That may be however it is not attainable under the trail restrictions.

 

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Good catch!

 

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About the trial being old news: well, it was new to me! And pretty timely, I wanted to take a thorough hike through the newly wrecked world.

Having played through the worgen and goblin starting zones again as different classes this time around (from when I first tried them out a bit on a friend's account a month-or-so ago) I have to say they're pretty damn amazing - especially as far as MMO content generally goes. I felt compelled to digest all of the quest text moreso than I usually do in games, and the extra effort they put into "modernizing" the old kill-or-collect formula really shows.

I decided to stick with my worgen rogue when I ventured beyond the starting zones, mainly because I first played vanilla WoW as an Alliance character. There were a number of moments that really grabbed me with the changes, and made me feel rewarded (for lack of a better word) for having experienced this world before the massive changes - especially in a way that players post-TBC really can't have appreciated IMO. One was finding the pier I first used for fishing in Loch Modan, now just a silent monument sitting far away from whatever water is left within the destroyed lake. Another was exploring Menethil Harbor and how the cataclysm so organically affected it. I admit, by the time I reached the end of the Snellig storyline a second time around, with its changes, I stopped for a moment and was like "whoa". Stormwind is amazing now too.

Another kudos goes to the new quest hub locations within zones, and the manner in which the player is guided from hub to hub.

Curiously though, I wasn't enamored by the new level 80+ content, at least not thus far. I've completed a good number of quests in Mount Hyjal, and I don't know - it's magnificent looking and the writing and gameplay is still strong, but for some reason that I can't place my finger on it just isn't drawing me in. I think I'll try out that aquatic zone next session instead.

If I decide to renew beyond the trial and make it into heroics I'll maybe post some thoughts. But I'm thinking that if I do continue, it will probably be on my rogue until I complete the updated old world content then quit.

 

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The post-80 stuff seems like more of the same to me too, so I've been using this time to level up some alts that I never wanted to because of how long it took in pre-Cataclysm. I think the old zones were done fairly well, and is much more streamlined now so you don't have to run to the other continent to get quests done anymore (as much anyway). Some of them are meh, some are really good, and some are just downright ROFLMAO (I highly suggest you do the quests by three drunk NPC's in Badlands who attempt to explain to you why there's a huge scar in that zone now). I was able to solo all those quests, either because they were just easy, or there was often an NPC who assisted you in fighting if it was an elite for instance.

Don't forget to run random dungeons too if you find questing to be boring or want better gear than quests provide.

although nothing will be a wow killer rift will take a few subs and Blizz knows it, as a wow player since release, I will be going to rift on rlease day for many good reasons.