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in Short blizzard are putting several ingame cinematics  into the game( different for hord as allaince) when players complete the major quest chains.  Once the cinematic is over Blizzard then empoly their phase technology so the world to the player who completed the quest will forever be different.

Just more stuff that sets WoW appart.

VIDEO : http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/24/spoilers-angrathar-the-wrath-gate/

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So does this mean that the Forsaken are finally splintering?  What does this mean for Forsaken PCs?  This brings up more questions than it answers.

Originally posted by TsukieU

So does this mean that the Forsaken are finally splintering?  What does this mean for Forsaken PCs?  This brings up more questions than it answers.

Shh spoilers =S .. I realy dont know.. but key characters are being killed off .. thats something thats never happened b4 .. looks like wrath is goona be more story based like the WC:RTS games.
 

This 1 quests chain has 6 different cinematics, triggered as go progress the chain, I wont say what they show but tis EPIX!!!! check out http://www.spooncraft.com/ if you realy want to know.

Tx Coffee.

I am not going to watch. I still remember the cut scene I got from the Illidan showing in getting my netherwing Dragon. :)

But apparently this "phasing" technology is much deeper than we all think.

Originally posted by bodypass

Tx Coffee.

I am not going to watch. I still remember the cut scene I got from the Illidan showing in getting my netherwing Dragon. :)

But apparently this "phasing" technology is much deeper than we all think.

yeah phasing is nice, works verywell in the DK starting area, its like entering an instance without a loading screen. 

But it also flags up some obvious concerns.  I guess time will tell.

Originally posted by coffee

Shh spoilers =S .. I realy dont know.. but key characters are being killed off .. thats something thats never happened b4 .. looks like wrath is goona be more story based like the WC:RTS games.
 

The two characters that died in that "cinematic" were not key characters.

Having watched that clip, I will never ever buy another Blizzard game again. Ever. Don't want me to spoil anything? I won't.
 

Originally posted by Gazenthia

Originally posted by coffee

Shh spoilers =S .. I realy dont know.. but key characters are being killed off .. thats something thats never happened b4 .. looks like wrath is goona be more story based like the WC:RTS games.
 

The two characters that died in that "cinematic" were not key characters.

Having watched that clip, I will never ever buy another Blizzard game again. Ever. Don't want me to spoil anything? I won't.
 

why?

Originally posted by coffee

Originally posted by TsukieU

So does this mean that the Forsaken are finally splintering?  What does this mean for Forsaken PCs?  This brings up more questions than it answers.

Shh spoilers =S .. I realy dont know.. but key characters are being killed off .. thats something thats never happened b4 .. looks like wrath is goona be more story based like the WC:RTS games.
 

They've killed off key characters before...look at Illidan!  Lol

Anyway, I'm more concerned how this will affect factions than anything.  Sure in a RTS it's no big deal if an ally splinters off and suceeds from everyone.  But in a MMO like WoW it's a fairly big deal if the Forsaken are splintering from the Horde, and...well...the living in general.

Originally posted by bodypass

Tx Coffee.

I am not going to watch. I still remember the cut scene I got from the Illidan showing in getting my netherwing Dragon. :)

But apparently this "phasing" technology is much deeper than we all think.

The phasing tech is amazingly imersive. And it is not instancing. It is more closely tied to what your character can see based on quest flags. There were some small examples of it in TBC such as the repair vendor in Auchindoun that you can see after a quest chain, or some of the quests where you need special items to see or interact with the mobs. But in Wrath they have gone all out with it and done some amazing things.

Those cut scenes really are not traditional cut scenes. You are in them. They are playing out in the world around you for the most part. (there is a great one of these at the end of the deathknight quest chain). Some of the effects of teh phasing are very subtle, such as NPC's moving for your character. Others are more drastic, such as destroyed buildings staying destroyed for you. And they do it without serriously segregating out players into instances.

As far as faction changes. That cut scene is just the begining of a long chain. They have not re worked who is and is not which faction. But some of the faction leaders and major NPC's have changed. As have some of the motivations and the relations between the factions. Also some of the pure NPC factions such as Argent Dawn have changed and evolved. And (minor spoiler) there would appear to be a third undead faction in play. (4th if you count the deathknights) Alot of what is going on is stuff that stems from some of the earliest starter quests in both player factions. particularly on the Azeroth side of the world.