Iunno if a thread has already been made but anyway. Right to the Point! What do you guys think about the upcoming expanson? Personaly the Races.... i always thought Goblins were ment to STAY Neautral when it came to siding with horde or alliance? And the Class changes are ...interesting anyway ill leave you guys to speek your mind ^_^

For those who havnt seen anything about it yet here ya go ^_^
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/

The Goblins are an obvious "balance" race to Gnomes. Worgen are an obvious reply to constant complaints that the Horde has all the bestial races, as were Dranei and Blood Elves. Blizzard ought to stay the course. Worgen I like, but Goblins? I would've gone with something more along the lines of say, Ogrekin or maybe a Gorilla-esque race. Now that I think of it though, if a Worgen got an orc mount... yeah they might be good on the Alliance.

The goblins are a separete cartel. So booty bay and the like will still be neutral
genrally, the races and class combos arent my big thing
ITS THAT THERE REDOING 1 to 60!!
which is the worst part in my opinon.

I like it enough that I might actually pick up my account again once it is out.

Personally, I hoped they'd wait abit longer with it, so we can enjoy Icecrown Citadel a fair bit more, but o well.

On the races, meh.
For the goblins, I don't really care that much, for I don't play horde that much. And I hope for their sake they won't become 'the other gnomes'. Though, I was expecting something along the lines of ogres to be the next horde race, but that'd be me.

As for the worgen, I really rather had furlborg to be the new alliance race, I mean, Darkshore, Ashenvale, Felwood and Winterspring are full of them. In the night elf starting quests you just stumble over them, not to mention it are the fulborg that teach the draenei shamanism. They'd be perfect to function as: Warrior, Hunter, Shammy or Druid.

From what I've heard, they're completely overhauling azeroth, which is a shame I think.

I still wonder what mounts they're going to give to the new races though. I mean, what do worgen ride on, seriously?

Personally I think that the expantion will be brilliant for WoW. 1-60 areas are starting to get incredibly boring, especially after you've played the Northrend content. So many people would be re-rolling just to experience it all. Also I am looking forward to the raid scene. My WoW account started just before WotLK started so I missed out on the introduction raids, and now have to PUG everything to get gear. Overall I think it is a brilliant idea, and I think Blizzard are going in the right way with the game.

Both races are super cool. I wasnt exited when Drenei and Blood Elfs came...but i am exited now. I think everybody during his career of adventures in Azeroth has been thinking how cool it would be to play a gnome. But now the Ally`s are getting Worgen...cmon its almost as naming them Wolverine :S Or werewolfs. . .i think i might betray the horde and make a Worgen in an Alt realm just to check em out. its a big temptation.

I would have enjoyed more a new class tho. The new races will bring more variety in the general picture when going to the Ah in ur faction`s major city. But thats it...new looks. A new class would bring alot more variety in terms of playing style. Althou ive played only mage,rogue and priest so theres plenty more to check out if i ever get bored. But still a new class would be cool.

The new re-mapping is a great idea. I do want to remind ppl that you wont see Kalimdor and E. Kingdoms changes unless you activate your expansion. It all goes with the story you wont start level 1 and get the new things. Its progression.
And finaly flying mounts in classic zones :D which makes sense since now all weird areas from before will be popuilated and re-done.
I dont know what to think about the new proffesion....are we gona dig for random items? :O
oh well. . . . more is more and im sure it`s gona be a good thing. I know JC and Insc were spot on addons for us :) Also JC makes tons of gold atm :D and with the new raid incomign gem prices will rocket again :D

But it will be a relatively small expansion . . .couple of new zones. . .true they say there`s gona be alot mroe dungeons and raids . . . but ye with the only storyline revealed to be Deathwing . . . i am kinda sad :S
After cataclysm everything is new . . .i hope they do come up with a great new story for 4th expansion. I guess they will need more time to put it all togheter. But if they add tons of raids to keep us entertaint i can wait :>
Besides StarCraft 2 is coming :P

you know i would've picked murlocs and worgen! (joking on the murlocs part)
but goblins are meant to be neutral IMO

I don't play warcraft but according to my friends that do. "humna humna humna...(drooling)"

another response I've heard can best be described by this: http://roosterteeth.com/comics/strip.php?id=806

I think Cataclysm will be good, but for the die hard fans such as myself, it will loose (potentially) alot of us.
This, I think, is due to the revamp of Azeroth, just think about all those many flight paths that we're going to have to re-obtain and the trekking around and understand whats happened.
I know for some this might seem like alot of fun, but when you've been playing for the best part of 5 years you sort of know the game inside out and wish for it to stay that way!

They'll be worth a try.

Let's face it. After 5 years this is the closest blizz can get to an actul 'relaunch', ya know?

I'm lookin' forward to rolling a goblin. If i didn't already HAVE a rogue, i might roll a Goblin Rogue for SWEET SWEET RETRIBUTION ON GNOMES!

Worgen ride on giant boars.

That is all.

(Looking forward to it!)

I plan on making a Goblin Hunter when Cataclysm comes out.

I won't make a Worgen until a month after it comes out, because before than the Worgen starting zone will be FILLLLEEEDDDDD to the brim.

It doesn't bother me in the slightest. I'm still going to stick to the tried and true nelfs/undead

I like it, I think it's great they're redoing 1-60, because quite honestly, it became rather formulaic. Also, the gap between endgame (level 80) and endgame play is kinda huge. I hit 80 with my paladin and realized I still had a long way to go, and no one to go it with. I leveled to 80 missing a majority of the old WoW raids, so I was missing a hell of a lot of gear and rep, which as we all know is the merit to get you anywhere in endgame. I didn't wanna deal with more rep grinding and slugging it out for a spot in PUGs and my guild was simply too green for raids because most of our high levels deserted for the hardcore companies, it was the perfect storm of nowhere to go. I played for a few more weeks after hitting 80, mostly leveling alternates till I lost the will to go on. I think Cataclysm is going to flip the board for WoW and I might just get back into it when it launches

While the new races are alright in theory, I still would have prefered another class or two.

Vote 1 for the Bard!!!

im kinda on the fence about it all.
but i assume thats becuase im only a casual WoW player..
is there a such thing xD?

Im gonna miss the Barrens

Silent Lycoris:
While the new races are alright in theory, I still would have prefered another class or two.

Vote 1 for the Bard!!!

yes im not the only one that wants a bard class (unless you where joking then i am dissapointed)

anyway i don't even have wotlk yet but goblin shaman ;)

If I were you,I'll pick it up,and play for 3-4 hours a day to avoid to be addict.

In all honesty, I'd've thought Worgen would've been on the Horde, but that may just be wishful thinking.

I think it's a brilliant idea, though. Reworking everything is a positive change, though relevelling the zones will put many a pre-Cataclysm player in a funk, and be a pain in the ass for a good while.

Yeah, sorry my fellow Horde members, but I'm rolling a worgen. They're just too bad-ass not to, I won't make one 'till (like someone said above) a good while after launch to avoid the Death-Knight-Syndrome that the starting zone will undoubtedly have.

And I don't like the Goblins (though the go-kart mount'll be pretty sweet).

I'm personally very excited about the Worgen, as they seem like an interesting addition to the Alliance, but what really has my interest piqued is the fact that all the racial traits are apparently getting significantly upgraded to be on par with the newcomers. Can't wait to see what new abilities my Forsaken character gets.