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Azeroth, Revisited: Stratholme in Cataclysm
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25/08/2010 à 20:56
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Once again, we're going to dive into the beta and take a look at one of my personal favorite dungeons from classic—
Stratholme
.
Now if you don't remember anything about
Stratholme
, here's a quick rundown: Stratholme was originally one of the largest human cities in the world. During the events in Warcraft 3 (as we witnessed in
L’Épuration de Stratholme
), Prince Arthas finds out the plague has spread to the city and orders it purged. Later on the Undead took control of Stratholme and Kel'Thuzad established it as his capital and built the floating fortress
Naxxramas
above it.
Overall the dungeon has not changed much physically, but there is now a new wall splitting it literally into two instances. They have changed the level range for each side, levels 42-52 for the Main Gate and 46-56 for the Service Entrance.
OBLIGATORY SPOILER WARNING: DON'T READ THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Stratholme - Main Gate
Regularly regarded as
"living"
side of Stratholme, the Main Gate side has received a massive overhaul—while it may look the same, a lot of changes have been made. As you step through the main gates, you'll notice that they aren't actually closed anymore when you zone in—and all the quest givers have been moved and put at the start of the instance.
Commandant de la croisade Eligor Portelaube
will be the Argent Crusade member you'll notice; he has the quests
Le Seigneur de l'effroi Balnazzar
and
De l'amour et de la famille
. The first has you kill the evil Dreadlord
Balnazzar
at the end of the instance, and the second has you collect
De l'amour et de la famille
later on inside the Scarlet Bastion.
Next you'll see a familiar face,
Maître-artisan Wilhelm
who has the quest
S'attaquer à la concurrence
where you will kill a
Forgeur de marteaux ressuscité
on your way through the instance. Hiding behind the Pack Mule you will also find
Maître-fourrier Navrepierre
with the quest
Le grand Ezra Grimm
, which will have you visit several mailboxes throughout the instance to gain the final quest item.
Now that we have all the quest-givers out of the way, the instance proceeds on as normal—you fight your way through legions of undead and head towards the Scarlet Bastion. But lo and behold, once you reach it the Scarlet Crusade are no more! They've been replaced by undead minions, presumably raised by Balnazzar to protect him from those pesky adventurers intent on slaying him. Progressing further in and splitting off to
The Hoard
where all the weaponry is stashed, you will eventually discover the
Plans de forgeron
that will allow you to summon the Risen Hammersmith for the quest
S'attaquer à la concurrence
. Finally, when you reach the end, everyone's favorite Cannon Master
Willey Mutilespoir
has been brought back as an undead! Backtracking and heading to the Hall of the High Command will finally take you to your ultimate goal of Dreadlord
Balnazzar
. On your way you'll be able to find the
De l'amour et de la famille
just before you reach him. As you finally arrive, you'll notice Balnazzar no longer hides behind a human form—you see him in all his demonic glory.
After slaying Balnazzar, you will be happy to know that the Argent Crusade moves in to back you up and throughout the instance is fighting any leftover mobs you may have skipped. You'll also be pleased to see that quest NPCs from the start of the instance have also returned, and are waiting for you to turn in any quests you may have completed during your adventure.
Screenshots
Stratholme - Service Gate
As you make your way in through the service entrance of the "undead" side of Stratholme, you will first notice you no longer need
Clé de la ville
to make your way through the instance. You'll once again be met by
Maître-fourrier Navrepierre
with the quest
De l'or liquide
, which has you collect a
Eau sacrée de Stratholme
from the supply crates throughout the instance. As you open the gate,
Magistrat Barthilas
does his thing and books it towards the second gate and disappears. Moving further in you will find the Alonsus Chapel, which will have all your quests for this part of the dungeon. Starting from the left we have
Archimage Angela Dosantos
with the quest
Des renforts de la Croisade d'argent
, which has you collect essences from banshees throughout the instance. Next up is
Commandant de la croisade Korfax
who will give you the quest
Face à l'Abomination
, that has you kill
Ramstein Grandgosier
. In the middle is
Commandant de la croisade Eligor Portelaube
who has
Le seigneur Aurius Vaillefendre
, which requires you to kill the new end-boss:
Seigneur Aurius Vaillefendre
. Finally on the right you have
Maître-artisan Wilhelm
, who gives you
Des armes de guerre
that has you kill a
Fabricant d'épées de la Garde noire
.
Now that you have the quests out of the way, the instance is pretty much unchanged. You still have to go visit all the ziggurats, and kill the bosses and
Acolyte thuzadin
s. Near
Baronne Anastari
's ziggurat will be the
Plans de forgeron
that will summon a
Fabricant d'épées de la Garde noire
for the quest
Des armes de guerre
. As you continue to proceed through the instance you will meet up with
Ramstein Grandgosier
. After slaying him, you can finally make it to the final boss of the instance,
Seigneur Aurius Vaillefendre
! Once his death is assured the Argent Crusade will once again move in and clean up any mobs that you may have leftover. As with the Main Gate side of Stratholme, all the quest NPCs make a return at the end allowing you to turn in all the quests you completed before high-tailing it out of there.
Screenshots
Well that's all the changes for
Stratholme
.
What do you think?
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