Cataclysm and other stuff

So I started this blog and haven't posted much, but with good reason. The past 2 weeks have been pretty hectic for me in real life, in a very good way. I proposed to my girlfriend, and for some reason she said yes. Because our pastor is going to be having hip replacement surgery in november, we decided to set the date to fall before his surgery, so we're getting married Novemeber 7th. So things will be hectic for me for awhile...

Of course, if by some strange chance you have, in fact, actually found this blog, you're obviously not wanting to read about my real life... you're here for tanking info.

The big news this week is the confirmation of what MMO-Champion recently leaked, the new expansion! It will be called 'Cataclysm' and will feature a revamp of the old world.

The main features of the new expansion are:

• Two New Playable Races: Adventure as one of two new races--the cursed worgen with the Alliance or the resourceful goblins with the Horde.
• Level Cap Increased to 85: Earn new abilities, tap into new talents, and progress through the path system, a new way for players to improve characters.
• Classic Zones Remade: Familiar zones across the original continents of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms have been altered forever and updated with new content, from the devastated Badlands to the broken Barrens, which has been sundered in two.
• New High-Level Zones: Explore newly opened parts of the world, including Uldum, Grim Batol, and the great Sunken City of Vashj'ir beneath the sea.
• More Raid Content than Ever Before: Enjoy more high-level raid content than previous expansions, with optional more challenging versions of all encounters.
• New Race and Class Combinations: Explore Azeroth as a gnome priest, blood elf warrior, or one of the other never-before-available race and class combinations.
• Guild Advancement: Progress as a guild to earn guild levels and guild achievements.
• New PvP Zone & Rated Battlegrounds: Take on PvP objectives and daily quests on Tol Barad Island, a new Wintergrasp-like zone, and wage war in all-new rated Battlegrounds.
• Archaeology: Master a new secondary profession to unearth valuable artifacts and earn unique rewards.
• Flying Mounts in Azeroth: Explore Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms like never before.

Now, we have almost no info on a lot of the new content, but there is something to be talked about, as far as tanks are concerned, and that's the new class/race combinations.

Here are the new tank possibilities, for each faction -

Horde

• Troll Druid
• Tauren Paladin
• Blood Elf Warrior
• Goblin Deathknight
• Goblin Warrior

Alliance

• Worgen Deathknight
• Worgen Druid
• Worgen Warrior

So the Horde wins out here, in terms of new tanks. Of course, all of this information is fresh off the presses and can, cna likely will in some form, change.

As more information comes in as Blizzcon continues, I'll post a more in-depth look at some of the tank-related changes in the coming expansion.