CVG interviews Jeff Kaplan on Wrath of the Lich King
If you're itching to hear any kind of information on Wraith of the Lich King, then here's a great fix for you. CVG asks Jeff Kaplan what we can expect of the forthcoming expansion from Blizzard, including everyone's favorite fallen hero Arthas. Addressing the fear that everything in the expansion is going to be covered in ice and snow, Kaplan assures that Blizzard has plenty of variety in locales. One example he gives is the Howling Fjord, which is modeled after the Redwood Forest in the Pacific north-west.
Beyond that, Kaplan says one of the biggest things they learned from Burning Crusade was that people want everything to be big and epic, even entrances to new content. We probably could have told him that, but at least they've got the right idea this time around. Our ears perked when Kaplan made mention of the fact that upon entering the starting zone you'll be surrounded by a massive battles between the Horde and Alliance. With promises of new, ominous Forsaken structures, giant alliance steam ships and the insanely massive Warsong fortresses we can't help but feel this expansion will deliver some very epic scenery right from the get-go.
As for high-end content, everything from PvE to PvP seems to be covered (as well as new battlegrounds, we assume) with a heavy emphasis on giving more things for max-level players to do in-game.
Last but certainly not least was what Kaplan has to say in regards to Arthas. He makes a promise, saying that players won't have to fight tooth and nail to get some kind of interaction with him. An appealing example that Kaplan mentions is a new Caverns of Time mission in where players will get to fight alongside Arthas as he was burning Stratholme to the ground in all his shiny, good guy glory.
