World of Warcraft

I may be the only WoW player in the world who doesn’t have Wrath of the Lich King yet. I’ll probably get it this week, but I’m in no hurry. One of my friends ordered a copy through Amazon, but when it wasn’t going to get to him fast enough, he bought a box off the shelf. I’m going to buy his Amazon copy from him when it gets in — I’ll get it minus tax and shipping, and he’ll get some of his money back.

I logged on and played on the Isle of Qel Danas (or whatever the hell that island is named — crazy elf names) for an hour the other night. I ran around doing the 10 daily quests (for the 100gp), and I saw only one other player on the whole island. Everyone has run off to Northrend, apparently.

Then I thought, what happens if I go to Northrend, myself, without having WotLK? I took a flight to Undercity, ran out to the new zeppelin tower, and waited for the zep to the new continent. The zep came, and I boarded with one other player — he was already 73rd level.

The zep left the tower and I started to think maybe I’d actually get to see the new land. What would I be able to do there, without the expansion installed? When the screen changed to load the new zone, I appeared in a cage in the graveyard outside Brill. (I took the screenshot after leaving the cage.)

“You must The Wrath of the Lich King expansion installed to access this area.”

Oh, well, I’ll have to wait to get the expansion.

Bullgrit