First day Impressions - Belf

As you first enter your character name and password, you are greeted with the Dark Portal looming in front of you. After spending a few minutes awing it and finally entering the character selection screen, I had the choice between a Blood Elf or a Draenei. Both of these magnificent races are amazing looking. Blizzard has put great detail in their options and how they look and feel.

With what little time I had, I made a Blood Elf character and logged in. The beginning video tells of the tragedy of the Blood Elves and their land and how you are the one to save them. The way it always goes for the hero. The first thing you notice after the video are the vibrant colors before you. Everything is a nice bright color that flows together well with the surrounding areas. For those who were worried about it how cartoonish these areas seem, you have nothing to fear with the job Blizzard has done.

The UI has changed little so learning things over are not needed. The one new thing though is the LFG system. With this new tool you can search for a group by selecting what instance you want -up to 3 instances- and any comments you want to make. If you are looking for more, you do it with the same setup by setting the instance you want and you have a list of people to chose from.

You still have the first quest giver in front of you and gives you the noble task of slaying mana wyrms that have overpopulated the nearby blood crystals. Running towards the wyrms, I noticed some brooms gently sweeping away at the ground. This was a nice touch and feel to the area and a hint at Fanatasia. The music in the area is amazing and sets the mood. It gives the sense of the nobility and power that the Blood Elves once had but has an underlying melody of the power they also seek to regain.

Switching servers, I made a Draenei. Starting a Draenei, you learn how they crashed landed in Azeroth hoping to seek an alliance with....the alliance after learning of their campaign against the Burning Legion. The colors of the landing site are darker with blues, reds and purple littering the landscape.

Much like all starting quest, you are sent out to thin out the population of Vale Moths. Imagine giant moths littering the countryside. These have to be my favorite mobs so far and I already hate. After turning in the quest, I was told to meet with a healer Draenei to help find the scattered survivors of the crash and use the new racial to heal them. Only one was needed so I quickly made it back to turn it in.

Ill have pictures up later.