Comments on: Azeroth: “The Size of Newcastle”

By: Sardomar

Sardomar — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:52:56 +0000

Sadly SInister Agent – I think you fail to comprehend that while you may find your self-admittedly miserable walk through Hillingdon in two hours more enjoyable than WoW – I’m pretty sure you’re relatively alone in that. Wow may not be for you – but in WoW terms, you’re a troll. It’s a hobby, a pastime and isn’t meant to be anything more than that, if you don’t like it – go somewhere else and find another. More power to you. In any case – such opinions aren’t teh point of the article. The Author clearly enjoys the game and was curious enough to at least try to figure out the actual scale. Keep to the point.

And yes – I accept that this response was somewhat trollish. One cannot joust with dragons… mia culpa mia culpa, mia maxima culpa…

By: Zak Canard

Zak Canard — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:46:52 +0000

For the Geord!

By: The Hammer

The Hammer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:29:38 +0000

@terry: Newcastle doesn’t either! :P

By: sinister agent

sinister agent — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:18:31 +0000

“The London Borough of Hillingdon of Warcraft”

I’d play it.

Surplus of hope for humankind, have we?

I once walked almost the length (north to south, so more miserable with every step) of Hillingdon in two hours. Trufax. It was more fun than playing WoW, too.

By: terry

terry — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:37:47 +0000

But does Azeroth have a Metro Centre?

By: Jody Macgregor

Jody Macgregor — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:15:11 +0000

Dear Seb Potter,

I commend you on your truly legendary ability to miss the point.

By: Seb Potter

Seb Potter — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:19:59 +0000

Shame this guy just made stuff up and doesn’t seem to have thought about it for very long. WoW actually has a clearly-accessible distance unit which anyone with a ranged attack or spell can tell simply looking at their spells. Use two people to walk apart until the spell is out of range, then time running from that position to the target.

Or you can use one of the many cartography add-ons that already use the game’s distance measures on the built in map, which include a way-point system and accurate journey times.

By: schmunkel98

schmunkel98 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:03:57 +0000

To Chris R:

The size of the world was very well done compared to the ghostland that was SWG. You could literally go for hours without seeing a single person in that game if you didn’t return to a city. I’m sure Blizzard considered this when designing the world. This is one area where gameplay needs to trump realism.

By: dogbert

dogbert — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:15:36 +0000

Yep, that is awfully small for a “world”. Some of the larger UT2004 fan-made maps are a couple of square km (I estimated once by walking…) and they’re only designed for 32 players. Players with teleporters and personal high-speed attack hovercraft, admittedly.

By: Chris R

Chris R — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:33:57 +0000

I was really disappointed with the scale of WoW when I first got to play it back on December 2004… In WC1, 2, and 3, the world just seemed so huge while doing the campaigns, especially in WC2 and WC3. The lore for the games (pre-WoW) made the world seem so large and mysterious with unexplored forests of Lordaeron, mountains of Khaz Modan, etc, etc… and then WoW came out and all the areas where pretty much set in a small valley.

When I went to all the places that I had defended in WC2 and WC3, I found myself going, “wtf… it would have taken 5 min to just fall back to X location, regroup, and then counter-attack…” The scale was just so off.

One of my gripes about WoW.

By: Fede

Fede — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:38:55 +0000

@Hammer and sana
Thanks. I checked and you’re right in fact; my mistake. Stormwind’s zome has been called Azeroth since Warcraft I.

By: Sleepy

Sleepy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:46:10 +0000

*yawn*