The first 3 steps in getting a Death Knight

1) Wait for us to finalize how the Death Knight is unlocked
2) Wait for WotLK to launch

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Judging from recent interviews with the devs, i thought they decided for the DK to become playable when you reach a certain level with 1 character?

As you know from the time we announced the Death Knight at BlizzCon up to recent interviews, the unlocking process has changed quite a bit because it's not finalized. We have a lot of great ideas and we want to use one that makes the most sense for the Death Knight and is a lot of fun for our players. So until the process is finalized, changes can occur.

Q u o t e:
Also in some of your posts you seem to point out the influx of DK's when launch comes around.

With no playable Death Knights in the game, wouldn't just ten of them be considered an influx?

I expect a number of people will decide they want to play a Death Knight well before Wrath of the Lich King is launched. So after launch people will put all their effort into playing one as soon as possible. There is no need to jump to conclusions here.

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4) Make me a sandwich (This is VERY important)

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