The Geologic Marvels of Desolace! - WoW Rocks | World of Warcraft
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- Hello everybody, and welcome to the finale of the WoW Rocks series! Today, we are exploring the barren land of Desolace... but don't be fooled! There is more here than meets the eye.
I've had a lot of fun making this series and I can't wait to see what comes next!
0:00 - Intro
0:53 - The Gray Wastes
3:45 - Remnants of Paradise
7:26 - Before Desolation
Special thanks to Wowmaster for filming the footage seen in this video!
All footage retrieved from Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft (2004-).
Images retrieved from Google Images. Utilized under Fair Use 2022.
Background Music: "Barrens Day 1" from the World of Warcraft Game Soundtrack
Outro Music: "You're The One Acoustic Rehearsal" by Greta Van Fleet
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Jediwarlock 2022 - Ігри
For such a grim looking zine I always felt nostalgic for Desolace. It was great bumping into Rexxar too being a Warcraft 3 fan 😂
It is often overlooked but definitely has a lot going for it once you do take the time to explore it :)
Interestingly, that was my favourite zone. So mysterious
I spent a lot of time in Vanilla doing all of the quests in Desolace. It was a solitary endeavor. Not a lot of people quested there. Mostly people came just to run Mauradon.
Yes, it's a rather lonely zone :)
The earthsong falls is such a beautiful dungeon zone. I was super depressed when cata ruined everything they didn't bother to use that tileset to re-sculpt the coastline a little.
Agreed! :) A little bit of paradise deep within the dead lands of Desolace!
For me, a mostly Horde player, Stonetalon and Desolace, were a staple of my levelling. I loved these "empty" places
They have a great unique charm! :)
So the zone was a paradise until the thick princess got summoned and ate everything in sight. Damn. About 6:00 I don't think I've ever noticed those. I don't remember the naga looking that badass. Wait, have we ever seen undead naga?
Thanks for the comment Inlet! In Stranglethorn Vale there are the Zanzil Naga that are classified as “undead” but they don’t have a different model to my knowledge. :)
@@Jediwarlockthey do not have a different model unfortunately. But imagine a more dried out and rugged look to the scales with wide holes and scars across and boom undead Fishman.
there is something truly captivating about the loneliness of this zone , probably one of my favourite zones to level in , especialy pre cata
Definitely! :D
Two things
1.) I love this series looking through the lense of various Earth Science disciplines/Biology.
2.) If the sundering and its effects interest you, look up Randall Carlson and The Younger Dryas theory. Its a sundering/cataclysm that happened on Earth around 10K b.c. I only mention this, because it seems you have interest in geology, volcanology, glaciology, meteorolgy and the ways they interact and shape the enviroment and thus, the biology. And it is one of the most credible and interesting geological/glaciological theories proposed today.
Thank you for the thoughtful comment! :) I have written that theory down in my YT journal and will be looking into that for sure!
The algorithm blessed me with your wow rocks series, and I'm glad it did! I'm a California professional geologist and long time wow player. Glad I'm not the only one looking around at all the topography! I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for more horsts and grabens when I'm running around 😂
Thank you so much! I am taking geology classes at university and that is what motivated me to start this series. :) That makes me so happy to hear a real geologist approves of my content XD ...maybe I'll have to make more in the future for Northrend or Outland!
Desolace in so many ways is a depressing zone, a reminder of what once was but now is lost. Even after Cataclysm, growth is happening but most of the zone still bears a strong resemblance to its name. Still, I always find myself drawn to it as an area to explore, to see all that is - and was - in this landscape.
Thank you for the comment! That really captures a lot of what this zone is all about... I think it's cool how there are so many remnants of past environments here! :)
I liked going there to level up mainly because it was so off the beaten track...few others went there. But with all of the underwater things to explore, the mysterious serpent bones in the south and dark magics in the north and south, the north-western entrance into Feralas, plus Rexxar wandering the zone from top to bottom, it was a great place to just explore and quest in.
Agreed! :)
Shadowprey village is cozy, very close to ferelas which is an underrated mysterious zone.
Agreed! Feralas is an amazing zone, lots of interesting lore with the high elves!
