[Discovery] (WOTLK) Under Naxxramas = Eastern Plaguelands

[Loteeh]

I flew under the Naxxramas (with Flyhack and Noclip) and I saw this place:

( http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/5...1409195628.jpg )
You can see a Stratholme there, too.

[Gunzarles]

it sure looks like some kind of naxxrammas.

[Innit]

it couldnt possibly be a test they just did not remove?

[Maxfunkey]

It actually IS the eastern plaguelands + somewhere more in the north-east there should be a portion of winterspring we should already know from the out-of-kel'Thuzad's lair trick back in the days

-- Once upon a time naxxramas was set there, remember ? =)

[Loteeh]

It actually IS the eastern plaguelands + somewhere more in the north-east there should be a portion of winterspring we should already know from the out-of-kel'Thuzad's lair trick back in the days

-- Once upon a time naxxramas was set there, remember ? =)

I know that naxxramas was set there, but in EP(Zone), near Strat, there aren't "mushrooms" and the place is not as bright as this...

[Naralesca]

I know that naxxramas was set there, but in EP(Zone), near Strat, there aren't "mushrooms" and the place is not as bright as this...

The mushrooms are there, and always have been. Also, it only looks brighter because the lighting and fog are different inside the instance.

There's nothing special about it, it's just instanced EPL.

[Castseven]

Yes, that is Eastern Plaguelands from pre-Wrath. It was there in the old version of Naxxramas too. Neat, huh?

[akspa420]

If you extract the minimap files for naxx, you can get an eagle-eye view of the instance in EPL. The instance was only modified a little bit for WoTLK - Naxx appears to be a WMO floating in the sky of the instanced EPL.

[Loteeh]

The mushrooms are there, and always have been.

Aha Sorry, My Fault. I didn't know EP correctly, so I didn't know.

But it is still strange why Blizz didn't move it to Dragonblight. They moved to Dragonblight only the entrance but the dungeon is still in EP (as you can see on that screenshot)...

Also, I edited the name of the thread (removed "From the Past")

[agni]

There was some thread about this almost at the same time when ppl started raiding naxx but search is down so can't find that.

[Maxfunkey]

Not strange at all, efficient indeed.

/quote Naralesca

Since the Instance itself is still naxxramas and the 'old' naxxtramas is gone.. well the old simply became the new and the simplest way to hide it from the player eyes is to change the entrance area so they cannot look through the floor/windows there any more. no need to change the geometry under the actual playable portion of the instance. True for naxx and true for all the other instances having world geometry in them (which is some kind of a help for the devs so they can 'narrow' the potential extends of an instance without becoming completely irrational like you enter it and the instance appears to be somewehere where it surely cannot be from an outside view.)

[Naralesca]

But it is still strange why Blizz didn't move it to Dragonblight. They moved to Dragonblight only the entrance but the dungeon is still in EP (as you can see on that screenshot)...

That is simply laziness on Blizzard's part.

[Creepwalker]

Just makes it easier, why create a whole new adt layout when you can just copy and paste an old one.

No one is supposed to see it anyway.

[Castseven]

That is simply laziness on Blizzard's part.

You're an idiot.

[Naralesca]

You're an idiot.

Perhaps.
Perhaps not.
Who knows?