Opening screen for WoW

#0 - Nov. 3, 2010, 3:25 p.m.
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This may sound incredibly stupid, but hear me out.

When Cataclysm hits, will the initial loading screen (with the Frost Wyrm flying past, coming back and roaring at you) be changed, or will that stay the same? If it -is- scheduled to change, is there any way to bypass it so I can keep the current one?

I have a 3 yr old son who has grown up with us playing this game - heck, my wife and I (at HER insistence) were at the Burning Crusade midnight release while she was 7 months pregnant. He's watched us playing this forever and ever, and one of his favorite things is when we start the game up, he'll come over and say hi to the dragon and roar back at it, then saying bye to it as it flies off. It's one of the cutest damned things I've ever seen, and I'm not looking forward to giving it up if I have a choice in the matter.

Please don't mock me for this, but as a parent it's one of the cooler bonding moments I have with my little gamer in training. If there is some way to keep it, please let me know.
#4 - Nov. 3, 2010, 3:36 p.m.
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I am afraid the opening log in screen sequence will change come Cataclysm, just like it has with expansions past, Ipsquitch.

You have a little over a month left of the Wrath login screen. You may wish to consider recording him roaring at the dragon so you can relive that moment whenever you would like.

He will get used to the new Cataclysm screen. Who knows? He might even like it better!