Around Azeroth: The purple dusk of twilight time
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Apr 11th 2009 at 10:00AM
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Keyra Apr 11th 2009 2:26AM
In before the "YOU SAID NO MORE SUNSETS" QQ-ers :-)
I've always liked the look of Darkshore and Auberdine in particular. But yeah...the quests there? Um...
"Deep Ocean, Vast Sea" I never really had that much of a problem with. The Absent-Minded Prospector is great if you have someone else with you to keep an eye on the professor and guard him against the troggs while you're busy killing the latest of the stone golems, or else be really quick about your killing and run like crazy to keep up with him...but "The Sleeper Has Awakened"...ugh. In addition to being nearly impossible to complete unless you divert from the plan as you mentioned, it's also FREAKING ANNOYING!!!
Kylenne Apr 11th 2009 11:26AM
It's been quite a while since I last played Alliance, but I would imagine Deep Ocean, Vast Sea is a hell of a lot easier now that you can breathe underwater a lot longer without pots. I have vague, horrible memories of trying to do it on my old paladin in the lolret days, getting swarmed by murlocs and/or drowning after getting turned around in the shipwrecks a million times.
That entire zone is just terribly designed, period. I still have nightmares about that damn quest chain that ends inside the tower.
uncaringbear Apr 11th 2009 7:37PM
"Deep Ocean, Vast Sea"....
That quest made me curl up in a corner and cry. As Kylenne said, it should be considerably easier to do these days, thanks to extended water breathing. It was the first time I had encountered murlocs, and it left a lasting impression.
Daniel Apr 11th 2009 8:07PM
Wow. I loved this zone for questing. Maybe because a druid was my first character but I thought it was fun, challenging, and awesome all round. Yes, there were some difficult quests but it made me feel like I had accomplished something besides just slaughter a bunch of random pixel. And it was never the Murlocs that gave me trouble, it was those darn rabid bears.
Catiya of Feathermoon Apr 11th 2009 10:09AM
/rage /cutself /cry
Darkshore: At least we have pretty sunsets.
Kassu Apr 11th 2009 11:29AM
I hate murlocs.
I hate them with a burning passion.
Tirrimas Apr 11th 2009 11:39AM
Let's not forget the joyfest that is The Tower of Althalaxx.
Elmo Apr 11th 2009 11:44AM
Except for the scenery everything is Horrible there.
-1 Horrible Quests
-2 Annoying 'music'
-3 Horrible distance between Quest and Q-giver
-4 Murlocs
I went to Loch Modan and Westfal after only 2 levels there (nowadays I would go to Bloodmyst)
Gimmlette Apr 11th 2009 12:12PM
MMMMMMMM
Quoting "Stardust" as the headline, excellent. I had to haul out my Nat King Cole "Love Is the Thing" album.
alpha5099 Apr 11th 2009 12:39PM
I'm glad I haven't quest much there. My only Alliance character is a Draenei, and by the time I got off Bloodmyst, I was already pretty high level for Darkshore. I did do a couple of those quests though. Thankfully I didn't do that escort quest (I hate escort quests so much), but I did do that Tower of Althalaxx one. God that last part was annoying. I died three or four times getting in there; finally killed the guy I had to on my last try, looted his head right before his warlocks killed me, then just accepted the rez sickness.
Christensen.v Apr 12th 2009 10:43AM
That entire zone is just terribly designed, period. I still have nightmares about that damn quest chain that ends inside the tower.
Kiliani Apr 11th 2009 1:51PM
I totally never thought of not following the road on that escort quest. /bonk self
But yeah, after leveling my druid through Darkshore, I started a nelf hunter, and put off most of those quests until a higher level. One time was more than enough for Deep Ocean, Vast Sea, though. Didn't do it on the hunter, and never will again unless I go nuts and decide to get Loremaster on another character, in which case it'll be done at level 80.
Then I rerolled the hunter Draenei, as well as rolling a shaman, and both of my space goat alts did Darkshore after Bloodmyst just for some extra XP before hitting Ashenvale, and I skipped all of those horrible quests.
Agony Apr 11th 2009 2:07PM
One word: Murkdeep
RUN AWAY!!!!!
cynmoon Apr 11th 2009 2:09PM
Crepuscular
uncaringbear Apr 11th 2009 7:47PM
It's not surprising that so many Night Elf players are somewhat twisted. Having to level through Darkshore would drive any sane person around the bend. It's in stark contrast to the starting zones of the Blood Elves, which certainly proved that Blizz was able to learn from its history (well, in some cases...).
Sara Apr 12th 2009 8:48PM
Ack. Darkshore.
I hated those effing rabid bears. I swear I had rabies almost the whole time I quested there. :p