2:09 „the night elves own *dwindling magic*“? Dayum, I felt that burn worse than teldrassil xD
Haha, not intentionally a Burn but I suppose it could be XD ... after the Sundering the Night Elves started to not use arcane magic and the effects from the Well of Eternity started to wear off a bit (hence why they created Nordrassil as their replacement) and so they weren't quite as strong magically based on the changes occurring. Not an expert in elf history so I could be misrepresenting that, but those are my thoughts that led me to saying that from what I remember :)
@@Jediwarlock ahh that’s what you meant! I thought you were talking about them losing their immortality and shit with the death of archimonde by nordrassil-laserparty where they burned their blessings of the dragonaspects. They did get ysera back on board for Teldrassil, and still have a lot of potent Druidic magic (which could be used, right, Malfurion? Riiiiight???), so restoring deserts should kinda be their thing, but blizzard loves to forget the very powerful night elves until it’s time to kick them again. So they leave them in their tree… oh wait.
If you ever have an extra hour, the night elven starting zone got a cute little questline where you learn like the „best of history while standing in a flowing puddle“. ;) as a Night elven main, I recommend!
Hydras aren't so simple. Unless zangarmarsh has salt lakes. Im pretty sure theyre fresh water. Those could be special ones. Or, and this is a huge stretch, theyre mythical like beings even compared to other fauna on Azeroth. This may make them have an edge in adaptability. I could see a Naga explaining it like, "Wherever the Hydra roams, salt or freshwater, it's only a matter of when it will become the apex predator, not if."
Great stuff by the way.
Thank you for the thoughtful comments! I enjoying reading your responses. :)
I love this series, hope you make more in the future! It's so interesting to hear someone analyze a piece of media I know and love from a perspective that I'd never considered before. I also enjoy the way you present the information, from the structure to the calm tone. Keep it up!!
Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate them... more episodes coming in the future! ;)
Just discovered your channel. I too like to explore WoW areas and try to research background of the things I've found.
Sounds like my vids are right up your alley! Thank you for the comment :)
Fun Fact, The stone elemental princess and a humanoid deer had a relationship and from there the centaurs were born but since they were ugly they killed their father and the mother expelled them from their home, that is why there are many centaurs in Desolace.
NO, I don't know how some meat got into the Rockussy... and I don't wanna find out but it's there for the lore...
Oh yes, the Zaetar questline and lore is rather interesting, but definitely leads to some *interesting* questions XD
Very good video 😮 I hope to see more of these. I love Classic WoW and all the areas and their history and secrets. This could be a massive series.
Thank you! :) I have 6 episodes of WoW rocks on my channel… I want to make more in the future too!
@@Jediwarlock watching them rn. One of your videos just showed up on my recommendations feed. I had no clue about this channel but I'm glad I found it.
The Kodo Roundup quest made me cry as a noob but I was only 55 then. Fond memories of this zone and doing battle with those noob killer Harpies in the small, but infamous Charred Vale, to arrive in Desolace. Excellent, superior video!
Thank you for sharing :) I appreciate it!
Loving these videos man, makes you appreciate and think about the simple pleasures and visuals in the game. Please keep it up!
Thank you very much! For me, and I may have mentioned this in some of my other videos, but it really is those simple pleasures and small details the developers added that make it my fave game of all time :)
There’s at least one species of freshwater hydra in the barrens
Is this in Wailing Caverns I am guessing? Very nice detail! :)
We assume that water is fresh...but who knows. ;)
I started playing in TBC as a human paladin and then in WOTLK I switched to blood elf DK so I missed the whole zone. Thanks for letting me know, I just never even thought about Desolace or knew how interesting the zone is, except Maraudon of course, everyone has been there
Thank you! I agree, besides Maraudon it really is an overlooked zone in the game. :)
Seems like hydra's live in great numbers on Twitter.
I suppose XD
U are the best man on UA-cam
Haha, thank you! :)
If I remember correctly in cata druids were working on restoring the lands life. Been forever so not 100% sure.
Yes! Finally there’s a bit of life that starts to come back to the zone which is a fun bit of story progression in my opinion :)
love the the video just find your channel. you your other video are great to
Thank you so much for the kind words! :)
It's like Discovery Channel but insted of earth there is Azeroth . I have watched your few videos and i really love it :)
Thank you very much! I think Discovery Channel vibes fit my channel well XD
I really wish we were able to enter inside Elven towers such as Ethel Rethor. Not being able to see the interior is so unsatisfying to me. And the fact that further development of the game, after vanilla, never saw these interiors brought to the game is a massive L to me, and a huge red flag that the devs don't have their priorities set straight.
I agree!! If you are interested in seeing the inside, you can see a glimpse of a version of it at the Temple of the Moon in Darnassus ;) ...it's just one floor with one room you can walk inside, but at least it's something! :)
Wish I could erase all my knowledge of wow and then discover it once again, in vanilla
Same here! A truly wonderful experience :)
If Desolace hadn't been desolated, would it be called Marvelace?
I like that XD
thiS r0ckS, mAn \m/
Haha thanks! :)