Warlords of Draenor - General Discussion

I'll be doing the alliance questing experience later today, will be sure to report my findings

I'm eager to see/hear more about the Auchenai in WoD.

The Z wrote:

erwtenpeller wrote:

An amazing theater:

I'm not one for politics and other such talks in RP (got my fair share of those back in the 2GE days...) but that looks pretty potential for that. Could also be used for something more light-hearted, I suppose, but it looks maybe a bit too...important for that kind of show, for the lack of a better term.

That has Djego Stonehead written all over it.

erwtenpeller wrote:

Here we see a high poly draenei schooling some low-poly offspring:

"Don't worry, your polygon count -will- increase when you get older, Young One. Give it time. Give it time."

Karabor looks to be the most amazing place to role-play ever.

Exactly what I was thinking!

Thelos wrote:Karabor looks to be the most amazing place to role-play ever.

Pandaria had a lot of great nice spots and views as well (just think of Jade Forest), I like where Blizzard is going, for us role-players is a godsend

My only irk is I hope there won't be an out of control mob spree like Pandaria seems to have. Where places are full of mobs like main roads, every building outside of a town/any other fancy place etc and leave some open spaces.

The roads, at least in Frostfire Ridge, seem to be rather safe to travel by. Exceptions being when you wander into an explicitly hostile area (there's, for example, a part of the zone with lots of hostile elementals). It's certainly not as bad as Pandaria, at least.

I don't think there will me mobs all over the place since as far as I know we won't be able to use flying mounts

Hmmm, I can't remember but did someone post something about blueshielding the respective "starter zones"?

Frostfire Ridge/Shadowmoon Valley aren't blueshielded. Neither is the Dark Portal starter experience, but from what I can tell it's phased so you only see allied players.

Zinkle Figgins wrote:

Thelos wrote:Karabor looks to be the most amazing place to role-play ever.

Pandaria had a lot of great nice spots and views as well (just think of Jade Forest), I like where Blizzard is going, for us role-players is a godsend

Too bad most role-players won't have the pleasure of enjoying these locales, glued as they are to Stormwind.

Thelos wrote:

Zinkle Figgins wrote:

Thelos wrote:Karabor looks to be the most amazing place to role-play ever.

Pandaria had a lot of great nice spots and views as well (just think of Jade Forest), I like where Blizzard is going, for us role-players is a godsend

Too bad most role-players won't have the pleasure of enjoying these locales, glued as they are to Stormwind.

It really is just a matter of finding a valid reason to leave the comforts of home for a foreign land for any length of time. Some characters have no interest leaving Stormwind, nothing to gain or enjoy in Jade Forest. It seems silly to me to condescend it :p

The end creates the reason, other than the other way around.

But maybe that's just me.

In the end, you'll want to roleplay where there are others too. For me, that often translates into "set HS to Stormwind".

I love Pandaland to death too, but that's where I content (yes, I verbed it), so it's nice with a visual change in enviroment/mood reflecting the switching from inferior ingame activities to actual roleplay.

Looking back and reading my last two posts they seem very douchy to me. My apologies; I should know better than to drink and post. Elitist grumpypants Thelos sometimes gets the better of me.

To these who criticises roleplayers are 'glued' to Stormwind. Let me tell you in -some- storylines that may not be as Awesome as you may see yourself, makes sense to their characters to be house mouses and love their capital.

As in there is also guilds that it makes sense they have instant glue to a capital city, since alas Capital city, there is always something going on, aka citizenship.

But heeeey, I guess it must be a really good glue.

Just an observation there.

I'm leaving for Draenor as soon as it opens up with all my characters because I have a lot of people to kill IC there, also I love the zone's graphic, I will probably move into my little town where Thorvald and his soldiers are stationed, the good old Orc ganking group will join together once more to fight in Draenor and its gonna be awesome.

That's pretty much what me and the Band are planning to do as well.

Ariel wrote:I'm leaving for Draenor as soon as it opens up with all my characters because I have a lot of people to kill IC there...

erwtenpeller wrote:That's pretty much what me and the Band are planning to do as well.

I thought you guys were a merry bunch!

Yes, and we'll very merrily bash your skull in while singing our jolly songs.

Thelos wrote:Looking back and reading my last two posts they seem very douchy to me. My apologies; I should know better than to drink and post. Elitist grumpypants Thelos sometimes gets the better of me.

Thelos, this server and this forum are getting the better of you.

I don't mind Tipsy Thelos to be honest

By the way here are a few nice screenshots of the Spires of Arak:

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Is it me or nights seem darker?

Zinkle Figgins wrote:Is it me or nights seem darker?

It certainly looks to be full of terrors, Zinkle.