Blizzard has raised the curtains on what appears to be another major update to World of Warcraft once the Wrath of Lich King expansion releases.  The games division presents WotLK's new and upcoming achievement system.

The preview offered at Blizzard's official World of Warcraft site iterated that there will be more than 500 achievements to seek out, and they can be claimed from casual aspects such as exploring the lands of Azeroth and Outland to more active aspects such as PvP and PvE achievements.

Some of these achievements won't only add to your total achievement score, but they may even award you with in-game items such as tabards, vanity pets, and character titles.

And even after players have conquered a majority of the achievements, Blizzard claims that they will be able to add more with every content update. Achievement types are as follows:

• Player-vs.-Player
• Dungeons and Raids
• Professions
• Quests
• Events
• World Exploration
• Reputations
• General

When World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is installed, the player's user interface will come with a new button on the main action bar. That button will open up an Achievements Window. On top of that window will be the total number of points you've earned from all the achievements you grabbed so far.

Below that you'll see a list of all those achievements complete with the dates you nabbed them, their point values, what they're about and - if you're on your way to achieving another - how close you are to bagging it.

Some achievements are multi-tiered, so you might find some collapsible lists under them with another set of achievements that you'll need to net the overall achievements. With the system in place, players can right-click and select the designated option on other players to view their achievements and compare theirs with yours.

Also, all members of your guild will be notified that you've pulled out another achievement for your character, as will all people within your current vicinity. But all these achievements are cosmetic and are not required to enjoy the game.

You may also need to note that the Feats of Strength won't count as normal achievements, and it's this reason that will keep the Feats from being displayed on the achievements page.

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