Rage of the Firelands - WoW
So, the Firelands were opened today in World of Warcraft and thus, I am going to bore you with a bit of a gaming blog. It's better than nothing, surely?
Patch 4.2, Rage of The Firelands, continues Thrall's story, and the plight of the Earthen Ring and Cenarion Circle to protect Mount Hyjal and the World Tree from Ragnaros and his fiery invaders.
There is brand new raid content to wipe our way through (thankfully our guild completed the normal modes for all previous raid content the other week) as well as additional quests and a new faction - the Avengers of Hyjal.
So far there wasn't really much to do apart from the very annoying quest line to rescue Thrall from the elemental plane. It starts with The Nordrassil Summit where you get to witness a meeting between the guardians of Hyjal, from which Thrall is torn. Aggra enlists you to help Thrall overcome the torment of the elements. It's fairly simple.
I say it's annoying because right now (soon after patch release) the whole area is a zergfest and there's bound to be an odd person who has PvP enabled who you accidentally tag in the ongoing melee and get yourself killed. Each time you die, your progress meter resets. It's not like the usual 'kill x mobs' quests. You just have to keep going until your progress bar fills - without dying. I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like on a PvP server. However, your reward for saving Thrall is an iLevel 365 cloak - definitely an upgrade for me, at least!
There are also new dailies unlocked starting from the obvious place - the Warchief's Command Board (or Hero's Call Board, for you scummy Alliance) with Guardians of Hyjal: Call of the Ancients. I won't go into more detail, though, because WoWHead already has an excellent guide to 4.2 dailies. At the start there are only a few, and progress is personal. That is, you can't be lazy and wait for other people to open up all the content for you - so get going!
Do you want to play World of Warcraft? I do have some invitation codes that I can send out which can be used to create a 'Starter Edition' of World of Warcraft (European servers only, sorry!) which allows you to level a character to 20 (maximum level 85 if you purchase the game). That way, you can just try it out - no strings attached. Email me at kachii@gmail.com if you'd like to play!