QuoteWrath of the Lich King - World Event
As I write this news, it looks like the pre-Wrath of the Lich King world event has been started on one of the US live servers, we're still unsure if it's just an error or if Blizzard is testing the event on a few servers. Below is a small preview of what to expect during this event .... You can probably expect more updates in the next hours if the event is extended to all realms.
Zombies will randomly spawn in the world (and near cities) and infect anyone they damage.
People infected by zombies can either get cured by other players or by Argent Healers deployed in most of the zones.
If a player or NPC isn't cured within 10 minutes ... He will turn into a zombie !
Players changed into zombies have access to a new set of skills to let them attack and infect other players. They become friendly with other zombies and hostile to all player factions.
Also ...
Don't waste your time finding and creating a level 1 on this server, being hostile with all player factions also means that guards will kill you on sight and pretty much instantly in the case of a level 1 character.
This is probably just the first part of the world event, it doesn't look fully deployed at all
You might want to get ready for some serious zombie invasion in the next days ....
Is it April yet?
There's an Argent Healer in the IF bank, wasn't there yesterday.
This is awesome; just like how it all started in frozen throne wc3:)
btw we have mangle in zombie form too hah:D
Twmats got infected while standing at the IF bank's mailbox. Walking into the bank itself, the Argent Dawn Healer standing there immediately healed me of the infection w/o my having to do/say anything.
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That book is epic. I own it.
I can honestly say I immensely dislike this world event. The fact that stupid people can kill NPCs and make me have to wait 10-15min for a respawn, or even better camp them and engage them in combat making have to wait longer to talk to them irritates the hell out of me.
I agree shadow...it looks like this is only the beginning of the event too...well have to see what other "goodies" are out there...its funny to hear people say "lets go do an AV match...oh.....some zombie killed all the battleground npcs - nevermind."
One positive anecdote, though - I was still flagged from a BG last night on my 66 pally and was mounted up going to zanger...outside shatt some zombies jumped me, so I was infected....as im riding a BE pally HOJ's me...while im dueling this guy I turn into a zombie - RIGHT as I was OOM and low health and I was able to kill him off becuase it regenned my health lol
I like these world events and wish there were more of them. Makes it really seem like world of warcraft - bigger battles and such. One thing I'd really like to see are random attacks on villages by the outdoor bosses. Pre-TBC was cool with Kazzak attacking major cities.
I do agree with you Shadow that people who use the event to grief people detract from it. Quick fix for this event would be to only allow opposing factions to infect NPCs - horde players can infect alliance npc and alliance players can infect horde npcs. Likely to cut down on dopes in major cities wiping out their own npcs.
It makes me sad that while you're waiting for an NPC to turn to get infected yourself... some bozo comes and cleanses it.
I agree this would be a major PITA if you were trying to be productive in the game...
HOWEVER,
If this is being done in preparation for the WotLK story line, you have to admit it's a good way to build up a massive amount of hatred for the new enemy:)
They are hinting that becuase all zombies are in "a faction" and you can talk zombie to zombie, there may be some zombie only areas in the world somewhere where it would be useful to talk to some other zombies....a quest? something purchasable? a mount? a pet?
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Quote from: Arcdelad on October 23, 2008, 08:40:39 AM
They are hinting that becuase all zombies are in "a faction" and you can talk zombie to zombie, there may be some zombie only areas in the world somewhere where it would be useful to talk to some other zombies....a quest? something purchasable? a mount? a pet?
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Death Knight Starting Area?
QuoteWotLK Zombie Invasion - Phase 2
Now active on all servers: you can now find new crates and new critters in capital cities. Killing these critters and/or looting the crates will infect you, enjoy your AH havoc while it lasts
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=11676470140&postId=118282887876&sid=1#487
QuoteDay 3
Argent Healers removed from front gate of capital cities
Plagued roaches spotted at front gate of capital cities
Disease duration downed from 10 minutes to 5
Yea, after being stuck in Moonglade for almost 20min waiting for the flightmasters to respawn, not once, but twice, I think at this point im going to cut back my play time to only being on for raids. Im honestly sick and tired of these juvenile delinquents griving people for the sake of thier own entertainment and Blizzard encouraging it and not lifting a finger to put a stop to it.
Im likely not going to be on till this crap is overwith aside from raids because I cant seem to go anywhere without being impacted negatively by another idiot player.
Sorry guys, this whole event is garbage imo and does nothing but put more tools in the hands of the idiots to make playing this game for the rest of us intolerable.
QuoteWotLK Zombie Invasion - Phase 4
The main phase of the Zombie Invasion has now started !
The infection now lasts 2 minutes instead of 5
Necropolis from the pre-Naxxramas events are back throughout the world ! The undeads are everywhere !
The quest to kill Tenris Murkblood is now available in Light's Hope Chapel !
QuoteScourge Invasion - Phase 5
Disease has been reduced from 2 minutes to 1 minute ... Capital cities are definitely going to be a mess, especially now that most of the Argent Healers are gone.
[blizzard]Necropolis spawn rate
We have a hotfix going live tonight during the restarts that will address the issue. (Source)
Tenris Mirkblood (New Karazhan boss)
He's around for approximately 10 days. Because he's rare, he drops a bat for everyone. The Ripper is the rare item. (Source)[/blizzard]
[blizzard]We'd like to thank players for participating so zealously (and valiantly!) during the Great Zombie Plague of '08. Our intention with this event was to create something memorable and to literally change the face of Azeroth for a few days. This event is just one of many leading up to Wrath of the Lich King. As you know, the Scourge Invasion is now live as well and there is some other cool stuff coming up before all is said and done. Also, Hallow's End continues on!
While we recognize that the event could prove to be disruptive at times, we hope you made the most out of it while it lasted. Part of playing in a "living and breathing world" means that things are going to change from time to time. We meant no harm but only wanted to create a lasting impression on players as they head to Northrend to defeat the Lich King. The Lich King's goals (as you will soon learn) are to turn the Horde and Alliance not only on one another, but on their own kind as well. I think the plague truly demonstrated this firsthand.
So it looks like a cure has finally been found… for now.
Thank you for participating in our most memorable event to date… for better or for…. brrrrrrraaaaaains…
Couple of other important notes:
The scourge invasion will continue for a few more days.
The prologue event is not over! More to come!!
The Karazhan boss will be up for approximately another week still
We increased the respawn rate of the Necropoli
Zombie cure should kick in by around noon PST[/blizzard]
QuoteWotLK Prologue - Undead attacks on capital cities !
It seems that the big part of the WotLK prologue just started ! More updates to come as we gather more information about this.
Abominations and Frostwyrms are assaulting capital cities
Faction Leaders have been moved around to help with the defense
The event seems to repeat itself a few minutes after it ends
Few changes have been made to the "old" parts of the events, most of the Argent NPCs are gone, battle count has been reset, etc ...