Thursday, October 4th 2007
Blizzard Death Knight Interview
Blizzard has revealed details of the first Hero class in World of Warcraft, the Death Knight. They've emerged in an official chit chat with designers working on WOW's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, which will introduce the new class. The Death Knight is a tank hybrid created to offer an alternative to the Warrior when building a group. Blizzard felt this role was essential in almost every scenario, so an extra class here was needed. Specifically, Death Knights will focus more on attack than defence - but come equipped with taunting abilities so that they can maintain the attention of monsters trying to kill the rest of the group. Death Knights will also rely on a new rune system resource to power their attacks and spells, one separate to the existing mana, energy, and rage bars. But details on how exactly this will work are yet to be announced. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King was announced at the Leipzig Games Convention earlier in the year. It will up the level cap to 80, add a new Northrend continent, introduce the Inscription profession, use siege warfare to tear down buildings, give you more character customisation options, plus oodles of new dungeons, quests and items. Head over to the official World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King site to find out more.
Source:
Eurogamer
13 Comments on Blizzard Death Knight Interview
I think it's dumb. There's already two "hybrid tank" classes in WoW (Paladins and Druids), and they do just fine.
Having played with a tank warrior, feral tank druid, and a protection paladin, I'd have to say the paladin isn't quite as good.
{edit}I was Ret till after 70 and we started playing together a lot{/edit}
I would recommend respecing to Holy for high end instances.
But AOE farming as Prot with your mage / warlock friend is fun :D (Edit: Warriors. DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME :roll:)
Holy is just absolute boredom, I will rather roll a priest.
My toon here: tw.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=%E6%9A%97%E5%BD%B1%E4%B9%8B%E6%9C%88&n=%E7%83%88%E9%99%BD%E4%B9%8B%E5%8A%8D
Just need to wait for Blizz to suck it up and fix Ret in 2.3.