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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
A missing quest
Playing the World of Warcraft board game, I noticed an area on the map called Purgation Isle, off the coast of Hillsbrad, which I had never visited in the online game. So I checked it out in WoW, and the isle really exists. It consists of a hill with a spiral hill leading to the top, and a ruined tower on that top. It is populated by level 30ish undead, with a level 35 boss mob at the end. But there is no quest to go there and kill either the undead or the boss, neither for Horde nor for Alliance, and so very few people ever went there.
That made me think how remarkably well covered every corner of the World of Warcraft is by quests. It is hard to get people to go anywhere for where they don't have a quest, so pervasive is the quest system. For example my night elf hunter is now level 28 and already did Blackfathom Deeps and the Stockades. I really would like to go to Shadowfang Keep, because that is a great dungeon for that level, but with the Alliance not having quests for there, it is nearly impossible to get a group together.
If you stumble upon a place like Purgation Isle for where there are no quests, you automatically think that you have "missed" a quest to go there. Makes me wonder how many corners of the world I haven't seen yet, because no quest ever sent me there. What are your favorite "lost" places without quests?
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The Deadwind Pass area is pretty neat IMO. There's a whole bunch of catacombs underneath the ruined town that are full of undead, but no quest or reason to go there yet until they finish and release the Kharazan instance.
# posted by 
: 4/1/06 17:36
: 4/1/06 17:36
I enjoyed Westfall, myself. :) Being a Hordie we only have 2 quests there that are grey to us (the treasure map and one from the lighthouse) so there's no point in us going there, unless it's to do the Deadmines. I must say, the Deadmines is a great low level instance that the Horde never run.
I also like Stormwind. That's another favorite "lost" area. :)
I also like Stormwind. That's another favorite "lost" area. :)
# posted by : 6/1/06 22:17
: 6/1/06 22:17
There's so many...
Alcaz Island - go talk to the real king of Stormwind (hello!)
Grim Batol in the Wetlands.
The interior of Dread Isle.
Various dragons in other places.
The Ironforge Airport and all related content, including the Wetlands farm. I did those mere hours before 1.9 got installed :)
The famous Chained Essence of Eranikus quest - the most mysterious quest in the game, with lots of fun speculation on-line.
Alcaz Island - go talk to the real king of Stormwind (hello!)
Grim Batol in the Wetlands.
The interior of Dread Isle.
Various dragons in other places.
The Ironforge Airport and all related content, including the Wetlands farm. I did those mere hours before 1.9 got installed :)
The famous Chained Essence of Eranikus quest - the most mysterious quest in the game, with lots of fun speculation on-line.
# posted by : 16/1/06 00:17
: 16/1/06 00:17
The real king of Stormwind has been removed from Alcaz Island in patch 1.9. And since 1.9 also removed the ability to pass steep cliffs by walking slowly, the hidden areas like the Ironforge airport are now no longer accessible to everybody, although I hear that mages can still use teleport to get there.
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