Skimming the french article:
Drenai can be: Paladin, Chaman (Shaman), Guerrier (Warrior), Chasseur (hunter), Prêtre (preist) ou Mage (figure this one out yourself).

Blablabla - Expansion Instances scale. If the average level of the group is 62, monsters will be around that level. If the average level is 70, monsters will be around 70. Drops scale by groups level... Only in expansion instances tho. Van Cleef aint getting stronger.

Flying mounts: Each race has it's own model... "Blizzard doesn't know what thier role will yet be in PvP..."

Hero Classes: "Frank didn't bring the subject up, but still some info managed to pass before our eyes... bla bla bla (conjecture on the author's part)"

PvP: "Galdiator pits added [wtf? doesn't say what they ARE tho] - also PvP 'Ranking' and rewards will be reviewed."

"Patches etc will still arrive for those who haven't purchased the expansion, but they can't use all items as they will not be able to pass level 60."

"Refused to comment even under threat of torture about changing factions"

"Conceptual stuff: Barber shop"


and that's about all that was interesting in the french article.

Wow, so we can expect raid instances to scale by level?

I wonder how that will work out...

I'd imagine they'll start small. It sounds like the scale by level instance described will be a five-man not a raid. At least that was the way I read it.

Yeah, I was thinking that as well after rereading the post, but I seem to be unable to edit.

Either way, I guess this means that people will be able to level from 60-70 by going to the same five man instance. I'd like to hear more information on the matter, but it seems a little strange to me that Blizzard would do that, and here's hoping they're not trying to reduce the amount of content they have to design by doing so.

Should be interesting to see how the items scale by level as well. Will they just have 'Vashj's Coif' generated at an itemlevel appropriate for you, so two people could have the same item but one would have superior stats?

Considering how fast old sub-60 zones became obsolete I'd say it's a good move and makes sense. It's a bit of a waste to create a lot of zones which only last a day or two of /played when the vast majority of most active players' playtime will be spent on maximum level.

I doubt it means they won't have a lot of l70 zones designed, rather than just the fact that they want to lengthen the lifespan of leveling instances.

Right, I'm being pretty pessimistic here. I'm seeing kind of the same effect as Big Game Hunters in Starcraft. Let's say there are 3 expansion 5 mans. Sooner or later, people realize that instance x is the best loot/xp/difficulty and no one goes anywhere but there. I'm not saying it will happen, I'm just saying that this kind of system can turn out pretty bad if not done right, and who here has faith Blizzard will do it right? :P Seems to me like they're just fixing something that's not broken. I like experiencing new instances/zones every few levels based on a static level of difficulty, rather than having them scale to my level and keeping me in the same place.

Obviously they have to have planned what the role of each instance is at the level cap, but it shouldn't be impossible to have some unique value for each instance or interdependency between them. Go to one instance for X type of gear, another for Y type of gear, a third one for X type of gems for sockets, fourth one for some unique enchants etc. etc. But that's all speculation at this point.

I'm just hoping they're enjoyable. Deadmines I'd do again, but nothing could drag me into Gnomer ever again. Insert vague point about Shadowfang Keep and the Deadmines being my favorite instances. It'd be kinda fun to face off against a level 60 Van Cleef...

On the other hand, I'm not looking forward to finding 9 level 64s to group with.

I wonder if that level mechanic will be abusable. Say you have 37 lvl 62s but the 3 tanks are lvl 65/66. If the average level came out to 62-63 it would give the tanks a great help on tanking encounters, due to how level differences work for crushing/glancing blows. Would be very weird if you fought a boss 3-4 levels lower than you and it was hitting you for glancing blows (i think that is how it works now).

oh god please barber shop i need to change my shitty hair
i picked the worst face/hair combo ever

Scaling instances is an excellent idea and I hope it works out well.

I'm very interested in what Gladiator arena turns out to be. The game really needs a 5v5 or 10v10 or even 1v1 straight up kill the other team BG.

Hellsoap I'm in the exact same position. Any time I turn off helm graphic's I get a barage of tells demanding I put it back on :(

Sounds like you can choose the difficulty of the instance, not that it auto-scale with lvl.
So your group can decide whether they want a hard or easy instance run (with comparable gear ofc).
If this is how it is, they would be able to make a lvl 70 instance that both fresh lvl 70s, and epic geared lvl 70s could run, and hopefully both get a challenge and find gear upgrades. Would be the perfect way to keep 5-mans interesting for everyone.
(Only way to keep those 5 mans "interesting" for everyone right now, is the current "Oh, btw, to get your Sword of eternal pwnage from Kelthuzad, you need to farm Dire Maul and Scholo for Undead finger nails!")

It sounds interesting.

Shhh.... there is no cow level... unless you activate the perfect gem!

Perhaps this will finally be the team deathmatch stuff they showed way back before the game even came out, but never made. There are arenas already in the game in Gadgetzan and Ogrimmar that don't even serve a purpose.

I always loved the idea of weekly PvP events in the vein of the Sunday fishing event. Perhaps having the winner be part of the Server message of the Day for that week signifing in some RP sillyness their acomplishment.

I don't know if they'll do 1v1 since some classes don't match well against others, and a 1v1 arena setting favors some classes and puts others at a disadvantage (a hunter can just go in and sit on his trap, a rogue is at a disadvantage when the other player knows they're around, etc). That said, I'd still like to see it. A 5v5 is more suitable for ranked matches.

I'm guessing that this "Arcane Doom" is a mistranslation and the actual dungeon is question is Auchindoun.

Before everyone starts to mispronounce this name, please learn it proper from the man himself, Bill Roper:
http://www.theorderls.com/belt/wm/wo...r2x/HUM6_3.wav

(And here's Draenor, while we're on the subject.)

I really regret choosing the emo mask for UD female :(

Face changes plz, I didn't know I had the old women face until I got a new graphics card :(

This is interesting news.