Ironforge is one of the first sights we see in the game's opening cinematic and if you play Alliance, the bustling city is your home outside of Outland. So why are we taking a second glance at such a common location? Well, common or not, the city itself, nestled back in the mountain, is an impressive sight, and it's not often enough that we get to see it from such a nice perspective -- courtesy of the Mage Cestunpiege on Dalvengyr, whom, I imagine, spent many hours climbing mountains and making slowfall jumps to get just the right perspective.
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Aug 29th 2007 at 10:00AM 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nails Aug 29th 2007 10:24AM
"whom, I imagine, spent many hours climbing mountains and making slowfall jumps to get just the right perspective."
i'm sure you accidentally typed this instead of the more accurate "whom, I imagine, spent mere seconds hitting alt-z and zooming in on a flight from Stormwind to get just the right perspective."
Thijz Aug 29th 2007 10:31AM
Lol, you're probably right Nails, but I think the gryphon flies a bit lower... :/
matt Aug 29th 2007 10:43AM
There is a file you can modify to increase your max camera distance. It makes for nice screen shots.
m Aug 29th 2007 11:41AM
If's not my home. Never has been. My hearthstone's been set to (and thanks to my engineering transporters, still is) Stormwind.
Depherios Aug 29th 2007 11:50AM
Definitely a modified config.wtf to allow you to zoom out, All he had to do to get this shot is stand in front of ironforge and pick the angle.
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/1790/
Note the screenshots.
Corrodias Aug 29th 2007 12:12PM
So what exactly does one do when "telling you about" a screenshot? Should we just email the file itself to that gmail address?
Kadamon Aug 29th 2007 12:39PM
Most Alliance players dropped Ironforge for Stormwind like a dirty rag months ago.
What with Karazhan being so close and all for the most part anyway.
Strongmark on Arthas Aug 29th 2007 12:44PM
I was just gonna say, I like Stormwind much more lately, IF is a forgotten child in a mall these days...
Keysdawg Aug 29th 2007 4:45PM
One of the things I would really have liked to see, is IF opened up a bit more. There are all those towers and various windows that we don't have access too. Sure it looks cool, but imagine how cool it would be to explore them. To catch a view of the land from those upper most towers.
I've played Warcraft since the days of Orc & Humans, so the first time my level 13 ran up the winding ramp and was greeted with the entrance, I was enthralled. It was massive, impressive and made me literally say "Whoa!". I would like to see what else is inside the mountain of the dwarves.