After having leveled a character from 1-58 now I have to say, the new quests are pretty amazing considering this is an mmorpg, definately lifting the standard for mmo's again imo.
 
So much awesome lore and story, and so little "go out and kill 10 of these and collect 19 of these rinse repeat quests."

Examples? Does the game have branching quests where you can actually determine the outcome of (smaller) stories within the gameworld?
 I found WoW´s quests ultra-uncompelling when playing the original a few years back. Still waiting for an MMO that finally sucks me into its world with great quests and storylines.

I couldn't agree more. I left WoW but got given a months subscription from a friend and told to level on our old server. After making a Horde character and getting him to level 33 I have to say the new quests are amazing. Feels like you're in a constant war with the alliance rather than doing meaningless farming or wandering. Much better experience

" Examples? Does the game have branching quests where you can actually determine the outcome of (smaller) stories within the gameworld.  I found WoW´s quests ultra-uncompelling when playing the original a few years back. Still waiting for an MMO that finally sucks me into its world with great quests and storylines. "

Loving it too, though I'm only level 33 so far. Silverpine Forest is easily the best zone I've seen yet in terms of storytelling and to some extent questing, and it left me a bit disconnected from the rest of the game when I moved onto Hillsbrad (also an excellent zone but for different reasons. Sludge Fields <3). 
 
My only complaint so far is the overleveling that happens when you do *any* dungeon runs. I've been fighting mobs 2-4 levels below me since level 15 and it only recently started evening out at ~30.

Okay so after finishing the Undead staring zone and am now on my way to silverpine, I'm not yet impressed. 
 
Aside from 1 or 2 new quests (which were nothing special), all of the quests still the same, they've just moved locations, which keeps the progression a bit simpler instead of "just go to brill, get every quest, and do them in whatever order". It might be cleaner, but I wouldn't say it's better or improved. Also, I don't like all the crazy futuristic undead stuff around Brill and prefer the old city (even though the walls and structures do look cool, but that future stuff..) but that's nitpicking. 
 
I'll see what happens when I get into Silverpine.

 
 @Pinworm45 said:

" Okay so after finishing the Undead staring zone and am now on my way to silverpine, I'm not yet impressed.  Aside from 1 or 2 new quests (which were nothing special), all of the quests still the same, they've just moved locations, which keeps the progression a bit simpler instead of "just go to brill, get every quest, and do them in whatever order". It might be cleaner, but I wouldn't say it's better or improved. Also, I don't like all the crazy futuristic undead stuff around Brill and prefer the old city (even though the walls and structures do look cool, but that future stuff..) but that's nitpicking.  I'll see what happens when I get into Silverpine. "

Ok I have played up to level 9, and so far, all the quests are "go here, get me ten of those, kill then of theses," variety. When, exactly, am I supposed to see those amazing changes?

I havent tried it myself but a friend on WoW says they actually enjoyed leveling again,To bad i have to many alts to consider lvling a new char^^

I got to level 30 recently (20 levels of which have been in the new patch) and I've found the experience to be great. The quests are more fun and they give you a sense of actually serving a purpose in the world with all the boss battles, stuff like that.

The Wolf and the Kodo quest in Durotar is my new favorite.  Very cool how it tells a story on screen as you are doing the quest as a flashback.

I got to level 61 as a human warrior before I stopped playing, and I've always been against creating another character. If this new content is as amazing as some people are saying, though, then I might get back into it on a new character. The reason I didn't do it before was because I didn't want to go through the same stuff again (I only wish to play as a human warrior).

" Ok I have played up to level 9, and so far, all the quests are "go here, get me ten of those, kill then of theses," variety. When, exactly, am I supposed to see those amazing changes? "

" @Kazona said:

" Ok I have played up to level 9, and so far, all the quests are "go here, get me ten of those, kill then of theses," variety. When, exactly, am I supposed to see those amazing changes? "

Oh yeah, level 9 is totally when you can judge an MMO. "

Yes, yes it is. I was going to start leveling a new character, but I think I'm going to wait until the 7th, so I can run a goblin.

