So have you all had a chance to check out Ruby Sanctum yet? If not you really need to get on the stick. Signs are pointing to Cataclysm coming out this year, and you don’t want to be left behind.

Why do I say this year? The signs are in the air. Blizzard just revealed the box art for the expansion, so the finished product can’t be too far behind. I figure we’ll find out for sure about when it comes out at Blizzcon.

I must say that I hope it can live up to the hype. They’ve really been plugging the whole thing for some time now, and I’d hate to see it flop because of poor planning. Although, given what they plan on doing to Azeroth, it makes sense that they really want to prepare everyone before hand. After all, you don’t just blow up 11 million people’s favorite world without so much as a how do you do. People might have abandoned in droves if they had.

If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you obviously haven’t been paying attention over the last year or so. Cataclysm will change the face of the world we’ve been playing in permanently. After the launch there will be no going back. The whole world will be torn apart by Deathwing’s return and it will affect everyone, newbie and veteran alike. That means that new players will never get to experience those first few levels in the idyllic beginning areas. The areas will still be there, but they will have been decimated by the big bad dragon’s opening attack.

The weird thing is that you will be affected by these changes even if you don’t buy the expansion. No one will be spared. While this is causing some outrage amongst the more nostalgic among us, I think it’s a good thing. Those areas had gotten stale over the last few years, and I never went there unless absolutely necessary. Now it will be neat to see just how the attack affects these areas.

There will be tons of new gear, and the level cap will be raised to 90. This means that we’ll need to buy wow gold in abundance to make the cut. Otherwise you can count yourself dragon food.