Mr.WoW Gold - WoW General Guides - Bringing the Past Back to Life
Bringing the Past Back to Life
World Dragons
Azuregos, member of the Blue Dragonflight
The four world dragons that inhabit Azeroth were once regularly hunted as they held both epic loot as well as much soft after quest items. WoW in general is in need of contested world bosses to spice it up and these four would be a great place to start. In addition to the added bonus of creating additional world skirmishes on PvP servers (which the game is in dire need of… but that’s another article) it would introduce a whole host of players who started in the post-vanilla WoW era to some of the more interesting zones in the game.
This Ogre stronghold was a late addition to WoW 1.X but was one of the first five player dungeons that really showed what the folks at Blizzard were capable of. Featuring multiple areas in the style of Scarlet Monastery, Dire Maul was complex and longer than a typical dungeon, but it never felt like it. A retooled DM or a new wing for level capped players to explore would be another excellent bridge to the past in preparation for the upcoming content push.
World Boss Epic Events
Final encouter for a Legendary weapon
In addition to Lord Kazzak and the world dragons, vanilla WoW featured several world epic bosses that were triggered by quests. These events ran the spectrum from solo to group to full raid parties and added a huge level of immersion to the game that has been, in my opinion, lacking from the current build of the game. With the reintroduction of Onyxia both the priest and hunter epics could get a revamp as well as finding a way to bring back something akin to Thunderfury. The Hunter epic in particular was an amazing experience and a well scripted event that taught players some of the more intricate details of the class and ultimately made better players of everyone who completed it. Many players hoped that Blizzard would eventually include a quest like this for all classes, but sadly it seems to have fallen to the wayside as legendary weapons are relegated only to ultra rare drops or quests completed inside 25 player raid zones.
Demon slaying in Winterspring
Many players were at one time hopeful that their class would be the next to get an epic quest; however that seems to have fallen by the wayside. It is a shame that involved and moderately difficult quests for gear have been replaced by epic vendors.
With so much content currently in the game and more being added with each patch, perhaps there is no need to wax nostalgic and revisit the glory days. What do you think? What is your favorite event or zone from past content and would you like to see it revisited? When another game I used to play rolled out special events to allow you to engage old NPC’s for a new challenge and fabled loot, it was a wild success and so far the Onyxia revamp has proved popular with players. Hopefully with each anniversary the team at Blizzard will continue to reintroduce us to more of our past conquests. Until next week, stay safe and have fun in Azeroth.