" Okay so after finishing the Undead staring zone and am now on my way to silverpine, I'm not yet impressed.  Aside from 1 or 2 new quests (which were nothing special), all of the quests still the same, they've just moved locations, which keeps the progression a bit simpler instead of "just go to brill, get every quest, and do them in whatever order". It might be cleaner, but I wouldn't say it's better or improved. Also, I don't like all the crazy futuristic undead stuff around Brill and prefer the old city (even though the walls and structures do look cool, but that future stuff..) but that's nitpicking.  I'll see what happens when I get into Silverpine. "

" @CL60 said:

" @Kazona said:

" Ok I have played up to level 9, and so far, all the quests are "go here, get me ten of those, kill then of theses," variety. When, exactly, am I supposed to see those amazing changes? "

Oh yeah, level 9 is totally when you can judge an MMO. "

it's like call of duty right? finished in 4 hours. "

Highly suggest checking out the Redridge and Burning Steppes quest lines.

I would suggest you guys do the quest in the badlands, just so you can get to "The Day Deathwing Came" 

Badlands, Ashenvale, Barrens, Tirisfal Glades, Silverpine Forest, Hillsbrad, Dun Morogh, Wetlands, Thousand Needles, Tanaris...
 
Most areas have been overhauled and most (not all, I admit) have an awesome pacing.
It'll always be a MMO with grinds and go fetch that, but that's what it is.
 
When I walked into the new Orgrimmar, it felt the same as 6 years ago.
When I did the Ashenvale quests, it felt like there was a skirmish going on between the Night Elfs and Orcs, just like it felt 6 years ago.
When I read and saw the new quests, it felt like 6 years ago.
 
It feels old in a good way and new in a even better way.
You get to interact with heroes such as Rexxar, Garrosh Hellscream and Ysera, meet a bunch of new and old faces and get to see some real story telling in Warcraft.
 
You can argue with me if its your game or not, but you cannot argue that this was a change for the good.
I can't wait for Cataclysm and I can't wait level yet another character 1-85 thanks to the new areas!

Why do you have to tempt me so? D: 
 
I have so many games backlogged but all this new stuff is calling me back to WoW, as questing was my favorite part.

" You should definitely check out Guild Wars 2. In addition to no fee, every single quest is going to have a permanent impact. If you accept a quest to help a city, and you don't do it, that city will die, and get enemy control. If you help, it'll become friendly. Actual impacts, although one side effect of it having no monthly fee is that I think a lot of it is instanced.  Might be worth checking out, and I agree with you.  . "

" The Wolf and the Kodo quest in Durotar is my new favorite.  Very cool how it tells a story on screen as you are doing the quest as a flashback. "

Some Orc leader who isn't thrall called my Queen a bitch. How do I go to war against the Horde, again? 
 
Diggin Silverpine so far.

LOL i cant take this seriously.

I tell ya, if you got both heirloom items and que up for a instance every time, you will leap frog zones!  Add gathering experience and by gawd, it will feel like a whole new game.  With my mage, I'm just leveling without care for the lore or such but when I make my Goblin, I will pay much attention to the quests.
 
I don't understand why they give the same item slot as a reward for the capital factions.  The sheer amount of flight paths now is nice.  I noticed that they have made the 1-60 instances easier and even removed some mobs.  I couldn't believe they made Scholo a low 40 instance.

" @Pinworm45 said:

" Some Orc leader who isn't thrall called my Queen a bitch. How do I go to war against the Horde, again?  Diggin Silverpine so far. "

Man, there were some heated forum debates when all the Horde leader story stuff came out. "

Agreed, loving a lot of the new stuff. EPL and Redridge are probably my favorites. It's also kinda crazy and kinda awesome you can level exclusively on one continent now. I'm about to head to the outlands and I haven't even touched Kalimdor aside from dungeons.  
 
I think my only gripe is the ending of the Andorhal questchain in WPL (for Alliance, at least). After kicking ass and taking names, the Forsaken basically turn into the scourge, the Argent Dawn doesn't seem to mind them summoning mindless undead right on Hearthglen's door step, and there's no follow up quest to follow the DK who plans on confronting Sylvannas. So I was just left going "Uhhh what? This seems a bit too important just to leave unanswered...." 
 
