Jeff Kaplan Interview - CVG

CVG published their latest interview with World of Warcraft's lead designer Jeff Kaplan, who talked about the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion, its geography, entrance, high level content and epic mobs:

Kaplan: We absolutely need to make the entry to Northrend epic. I mean, we originally had the entry to Burning Crusade's Dark Portal as a bunch of cohorts walking around, and people reacted badly. This really hammered home the fact that we needed to raise expectations on entering the expansions.

With the four points of entry (two for each side) we've gone out of our way to make them cool. With the Alliance you go to the Howling Fjord - you come down through the big Fjord walls, and there's big battle going on around you. For the Horde, in Howling Fjord, you enter an area with brand new Forsaken architecture.

Traditionally they have wrecked human buildings, but we've built these awesome new Forsaken buildings, with their own distinct style that comes from the Undercity - that kind of Tim Burton feel. They're landing an invasion for fighting the Alliance, and instantly you can see the battle.

Read the full interview at CVG.

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