WoW:BC - Outland World Map, Talents And The Story So Far...

In these last few days Blizzard revealed plenty of new things about their upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, The Burning Crusade. The talents & spells preview that began in late August is almost complete now (only the Druids and Hunters still remain shadowmelded), and in the meantime they're also giving us a lengthy read about the story so far... aaand, hot off the press, an interactive world map of the Outland!

The talents and spells preview page most of you know by now, I'm sure, but a couple of days ago it was updated with the new Priest spells, abilities and talents that will be available in WoW:BC. I'm still fiddling around with a Mage build, and I must say, that new "Slow" talent at the end of the Arcane talents tree... that, I must have!

Then there's the story overview page, for those of you looking to catch up on events that took place in the world of Warcraft over the past thousands of years (but also plenty of recent stuff).

Finally, the latest update on the World of Warcraft website adds an interactive map of the Outland - the broken remains of the orcs' homeworld, Draenor, from the other side of the Dark Portal. Blizzard is inviting us to arm ourselves with knowledge of each zone's faction bases, dungeons and neutral cities, and prepare for the challenges to come.

On a personal note, I was long since hoping for a fully submerged dungeon (meaning full of water, not like the Sunken Temple), and looking at that map over the Zangarmarsh region - with its Coilfang Reservoir dungeon - my hopes have renewed.

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