Cataclysm Beta: Welcome to New Tinkertown

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Cataclysm Beta: Welcome to New Tinkertown

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Saturo is gonna love this
Fresh off the heels of Operation: Gnomeregan, Blizzard has published a web reveal of New Tinkertown. High Tinker Mekkatorque and the gnomish forces have seized control of an area on the surface just outside of Gnomeregan and have started efforts in retaking their city. Mekkatorque will ask you to complete new missions like rescuing gnomes and routing troggs, with the main goal of stopping Razlo Crushcog. New Tinkertown is the new level 1-5 leveling zone for gnomes. While the quests and the content have been on beta for a while now, you can read more about the official details after the jump.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclys ... rtown.html
As Gnomeregan's exiles set out to reclaim their beloved capital from the treasonous Mekgineer Thermaplugg, we bring you a first look at how this wondrous techno-city will exist in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Following the conclusion of Operation: Gnomeregan, High Tinker Mekkatorque and his people have gained a foothold just outside the city in New Tinkertown. Soon, though, they'll find that the surface is rife with a host of new perils that they couldn't have prepared for.

Resolute in reclaiming their lost capital, Gnomeregan's exiles have begun an assault against the traitorous Mekgineer Thermaplugg. Traveling from their temporary residence in Ironforge, they are led by the esteemed High Tinker Gelbin Mekkatorque, leader of the gnomes, and seek to restore Gnomeregan to its past glory. In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, new gnome adventurers will get to experience this ongoing struggle to retake their former home firsthand, beginning their journey in the besieged upper levels of the techno-city.

In the wake of Operation: Gnomeregan, survivors of the fallout will make their way to New Tinkertown, the gnomes' foothold outside their captured city. From there they will be called into action by the high tinker himself to help protect reclaimed gnomish land from new and imminent threats. As one of the newest recruits to this cause, your mettle will be put to the test when you face perilous trials like rescuing captured gnomish demolitionists, destroying a tunnel riddled with vicious troggs, and extinguishing toxic sludge that has begun to rise from the irradiated depths of the city.

Your most important mission, however, will be to thwart the plans of Razlo Crushcog, conspirator and ally of Mekgineer Thermaplugg. Before Chill Breeze Valley can be fully resettled, Crushcog must be stopped, and only your efforts can bring that goal to fruition. Gnomish know-how and engineering will be your allies, but your greatest weapons will be your wits and the will to fight the good fight... for Gnomeregan!

In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, you'll encounter these challenges and more in the gnomes' new starting (levels 1-5) experience. Keep a good head on your shoulders and ingenuity in your pocket, and your contributions will help secure a proper home for your fellow gnomes.
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That is awesome. Finally a less "generic" starting experience for gnomes...
I don't really feel like this is so much the "Post-Modern" era as much as its the "Pre-Zombie-Apocalpse" era. I consider myself more of a forward thinking guy and an era that just won't die is just as feasible as a coming era, where the dead come back.
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Yeah I looked at it on the Blizz site, it's nice. :) I can't wait to test out that starting zone!

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I wish I could roll a gnome hunter for sure now! Guess I'll have to settle for a warlock or mage.

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zedxrgal wrote:I wish I could roll a gnome hunter for sure now! Guess I'll have to settle for a warlock or mage.
You can still do the cata event and play as an aquarium gnome hunter? ;)
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A new starting experience will definitely be neat, and, correct me if I'm wrong, Gnomes will be the only non-Cata race to get a phased starting area. Definitely neat!

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Saturo wrote:A new starting experience will definitely be neat, and, correct me if I'm wrong, Gnomes will be the only non-Cata race to get a phased starting area. Definitely neat!
Trolls won't?

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Kalliope wrote:
Saturo wrote:A new starting experience will definitely be neat, and, correct me if I'm wrong, Gnomes will be the only non-Cata race to get a phased starting area. Definitely neat!
Trolls won't?
I'm not sure. They're one of the few it would make sense for, anyway.

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Saturo wrote:
Kalliope wrote:
Saturo wrote:A new starting experience will definitely be neat, and, correct me if I'm wrong, Gnomes will be the only non-Cata race to get a phased starting area. Definitely neat!
Trolls won't?
I'm not sure. They're one of the few it would make sense for, anyway.
From what I've seen, I'm fairly certain they will. After all, they have those first six levels of quests culminating in a whole epic battle. I doubt you can just run back and find Vol'jin in three different places and decide to help him dps at level 85.

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Yeah, that's why i said it would make sense, Sara. :P

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I know, I was just affirming. ;)

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