But yeah. Awesome new content, loving it and can't wait to see the Kalimdor stuff with my Worgen druid :D

" @Kazona said:

" Ok I have played up to level 9, and so far, all the quests are "go here, get me ten of those, kill then of theses," variety. When, exactly, am I supposed to see those amazing changes? "

Oh yeah, level 9 is totally when you can judge an MMO. "

Damn it! I am so going back. Not right now though, too busy, maybe sometime in january/february.

Guys, you made me regret getting AC:Brotherhood over WoW Cataclysm/2 month card :/

It's not mindblowing but it's definitely a lot more streamlined and easier to get into. So far I've done Durotar>Barrens>Ashenvale>Stonetalon>Desolace on my druid, the first three zones were pretty good, Stonetalon has some pretty awesome story stuff at the end of it which was badass, and Desolace has been pretty disappointing in terms of having some of the quests be a little more obnoxious than they should be (but nowhere near as bad as some of the old zones).

" After having leveled a character from 1-58 now I have to say, the new quests are pretty amazing considering this is an mmorpg, definately lifting the standard for mmo's again imo.   So much awesome lore and story, and so little "go out and kill 10 of these and collect 19 of these rinse repeat quests." "

I created a dwarf warlock to kill time and see the new 1-60 experience.  In about two weeks I got him to level 75 with two maxed professions.  If I had less school responsibilities right now he'd easily be 80.  As a veteran player who has played since launch, the 1-60 experience (at least for dwarves and gnomes) is the best questing content Blizzard has ever made.  It makes me incredibly excited to level my main through Cataclysm's new zones.
 
It's important to understand however is that while these changes polished and refined their massively successful MMO formula, they would never in a million years reinvent it.  The game still has fetch quests, kill quests, collection quests, escort quests, and the like.  They are the meat & potatoes of WoW questing.  Blizzard simply cannot make 100,000 quests where each one feels special and different.  That said, the new 1-60 experience is filled with near infinitely more "special moments" where you get a quest that stands out and is just awesome.
 
These days you can buy vanilla WoW (the 1-60 experience) for $5-$10, and that includes the first month free.  If the new content isn't the Call of Duty, overly scripted, rollercoaster experience you diluted yourself into thinking it was, it's not like you spent $60.

Oh emm gee.  10 minutes before the expansion goes live.  Probably be a few minutes before I can even log in due to traffic....  Time for food.  ;)

to me, it feels like there actually is a purpose to what i'm doing, a real story, instead of just killing 10 quilboars for the heck of it. 
 
There still are killing quests, but they're actually cool. yeah. play it.

" Oh emm gee.  10 minutes before the expansion goes live.  Probably be a few minutes before I can even log in due to traffic....  Time for food.  ;) "

I wish, buddy. Still two more hours (1 hour after your reply.) It's 12:00 PST, so 3 EST. Can't wait to fly in the old world and actually experience some of these new zones from a new character's perspective. My main was 52 when Azeroth shattered, and the taste of new quests in Felwood and Winterspring whetted my appetite. Freaked me out to find myself fighting the Goblins alongside the Worgen in Felwood after Deathwing escaped, but it was cool as all heck.

And for those frowning about having to level through Burning Crusade.. it's not that bad. Especially since you can fly at 60 now. I walked through all those zones and disliked a good chunk of it back when BC was released, but now that I can fly over most of it, it goes a lot quicker (especially since they accelerated the XP gains there when Wrath came out.) Turns out the flying mounts are also only like 450g total now. Surprised me because my buddy bought one before the Shattering for the requisite 1,000g.

I played til lvl 33 and so far it has been good. I am now in the Stranglethorn area and find it very boring. kill 10 tigers, kill  10 elder tigers, kill leader tigers, repeat with panthers.. skin crocks... 
 
Trying to figure out where I can go where it will be more fun.

I got both a worgen and a goblin up to 13 just to see the new starting zones. Worgen is ok, goblin is pretty cool. Lots of fun flying stuff.
 
For 80+ types, there's a quest chain in Mt. Hyjal which finishes off having you a play a 3D version of Joust. F-ing hilarious.