Blizzard adds furries.

[Lantyssa]

No one goes there so the mobs are free to breed to excessive numbers.

Mob density is one of the reasons I avoid the place.  Can't walk five feet without aggroing something else.

[K9]

HEY! DO YOU LIKE GREY? IF YOU LIKE GREY YOU'LL LIKE DESOLACE; DESOLACE IS GREY, REALLY GREY!

[Nevermore]

Still better than the unending burnt orange of Durotar at least.

[Paelos]

Swamp of Sorrows sucks pretty hard in my book.

[Teleku]

I liked Swamp of Sorrows and Durotar.  Desolace sucked ass though.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Durotar went by quick and wouldn't have been bad except it was followed by the barrens.

[kildorn]

Swamp of Sorrows sucks pretty hard in my book.

Blasted Fucking Lands. What the shit is the point of that zone.

[Hindenburg]

The dark portal.

[Fordel]

Is that a dinosaur in a dress?

[Malakili]

Swamp of Sorrows sucks pretty hard in my book.

Blasted Fucking Lands. What the shit is the point of that zone.

So true.   No way I will ever go there again now that I don't need it to make leveling tolerable (less grind).  Also, Uldaman.

[Hindenburg]

Is that a dinosaur in a dress?

Yes.

[Selby]

I wish Horde had a zone as cool as Duskwood.  And for the record, I hate STV and don't like doing it (despite the leveling guides recommending it and it being quick).  In fact, the entire 35ish-45ish leveling process is still just awful (I've done 3 80's, 1 70, and a 50 just finishing up).  Once I get to Tanaris, Hinterlands, and Plaguelands I have considerably more fun.  I'd finish my rogue and warrior up too, but they are staring down The Barrens gun and the 35-45 run again.

[Jayce]

I don't really have any zones that I hate.  Even Desolace is one nice tour around the zone, giving one level in one evening if you do it right.

I tend to avoid Stonetalon since while it has some potential, in general it's too spread out and aggro-y.  Darkshore is a lot of running back and forth, but you can stack quests to some degree at least.  The Wetlands and Arathi are kind of a pain too. 

All the above is now mitigated to some extent by having a mount at 20.  To me there is no excuse not to do one of the "new" well-designed starting zones (Draenei or Blood Elf), then upon dinging 20, get a mount and revel in the relative speed you get in the smaller zones designed for foot traffic.

I am one of those perennial levelers though, so I might be biased (or touched in the head). 

[Tannhauser]

I hate Ashenvale, that blue that goes on and on.  It's madness I tell you!

[Lakov_Sanite]

    * Silence Fool - Pummels an enemy for 15 damage and interrupts the spell being cast for 5 sec.
    * Pity the Fool - Reduces the melee attack power of nearby enemies for 30 sec.
    * Maximum Mohawk - Only one Night Elf Mohawk may assist a group at a time.
    * Create Mohawk Grenade - Right Click to throw and pity some fools!

New spells added, could be for an event but I also thought they might be new racials for the two new races in disguise.

[Hindenburg]

So Mr. T is the new race?

[Lakov_Sanite]

Think of it as goblin/worgen racials and it makes sense.


Howl atk debuff.
Pummel.

Draenei-like group buff?
Create grenade

granted this could all be for an event but still they look like racials.

[Hindenburg]

Dude.

Watch.

Were I a betting man, I'd guess that you'll face him in the Coliseum.

[Lakov_Sanite]

I know, i've seen them too. hence it's a joke but the question is are they for a joke event or are the names joke placeholder names? We already know what bosses will be in the coliseum though.  If they do introduce night elf mohawks it'll be for some joke event which i can also totally see happening.  Still though, those abilities smack of racials.

[Paelos]

A pummel sounds like a racial to yall? What kind of crack are you smoking? The only racial that's remotely close to that is the Blood Elf silence, but it's for 8 seconds and it restores mana.

The pummel would be the shittiest racial ever. Hell, the warrior already has that standard.

[Lantyssa]

I'd use an interrupt more than most of the specials I have.

[Rasix]

A pummel sounds like a racial to yall? What kind of crack are you smoking? The only racial that's remotely close to that is the Blood Elf silence, but it's for 8 seconds and it restores mana.

The pummel would be the shittiest racial ever. Hell, the warrior already has that standard.

BE racial is 2 seconds.  8 yard PBAoE with 6% mana restore.

[Nevermore]

A pummel sounds like a racial to yall? What kind of crack are you smoking? The only racial that's remotely close to that is the Blood Elf silence, but it's for 8 seconds and it restores mana.

The pummel would be the shittiest racial ever. Hell, the warrior already has that standard.

War Stomp seems remotely close to it, too.

[Jayce]

A pummel sounds like a racial to yall? What kind of crack are you smoking? The only racial that's remotely close to that is the Blood Elf silence, but it's for 8 seconds and it restores mana.

The pummel would be the shittiest racial ever. Hell, the warrior already has that standard.

BE racial is 2 seconds.  8 yard PBAoE with 6% mana restore.

Or runic power 

[Lakov_Sanite]

You also have to assume that if it is a racial then the 15dmg would scale with level making it, even on a timer a very good ability.

[Ingmar]

The third one on the list makes it very clear that its some kind of NPC pet type thing.

[Simond]

Blizzcon is next weekend, right?

[Ingmar]

Ayup.

[Simond]

Whee! http://bwtl.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/loresclusive-first-new-races-now-new-classes/

[DraconianOne]

Was just about to post the same thing from http://www.wow.com/2009/08/14/new-race-class-combinations-datamined/

It does only say NPC combinations though. Or maybe I'm drunk and only imagined that.

[Sheepherder]

Man, people here are just fucking crazy.

They explicitly typed, in bold, that this was just them speculating.  As opposed to the introduction of the Goblin and Worgen races, which they've confirmed through various unofficial forum and datamining sites which found the Halloween masks.  No word yet on what the Tiki mask race's racials are, or which faction they belong to.

Also, their speculation, it is retarded.  Tauren paladin?  The fuck?

[Simond]

http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=34528#comments:id=808661
That little conversation was patched in last week. 

[Lakov_Sanite]

The new classes have been datamined from the newest patch, what i find most interesting is troll druid but no other alliance druid class.  This means worgen druid is most likely one of their classes.

[Simond]

And MMO-Champion finally gives up on getting that Blizzcon pass: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=92919
E: And there's absolutely bloody massive storyline spoilers leaking elsewhere -
 

[Sheepherder]

http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=34528#comments:id=808661
That little conversation was patched in last week.  

Which could indicate paladin, priest, or an itch that bovine ladies just don't scratch.

The new classes have been datamined from the newest patch, what i find most interesting is troll druid but no other alliance druid class.  This means worgen druid is most likely one of their classes.

There is a single entry of Tauren paladin in the linked MMO-Champion mining database, it's an entry for an as of yet unnamed NPC.

Internet gaming journalism blog.  That pretty much explains it all, doesn't it?