Why? Is there some lore explanation?
A new expansion or patch could fix this.
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No, no lore reason itâs just because itâs old and needs to be rebuilt.
If youâve ever used a toy to âflyâ around there youâd know what a mess it is.
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The blood elf areas in particular are a sham. If you flew above them youâd see paper walls with no roofs and gaping holes into the void floating around. They were never designed to be viewed from the air.
Theyâd have to rebuild a fair bit of it, which is more work to do than a simple toggle flying fix.
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Okay so how about letâs fix these things, all around Azeroth⌠before expanding our maps any further.
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Iâm not gonna rehash the details but suffice it to say, its an old zone. All the TBC zones are the oldest in the game. But Eversong and Bloodmyst Isle are left overs and were never built for flying. Although Bloodmyst would be fine to enable flying right now since the Exodar is underground. Itâs only belf city that is all cardboard cutouts.
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We still have to instance into those zones. Its well past time that those zones were brought into the wider EK/Kalimdor instance, especially since TBC is part of the base game now. Trouble is it would be a lot of work and that work isnât really a priority.
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Same reason there is no flying in the instanced Worgen starting area. No value added.
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The local Amani trolls command squadrons of attack dragonhawks and eagles to counter any aerial threat.
Thatâs all canon btw.
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I donât think theyâre against doing it. Itâs just not a small project. The blood elf and draenei areas havenât been relevant in anything since BC. They could take the time to rebuild and add flying, but no one really goes there anyways. So itâs time and resources that could be spent on more important things.
I wouldnât say never, itâs always possible they could slip it in eventually. But it just isnât a high priority.
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Itâs a shame these cities and areas are largely pointless.
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Blizzard should hire you.
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void elves arent welcome anyway
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A cheap fix would be to make Eversong flyable, but put an arcane dome over Silvermoon and it can be a no fly zone. Eversong on the other hand would be one of the most beautiful zones to fly in, and itâs a shame you canât.
I always assumed it was done this way at the time because otherwise they would have been the only flyable zones in old azeroth. More likely it was just expedient and/or cheaper to not add, I never did understand why those few zones didnât get cata remade, seemed like an oversight.
I never understood why they didnât allow flying in TBC Azeroth zones when they re-made the world for Cata. Also remove the TBC/Azeroth zone divides.
I hope they can change this before the game dies, at least.
Because itâs an isolated area in its own instance and was never built to support flying
Think of Eversong/Silvermoon City like a stage prop. If you go above any of the buildings, theyâre mostly hollow shells. Not sure why they havenât remade them, but I assume itâs due to the fact that theyâre out of the way and no one goes to them. Even roleplayers donât really, these days.
If it was more easily accessible, remade, and less hindered by ground mounts, I imagine weâd see more traffic.
While Iâd love that, and Iâm certain many Devâs would too, the RoI just isnât there at the moment, itâs no small job.
Where to start⌠so most people above me have covered the salient technical aspects of it. But the critical item is blizz never looks back. They donât consider eversong or the belf starting area âpart of the gameâ per se. Itâs âlegacy contentâ so they really donât care if something they do breaks it. See the belf racial starting quest that was broken when they changed the belf racial.
Blizz has taken the view that anything not current this patch is basically âlegacyâ and wonât bother fixing things there. Itâs an incredibly short sighted view but itâs how theyâve operated for years and I donât see it changing.
That said in my opinion they should revise that opinion, treat the entire game as relevant content.