Comments on: Blog Azeroth: Deconstructing Westfall

By: Jason Cranton

Jason Cranton — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:11:10 +0000

You know, I never really much enjoyed Westfall quests much. The land is so bleak… and full of gnolls – ha! But you put a cool spin on this quest chain and it kinda makes me want to go back and view it from a different angle.

By: Zach Pruckowski

Zach Pruckowski — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:40:05 +0000

The other thing about Westfall that struck me when I first set foot there was that it solidified for me how BIG the world was. WoW was my first MMO, and after I played through Elwynn and got into Westfall, I realized, “Wow, these zones are big!”. It’s got so many different locations in it, from Sentinel Hill to about 4 farms to the coast to the Jangolode Mine and then the tower down in the south, it really struck me as massive, especially pre-riding-mount. Then I hit the ‘M’ key, and realized that each of these giant zones is one of dozens, and was shocked at how huge the world was.

By: Aeltyra

Aeltyra — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:55:49 +0000

Excellent article. While I would never have chosen Westfall as the most awesome zone, your article has given me this “yeah I guess it is really well thought-out” feeling. It’s a very consistent zone lore-wise, and you’ve made me appreciate it more. In writing my reply to the shared topic, I based myself more on your article than on Spinks’ (but mine didn’t turn out that long, because I was just highlighting a quest I guess).

However, to counter your post a bit, I would say the design is pretty plain. For a fairer comparison, even in vanilla WoW, I think there are nicer zones. Feralas for example is beautiful in my opinion. Though I guess you can’t really do much to make a bunch of farms look cooler …

I have fairly nice memories of Westfall really, questing there together with a friend, grinding the rogue mask, invading it as a Horde, …

By: Ace

Ace — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:09:59 +0000

I’ve made it only as far as just setting foot in Westfall … on a level 11 or 12 priest no less … I really need to play through the zone sometime. You make it sound like a very worthwhile experience, especially to someone who really enjoys the lore and questing aspects of the game.

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Shared Topic: A few of my favourite things « Welcome to Spinksville! — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:20:41 +0000

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Blog Azeroth: The Onyxia Chain « Adventures of a Priest — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:14:25 +0000

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By: Spinks

Spinks — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:07:01 +0000

Awesome post, that really brings it all back to me. It’s been ages since I played an Alliance alt but Westfall was great. I loved the whole autumn/harvest theme too.

You’re spot on though, Deadmines was just so different to anything we’d seen before. And the whole storyline leading up to it, and then beyond, over several more zones before you finally work out what’s rotten in the state of Stormwind and help to destroy it.

And how cool it was, to run Escape from Durnhold for the first time and see Young Blanchy in the stable, and recognise her from back when you were a wee level 11 priest edging nervously into Westfall for the first time?