Readers Geamo, Dice, and Leethax have written to let us know that Dave “Fargo ” Kosak, co-founder of Gamespy and creator of the wildly popular “Flintlocke’s Guide to Azeroth ” and its Horde follow-up “Flintlocke vs. The Horde ” is leaving for…Blizzard!
In his farewell message on Gamespy he says he’ll be creating content for Blizzard games and World of Warcraft specifically (so be on the lookout, as he writes, for “quest instructions (shouted) at you in a very loud, very poor Scottish accent “). Kosak has been responsible for hearthstones being memorably described as “the chickenrock, ” an explanation of aggro mechanics, The Five Stages of Warcraft, and the ultimate goblin-engineered weapon (which you can find in Area 52).
Unfortunately, it looks like he’s not going to be able to continue the “Flintlocke ” comics while at Blizzard (whether for time-related or legal reasons, I’m not sure), so that’s kind of a downer. The current Horde comic has already been planned all the way to its end, which will occur at some point in late April. I was disappointed to read this — I love Flintlocke, and the Horde storyline is amazing ( “What kind of combat skills you got on that thing? ” “Probably flee and mate “) — but I expect we’ll be seeing some of Kosak’s influence ingame.
Congratulations, Mr. Kosak, and from all of us here at WoW Insider, good luck!
Unlocking and Creating the Death Knight
Simply having a character of at least level 55 on the realm where you’d like to play unlocks the ablility to create a new level-55 death knight of any race on that realm (if on a PvP realm, the death knight must be the same faction as your existing character). Upon entering the world, your neophyte death knight will undertake a series of quests designed to teach you your new abilities. You will be able to create one death knight on each realm that is already home to at least one level 55+ character of yours.Class RolesTank: The plate-wearing death knight is a capable tank for small groups as well as raids. His or her damage output while tanking will be respectable. DPS: The death knight can also spec and gear for a melee DPS role, which draw upon many debilitating disease effects as well as direct damage and instant attacks.
