I always feel like I missed out on the Wrathgate experience. I first did it as Horde and I have to say that the quest chain didn't really particularly stand out to me among all the other "we must fight the Scourge here" quests. (When I redid it as Alliance later, it seemed to be a lot more focused.) Then I got to the Wrathgate itself, and due to a problem with my game's language settings, I just saw the phase change but no video, and panicked a little when nobody in my party responded to my questions about what was going on - because they were watching the cinematic! Seeing the Wrathgate change from bustling to burnt and destroyed with no explanation was just confusing and frustrating. To this day I can't get the cut scene to play unless I log out and change my game's language settings first. Seeing it on Youtube just isn't quite the same. :/

I fully agree about the Quel'dalar quest chain though. I've never won a battered hilt myself even though I've seen it drop multiple times, but there's always someone willing to hawk theirs on the AH for a couple thousand gold, and anyone can earn the money to buy it there.

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