Comments on: Keyholed

By: Skullkrusha

Skullkrusha — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:19:03 +0000

I often thought that they should send you back to the lowbie areas occassionally for a revisit. A higher level cabal making it’s home in an out of the way place maybe, or a secret door in the midst of a lower level instance. I’m not sure they’d even have to change the level of the mobs. I’m a firm believer that now and then you should visit lower level areas just to kill stuff and reaffirm how much progress you’ve made.

If you’re level 58, new to outlands and it’s kicking your butt, take a trip back to old Durotar, The Barrens or the Elwynn Forest, visit places that really cracked your nut on the way up, and pwn them. Revel in your power and realize that at some point you’ll overcome the latest challenge too.

By: Galoheart

Galoheart — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:19:56 +0000

Great analogy as said first by Kinless also.

Wow immitating Life or Life seem like WoW. I’ve related things in WoW to real life sometimes or other way around. Kinda feel like the Matrix.

By: Leiandra

Leiandra — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:35:02 +0000

I think that’s part of the reason I first enjoyed doing the daily cooking quests. They send you to random places to gather the required cooking materials. Even if you have them all stocked, you still have to visit the zone and specific location to gather/cook the actual quest item.

So, while it’s neat to visit all of those zones, I think it would be a pain if I had to run back to Azeroth. Imagine if they sent you off to Silithus as Alliance. Hearth to Shatt, port to Darn, 15-minute flight path, and then start gathering. Yeah… that doesn’t sound appealing at all. Let’s just keep it in Outlands, mmm kay?

By: megan

megan — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:11:24 +0000

Great post, makes ya think.

By: Ess

Ess — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:04:47 +0000

My level 50ish hunter, who has been questing off in the Hinterlands and Tanaris, was recently asked to go to Sen’jin Village in the south of Durotar as part of a quest chain. The nearest flight path was all the way north in Orgrimmar, which meant riding my mount across the length of the area, where a lot of the newer characters (in the early teens and lower) were questing. It was so much fun! It was like coming home, in a way, since she quested in this area herself as a young Orc.

As I rode through Razor Hill and on to Sen’jin, I waved to the newer characters that I saw, and I actually felt a little bit emotional when I finally arrived in Sen’jin Village. I slowed my mount to a walk, to savor the moment as I approached the troll there I needed to talk with.

I admit when I first got the quest and heard where I needed to go, I thought, “oh great… all the way over there? sheeeesh.” But now, I kind of wish the game would ask me to revisit these old areas a little more often. Somehow, it adds a little bit of meaning, a little bit more dimension. I’m sorry to hear there isn’t more of this in the later game.

By: Kinless

Kinless — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:13:03 +0000

I love the analogy. (And it helped I’d also worked in downtown SF for a bit. Lunched over at the Embarcadero Center, etc.)