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HiVolt
Well, Northrend is only important in the ports; it's only suppose to be the southern coastline that's taking the hit; so Valiance Keep, Valguarde, the Walrus people, and Warsong hold should be taking a hit. As for Outlands; I don't know, unless there going to do something with the Netherwing and the 2-3 hidden lairs of Deathwing in Outland, can't see them doing much more with it.
What about Saronite? And all the pure magic in outland? I was stating this from an RL perspective, not Catalcysm or WoW.
Well.. the ore would definitely be a boon. But, I just don't know if there would be enough of it to risk sending a labor force to Outland when it could have more benefit on Azeroth, where the thick of the fighting would take place. As I said, harvesting energies from the Nether would be a better reason to send or keep a force to/in Outland, but there would have to be outlets in place and ready to use the energies that would be harvested.
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Adamsm
Stonard wouldnt be cause there's nothing there, Alliance have a direct flight to Netherguarde after all. Grom'gol/Shadowprey/Splintertree are the same; there are enough alliance forces around them that they are only outposts at the most. Echo Islands makes no sense as well my friend, after all they were conquered by that Troll Witch doctor and havent been cleaned out since.
Stonard lies between Nethergarde and the Dark Portal - Stonard sneaks in a few emissaries in the Portal and they're stuck in a pincer attack. Stonard must fall. Not only that, but without Stonard, only Grom'gol remains in that area, and could be easily swept with a two-pronged attack from a naval and land perspective.
Heh, yeah we covered that originally, that was my bad Sigma.
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HiVolt
Actually, Revantusk has fairly good strategic value. If a large enough force could be transported there, they would have essentially just a couple of days walk to Aerie Peak. If Aerie Peak could be overtaken, then the majority of the Alliance's Gryphon Riders would be wiped out completely. Not to mention the value of having an easterly port in the Eastern Kingdoms.
If the naval forces there were to be built up, they would have an easy time of moving that force to Stromgarde to aid with any siege, or to Menethil Harbor or Kul'Tiras, etc..
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Monday
I tihnk that the only prime targets in Northrend would be Howling Fjord and Grizzly Hills, mainly because of their climate, and a few small mining camps set up for Saronite. Because honestly if you could make
Weapons
Armor
Ammo
Ballistae Bolts and Catapult ammo
Out of the strongest metal in the planet, wouldn't you do it?
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Adamsm
Actually, Revantusk has fairly good strategic value. If a large enough force could be transported there, they would have essentially just a couple of days walk to Aerie Peak. If Aerie Peak could be overtaken, then the majority of the Alliance's Gryphon Riders would be wiped out completely. Not to mention the value of having an easterly port in the Eastern Kingdoms.
If the naval forces there were to be built up, they would have an easy time of moving that force to Stromgarde to aid with any siege, or to Menethil Harbor or Kul'Tiras, etc..
Well, there is suppose to be a new port going into the area between Hinterlands and Eastern Plaguelands and they haven't really been clear on which side it going to be for; if it's Horde it will probably be an extension of Raventusk, if it's Alliance, then you have Raventusk there as 'the watcher'.
Out of the strongest metal in the planet, wouldn't you do it?Not if your using the blood of a Death God, and the same materials that the Scourge use.
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Monday
Out of the strongest metal in the planet, wouldn't you do it?Not if your using the blood of a Death God, and the same materials that the Scourge use.
But don't we already?
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Adamsm
Something major will def. happen at Aerie Peak, as the Blood Elves finally push southward through the newly-defeated Scourge in EPL and become a force in the Hinterlands.They only get an area near the ghostland border of EPL, the Forsaken are pushing into WPL, and the Dwarves Humans are pushing North from Hinterlands/Hillsbrad.
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GVHB
Out of the strongest metal in the planet, wouldn't you do it?Not if your using the blood of a Death God, and the same materials that the Scourge use.
Had it been confirmed that saronite is Yogg's blood?
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Adamsm
Out of the strongest metal in the planet, wouldn't you do it?Not if your using the blood of a Death God, and the same materials that the Scourge use.
Had it been confirmed that saronite is Yogg's blood?
Yes, it is the 'Black Blood of the Death Lord'... that's why he's floating in a pool of it in Ulduar.
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GVHB
This makes me thing... maybe the process of smelting Saronite destroy whatever makes Yogg able to see in the mind of the ones in contact with the metal. As far as i know, only miners at the saronite's mines have heard the wisphers of the Old God and went mad.
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HiVolt
This makes me thing... maybe the process of smelting Saronite destroy whatever makes Yogg able to see in the mind of the ones in contact with the metal. As far as i know, only miners at the saronite's mines have heard the wisphers of the Old God and went mad.
It's possible. Maybe the madness only affects those in near-constant contact with the source of the ore.
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HiVolt
Just one thing about theramore. walk around, you'll notice plenty of people trying to cause problems for Jaina. She is off in northrend half the time as is, so I could see her being simply kicked out of Theramore, and it used as an important military base.
Remember, that zone only has an ogre town (so not huge for the horde) and a goblin town (not goblins of kazan so also not horde).
It seems like dustwallow may be pure alliance territory, and the port may be a HUGE staging area for the alliance. looking at it in game right now, it looks like one of the best outposts around. great walls, a great dock, perfect area to defend from a land attack, and impressive cannons (we killed a big fish awhile back with them) to defend the sea.
It will be an important part of the war, that I'm sure of.
The Alliance can't exactly kick Jaina out of Theramore, and through questing the deserters are dealt with for the most part. Granted, the Marsh does provide a rather good staging point for the Alliance and would provide an easy route to the Southern Barrens by sea and land to a lesser extent (moving a large force of troops through a swamp is never a good idea).
However, this relies on the idea that the Horde has not realized the threat the city of Theramore could pose in wartime. Given Thrall and Jaina's feelings toward one another, the Horde doesn't plan for any hostility to come from the city. Garrosh on the other hand might feel that Theramore is either a threat or a weak attempt by the Alliance to assert their power in Southern Kalimdor. Going on what we know of the Cataclysm, the latter is more likely.
Heh... I kind of went off on a tangent there... I'm not really sure where I was going with that whole rant.
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HiVolt
Nice job, Hivolt. I am appluded by your depth of reserch.
Btw, is Kul Tiras just an assumption, or did I miss something about it finally making a WoW apperence?
Well, these are based from Lore rather than in-game happenings. Lore-wise Kul Tiras has the largest naval force in the Alliance. It's only natural that such a stronghold would be a prime target in a war between the Alliance and the Horde.
But, the list is outdated, and I really need to make another one that accounts for Northrend, maybe some areas of Outland, and revises the current list to account for what we know is happening with the Cataclysm.
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Adamsm
Honestly I've seen it as the other way around; Theramore is more or less alone there in the Marsh, with the Horde forces to the North and West, the Black Flight to the south, and open sea to the East. It's in their best nature to remain 'neutral' till such a point as their finally reinforced; The Orge town for the Horde may be 'small', but those are still Ogres who have an advantage over the humans heh. The Goblins might be Steamwheedle, but their still Goblins, can't see them stopping both Horde and Alliance forces from using their town as a staging ground if their offered enough money.
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