buffed.de interviewed Jeff Kaplan （Tigole） during the Games Convention today. We learned a few more things about WotLK. The new Caverns of Time instance will be Stratholme （5 players， level 80 instance）。 You“ll join the ”old“ （and good） Arthas to clean Stratholme and burn everything on your way ！ The prereq level for Death Knight probably won”t be 80 to avoid any leveling rush just to unlock it. It could possibly be between 55 and 60. Runes combination will unlock different abilities for the Death Knight. You can use up to 6 runes and there isn“t any restriction （6 unholy， 2 unholy 2 frost 2 blood， 3 frost 3 blood， etc ……）。 For example you will need blood an unholy runes to use ”Army of the dead“， and won”t be able to use it if you“ve only got frost runes. Future hero classes could be Demon Hunter， Arch Mage， and Blademaster. 国外网站BUFFED.DE在昨天采访了两地精之一的Tigole，恩……一些很不错的WLK消息。

　　1、最激动的消息，就是时光之穴还要再开一个新的80级5人FB——斯坦索姆　　没错，回到瘟疫蔓延之前的东瘟疫之地，随同旧时的（也是还没变成邪恶的）王子一起屠城！！！

　　2、死亡骑士的需求等级可能不是80，为的不是让玩家疯狂练级，有可能是55－60.

　　3、符文系统是用来解锁死亡骑士技能的，你可以使用最多6个符文（6个不洁、2个不洁2个冰霜2个鲜血，3冰　　霜3鲜血……等等）比如你需要有鲜血和冰霜用来使用“死亡军团”技能，但是你如果只有冰霜符文的时候是不能使用的。　　（给我的感觉，配符文将是死亡骑士最核心的系统，如何用最优化的符文配合来配出更多适合当时情况的技能是最让人头疼的）

　　4、更多日后的英雄职业可能是：恶魔猎手，大法师，剑圣……恩…… 具体的采访内容，我就节选有意义的内容好了

　　There are a few things that we did not talk about at BlizzCon. The most important thing is the new Caverns of Time instance Stratholme. We wanted to return to the Caverns of Time concept because it is one of the coolest things we released for World of Warcraft： and we wanted to persue what the Bronze Dragon is up to. We want to show you some of the coolest moments of Warcraft. And now we chose Stratholme. Players of World of Warcraft already know Stratholme and many hardcore players are great fans of the old Stratholme instance. Warcraft 3 players however know Stratholme from a singleplayer mission， in which Arthas travels to the city and sets all buildings on fire， kills the citizens and fights Mal“Ganis. In Wrath of the Lich King you fight at Prince Arthas” side， by travelling through the Caverns of Time. We are giving you the opportunity of meeting Arthas at a time at which he was not a great villain yet. You are “cleaning” Stratholme and igniting buildings！

　　当然，有一些东西我们在BLIZZCON没有提到的，最重要的一点就是我们将在时光之穴加一个新副本——斯坦索姆。我们将要在时光之穴内向你们展现魔兽世界中最华丽的一些时刻，我们选择了斯坦索姆。大家都知道斯坦索姆的存在，而且很多骨灰玩家很钟情老斯坦索姆。而WAR3玩家是从一个任务关卡知道斯坦索姆的。在那里王子来到这个城市然后将这个城市付之一炬，杀光了所有的市民，和梅尔加尼一战。在 WLK中，你将站在王子一边。我们将给你和乃们的偶像王子见面的机会。你们将能够随同王子一起“净化”这个城市！！

　　好吧，已经有救小索索，老麦，暴老阿，配王子殿屠城4个剧情了……　　以后会不会有更多的东东呢？时光之穴真是个BLZ的好东西，随便个老剧情摇身一变就是FB了。和王子和穆拉丁去找霜之哀伤？保护老克召唤阿克蒙德？和蛋蛋一起灭掉提托迪奥斯……囧

　　buffed： Have you already decided which race the Death Knight will base on？ If one plays a Gnome， will the Death Knight be a Gnome too？ Jeff： Yes， we have already made a decision. But do not be surprised if we decide to change our minds. You know， game design is a very flexible job. Right now， every race can become a Death Knight， even Gnomes. We have thought about some things since BlizzCon. Characters most likely will not have to be level 80 to unlock the Death Knight， it will probably be earlier. Levelling to level 80 like a maniac to unlock the Death Knight simply is not fun. It makes people rush through the game. That is why we will make it differently. We have many ideas， but we have not decided on one yet. Maybe the Death Knight will be unlocked between level 55 and 60. Then you create your Death Knight and face some challenges. If you have mastered them， you will get your Death Knight.

　　恩……第二个问题……就是……侏儒啊，侏儒能当DK么……

　　答案是肯定的：侏儒是可以的！！！别惊讶。所有种族都能当DK，当然包括侏儒。玩家可能不一定需要将角色练到80才能解锁DK.可能会更早，练到80才能解锁DK是一件很不爽的事情。这会让玩家为了个DK疯狂练级。所以……我们的想法是大概55－60级就可以了。

　　想像一个LOLI DK，手举霜之哀伤大叫“老娘是荔枝王”的感觉……好冷……

　　buffed： Can you give us some details about the Death Knight“s abilities？ Jeff： Sure. The resourcing system is completely different and is based on runes. At Blizzard we are concentrating on making the characters differ from each other as much as possible. The best example are Rogue and Warrior. The Rogue uses combo points and the Warrior rage - quite a difference. When we started developing the Death Knight， we wanted it to feel distinct. That is why we gave him runes， which can be ingraved to his weapon， an axe or sword. There are three different types of runes： blood， unholy and frost. Depending on how you combine them， you get different abilities. The maximum you can have is six， and you can combine them in any way you want. For example： you could use two of each type of rune， or you could use four unholy runes and two blood runes， because you want to tank with your Death Knight. Or you could change your rune configuration for PVP battles. If you use your abilities you consume those runes， however. We have one skill called ”Army of Dead“， which summons Ghouls. Right now you need unholy and blood runes for that ability， I believe. If you only had frost runes ingraved on your weapon， you could not use that ability. We have developed a pretty cool system that makes the runes on your weapon glow if you change the combination.

　　另外就是有关DK的符文系统的玩意了。Tigole用盗贼和战士做了比较。盗贼是用连击点的，战士用怒气。而DK，他们想让DK显得更与众不同一些，于是便有了符文。这些符文可以嵌入在他们的武器——斧头或剑上（这难道预示着DK不能拿锤子的？不过也说的过去，貌似还真没有哪个DK是拿锤子的？没见过4DK，谁来告诉我里面的矮子DK是拿啥的？）有三类符文：血，不洁，冰。由你如何组合他们派生出不同的技能。最多你能携带6块符文。你可以用任何排列和组合组合他们。比如说：如果你想TANK，你可以用每种符文2个，可以用4块不洁加2块鲜血。当然，你也可以把符文切换成适合PVP的形式。比如说，我们有一个技能叫“死亡军团”，是召唤食尸鬼的。你需要不洁和鲜血符文来施放这个技能。当你的武器上只镶嵌有冰霜符文的时候，你是不能用这个技能的！我们在开发一个非常酷的符文切换系统。

　　（好吧，符文其实就是另一种切姿态，很像配多彩宝石，不是么？需要XX块XX宝石，需要XX宝石多于XX宝石……）

　　这符文剑系统怎么越看越像ED6里面的导力回路系统了。……BLZ里面一定有FALCOM饭口牙！！！但愿我只是ED6中毒……

　　转自：TGBUS，PS：我把这文章放在资料片这一分类似乎有些……