They might also go with something like a ladder system where you fight increasingly powerful mobs. Then defeat the last fight for a buff, item rewards, etc. If anyone can remember back in beta, they had a video of a arena type fight where a small team was fighting a titan or giant in a arena. Something in the manner of the Dire Maul arena perhaps, but that would spawned on a dependable time scale.

I would guess it is something along the lines of the Gurubashi or Dire Maul arenas, probably more like DM with something extra beyond the ability to fight anyone.

Latest update, for those fretting:

http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thre...=1#post1169691

November 31? Cute.

But seriously, late November is reasonable at this point. We'll see when the beta starts and how it goes.

There is no Nov. 31 in 2006 =]

Yeah, I think the joke there is going to go over a lot of people's heads.

November 31st?

But... but <checks calendar>...

There's no November 31st this year!

OMG! OMG!

There's no November 31st next year either! TBC isn't going to be released in my lifetime!! I'm gonna kill myself!

/wrists

[There, happy now, Saramin?]

A new blue post on the general forum says BE's can no longer be warriors =(

" Basically, we wanted to make sure that both new races had an equal number of class availability options. As a result, we had to cut one class from the Blood Elf's selection pool. It came down to eliminating either the Hunter or the Warrior, and after a great deal of discussion we decided that the Hunter was the better fit for this race.

Think Ranger. ;)"

I think we can agree that a warrior with aoe silence would be pretty stupid in pvp.

the tauren stomp has the same range, last the same time, and stuns not just silences

will that be the only race that cant be a warrior? because that would be pretty shitty.

dranei can't be rogues but can be paladins and shamans. Kinda sucks if you had a few friends and all wanted to level blood elves. Whos going to tank?

Pallys do fine in 5 mans with BoS on everyone else and a shield.

Shaman do okay as long as they have mana.


Having only one race without a Warrior is interesting, since the lore says every race needs a warrior for protection.

I bet the explanation is something like their magical addiction has made them too physically weak to stand toe to toe physical combat.

Does the AOE silence have a cast time? I was under the impression it was instant. Anyways, the big difference would have been warriors who charge mages and immedietly silence the mage so he can't blink/nova.

Rogues will be just as bad/worse though. I can't wait to make one.

I'm sure the racials will be tweaked before release so I don't think it's worth it commiting to too much balance debate just yet.