Cataclysmic goodness.

Let's see what is going on in WoW, shall we?

With the new World of Warcraft expansion 'The Cataclysm' coming out, (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/) the entire face of Azeroth will be changing. Deathwing comes out (not from the closet) from an elemental plane called Deepholm. Personally, I don't think elemental planes need names besides 'The elemental plane of earth' or whatnot. Apparently, his coming out is quite messy (stop with the jokes), and he causes quite a stir.

Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms are getting a cataclysmic revamp, mostly for two reasons. The first being is for a new leveling experience. Many people will likely roll new alts with the two new races and new race/class combinations. Old-world zones will be redone, which means that they will very likely be introducing new quests and changing old ones. The second reason is that now people will be able to use their flying mounts in Azeroth, thus requiring them to change the tooltips on all flying mounts.

While this seems like some great changes, there is one drawback. There is no going back to the old world, it will be gone forever. Even those without the expansion will be seeing the changed Azeroth. So say goodbye to your favorite spots in the game, as they may be different in the future. It appears many zones will have large gaps in them with lava, for example I hear the barrens is being split in two. Other zones will merely be different, such as a desert area becoming lush with growth (last time I swear).

Myself, I don't really care too much as long as any change to Quel'thalas is for the better. The entire area is pretty much already 'catacylsmed' all over, so some improvement would be nice. I am not too thrilled about any particular part of the expansion. Flying in azeroth will be cool, I will probably make a Worgen and Goblin to play around with. I may even try the barrens again. Besides that, I will just want to level to 85 and resume casual raiding and owning peoples faces.

-Vinven