But they are mandatory, while Legion had a uniform and compact region in which you can fly all over yourself and had an accessible and quick portal network thanks to Dalaran. (+ class halls if your class had them)
If you want to go from Ard to Rev you need to take a flight path.
You can only reduce your travel time by upgrading your transport network for the Oribos portal.
Which took fucking ages to unlock when the expansion came out, while Dalaran had its hearthstone and portal room from day 1.
From a gameplay perspective I really liked Shadowlands. I got Veilstrider and Jigglesworth both, lots of world content to do and Torghast was fun (for my class). I also liked all three raids.
Patch cadence was bad and the story was meh. But the actual game stuff was good to me.
I did do all four covenants though. I know a lot of people didn't.
I've had a bit if fun with the maldraxxus stitch factory but you can guess it was meant to be way more than what we got. I'm pretty sure that the original design was for you to choose body parts and body types and attach souls to them, making the conversations with souls more than just a lore funky bit.
Honestly the only thing that has disappointed me is the mission table because the very first iteration (WoD) was definitely the best one with its mechanics though the reward balance for shadowlands is very good and probably the best even.
Now that Veilstrider is giving me an excuse to revisit the "old" Shadowlands content, and all the timegating is over with, I am finding the content very enjoyable. It was the structure that they slotted the content into that was horrible.
But let's take that a step further - imagine if this setting wasn't so far removed from WoW's core tone. What if we did the Silvermoon Court instead of the Ember Court and actually invited characters we care about in a setting we're already invested in? What if the Abomination Factory was in Undercity, solving the issue of procreation? What if Torghast was instead the Caverns of Time, visiting randomized timelines? What if the Covenants were actual factions we know and care about, like the Earthen Ring, Argent Crusade, Cenarion Circle, Wyrmrest Accord and the like?
The bones of a great expansion were there. They were just misused.
SL quick review for me. Classes were fun, legendaries and tier kept things interesting, dungeons and raids were solid. Mage tower coming back was great as well. Torghast was decent, but the aesthetic got old quick.
However, the zones and "feel" was just complete off. Oribos was a horrible hub, both aesthetically and getting around. Cosmetics were good, but the anima grind to get them all was and STILL is way WAY too much. There's just too much overloaded in there as well. We didn't need like 5 recolors for each covenant set, covenant progress should have been across all covenants (bar the unique event like the court) and characters, anima and all currencies like stygia should be account wide WITHOUT having to send across characters at a loss.
No I didn't. The flights were very short so I did not have a reason to. Dalaran to Obsidian Overlook, my usually starting point for gliding, was a short flight over terrain so I'd usually pull the map up and plan the order I'd clear my world quests with. Sinfall to Ardenweald was mostly spend zooming in the In-Between so ofc I'd tab out.
Whether that was edited in or not is irrelevant because I have already seen at least one thread here that claimed that Turalyon was "ruthless" and "possessive", when he decided to put the Dracthyr under strict scrutiny. Consider this a reminder that Turalyon did nothing wrong (hence why his people agree with his policies).
So this community has this misconception that the Dracthyr should be respected and treated as equals by Stormwind, which is completely contradictory and illogical with the lore.
Really WoD and SL are diametric opposites in many ways. Both lack the one thing the other has in abundance. WoD had amazing zones and storylines the player wanted to visit, and SL has towering piles of content for all the zones. Combine the two and you have probably one of the best expansion WoW could have made.
The world revamp dream will never die!
Oh shit! The Ring of Blood is back!
https://www.wowhead.com/news/gurgtho...nflight-328325
So many fond memories of grouping up and defeating these elites back in the days.
Sometimes, the light of the moon is a key to other spaces. I've found a place where, for a night or two, the streets curve in unfamiliar ways. If I walk here, I might find insight, or I might be touched by madness.
I remember being pretty scared of those quests when I first played the game.
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Sometimes, the light of the moon is a key to other spaces. I've found a place where, for a night or two, the streets curve in unfamiliar ways. If I walk here, I might find insight, or I might be touched by madness.
In the build tonight, a few classes are being given a few new animations
Warrior, Warlock, Demon Hunter