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State of Azeroth

I don't know how many people care but I'm going to say it, this game is ugly. I love playing it, I've been playing it since classic, but the world has not evolved to keep up with the story or modern technology.

It has been ten years since the cataclysm, longer since the scourge was placated, and yet:

Westfall still has a massive crater with raging elementals despite the alliance having a notable contingent of shamans that could have calmed it by now

Northshire Abbey is still burning

The badlands is still ruined

Despite the three clans of khaz Modan being united again, they haven't even repaired the dam in loch Modan, retaken Grim Batol from the utterly destroyed twilight's hammer, or mended Thandol Span to reinforce the Arathi Highlands

The eastern plaguelands is still precisely that even though the argent dawn was strong enough to take down Arthas himself, it wasnt strong enough to clear out a now unmanaged scourge holdout?

The blood elves were able to supposedly rebuild Silvermoon overnight or something, and retake eversong woods, but the isle of quel Danas is still legion infested despite the current withdrawal of the legion and restoration of the sunwell, and half of quel thalas is still in shambles despite you know... sunwell. How have the blood mages not literally nuked the scourge out of the ghostlands given how much power they now have and how little the undead now have?

The draenei are still living in tents

Ashenvale is still ruled over by a lesser fire lord despite ragnaros' second defeat. Hyjal should have recovered some too.

The scar in the barrens could easily be mended given it is in the heart of the land of shamans

A lot of the game is also using assets that are over 15 years old. The difference between an old world zone and zandalar or kul tiras is extremely jarring, this has been an issue since mists and has been growing with every expansion. The new model for blood elf guards looks ridiculous patrolling the sharp polygonal forests of quel thalas. Stormwind city where a large percentage of the alliance now resides looks laughable compared to boralis harbor both in size and in design.

A world update should have been put at a higher priority than a dimension that I cant even recall existing before Legion (I remember a time when the lore was about souls going to the twisting nether or the light but maybe I'm wrong)

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