brock2525]

Wow.. Alliance better get gnomer as a city instead of just the surface if trolls are getting the whole island as a city.

Echo Isles isn't a city. Think Deathknell.

[JabJack]

Looks incredible. The graphics are gorgeous compared to what we usually expect with WoW and the questing experience will no doubt be pretty awesome.

Defiantly agree on the graphics they truly look epic

[Amgyn]

Awesome.
I like the politics thing....


I hope they do a retaking of ogrimmar quest with phasing and everything!

[Amgyn]

I wouldnt get hopes up for the graphics... they could just be well rendered and edited screenshots

[Sargerus]

excellent news for my upcoming troll druid ;D

[Deleted]

I really believe Blizz likes Horde more than Alli =(

G4trolls I suppose, the GFX look really sick

CANT WAIT FOR GNOMEREGAN RELEASE!!!!

They sure do , you didnt even see Gnomeregan yet... and you got a whole Harbor in Stormwind in Woltk we got a new Zepelin tower...they work for their game to get better not for a specific class or factions to have advantage over the other.

[Jeina]

This is a new starting zone, not a capital city.

I repeat.

THIS IS NOT A CAPITAL CITY. The capital city for the Trolls will still be OGRIMMAR.

That said:

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/.../echoisles.xml

[Pachycrocuta]

Looks awesome. I just hope the questing experience through Durtar is a hell of a lot better than it is now. I loathe creating a new orc/troll because I hate Durotar. And getting them to Tirisfal/Eversong/Mulgore is horrid as it takes about 15 minutes to get from Valley of Trials to Durotar.

But this info on the trolls looks awesome. And I love the way the new Echo Isles looks. Just curious about the boat, though.

[Brock2525]

Awesome.
I like the politics thing....


I hope they do a retaking of ogrimmar quest with phasing and everything!

I think it would be neat if they had players choose a side (Garrosh or Vol'jin) and you were hostile to whomever chose the other side. Then you could actually feel like there was a true uprising when fighting other players and NPCs.

[Donald Hellscream]

is it me or do the target dummy on one picture wear tiki masks? awesome stuff btw