New Maps in the War Within Beta - Khaz Algar, Azj-Kahet, Dornogal & More!

Posted 2024/06/26 at 12:04 AM by Jaydaa

Khaz Algar World MapDornogalAzj-KahetThe City of ThreadsThe DawnbreakerNerub'ar Palace

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Comment by Mioko

The Khaz Algar world map is kinda odd, isn't it ?
It makes it look like all the underground zones are all on the same level, but from they've said it's not ?

Curious to see how they will shift continents to fit the isle of Dorn tho :D

Comment by apb89

They need to place isle of dorn above the other three zones. Currently when you descend the core way the map position janks and teleports you all weird-like. Should incorporate verticality in the map itself and have the position reflect where you actually are much better. Right now it’s awful.

Comment by Puncakeguy

I love the new map designs, and they're great as always. I hope they move the zones a bit apart to portray more depth between them.

Comment by BeedrillEU

first thing i thought was "where will the 11.1 region be", further down?

Comment by peach774

I don't know where you heard this but they are all on the same level, at least for loading purposes. The underground zones are all one connected map, and that's separate from the isle of dorn.

Comment by peach774

first thing i thought was "where will the 11.1 region be", further down?

One is likely going to be above azj-kahet, which will put it at about the same level as hallowfall - this would be the 'rootlands' datamined zone. The other, which might be undermine, would be connected to ringing deeps, so it would likely be lower than that zone, which gives it plenty of space. There is also the possibility they connect the zones using other maps like how the isle of dorn or zaralek work.

Comment by peach774

I love the new map designs, and they're great as always. I hope they move the zones a bit apart to portray more depth between them.

They're not far apart though - you literally move between them - they're not far apart like shadowlands - you could literally walk/fall between them.

Comment by FlasKamel

While it's kinda depressing and boring to see a world map that's not actually a continent, I think they did pretty much as good a job as they could've; practical and mildly cool!

I do still worry a bit about a tiny thing such as the world map contributing to the expansion feeling a bit claustrophobic though. I know it's "just" a world map, but Idk. I guess I just miss a bit (more) of ocean.

Comment by pawpurr

They are. They're on the same "zaralek layer", with the overworld island being the "dragon isles layer".

However, in the "zaralek layer", It's like a big sloping hill downwards, Ringing Deeps leads fairly gently into Hallowfall, and both zones have a massive cliff dropoff to lead to AK.

Dorn doesn't require any shifting, it's supposed to be somewhere between tanaris and dread wastes. That whole area is water on the map.

Also, my bet on first patch zone is south of hallowfall/west of AK, all the Harronir and tree root stuff is coming from there. Although, if it's a goblin zone, it has to be north towards Kezan (Which also makes sense, as the Nerubians claim to have tunneled all the way to Dorn from Northrend, which leaves a big line right thru where Undermine should be)

Comment by Stormon

i feel the exact same way. The map just makes all the new zones feel smaller with so much empty space. Sure it'll mostly be filled in with the patch zones (looks like one to the west of ahz'kahet and probably some cutout to the east of the ringing deeps) but it still just makes it feel so much smaller than other expansions.

Comment by Lintian

as the Nerubians claim to have tunneled all the way to Dorn from Northrend, which leaves a big line right thru where Undermine should be)

...What... How...

This makes the world feel really small.

Comment by johntravolta342

Hopefully patch zones will be above ground. After playing on beta for a while I'm definitely getting the same cave fatigue I was getting from Zaralek for example from being too much in these underground zones.

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Comment by TigerAceRay

as the Nerubians claim to have tunneled all the way to Dorn from Northrend, which leaves a big line right thru where Undermine should be)

...What... How...

This makes the world feel really small.

There are other civilizations of them like there are Trolls.

Comment by Zenoriko

I thought Isle Of Dorn was the only one that was above ground?

Comment by p00pyjoel

I’ve never seen a map made a expansion feel so bad before.

Comment by Mioko

I don't know where you heard this but they are all on the same level, at least for loading purposes. The underground zones are all one connected map, and that's separate from the isle of dorn.

I think they mean level as in geographical verticality, not as in instance.

Exactly :) French bias I guess, sorry.
I was wondering how they'd display the drop off between undergrown zones and... Well they Just didn't :D

Comment by 2550147

upside down crosses outside the gates of the giant dwarf city in ringing deeps.

Comment by MikeMJG

So, only 4 zones again huh?

Looks like the first one we end up going back to after we finish campaign across the other 3, so hopefully we get a lot more zones and content.

Sucks we can't do Mythics for all dungeons until a year and a half from now in S4 :/

Let's hope we are getting a real, full expansion. If we are only getting watered-down, front-loaded expansion with content for just a year and then nonsense with game modes, I'm very worried about WoW.

Let's hope we never have to see this time running nonsense ever again. We want content taking place in REAL WoW not a sparse version of an old xpac that we can't even use our characters on.

Time running would work if they had it for real WoW or just not at all. And soon we get MoP classic, right after mop time running? Ooof. Not good

Comment by DeVeteran

Why are you even still here, after SL and DF? You like torturing yourself with this "AWFUL JUST AWFUL" game? May Blizzard put in DOUBLE the game modes in WWT that they put in DF... at least that's how I managed to get my friend back into WoW... variaty in activities.