| Many may wonder why are we getting Cataclysm | | | | take a long detours around those large cliffs in the |
| now as next expansion, especially when there were | | | | middle. They're finally fixing this too, and some of the |
| so many speculations about Queen Azshara and the | | | | old zones which were not much loved by players are |
| Maelstrom going on. Well, first of all that's what | | | | receiving a revamp and will now be much more |
| speculations do - speculate, and the reality is often | | | | appealing. |
| quite different. The reasons are perhaps many, but | | | | |
| some of them really do make sense. So here is what I | | | | However, all the zone revamps cannot really happen |
| think might be some of the reasons: | | | | without a reason, so the idea about a large scale |
| | | | | Cataclysm taking place on the face of Azeroth |
| The gaming industry is very competitive market, and | | | | sounds like a logical explanation. If the next expansion |
| as such it forces developers to try to keep their | | | | was featuring only Queen Azshara and The |
| players based as happy as possible so they keep their | | | | Maelstrom, there was not much reason for an |
| subscribers. We already saw some changes in the | | | | earth-moving cataclysmic events. Angry, ancient and |
| World of Warcraft that addressed *making | | | | infuriated molten dragon on the other hand...guess what |
| subscribers happy* such as easier to complete raid | | | | - yes this can cause a serious changes in the world of |
| dungeons, the Emblems system allowing everyone to | | | | Azeroth. It does make perfect sense that once this |
| buy good quality items with less time spent playing, | | | | ancient and evil power is freed from his dormant sleep |
| more quests to ease your leveling as well as | | | | beneath the earth, he will be angry and will cause |
| increased experience from quests and a like. | | | | serious destruction once he emerges. |
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| Up until now, Blizzard hasn't allowed flying mounts on | | | | Introducing two new races will make everything even |
| the world of Azeroth. The reason for it has been | | | | more interesting for the players, as Blizzard will see a |
| explained several times - not all of the old world is | | | | lot of frozen accounts being unfrozen, since jaded |
| designed in 3D, and it will require some serious work to | | | | players will be interested in trying the new races. |
| make the needed changes in order to see flying | | | | |
| mounts in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms. With this | | | | With all of the above being said, Blizzard makes a |
| expansion, they will finally solve this issue. | | | | really good move with World of Warcraft: Cataclysm |
| Remember, the game is five years old, and there are | | | | as this expansion will keep their subscribers happy, will |
| new tech developments now available which have | | | | bring some players back and will also most likely bring |
| allowed Blizzard to go back and create massive | | | | new players to the game. This will no doubt make |
| improvements for some of the old zones. We all | | | | WoW one of the most popular games ever, as the |
| remember how super boring questing and leveling was | | | | player base seems to be ever-growing and Blizzard |
| in Desolace for example. Azshara was ok, but still was | | | | must be really proud about it. |
| almost impossible to find your way around unless you | | | | |