Wed Apr 18 00:00:00 2007 by Eric Hokanson
Modified Thu May 24 15:22:45 2007

I bought the expansion on release day and have had a chance to try out many of the new features offered by The Burning Crusade. I started by playing the two new races, the Draenei and the Blood Elves. Their starting zones are absolutely amazing and offer hundreds of new quests to level you up to around level 20. Blizzard spared no expense on the level or MOB designs and look far better then the old content on Azeroth.Once that was done I picked up my old main, a NE druid, and began my quest to 70. The new zones in Outlands are also just amazing in both appearance and content. There are thousands of new quests and a dozen new 5 man instances to conquer. In fact getting to 70 was almost too easy but with professions to level, new gear to acquire, and alts to play I'll let it slide. This also leaves hundreds if not thousands of quests to complete after you hit 70 which you may complete for gold to buy the coveted epic flying mount.

I've also had a chance to try Karazhan, the new 10 man raid instance. The fights are very challenging, even for guilds and players such as myself who raided Naxxramas. Even the trash can be a challenge and requires every player to give 110%. No more "free loot" as many like to call it. If you've been holding out, go out and buy it today. You won't be disappointed.