Comments on: Wherever I lay my hat …

By: Feralan

Feralan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:13:12 +0000

My druid’s home is, appropriately, Moonglade. I love the serenity of the zone and how hardly anyone ever goes there. It’s great for RP, if a bit empty like most old settlements (more scripted NPC action and interaction everywhere would be grand), and I hope to Cenarius they’ll never make it a free-for-all quest hub with an inn and mailbox. It’s for druids and their closest allies, and that’s it.

Other zones I feel at home in are Darkshore, the Barrens, Mulgore and Thunder Bluff. To a lesser extent, Ashenvale and, with my dwarf, Dun Morogh. Since I don’t like Teldrassil’s background, I consider Thunder Bluff the closest thing to a home-city even though I rarely ever play Horde. But tauren are awesome, and Thunder Bluff is relaxing, serene and beautiful, with the added bonus of not being overrun by idiots.

And I share the wistfulness of going back to Shattrath. It wasn’t much of a city, but it still had much more atmosphere than that cramped eyesore Dalaran ever will … and I’m not just saying that because it’s stupidly OOC for my druid to have anything to do with mages and I loathe what Blizzard did with Malygos and put Rhonin Sue in charge. Plus, you could fly in Shattrath! I guess flying in Dalaran would make the already horrible lag even worse, but seriously. How silly is it that you can’t fly in a flying city?

By: lantanasham

lantanasham — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:27:54 +0000

Yeah, I can’t stop thinking of Org as home. I do my AH things there, often just port there to use the bank, and just kind of hang there. *My* Orgrimmar People watching there is sp much fun – people /say and /yell the silliest things. Love it.

By: We Fly Spitfires

We Fly Spitfires — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:54:41 +0000

I don’t really feel like home anywhere in any MMO. I guess I usually just keep myself bound to a major city for easy access to brokers and trainers.

Nostaliga moment: selling ‘binds’ in Everquest for 1pp. Ahh those were the days. Now that was a hardcore

By: Ysharros

Ysharros — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:53:53 +0000

Way back in my AC days, “home” was a location called “Adventurers’ Haven” — it was just a large underground hall and some rooms off it, but it was out in the middle of nowhere and you had to know about it (and care enough to visit it). No shops or anything, but it did have a lifestone and that was all you needed to bind to.

It wasn’t exactly packed but I’d say a few dozen players of varying guilds used the place regularly, and chances were if you needed help with a nasty corpse run, you could find someone in there at just about any time of day.

Plus, it was just a great place to hang out and chat — something I haven’t done in games in a long, LONG time now.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:09:15 +0000

My WoW home will always be Thunder Bluff. I may bind elsewhere, but even when I play Alliance, Thunder Bluff is where I’d want to go “home” to.

I’ll second Longasc on GW, too. I love Presearing Ascalon.

By: Gevlon

Gevlon — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:44:06 +0000

My HS is in the crashed zeppelin of Storm Peaks. The closest spot to Ulduar.

My home is TB, I make all the business there.

The only reason I set foot to Dalaran is buying inks from Jessica. These cases I use my ring to get there.

By: vlad

*vlad* — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:40:46 +0000

In Wizard 101, everyone has their own ‘room’ in the dormitories.
Recently we got the option to buy our own properties, and quests/mobs now give you all sorts of items that you can stock your home with.
I am not playing along with this, though. My room is completely empty, as I have sold all the stuff in it, and I am not buying a property either.
The reason for this is that decent gear costs a lot of money, and unless you are willing to use RMT, saving up Crowns for gear is more important in my opinion.

By: Tamarind

Tamarind — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:16:25 +0000

I know it’s not exactly fashionable but I am still so in love with Silvermoon. I like the fact it’s so over the top (magic brooms! floating plantpots!) and quite beautiful in its excessively ornate way but there’s all kinds of messed up stuff going on in there. There’s mana crack / opium den, and murder row, and they Dystopian guardians, and all the denizens are basically horrible. My bank alt (an exquisite blood elf, naturally) was ‘housed’ there for a very long time and whenever I go back there (which isn’t often enough, alas) I get that warm glowy feeling you describe.

By: spinks

spinks — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:31:26 +0000

You know what I really liked about Shattrath? It actually had social issues, refugees, immigrants, housing problems.

They didn’t really do much with them but I thought it was very cool that they were there. Much more interesting than Dalaran (which really is a random collection of shops).

By: Kadomi

Kadomi — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:10:53 +0000

Yesterday, I was farming herbs in Durotar, because I had run out of low-level herbs for Minor Inscription Research. As I rode around Durotar, this feeling of absolute familiarity struck me. I have been playing horde since 2005, orcs are my favorite race, so I have played through this zone many times.

I get the same feeling in the Barrens. Hated by many, it reminds me of times when the game was still new, deaths were aplenty, and I only need to turn on the in-game music to let out a wistful sigh.

Dalaran is no home for me, it’s that crowded laggy place where I am hearthed in the sewers. However, I am sure this will change with the next expansion, because I do get wistful whenever I pass through deserted Shattrath, a ghost town.