World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Begins alpha testing!

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Alpha-testing of a supplement to the online game World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, rumored to start today - 12 January 2010, reports wow.som.

In the tests will be attended by staff only Blizzard, but alpha-version of the game will be distributed exclusively on the physical media and will not be available for download. Recall that the release date for the game there, but, presumably, will release in 2010.

However, it is likely that soon the network will add new details about World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.

- A new addon for World of Warcraft. Thousands of years of dark forces hidden in the depths of the ocean, and many of us thought that with them is over forever. But we were wrong: the evil is at our shores, and the terrible cataclysm struck the world of Azeroth, cast down in confusion ranks of its defenders. Who will win the new battle?

"While the eyes of the Alliance and Horde were converted to Northrend, in the depths of the Underdark, the kingdom of the elements of the earth elemental spaces, dozed terrible evil" - stir up the epic developers. Fighting will be with a black dragon Deathwing, known more for Strategy Warcraft II. Waking up, the destroyer of so affect the world, that many of the area changed beyond recognition. Arise and new location. For example, for high-level characters will be available to some sunken city Vaysh'ir.

Level Cap

Level characters to which you can Resume a new addon will be somewhat lower than expected, and will be 85.

Can assume that Blizzard wants to leave more room for future add-ons before players will be able to reach the anniversary, hundredth level. The flow for the initial zones is even more easier, but the final five levels will be much more serious obstacle.

New classes

The cataclysm in the game will not add new classes. Instead, Blizzard offers players a previously inaccessible combinations of races and classes:

- Man Hunter
- Orc Mage
- Night Elf mage
- Dwarf mag
- Blood Elf Warrior
- Dwarf Shaman
- Undead Hunter
- Tauren Paladin
- Tauren Priest
- Dwarf Priest
- Troll Druid

New races

Disaster made two new races to look for allies among the players. These races arethe horde for goblins, and worgens for the alliance.

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12 January 2010 18:21 | Group: Guests | Publications: 0 | Comments: 0

"New races

Disaster made two new races to look for allies among the players. These races arethe horde for goblins, and vorgens for the alliance."

Its actually WORGEN not VORGEN

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13 January 2010 05:51 | Group: Guests | Publications: 0 | Comments: 0

Leaked Patch Notes:
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- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm: Friends and Family Alpha
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Welcome to the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Friends and Family Alpha. The list below contains information on the current available content available for testing and general information. This information is subject to change.

General
- Mastery bonuses have now been implemented in the talent trees of all classes.
- The tertiary mastery bonuses for Death Knights, Feral Combat Druids, and Warriors are now presence, form, or stance-specific.

World Environment Zones
- The following revamped classic zones are available for testing: Tirisfal Glades, Silverpine Forest, Hillsbrad, Arathi Highlands, Hinterlands, Western Plaguelands, and Eastern Plaguelands.
- The following Cataclysm zones are available for testing: Sunken City of Vashj'ir and Deepholm.
- Terrain phasing is now active in the final portions of the Goblin and Worgen starting zones.
- All quests are now active in the Duskhaven quest hub.
- Temporary underwater mounts are purchasable from your racial mount vendor for use in Sunken City of Vashj'ir.
- Teleporters to Westfall and Badlands can be found in Stormwind, Ironforge, Undercity, and Orgrimmar.

Dungeons
- The following dungeons are available for testing:
Westfall: Deadmines (15-1Click the image to open in full size.
Badlands: Echomok Cavern (39-42)
Badlands: Hall of the Keepers (43-46)
Badlands: The Stone Vault (45-4Click the image to open in full size.
Skywall: Hand of Auran (80-82)
Sunken City of Vashh'ir: Abyssal Maw (81-83)
Deepholm: Stonemother Sanctum (81-83)

Classes
- All classes are available for play. Spells and talents will be available for testing past level 80 for the following classes: Druid, Priest, Shaman, Warlock

Professions
- The following tradeskills are available to train up to 525: Cooking, First Aid, Herbalism, Mining, and Skinning.
- The Archeology secondary tradeskill is now available and can be learned from trainers in Orgrimmar and Ironforge.

No more info from Dr. Anonymous leaker. :]