So phase 2 is upon us and we have pretty good idea of what we are getting.
And now I find myself looking ahead to phase 3.
I’m sure the team has already planed and semi set in stone what they want to do but I still have my hopes and dreams.
I have been looking over the possibilities of what zone will be changed for pvp or otherwise and what dungeon(s) will be converted into a raid.
And I think Azshara would be perfect for a pvp event and a revamp.
This zone, despite being fully populated and well designed, simply was never used, (well barely) until the Cata revamp.
Despite is big plans it was unfortunately cut content.
But that could change in SoD by just adding a few qwest chains. Shouldn’t be hard, kill x-y, gather a-b-c and voila!
But mostly for the prospect of the pvp event! Azshara Crater was going to be an additional battleground, with its faction entrances still in game not far from the zone entrance.
Lets not forget the supposed Timbermaw Hold raid as well, more axe content.
If not in Azshara my best guess would be in Tanaris or Un’goro. Those zone get lots of traffic at those levels and have plenty of extra room to work with.
As for possible future raids, while I mentioned Timbermaw Hold, I think Maraudon would make for a perfect raid at that level. One of the last great dungeons made by the classic crew before everything went into a SM format…
Maraudon is practically MADE for a raid experience! Necessitating several runs and making a key just like the dungeons from the classic days!
Of course other possibilities could be Sunken temple or Razorfen Downs but those just seem like easy out…
Anyhow, that was just my speculations.
How about yours?
Id rather have them save azshare for a future raid instead. As you mentioned, tanaris or ungoro would be way more hype for a PvP event. Ungoro would honestly be perfect. It has so much cover and reduced visibility and pays homage to the iconic battle over devilsaur leather.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being like, okay, we got some interesting datamining that seems to conflict with the expected trajectory of SoD, I wonder where things are headed with respect to this new information.
Hydraxian faction, Azuregos, a heap of quests, and looots of fishing in Azshara are some standout memories from early Classic for me.
It is a gigantic zone, so it could definitely fit more, but it definitely wasn’t unused. The massive scale does make it well suited to a PvP event! Maybe something related to Azuregos would be cool.
My only issue is like, okay, first phase we had a PvP event in a forest. Soon we’ll have an event in a jungle. Do we want another event in another dinosur-infested jungle?
Like okay Un’goro isn’t exactly the same topographically but I dunno I’d rather see something different. My current thought was something like Hinterlands but I dunno.
There’s already a faction base on each side of Hinterlands. I think it’d be well suited to a PvP even for sure, despite not being a zone historically associated with PvP.
If they stay on track with using dungeons from around the level bracket, I think Sunken Temple or Zul’Farrak would be great candidates for a Raid remodel.
