Stormwind and Ironforge Revisited

While Moon Guard sits offline for unknown reasons, I decided to take a look around the various other WoW blogs, and came across a particular WoW Insider WoW Moviewatch video that made me gasp.

That's right, it's what Stormwind and Ironforge looked like pre-release. In the video, you can see all sorts of things that have been changed, removed and added, including a room that looks very similar to Old Ironforge. Did Blizzard change up the room when they decided against what is shown in the alpha? It certaintly looks that way. Many of us know that instead of taking things out, Blizzard seems to just hide it away behind walls.

In any case, I found it quite amazing that Ironforge used to have two levels, and it makes me wish it still did. I love Ironforge. Almost all of my characters live there IC, and I love RPing there. It has empty houses and a warm tone to it that just seems cozy. My warrior is also a blacksmith, and it's so much quicker to run to the Great Forge from the AH or Bank, then to run to the Dwarven District in Stormwind.

So take a moment and look at what could have been. Who knows, with Cataclysm things may change again.