The argument about otherworldlyness is laughable when Bastion is the only zone that has any semblance of it.
None of the other zones are particularly alien or out of the ordinary.
So they might as well have sticked to Northrend.
The argument about otherworldlyness is laughable when Bastion is the only zone that has any semblance of it.
None of the other zones are particularly alien or out of the ordinary.
So they might as well have sticked to Northrend.
Formerly known as Arafal
Tbf, i would never step my foot on Shadowlands once it become legacy leveling content. The zones mostly suck, especially without flying. It has the pinnacle of "theme park zone" vibe.
Hope, 10.0 zones would be more open and less tryhard-designed.
That's not how hypotheses work. If there's no evidence, no hypothesis is more or less likely. Similarities in name are not evidence, even in stories. An author may even make names similar precisely to mislead you. Azeroth as a name has been around since before the whole story even remotely got to these proportions and Titans where introduced to it, aka WarCraft: Orcs and Humans.
You're supporting a conjecture based on nothing whatsoever. That's not even enough for a hypothesis.
They could have done exactly the same in Northrend, just have the Shadowlands come to us instead of us going to the Shadowlands.
Maldraxxus is just the Plaguelands aesthetic with a green tint. Ardenweald is a blue version of the Emerald Dream.
While Revendreth and Bastion do not have s direct analogue it isn't exactly like they brought much beyond the aesthetic anyways, the Venthyr are just vampire high society, and Bastion is just a vaguely "holy" afterlife.
The Maldraxxus aesthetic could be a complished with Azjol-Nerub and friendly scourge (aka Ebon Blade). Ardenweald could be easily replaced with Emerald Dream stuff, Revendreth could be replaced with the already established San'layn, and Bastion would honestly be better if we never got to see it and instead just heard about it.
Have the souls of the Shadowlands invade Azeroth changing the zones slightly, then leave the Maw as the only part of the Shadowlands we actually see, the rest being vaguely alluded to by NPCs.
This would keep the Shadowlands mysterious, and let players wonder what is actually supposed to happen after you die, the only thing we know for sure being that there are different areas, and that souls are not normally supposed to go to the Maw.
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There are things that couldnt be done in Northrend for sure. But if we are discounting being extremely literal and demanding the Ember Court set in Revendreth, then what exactly are we missing?
Would the game suffer immensely if we instead had the Vrykul Feast set in Howling Fjord where we get quests to invite Tuskarr instead?
The world revamp dream will never die!
This is getting out of hand.
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Warrior-Magi
Shadowlands is probably the meatiest we are ever going to see in regards to legacy content. For a new player starting in 10.0 or later Shadowlands will be an absolute cornucopia of cosmetics. Everything from rares, unique themed armor and titles are available, and for the most part all easily accessible within a single currency system.
Once we get to the end of the expansion and the anima grind becomes even easier the cosmetics grind should be extremely easy and varied with only a few exceptions.
The world revamp dream will never die!
Which is why they had to replace that mystique with the First Ones. And those of you thinking we're going to immediately seek them out & study their machinations, perhaps someone with a forum handle that references them, really don't understand their purpose in the story.
I'm really curious how they gonna treat all the covenant stuff next expac. What about the class and signature abilities? Do they stay and only work in SL? Do they take them away? My guess: all gets scrapped. Are there any signature abilities that are mandatory to access something? Like venthyr teleport for example? Can't think of something for kyrian except the dungeon goliaths and I guess they will become irrelevant.
I think that would be cool actually, was thinking about it last night. It would be cool to see her frustrations and anger over being the victim of countless assaults start to manifest in different ways. But if they took this route she would still have to pivot towards lawful good. But I think they can achieve both with careful writing.
That being said it would feel kinda crappy if she was mean to us (the PC,) considering how many times we've stuck our necks out for her.
Maybe the "grounded" expansion could just be us doing janitorial work accross Azeroth while she calms down after so many conflicts and regains her strength. Could even have Magni return to the earth 'cause he's no longer needed and we just get glimpses of communication with her sporadically so we don't get another expansion of him talking so much.
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I have a question for the "10.0 revamp" crowd on this forum: Why do you want a revamp so badly? Additionally, when you say revamp, do you mean full revamp? Partial revamp? Revamp + new zones (similar to Cataclysm style)?
To go back to 10.0 speculation - I'm hoping that NewBlizzard does consider to update all of the old classic racial mounts to HD, because honestly they look super bad next to the new character models. They already started this with Kodos/Tallstriders/Mountainhorses/Amani-Bears. They can still do new tints and spread them over new content so we would still get new stuff on top.
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With all of the HYPE/"leaks" about Dragon Isles (95%+ of them), how will people feel if/when we do not get a dragon expansion?