There's one island in Netherstorm, all the way to the north and east, that has always felt like the most isolated and remote place in all of WoW. It's the one with the destroyed Manaforge, the void creature Dimensius, and the ethereal prison camp. I remember even back when TBC was new, there seemed to be fewer people there than in the rest of Outland, and once Wrath came out I don't think I've ever seen another player in that area. I always go there when I level through Outland and it really does feel like you're on the edge of deep space there. Like you could just float away and never be seen again.
@@nataliehunt3443 I keep thinking its that island with the summoning alter on it.... but that is no manaforge... there is also the huge mana extraction building with the dead night elves in the tunnel and the... interdenominational mummie things sitting north of the island...
It's mostly Matt Uelmen who has composed the soundtrack and I believe he's a guitar player. If you pay attention to Diablo 1 and 2's soundtrack and Burning Crusade's soundtrack in general, it has a lot of guitars.
@@kolukolev726 also with Derek Duke who worked on the original StarCraft soundtrack. Sadly Russel Brower, the main man behind all title themes left in 2017 which explains why BfA was so generic.
I love the ambience of the crumbling world here, out of three places I would consider leaving my main at should the game ever end - to vanish into memories together with pieces of Netherstrom falling apart into the Twisting Nether...
I like that idea: blizz would give anybody that has ever played wow one week of free play time to decide where they want to leave their character before sending wow into oblivion haha
I’d have to pick my deathknight and leave him on the valley of the four winds watching the sunset on the valley with his pandaren wife knowing that even though his days are near his end, he can spend the last of his days in peace knowing he can spend it with his loved ones and have a hearty ale one last time before the world ends and smile
My final resting place would be in Crystalsong Forest; beautiful, peaceful, and the best music in the entire game for me. It's a shame they never did anything with it.
This zone is tied with Hellfire for me as my favourite areas in the game, including all the expansions up until this point. Far out TBC was just the best expansion we could have ever asked for.
@Tim H Alien planet in a fantasy setting is a strong contender for best. However, a human Paladin (possessed by an alien within an alien artefact) is pretty awesome for a leading expac as well.
@@clerpington_the_fifth Haha! You're right. I sorta liked Blade's Edge because of the nightmare it produced, especially on PvP server. Strange days, felt terrifying.
Everness I love your videos they really help me study and sleep which is a huge deal in online school. Oh and waffles are vastly superior to pancakes and are clearly the master race of breakfast!
Id recommend meditating to the BC soundtrack to anyone. Perfect balance of ambience and music, with waves of benevolent and malevolent tones which allows you to confront your shadow in palatable bits. During the metal ass guitar riffs @16mins in this i began channeling mental energy and attempting to conjure objects into the physical realm, but i lacked the psychic prowess. I kept feeling as though the object was about to appear but i just couldnt get it. Terrokar forest still my fave
Late to the party, I know, but thanks for doing this one. This was one of the first zones I fully completed after hitting 70. I trained and came right back. I loved the feel of solidarity and loneliness you could experience out here and the music just made it even better!
I will forever be salty that we never got to see Farahlon on the other Draenor when Blizz decided to abandon WoD. Netherstorm is such a kooky, out-there place that it would have been super interesting to see how the place looked before the shattering.
Best expac ever, and wrath babies have no idea what "content" really was. TBC was afraid of nothing and put modern MMOs to the test on how much it can handle.
My favorite zone. In any expansion. I am a BC baby and when my Belfie Rogue hit 68 and got here it was like coming home...to a blasted wasteland where 99% of my kinsmen attack me on sight! But the ambience and atmosphere of this place, goodness... I miss this kind of masterwork from Blizzard.
Stormspire was one of my favorite places in game. It helped being exalted with the consortium of course. And it's the only one of my favorite locations not destroyed in later expansions.
Only reason this doesn't have as many views is because I think many people missed out on it from shadowmoon valley being closer to nagrand, where you got your blue weapon from the group arena quest.
So back in the days of my warlock, myself and two friends would roam Netherstorm and find one of the many floating islands that was only accessible with a flying mount. We'd then see who was in the area at level 67 or less and whisper them that we found a rare spawn and needed a fourth. We'd then summon them to the island, disband and fly away; their only option was then to waste their hearthstone or jump off and take the rez sickness 🤣
Well Wrath was made during the Acto-Blizzy merger-takeover. BC was made when the actual founder of the company still worked there. Makes a world of difference.
It certainly is more diverse, artistically. Huge differences between the (always high quality, quite vast/complex) zones, even within them, which made Outland so interesting to me. But most people don't value authenticity... Still, TBC is far from underestimated in reality, it's just that WotLK is overrated, by loud fanboys (due to how many more started playing then, too). Also, well, different tastes; not everyone likes new imaginary planets, they'd rather explore more earthly/realistic continents for some reason. TBC is for dreamers, I suppose, who truly play this game for the right reasons (landscapes&music, like you said - the atmosphere of the game) and not for achievement points or shop mounts, like most WotLK-, Cata-, etc. "babies".
For some reason as of right now the entire zone has it's music bugged out. You cannot hear it unless you turn off the sound effect. And even after you do it, a few seconds have to pass before music starts. Once you turn sound effects back on, music stops. And only Netherstorm is like this. The rest of the Outland is fine.
Hey man, love the videos! Looks like you've really worked out the kinks with the new system since the old Farsight addon stopped working (as I understand it happened, anyway)! Would you go back and redo the Gilneas videos with this new mastery of the camera shake? The raw ambience of Gilneas is spectacular, but I find myself getting nauseous after only watching a few minutes thanks to the camera shake :(.
Hand-held motion is done in After Effects, but I see what you mean. I was thinking on making revision videos only when or if a new camera tool will be available (for all kinds of sweet fly-throughs and such), but viewers getting nauseous is a real problem. I'll look into that, shouldn't take too much time if I use the same vistas.
Thanks so much for the reply! Either way, I really dig the channel and love what you've been doing! Nice to hear back so soon and succinctly! You do great work man, you do really great work. Also I'm really high right now, so I can't really tell if this paragraph's tone is consistent or not, or if it even makes any sense. Either way, great news, mate!
Dr Boom. Oh how I wiped and wiped on him after not reading the quest log properly. I literally thought he was either bugged or an out door raid boss.....
Its sad that Actiblizzard will never top TBC or WOTLK ever again lol, we only have this amazing music and hopefully private servers to save the nostalgia
