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Wrath of the Lich King - Hero Classes and Inscription | | By Andrew Hopkins
With the release of the new World of Warcraft expansion pack, Wrath of the Lich King come a bevy of new features, a new continent, new enemies and new factions. However, the most interested and exciting addition to the game is the new Hero Class being included, the Death Knight. This is the first Hero Class added to the game and also the first new class at all since the game launched in 2004. For that reason, it is the one of the most exciting add-ons since the game first launched.
The Hero Class is an addition that works for only the highest level players in the game, those that have already completed the rest of the content in Wrath of the Lich King and reached level 80. Once a player has reached level 80 they are given leave to embark on a particular quest. This quest is similar to the epic mount quest warlock’s were given when they reached level 60 back before the Burning Crusade expansion. However, this time around, players are questing for an entirely new character class. Once the quest is complete though, characters can unlock the Death Knight as a character class and start a new character with that class.
The Death Knight is unique in that it starts at level 60 already. This means that players do not need to grind the lower levels to build up their Death Knight. Instead, they are immediately given access to high level content to show off their powerful new character. Unlike the Draenei and Blood Elf additions of the Burning Crusade expansion, the Death Knight is solely relegated for end game users and high level characters.
The Death Knight is entirely unique in almost every way. Instead of the usual rage, energy and mana meters that every other class utilizes, the Death Knight has a “rune sword” which is given its own special bar. On this sword, players are given the ability to etch up to six runes from three different categories. The mixture and combination of the runes ultimately decide the abilities that the sword will learn. Each ability used sets off a cooldown timer that will countdown until they can be used again.
Along with the ability to create a powerful new Death Knight character, high level characters are given the opportunity to learn a new profession as well, Inscription. Inscription is a means by which characters can actually change and customize their spells and abilities. This means that cooldown timers, attack ratings and area of effect can be altered for a spell within a character’s spell book.
These additions along with new dungeons, instances and a revolutionary PVP zone in Northrend make World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King an intriguing new addition to the epic gameplay that has already made Blizzard world famous. |
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