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I haven't played in a while now, but I do remember rolling a new toon to try out the new lowbie zones. Overall I think they did a fairly decent job with it (although it seems not many peeps here agree), and I like that they have a storyline arc in each of them, so you start out with something small, then it gradually makes you explore the zone and you learn more about the story there. They made really good use of phasing here.
Leveling is a lot faster than old school stuff, so it's not like running through STV back and forth anymore.
For example, in Westfall you start out by investigating a murder (poor Old Blanchy!), and eventually you find out that Vanessa Van Cleef is trying to instigate a new rebellion there because some morons killed her dad (which you get to see some generic adventurers kill him in a flashback).
In lower stranglethorn vale, you get to take part in defending against a pirate attack on Booty Bay at the end of the quest chain.
In Badlands you get to see some dragons who are working against Deathwing (and one hilarious quest chain where 3 drunk NPC's give you various versions of how that big valley is created, and punch Deathwing in the face!). Seriously, go do that quest line, it's really funny.
But once you leave the old lands, then Outlands feels so weird, or more of the same old stuff (I'm glad they let you fly at 60 now, instead of waiting till 70). Even Northrend is kind of feeling kind of lonely because most players are either soloing, or they're just doing LFD groups. It does kind of suck not being able to complete some quests because they require 2-5 people to do (or a really overgeared 85 helping you).
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