The End to an Unique Alliance Experience
Patch 3.0.2 is upon us. With it come goodies like new talent trees (bye bye holy, hello Ret on my paladin), inscriptions, the barber shops and more.
The patch will also bring Stormwind Harbor. And a ferry between Auberdine and Stormwind.
Think about that one for a while.
Until now, a young nelfie born in Darnassus or a space goat who wanted to reconnect with the rest of the alliance, to, say, visit far-away weapon masters, had to go through a rite of passage. An adventurer’s courage, skill and cunning could be measured by the level at which he undertook the dangerous voyage to far-away Ironforge, which involved braving the swampy, crocolisk-infested marshes of the Wetlands. The younger the braver was the saying.
The conforts of modern life however are now robbing the Alliance of yet another test of skill and courage, softening up an already weak youth even more, by providing mass transportation allowing the weakling long-ears and big-horns to completely bypass otherwise valuable lessons in aggro management and, let’s name it, running for their lives.
And they call THAT progress?
/snort.
*twitch*
Crockalisks…
*twitch*
Orcs between the passes…
*twitch*
On the plus side, a whole generation of players won’t learn how to cross the Wetlands. Think of the advantage you will have in your next naked level 1 race!
Our last naked race was Tauren, From Mulgore to Badlands.
Having never played alliance I can’t really comment on this one. I have however kept as far out of the way as possible from the patch notes as I wanted it to be a surprise
With recruit-a-friend granting free levels to alts and death knights starting at 55 (and you *know* sooner or later, Blizz is going to give other classes a way to start at a higher level), I expect that eventually even knowing where the Wetlands is will become a badge of “old school” honor.
Still it’s nice to see those workers in Stormwind actually get some work done
Oh man – I remember when I was a green newbie druid – my first toon too – and I received the quest for aquatic form….. I’d never been beyond Darkshore and suddenly I had to figure out how to get to the other continent.
Well, this was before I knew about sites like Wowhead, and before I had a guild, so it WAS a truly epic journey. I distinctly remember getting owned by the crocolisks repeatedly, and then ambushed by the orcs. But damn – the feeling of accomplishment when I finally got there was second to none.
It WAS a truly epic journey. I distinctly remember getting owned by the crocolisks repeatedly, and then ambushed by the orcs. But damn – the feeling of accomplishment when I finally got there was second to none.
I have similar recollections. The feeling was even better the second time around when I could take pride in running the stretch with just one single death.
*mutters* damn kids…
Lol this phrase came to mind after reading this.
We used to walk “Ten miles to school,barefoot,in the snow, uphill,both ways. And we liked it! haha