As we approach the release of Wrath of the Lich King expansion pack of world of warcraft, a world event is going to draw near us. It's the invasion of the Lich King's minions.
Players had already embraced the event by becoming infected and traveling to other cities to begin their zombie armies. The full fledged invasions soon followed. As a level 70 zombie you do not have your regular abilities but you have several abilities that are, Mangle! (strong attack), Beckoning Groan (summon your zombie minions to follow you), Retch! (shoot an infectious AoE), Zombie Explosion ( self destruct but you infect everyone around you), and Lurch! (a sprint ability for you and nearby zombies). You can infect others and even lower level guards who will turn upon death. Alliance zones such as Westfall, Darkshire, and Thereamore are extremely vulnerable to invasions. Unfortunately as a zombie you will gradually lose health and explode! But not to worry you can quickly become zombified again without having to find some crates by coming in contact with the disease from another player who is a zombie.
It beginned with that plague which came from the Conspicuous Crates in Booty Bay, but it didn't take long for the plague to spread, and be spread by players of all levels - intentionally or not.
It is grateful that the plague was cured, in that before a cure was found, there was a severe disruption in city services such as the Auction House and Banking systems. If the Bankers and Auctioneers weren't infected themselves, the were dead, or there were other Zombies running around making it impossible to do your work in these spots. It is worth to note that undercity was always great and Orgrimmar was a festering zoo.
And of course, the plague had spread around the world and had been spread around the world by bored level 70's to every corner and every leveling area, so many of our friends who were progressing through their Azeroth levels weren't pleased with how the world event was imposed upon them.
After the plague was cured and the world recovered from the zombie infestation, localized invasions started to spring up, marked by purple skulls on the continental maps in Azeroth.
That's kind of where we are now - although really we're sure there's more that has happened that I missed while I was doing other things.
These localized invasion zones have some neat drop rewards at any rate, but the best equipment drops come from mobs who are quite hard to solo, so be sure to bring friends.
It's awesome that the gear and other sets like it for leather and plate upgrades for any toons that are new to 70, but you'll need to bring some friends to make very much headway. Bring a Cloth-wearer, a Leather-wearer and a Plate-wearer together in a party and get some loot.
The only thing that isn't Bind on Pickup is the Memento - the very thing which makes the ghostly companion follow you around from a distance, like the picture in this entry.
I think that this thing will be worth big sucks after the Invasion draws to a close and folks can't pick it up any more so if you are in position to grab some friends and get into it, I highly recommend.