It has been over 15 years since the refugee Draenei crash-landed onto the Misty Isles. At the end of the Draenei heritage questline, Velen shared the plans for a new city to be built. As Quel’thalas is getting revisited and revamped, it would be great to see Azuremyst and Bloodmyst Isles also revamped
What I would like to see:
- Draenor-level city aesthetics. Shatthrath, Auchindoun, and the Temple of Karabor are all gorgeous, including and especially their dock areas.
- Functioning docks complementing Stormwind (perhaps bring in canals like Amsterdam)
- Progression of the building process! I would like my character to participate in the rebuilding and be there as Azuremyst Isle gets increasingly more developed
- In connection with the Night Elves, especially after the evacuation upon the destruction of Teldrassil, the local Furbolg community at Stillpine Hold becomes more like a small Furbolg city and Night Elf embassy
- Additional Night Elf presence in minor but noticeable ways (e.g., Silvermyst Isle’s little fishing village is repaired)
- Well-established religious centres: something like the Temple of Karabor as well as a place for Shamans (alongside the Stillpine and Krokul)
- A space for Man’ari and warlocks
- With the destruction of Dalaran, perhaps a Draenei rehabilitation prison for Man’ari and other war criminals that serves as a dungeon/raid
- An area for all sorts of cool holographic art and histories, like a museum similar to the Hall of Explorers in Ironforge, but all Draenei-like
- Many fun places that give it life and us a reason to explore: an outdoor amphitheatre like Karabor’s Coliseum of Light or the Khaz Algar Theatre Troupe, perhaps several inns like Goldshire’s, things like the cat lady’s house in Boralus or the orphanage in Mereldar. Give us reason to visit every part of the city, but do not make it a chore to do so!
- Finally, things that make this city unique in its own right
- [EDIT] Community gardens that are tended by players
- [EDIT] Elekk and Talbuk (and Nether Ray) things. Perhaps Elekk/Talbuk/Nether Ray racing? Or raise your own à la Zandalari Pterosaur?
I would also like to see the Exodar be restored and put back in the skies alongside the Vindicaar with strategically placed Draenic beacons around the worlds connecting to it
Anyway, what sorts of visions, thoughts, or ideas do y’all have?
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Yeah, 10/10, hard agree, we need a new Draenei city
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Sounds fine but on the other hand it seems like a good amount of work for very little return unless it is an expansion focus hub. People really only go to those or SW/OGR. The rest lie mostly deserted. I was in exodar the other day and saw zero players.
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I think Blizzard should work on bringing all capital cities in line with each other in terms of amenities, and let people hang out in the cities they want to. I know I’d hang out in other cities more often if they had things like AH, portal room, etc. I know a lot of other people probably would too.
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Because they shove every single starting story line through those two cities and it shows. Org and SW are the worst cities and only go there because of the portals.
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It would be nice for upgraded capital cities to have portals and ships so we no longer feel the need to consistently go to ORG/SW
For example, I love Zuldazar (I know, divisive opinion here), and the fact it has a few portals, including one to Silithus, means my Zandalari and Orc characters tend to go back to Zuldazar frequently.
It would be nice to have a beautiful, fun to be in Draenei city that has portals and boats connected to the world so I can default there instead of Stormwind
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I love everything in the OP. I do hope that we’ll see it updated. Maybe in a patch for Midnight?
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Legion’s Dalaran is still used quite a bit. Prob because of the extra hearthstone.
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I just added two to the list:
- Community gardens
- Mount activities
On Draenor in Shadowmoon Valley, there are plenty Draenei caring for elekks. It might be cool to raise your own mounts on Azuremyst Isle. Perhaps different armours or decorations can be unlocked (aka different skins for your mount like dragon customizations). Maybe setting up a race track for talbuks, elekks, or nether rays* ?
(*) I think nether rays should be introduced to Azuremyst Isle and used as the Draenei flying mount
As for community gardens, it might be cool to set up beautiful Draenei gardens that can be tended by players. Bring in old school herbs and have a limited number of harvests of old herbs and new rewards
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I mean…
After Midnight revamps the Silvermoon area, I’d be down for an expansion that establishes the new Draenei capital, reworks Azuremyst and Bloodmyst and has lots of new Draeneistory, but I’m biased 
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I thought Goldshire on the Moonguard server is the new Draenei capital 
Jokes aside, I think it’s best if the Draenei made their capital in the Azuremyst Isle as the Outlands is slowly falling apart and the WoD timeline is also closing off in lore.
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Send em back where they came from originally.
The draenei should definitely get a new city within the same expansion (Midnight) as blood elves getting theirs updated. The Outland zones that weren’t a part of Draenor are now the oldest zones in the game without updates. It would be a shame to leave draenei out when they were released alongside blood elves.
I could see the city coming in a major patch for Midnight though. 12.0 gets the launch content with Silvermoon/Quel’thalas/Ghostlands updates and 12.1 gets the Exodar/Azuremyst/Bloodmyst updates.
Narratively speaking, there might be something where we actually lose Quel’thalas and the Sunwell to the void (temporarily, regaining it later in the expansion), and maybe even the whole world succumbs to the void, minus this one little isolated beacon of light, the new draenei city glowing with artifice. Then we manage to push back the void from this new position of strength, which would be the events of 12.1. Maybe we capture/cleanse the Sunwell in 12.2?
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Or perhaps including something something Naaru something something void state something something interactive world events/encounters
On a different note, I would just love to be able to barely fly from Darkshore to Azuremyst Isle like we could do with Teldrassil
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I would love it if all the TBC old world zones were properly integrated into the map finally, without these awkward loading screens. Flying to the new city should be possible!
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I am 100% opposed to this.
Why? Your city is getting a revamp. The Draenei deserve a better capital city that’s not a broken ship. You blood elves are the ones who caused the Exodar to crash so keep your mouth shut about opposing a Draenei capital.
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draenei deserve to live in a broken ship.
puts spikes and random poo everywhere
Live like the Horde 
