Wrath of the Lich King

It is the middle of November and WotLK has been out for 5 days. Even before it came out I was back in Azeroth levelling Flutter. I bought my copy Thursday and Eirebull came back to life, the quest log was cleared out, the bank ruthlessly sold off, the bags emptied, the action bars started anew and talents reselected.

Then it was hop on the zeppelin and off to the frozen north. First stop - Warsong keep. My impressions are that Northrend is beautiful, it is full of vertical surfaces, cliffs, lift shafts, vertical dungeons and northern lights. They really have done a very good job with the setting, it is visually very special.

My first evening was two instances with the guild, Utgard Keep and some Spider instance which was the more impressive of the two. It didn’t cause us any difficulty with Kara/ T5 level gear. The loot is similar though with a lot more haste type stats that will take a while to understand. The second session was getting a feel for the south of the starting zone round Warsong keep. The mobs were HARD and it took a while to adjust and stop biting off more than I could chew. The rewards are not yet good enough to replace purple gear, I suspect it will be the next area quests that will do this.