World of Warcraft: Midnight

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

This review mirrors my feelings about the expansion so far.

Hearing that Harandar may be like the half-assed K'aresh zone from last expansion is disappointing. Hopefully it's not that bad.

World of Warcraft: Midnight is a welcome homecoming for WoW fans

This is WoW at its WoWiest

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[Distracted DM]

Zul'aman's been the best so far. Eversong was fine, arator's journey was good, Zul'aman has had some strangely impactful sidequests. Feels like some people were working through some personal experiences with them or something. The estranged brother and sister reuniting to arrange their abusive mother's funeral, and the autistic girl wanting to see her dead sister again were both pretty heavy stuff.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Zul'aman's been the best so far. Eversong was fine, arator's journey was good, Zul'aman has had some strangely impactful sidequests. Feels like some people were working through some personal experiences with them or something. The estranged brother and sister reuniting to arrange their abusive mother's funeral, and the autistic girl wanting to see her dead sister again were both pretty heavy stuff.

I really liked the Lyanna Mormont energy of the tween troll leader, although hearing the Zul'aman raid was us killing the grandparents of the current NPCs made me age several decades. (Although, to be fair, I long ago turned my dwarf's hair white and gave him readers to wear in his in-town and in-delves transmogs.)

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Well, they nerfed the key to the Arcantina. It still has a 90 second cooldown, but like the housing teleport spell, it just takes you back to where you were when you first used it, so it's no longer a shortcut to Silvermoon.

That said, the portal to the new version of the city is in the first area of the main portal room in both Stormwind and Orgrimmar, so if you're near a portal to either city, you're good.