08-27-2008, 03:19 PM
Quote:I haven't seen some of the other examples they mention in the article, but I have done the Death Knight starting experience, and there is *something* going on there.
You start in Archerus and complete a few quests there. Then you get sent out of Archerus to Death's Breach where the Scourge is at war with the Scarlet Crusade. The battleground is the town of Havenshire. After completing a series of quests, you return to Ebon Hold. When you return to Death's Breach, Havenshire has been overrun and the front lines of the battle have moved to New Avalon. Once you've completed the DK starting experience, the entire area is plagued, and the Archerus you return to to visit trainers is not the same as the one you start in.
Yeah, I noticed the same when I went through it. I assumed I was actually being taken to separate instances, but without a load screen. Now that this "phasing" thing has been discussed, I know that it's the same area, just phased differently. So far, Blizzard seems to be handling it by making sure that it's not just that you can't see environments relating to a different quest stage, but that you cannot see players on a different stage of the quest, either.