The Blood Elfs

The mana avid Blood Elfs are all that remained after the Scourge led by the evil death knight Arthas destroyed the mystical Sunwell, thereby severing the elves from the source of their arcane power. They seek out new sources of arcane magic and the means of defending their land against the undying horrors of the Scourge. For more information about the Blood Elfs, go here.

Racial Traits

• Arcane Affinity - passive - Enchanting skill increased by 10.

• Arcane Torrent - active - (Hunters/Paladins/Mages/Priests/Warlocks only) - Silences all enemies within 8 yards for 2 sec. In addition, you gain 5 + 1/Level Mana restored per Mana Tap charge currently affecting you - Instant - 2 min cooldown.

• Arcane Torrent - active - (Rogue only) - Silences all enemies within 8 yards for 2 sec. In addition, you gain 10 Energy for each Mana Tap charge currently affecting you.

• Magic Resistance - passive - All resistances increased by 5.

• Mana Tap - active - Reduces target's mana by 51 and charges you with Arcane energy for 10 min. This effect stacks up to 3 times. Amount of mana reduced is 50 + 1/Level - 30 yd range - Instant - 30 sec cooldown.

Other Information

• Start Location: Eversong Forest

• Home City: Silvermoon City

• Racial Mount: Hawkstrider

• Available Classes: Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Warlock

Excellent casters, great mages, with the ability to drain mana ands silence opponents (silence prevents them to cast spells). Magic Resistance – what more can you say? Affects all schools of magic. And 10 to enchanting is great, enchanting is such an expensive profession but a profitable one as too. Overall one of the best race in the game.

The Chokobo *cough* ... excuse me... the Hawkstrider is the Blood Elf racial mount. It looks like a big colored bird.

Although it feels like ages ago, on February 2^nd World of Warcraft celebrated two years of existence. What can I say... the time passes so quickly. So many changes happened since its launch. The game has grown so much. Aaaah but enough nostalgia! Let me talk about the things that matter.

Questing and quests in the Outland - the new continent from Burning Crusade - has evolved quite a bit. You don't get send to “kill 30 wolfs” anymore. Quests now involve killing “30 sand worms” or “25 buzzards”. Seriously now, the quests seem a bit more natural, usually better than the original game, making it easier for players to understand and complete the objectives. I could find a couple of bugged quests while leveling to 70, but they were eventually fixed - nothing big or crucial, considering that you have hundreds to choose from.

Some quests are really exceptional, making you laugh or getting you more into the game. Blizzard also introduced tour quests which explain your way around big areas like Shattrath city (the main Outland city) or Caverns of Time. You get that warm feeling as well when they escort you and every guard in town salutes you, and all the others players look your way.

This particular zone in the game is inspired by Starship Troopers. You have to be a labrat and test a piece of gnomish technology, but you have to sign a “Discharge of Liability” contract first.