First base it off somthing already in wow for my example i will pick
scarlet monestry. Then you take that idea a little bit farther
with these's things
1:What about it
2: why did it happen
3: what will this cause
4: how is it already refelcting the server.
let me cover us so far i got
topic Gnomeregan
theme machines
what: Gnomeregan has fallen to the machines they have created
Why: The gnomes built to many powerful machines
What: Now the instance is the base for all machines
now what i just did was set it up for the whole server to have a
mechanical theme with it.
now lets throw in a few details and make it sound good
and we should be set
The fatful fall of gnomeregan marked the day of a new erra. One that
is controlled by machines. The gnomes had built to many powerful
machines and messed with them to many times. Now gnomeregan
is the base for the machine making that goes on in azeroth. With
the new machines in control who know what will happen next. are
you willing to find out?
now to tie into server
try to make alot of machine custom mobs for your lvl 70 areas
The items you make should be based of this theme and look like it
The vendors should look like machines as well
(to change display id do ".mod displayid<id>"
Also any other lore events or anything big should tie into it
like lets say i wanted to make a quest that was popular
and had epic items. i would make machine mobs to carry the items
then the items whould be parts to the wepon or even blue prints.
then they would get an item that looks like wht they turned in
and thats the way lore SHOULD be done!