Re: XP Cataclysm

On Aug 24, 11:39 am, Urbin <ur...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:54:11 -0700 (PDT), BertieBigBol...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
 On Aug 24, 3:36=A0am, Polarhound <polarho...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
k wrote:
I am confused about the XP Cataclysm and how it will affect the players=
  who
don't buy the XP. =A0In the past, most XPs have made dramatic permanent=
  but
smallish changes to things, like moving Dal - or otherwise large change=
 s
like creating new areas like Outlands.

Now, will the new Azeroth be out of phase for the expansion players, or=
  will
there be some humungous patch downloads for the non-XP players to resha=
 pe
the worlds of Kalimdor & the Eastern Kingdom for them too?

I understand having stuff out of phase, but I can't see how "I'll meet =
 you
on the bridge at IF" would work! =A0Surely creating a new zone would ha=
 ve to
be easier -

The old world will be completely replaced for all players, regardless of
what parts they own.

 So those of us without the expansion will still, for instance, see the
 barrens split in two?

Yes. They explicitely stated that. But you won't have access to the two new
races (gnomes, worgen) nor the new instances (I assume) or the new
profession (archeology). Your level cap will be frozen at 80 but you should
probably be ok to enter the new zones as well, though I'm not sure on that...


I suspect you won't have access to the new zones, the same way that
you didn't have access to the new zones when BC came out, unless you
had that xpac. For example if you attempted to take the boat to
Azuemyst Isle and didn't have BC, you'd get dumped in the water with
an onscreen message saying you needed Burning Crusade to access this
area. Going by land might be the same as when you went from Eastern
Plaguelands to the Ghostlands, it was like going into an instance.
Now the new classes I would think you'd still get them, for example,
you'd still be able to create a human hunter or a troll druid without
having the xpac.
.