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Wrath of the Lich King detail explosion


World of Warcraft players heed our call. Blizzard dropped a ton of new information regarding the highly anticipated WoW expansion, Wrath Of The Lich King.

Probably the most exciting news outlined for fans of the MMO is the reveal of new details for the Death Knight hero class. Players who ding level 55 will be able to create one Death Knight hero per realm per account and signs point to the class still being available for all races; Worldofwar.net was shown Tauren, Dwarf, Gnome, and Orc Death Knights characters. The information for the new hero class doesn't end there as our sister site, WoW Insider, has the skinny on the Death Knight's rune system, role and abilities.

Other additions to the expansion include scalable party dungeons and the new backend system of the 5-man dungeon heroic mode. WoW Insider also has a breakdown of GameSpy's preview of new areas and quests in Wrath Of The Lich King, which include an aerial gondola, a huge sea battle, and apparently an archaeological expedition where you'll be able to fly planes.

Lead designers Jeff "Tigole" Kaplan and Tom "Kalgan" Chilton also dropped new information in an interview with Curse on the upcoming expansion as well as co-lead design J. Allen Brack in an interview with Gamespy. Both interviews covered such hot topics as Wraith's split raid system, flying mount level changes, feedback and much more. Kaplain and Chilton also presented details which outlined some of Wraith's new areas and changes to the original quest.

So WoW fans, that enough news for you in one day?

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