A horde of zombies have started to appear all over the lands of Azeroth thanks to a pre-Lich King event.
Reaction to the event has been mixed among the WoW players. Some are quite upset:
While others are enjoying the new addition:
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Infected crates in the town of Booty Bay give players ten minutes to be healed by one of the healers of the Argent Dawn faction - who have conveniently appeared all over the world - before they're turned into a shambling Ghoul.
If you fail (or succeed, depending on your viewpoint), you'll be hostile to everyone and everything in the game except other zombies, and you'll get a new skill bar with zombie abilities, including the ability to spread the plague to other players.
This is the first chance to try out WOW's new transformation technology, which gives players a greater variety and flexibility of control schemes and skills when in other forms, or commanding mounts and vehicles.
Argent healers automatically heal any nearby players of the plague, and at the moment the event seems easily contained - but a Blizzard staffer has hinted on the forums that things might get worse before they get better.
If you fail (or succeed, depending on your viewpoint), you'll be hostile to everyone and everything in the game except other zombies, and you'll get a new skill bar with zombie abilities, including the ability to spread the plague to other players.
This is the first chance to try out WOW's new transformation technology, which gives players a greater variety and flexibility of control schemes and skills when in other forms, or commanding mounts and vehicles.
Argent healers automatically heal any nearby players of the plague, and at the moment the event seems easily contained - but a Blizzard staffer has hinted on the forums that things might get worse before they get better.
Reaction to the event has been mixed among the WoW players. Some are quite upset:
"Let's say someone *doesn't* want to participate, as some of my guild's leveling alts did not. Unfortunately, they are FORCED to participate, even passively. They are affected by this, both in terms of being physical attacked by not only "Alliance" zombies, but also by their own faction. This contradicts the very nature of a PvE server, where you only have to fight people by your own volition."
While others are enjoying the new addition:
"The pre-WotLK world event is amazing. We infected all of Stormwind, Lakeshire, Goldshire, and were working on Ironforge before I logged. The Scourge Invasion in 2006 lacked a lot of things to do, it was plagued with problems, and simply wasn't fun. Giving players the reins to do it themselves was a great move."
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