By the time most of you read this, you’ll have probably done both of these special pre-Cataclysm events in World of Warcraft. Yesterday’s Tuesday maintenance saw the addition of two brand-new quest chains that involve your player character – depending on their faction – either taking back the lost gnomish city of Gnomeregan or reclaiming the Echo Isles for the trolls. These quest chains set up major story points for World of Warcraft’s upcoming expansion, Cataclysm.
When you log in, you’ll notice you will have mail waiting for you from either Vanira or High Tinker Mekkatorque. The mail includes instructions on where to go to begin these quest chains. For the Horde, you’ll want to seek out the troll Vanira down in Sen’jin Village in Durotar. If you’re Alliance, you’ll want to head to Tinker Town in Ironforge and speak to High Tinker Mekkatorque. Both quest chains involve a few side quests and then an event that is very similar to the Battle for the Undercity quest chain, which most level 80 players should be familiar with.
At the end of both events, players will be given a purely cosmetic cloak to wear as a reward. There have been a couple bugs reported, at least during the Gnomeregan event, and hopefully Blizzard will take care of those soon. The events understandably raise plenty of eyebrows and questions from those wondering if this is a sign that Cataclysm will soon be upon us. It’s September and we’re already seeing some lead ups to Cataclysm, so I would say that a release date is probably not too far behind, especially with Blizzcon only being a month away.
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