Lich King begins assault on Azeroth, starting with Orgrimmar

by Kyle Horner Nov 10th 2008 at 8:45PM

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Events, in-game, Expansions, News items

World of Warcraft players are experiencing a world event leading up to the launch of Wrath of the Lich King. No, it's not another invasion of flesh-craving zombies -- but it's just as cool. You see, the Lich King is currently launching attacks on Orgrimmar via Frostwyrms and Aboms. The event restarts every 20 minutes and is specifically located in the Valley of Honor. We're unsure how many servers the event has begun on, so if you run into yours and find it peaceful and serene don't feel discouraged as you may only need to wait a little bit before the frost bolts start raining down.

Gallery: Orgrimmar is under attack!

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Tags: abom, azeroth, blizzard, breaking, frostwyrm, lich-king, orgrimmar, warcraft, world-event, world-of-warcraft, wotlk, wow, wrath, wrath-of-the-lich-king

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Bromnir said on 9:29PM 11-10-2008

Even more interestingly, Thrall gets in a big fight... and LOSES. I don't even play WoW, and I know what a big deal that is.

Lear said on 10:32PM 11-10-2008

According to the guild chatter going right now, Stormwind just got hit too.

John said on 2:19AM 11-11-2008

Yah..I was standing there when they arrived in Stormwind. FUN!!! I left WoW for about a year but this has me completely ready to return. Yippee!!

Graill said on 6:54AM 11-11-2008

I was over at my brothers house watching as stormwind harbor got hit several times in less than an hour, except for a few faction points per kill i do not see a point to it other than some silly dev made it to fill up the harbor space.

The king of stormwind and his pals handily destroyed anything that got near them in a couple hits. Folks participating were complaining about no loot and little rep for the trouble of running all the way to the harbor when in reality the harbor was in no danger at all, a very poor event in my opinion.

sephirah said on 9:37AM 11-11-2008

Maybe it will get worse in the next hours?
Maybe you should not play only for loot but for fun?
Did you complain about the zombie invasion too?

Syme said on 10:50AM 11-11-2008

I don't think the event is poor. It's important lore, and it's a battle in which the players have a chance to participate. When the attacks occur, the leaders assemble their forces and drive it back; they aren't going to let it burn just because no wandering adventurers show up. Then we all head to Northrend to deal with it at its source. Well, maybe it is a poor event if you are only interested in your personal advantage. But as part of the continuing story, it's great.

John said on 10:53AM 11-11-2008

The event was to set the stage for what's coming... its purpose was NOT for loot for experience. It was to encourage people to log on before THursday...check out the new harbor...visit cities they hadn't. It's a community event. Geesh...someone is a thinly disguised WoW hater. Be gone before we drop something on you.... ; )