This was one of the first places I found while exploring back in vanilla. I remember deciding to swim up the coast from Westfall along the cliffs until I came across a dock and abandoned house. Much later in vanilla I heard a story that new Alliance players were dropped there before the starting cinematic. I swam out there again and sat inside the house for quite a while and never saw any appear there. Recently I thought about that moment again and wondered if there was any truth to that story. I found places were people made that claim but I have yet to find any video evidence that that could happen. Has anyone ever actually witnessed a new player appearing there or is it all just something that was made up and passed around? I’m betting this on the latter given the lack of any video evidence or screenshots.
Pretty sure new players are idle in their starting zone while the starting cinematic is playing.
The camera even shows you standing there when it finally reaches the area where you stand.
I heard that story too, but given that I was very much into the fishing odd locations in Vanilla I never once saw anyone pop up even remotely close there excluding the guys exploring.
I assure you I can assure you for a fact it was just a myth because of players had of actually spawned there I would have seen them on humanoid tracking.
Thanks I was pretty sure this was just a myth as that method of creating new characters seemed quite unlikely.
I love old WoW “urban legends” like this.
I’ve heard a few others like the ghost wolf that appears under the ocean somewhere in Kalimdor and the voice of C’thun in the Goldshire house. While i haven’t seen either one of those in game personally I have seen screenshots and videos so I I do believe those are real.
I once swam from westfall lighthouse to southshore.
The first time I was shown how to get to the dwarven airport the guy who took me told me to watch out for a level 100 elite that can spawn to kill anyone who gets caught up there. He said to run if we saw him. I was so wary the whole time lol.
As a Dwarf player, I thought the “drop” for them was in IF. What I do remember and tried to get to was the little hut above where you start out in the Dwarf area. Took me awhile to find a path up but that was always a fun spot.
There is some partial truth to that one. If I remember the myth correctly, you had to visit the house at 3 o’clock server time and you would hear cthun say “you will die.” Well I did it and 3 o’clock rolls around…nothing. I was about to leave disappointed, but a minute or so later, I hear a very loud banshee shriek.
So maybe the sounds are randomized? But I can confirm that SOMEthing strange goes on there.
I remember reading it was at somewhere after 7am server time. I went there at the time it was supposed to happen and I didn’t hear anything either. I wonder if I could be randomized like you mentioned or it could only have a chance of happening.
That was me outside the window. Surprised you didn’t hear me giggling like a little school girl.