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Lore and Quests: Cataclysm's most improved area
Amarandes
Member Posts: 104
Some of you may have accused Cataclysm of having less content then the last two expansion just because it only has five levels. I am here to tell you that you are VERY WRONG. The Cataclysm beta has already proven that level 80-85 has just as much content as level 70-80 has, if not more. Some may have said that Cataclysm is more of the same. At least in terms of the lore and questing, it is definitely not more of the same.
I can confidently tell you that the attention to the lore and quests in this expansion has been phenomenal. Some people lament on how vanilla WoW was the best era of WoW but honestly it was not that great. One of vanilla WoW’s weakest areas was questing. Why? Most of the quests in vanilla WoW were standard and boring collect x, kill y quests, talk to this NPC quests. It’s why I did not bother to level up an alt during my time spent in WoW. BC’s questing was a little better but it was still the same old boring collect x, kill y quests. Wrath did quests a lot better with epic chains like the Death Knight starting area and the Battle of the Undercity. Cataclysm takes everything that is in Wrath and takes it to a whole new level. To see for yourself, watch some of the videos below. SPOILER WARNING!
Goblin cutscene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGrHuYSmPIA
Hyjal Battle with Ragnaros: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbOrTN3XrUk
Plant vs. Zombie Quest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWI5XTmGrmo
Sylvanas talks to Garrosh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7k5FjdSCMw
Epic quest at the end of the troll starting area, last 5 minute of video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIqd8QdPn1Q&feature=related
Horde Intro to the Twilight Highlands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdyRBjsVjE0 Epic event in the last 10 minutes of the video and Totalbiscuit speaks the truth in this video.
Now tell me, have you ever seen any quests like these in vanilla WoW? Nope. The quests in Cataclysm is way better than any quests ever was in vanilla WoW. And there are a lot more than what I have shown above.
The worgen and goblin starting area, the revamped zones, and the new zones has gone to great lengths to get you involved and immersed in the story. There are still some collect x and kill y quests but there are definitely way less of these in Cataclysm. By having more quests that has more varied mechanics such as more scripted events, voice acting, interactions with famous characters, cutscenes, and controlling something or someone else other than your own classes, the leveling from 1-60 is no longer a grind but actually fun. The quests also flows a lot better so you no longer have to run long boring distances back and forth between an objective and quest hubs. This will be an expansion where you are highly encouraged to create a new character to experience these immersive quests.
It is very easy to lose sight of all these changes in the continuous debate over the talent and class changes. But you can’t deny how much work had gone into questing, lore, and zone design for Cataclysm. It is definitely the most improved area of Cataclysm.
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Looks fun! Cant wait for cata to release!
Remember Old School Ultima Online
Man I can't wait to start up that worgen druid now! I enjoyed those videos and always found WoW's lore to be interesting and deep (as there are so many well known fasinating characters and various relationships among them)
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I hope so. Killing ten rats/boars/wildthings gets old. I remember my very first quest in WoW back in 04, I had to kill wolves for 10 pelts....
Here's hoping they have evolved the quests from that.
Well said. From the looks of some of those videos you linked I am more anxious to play the game than I ever was.
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after playing the cat beta i can not play the live servers now its like playing an unpolished version
roll on the 7th.
I think that you are a bit blind sir because they have redone the textures and models in higher resolution as well has changed it all! My mate who was on the beta said that you could really tell as you walked around the city at every wall, floor, roof, door, tower and so on was redone. Also new water and lighting? Hello?
There is so much new this expansion, talent trees, races, all the new zones, the whole world being redone, more quests then you could shake a multitude of sticks at and they are adding even more quest types to vary then up, new ways of doing boss fights, new pvp areas and mechanics, new raid mechanics, new underwater zone, new warchief, new minigame in hillsbrad
, phasing, also MOAR DRAGGGGGOOOOONNNSSS!!11!!
The quests in particular are a joy now. They have learned so much from TBC and Wrath and now the quests are more varied then ever. I never know what the next one will be now. Fantastic!
While also keep it in the Warcraft feel all the way back from old Warcraft.
Can we progress past the starting village as a goblin yet. It has been bugged for me since I got in the beta about a month ago. Still stuck on the yacht last I checked. (last night) Perhaps I need to start over as a goblin? Any feedback on this?
As far as I know, as they added cinematics for both worgens and goblins, the endings are now working fine for both (I tested worgen only though). So you might need to redo your gobbo and try again.
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