The Mage They Call Jayne(z), Part 3: Vikings and Spiders and Drakes (Oh My)!

With friends (and some other people) at his side, Jayne(z) continues his adventures in the Wrath of the Lich King closed beta - this time, venturing into both Azjol-Nerub and the stronghold of the Blue Dragonflight, The Nexus.

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<3 Jayne's Journal's always.

Best one yet IMO for WotLK

omgz I wannna run deez dungeons! Ehem. Seriously though, they all look pretty rockin'

I'm disappointed by Azjol-Nerub.

Such an important place lore-wise, and so small. Was that all of it or is there at least another wing? I didn't even see any mention of the Faceless Ones.

I would be totally okay if they were to take it out now, take the time to flesh it out as much as originally intended, then release it in a content patch instead of clearly half-assing it like they've done.

There is another wing, which I neglected to mention - Ahn'kahet, the Old Kingdom. It's not in the game yet, but it's in the achievements.

So, it's entirely possible that they'll be doing more with it. And given that Ahn'kahet sounds a bit like Ahn'qiraj, and I freakin' love the AQ lore...

Well, we can hope.

AQ was my favorite dungeon Pre-BC, but i kinda liked the Underground zone idea instead of an instance to be honest. And I hope the idea where Azol comes back as Undead with the Lich king.

Also i agree with Ssonic, The Faceless One's would just be.... Badass.

Yeah, I'd love to see a big and scary undead Anub'arak return in a 10/25 man, because he is basically awesome.

CantFaketheFunk:
There is another wing, which I neglected to mention - Ahn'kahet, the Old Kingdom. It's not in the game yet, but it's in the achievements.

So, it's entirely possible that they'll be doing more with it. And given that Ahn'kahet sounds a bit like Ahn'qiraj, and I freakin' love the AQ lore...

Well, we can hope.

Well, the lore says that Azjol-Nerub and Ahn'qiraj were once one united empire under the Old Gods, but got split up by the Sundering.

It just shocks me to see Blizzard cutting content that would clearly be awesome, I'm guessing so they can release by Christmas.

Yeah, I'm not entirely happy with it either. I mean, don't get me wrong - as it stands, as a dungeon it's certainly fun, with great visuals and nifty fights. It's a cool dungeon, but it could have been so much *more*.

Would have preferred the underground zone myself.

I absolutely love these posts, they got me all excited for BC (after I found them I was checking for a new one every few hours) and they are doing the same for WotLK. You are a great writer and you make it really enjoyable to read about the new fun stuff I will shortly get to do myself. One thing though that I loved in your BC reports that I do not see so much in the WotLK reports are screenshots of loot. Please add some extra screenshots to show what new items look like and what stats they have on them. That way I can not only look forward to killing the thing, but also to the shiny new pointy object I can use (if I am so lucky to obtain it) to poke the rest of the new content to death :).

PS I'm not a rogue, I just like the "shiny new pointy thing" analogy.

Thanks! I'll make sure to include item screenshots in the future :D