Today I want to talk about a place in the Warcraft Universe that is incredibly polarizing as well as in my opinion, one of the most beautiful places in World of Warcraft.

 

Vashj’ir is an almost completely underwater area added in the Cataclysm Expansion of World of Warcraft and is incredibly unique in this regard.  It also comes with an incredibly dynamic questing experience.  Which in my mind is in sharp contrast to Hyjal which is business as usual until near the end of the chain, the lovely underwater locale is all new and none of the old.

 

The entire locale is really breathtaking and the picture above really does little justice.  One can only appreciate this place if they experience it firsthand.

 

The Naga which populate much of the zone are among my favorite races in the Warcraft Universe and only one of those reasons is due to them being evil elves.  With the Legion expansion looming, I am taking another look at them and this zone is the prime place to do so,

 

While many story arcs in Cataclysm involving this zone were left unfinished due to time constraints, my hope is that Legion will fix the abandonment treatment.

 

My other hope is that the Blizzard Player base will get their heads out of their asses (fat chance but I can be optimistic sometimes) The players complained and complained that they wanted something new.  Then we were given Vashj’ir and people complained and turned to the age old “they changed it, now it sucks” statements.

 

These thoughts are in he same veins of why I hate Nagrand in both Burning Crusade and Warlords along with Hyjal, Grizzly Hills, and a whole host of other generic zones.

 

Meanwhile I love zones such as BC Shadowmoon Valley, Dragonblight, Zul Drak, Vashj’ir, Dread Wastes, and Spires of Arak.  These places strive to be different.

 

And my hope is that Wow will once again try to go this direction.