World of Warcraft: Wrath of Lich King map tweaks

 

With over nine million users, you could say that the World of Warcraft is having its own population explosion. Although it’s the kind the folks over at Blizzard wouldn’t mind (I can’t picture them handing out condoms and birth pills to orcs and night elves), you can bet they’re still bent on looking for ways to make sure everybody’s got enough playing grounds. With the new Wrath of the Lich King expansion, expanding maps is a gimme.

This map image of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion shows the new NorthEnd realm sandwiched between Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms. A careful look will show that the older continents have somewhat changed in shape and mass. The blue scribbles in the picture above outline the original land mass of the continents, and as you will see there have been some considerable map changes done. Thankfully, the folks over at WoWInsider have already listed what the noticeable exactly changes are:

• Kalimdor changed in shape significantly. No longer looking quite so much like a penguin, it now has a more crescent-shaped profile.
• Two new islands off the southwest coast of the Eastern Kingdoms.
• New bit of land north of Westfall, west of Stormwind on the west coast of EK.
• Islands Northwest of Tirisfal removed, and two small ones added north of Scarlet Monestary

Knowing how deep the WoW lore goes, it’s easy to speculate what implications these changes could have in the game and its story. Of course, this could also be as trivial as a minor oversight by the Blizzard artists. What do you guys think?

Via WoWInsider

 

With over nine million users, you could say that the World of Warcraft is having its own population explosion. Although it’s the kind the folks over at Blizzard wouldn’t mind (I can’t picture them handing out condoms and birth pills to orcs and night elves), you can bet they’re still bent on looking for ways to make sure everybody’s got enough playing grounds. With the new Wrath of the Lich King expansion, expanding maps is a gimme.

This map image of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion shows the new NorthEnd realm sandwiched between Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms. A careful look will show that the older continents have somewhat changed in shape and mass. The blue scribbles in the picture above outline the original land mass of the continents, and as you will see there have been some considerable map changes done. Thankfully, the folks over at WoWInsider have already listed what the noticeable exactly changes are:

• Kalimdor changed in shape significantly. No longer looking quite so much like a penguin, it now has a more crescent-shaped profile.
• Two new islands off the southwest coast of the Eastern Kingdoms.
• New bit of land north of Westfall, west of Stormwind on the west coast of EK.
• Islands Northwest of Tirisfal removed, and two small ones added north of Scarlet Monestary

Knowing how deep the WoW lore goes, it’s easy to speculate what implications these changes could have in the game and its story. Of course, this could also be as trivial as a minor oversight by the Blizzard artists. What do you guys think?

Via WoWInsider