So seeing as Blizzard has revamped some Battlegrounds this expansion. Those being Arathi Basin, Deepwind Gorge, and Warsong Gulch, I feel the time has come to do the same with every zone in-game.
Currently only (2) zones in the game world have been revamped and those are Arathi Highlands and Darkshore.
Seeing as this has been done with specific zones and Battlegrounds, Why not complete all of the other zones now as well graphical wise?
This would give a good feel for the game and make the game world itself more modern looking for gamers that play this game or may be considering to play this game!
So ya. I feel the time has come to revamp the graphics for every zone come Shadowlands.
Also, Blizzard should upgrade the graphics on older mounts as well in-game as the new mounts that come out lately look more better graphical wise.
Iâm not opposed to this⌠but itâs a big undertaking. And thereâs a lot of things that need done in this game that I feel are more important right now.
Honestly, start with Outland first. Itâs the oldest open world zone in the game. Make it actually be a collection of floating rocks on the fringes of the Twisting Nether rather than what it is now. Make it more consistent with Draenorâs locales and visuals.
If weâre looking at a complete revamp rather than a retexture/remodel, Outland is well beyond due for a return to see how things have changed since our last visit. If we are to get a TBC âClassicâ server, then itâs definitely high time to move on from the past on Outland and see to the present.
Except with the squish, places like Outland can be completely skipped and allow Blizz to completely ignore them. Doubt weâll ever get a revamp there, especially since Legion is now out of the way. WoD was its roundabout revamp.
Honestly my biggest complaint with Blizzard. Everything has to be ânew.â Sometimes itâs perfectly fine to take a step back and look at what you have rather than send us off to the actual afterlife to fix a problem.
As someone that modded their skyrim to heck and back. I believe you mean âspruce up the texturesâ instead of an entire revamp. A revamp would include new models from scratch. A retexture is basically just the skin on everything
Seems like a waste of time/resources, most of the zones arenât even visited during leveling (Desolace, 1k needles, Feralas, etc.) let alone at end game. Iâd rather have them focus their efforts in things that matter.
Maybe upgrade the zones that truly get visited during questing: Ashenvale, Redridge, DuskwoodâŚ
Yeah, either way itâs a ton of work thatâs probably not going to be appreciatedâŚlike Cataâs rework. I seriously love the quest flow, stories, and such from Cata and understood from day 1, having done Loremaster prior, how much was changed. Didnât go over well, because endgame suffered. New players donât have a clue.
This is most likely on their bucket list and would be done with the next world revamp. It just has to be the right time to do it.
Personally I would advocate for a time jump showing how far the world has come approximately 20-35 years or so. This would allow for the current devastated races such as the humans, the elves, Draenei and the Darkspear to recover while also allowing for new races to stake their claim such as the Void Elves, the Lightforged, and the Magâhar.
Kingdoms will be rebuilt, cities will be made, villages will rise, sorrows will be mended, and there will be a lasting peace, for a time.
Even potentially discovering new lands on Azeroth.
All and all a relatively fresh start to an old familiar world.
I am very, very sick of going to âcool new islandâ each expansion. Not only does it make the world map look a little silly, itâs just gotten old. It makes Azeroth feel smaller, funnily enough, even though BFA introduced a human nation thatâs been part of the WarCraft lore basically forever.
It was a gigantic missed opportunity that Battle for Azeroth didnât focus on the âAzerothâ part of its namesake.
I will admit, even if it comes across as lazy to some, I have enjoyed going back to old areas and seeing them given new relevance for 8.3.
A time skip is a terrible idea. I understand the desire for it, but to me it would kill my drive to even continue playing the game, and would reinforce the second worst thing Blizzard has done with their lore: shove it all into the books and only leave the game with bits and pieces to pick up.
35 years of a time skip would bloat this already unnecessary shunting of lore to a place where not even hilariously bad photoshopped images of a body builder posing as Illidan can get me to care or invest in to.
I would support a reskinning to make things look better. The art department at Blizzard does some amazing work.
I concur that reworking zones would be unwelcome, unless of course they posted a nice bronze dragon to allow us to toggle back and forth between times.
