The Earthen Starting Zone Experience (War Within Alpha: First Impressions)

The Earthen starting zone in the War Within is new piece of content being added to World of Warcraft; a starting zone meant to introduce players to the lore, culture and way of life of the Earthen people. Does this starting zone succeed in such a thing however, or is it a giant flop? In today's video, Nixxiom goes back into the War Within alpha to show you all what you can expect from this new playable race.

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[NixxiomOnYouTube]

Semi-Rage WARNING with this video. Prepare thyselves!

[JosephGio]

"CHAMPION, I'M SO GLAD YOU CAME!!! HURRY, WE NEED TO SAVE AZEROTH!"
...bro, I just created my character, I only have this butter knife.

[julia.bentley]

I think the reason the Earthen zone so short and kinda mundane is because its just an allied race. All of the allied races have short-ish intro/starting zones...in case of the nightborne for example you just take like 2 quests and then go right to org. I feel like Blizz shouldn't have hyped up the Earthen so much since its just an allied race that you happen to unlock at the end of the main leveling experience, and not something you get as soon as the expansion drops like Pandaren.

[ThePariahDark]

I really hate how Blizz keeps embracing this idea that every player character is the chosen one. Ugh.

[thebigidea]

All they got was the typical allied race intro with a few extra steps. Seriously, Im not sold on these guys. I still want ogres or vykrul or freaking tuskarr. Anything but rock dwarves.

[-UwU-catgirl-]

Earthen 🤮 we literally could have gotten ANYTHING else. I like dwarves and elves but we have too much of them. I want something else

[gathaspar]

Now compare it to TBC starting zones for Blood Elves and Draenei.

[crayyonnyadrav]

-makes Earthen Character
-gets told is the first special one because the program said so
-goes to the big world
-"why am I the 78th first one who is special?"

Is what I think Blizzard though of as a peak writing exercise.

[NatoRadeX]

Dwarf reskin with an evoker ability sent down a hallway.

GG

War Within looking spicy already lmao

[GreenLeamm]

It's short beacause the whole culture is explained in the questline to unlock them, it's not supposed to be your first character this is why it's short and right in the action. The whole purpose of it is to be short and the whole context is given you prior to making this chracter just like any other allied race, this is nothing new it's been like this since the end of Legion.

[Celoth]

I think the big reason is that this is a race you will have to unlock. In MoP, your first experience with Pandaren may very well have been being a Pandaren character, but anyone who is playing an Earthen has *already* learned all this lore and been introduced to them during the unlock process, ala Void Elves, Mag'har Orcs, and other allied races.

[Complication]

YOU ARE SPECIAL! YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN SAVE US CHAMPION! YOU ARE THE HERO OF AZEROTH!!! load into main city and see 100+ of the same class/race so special!

[YoungSweezy]

Pandaren starting zone was 10/10, but i have never created another Pandaren just because it was too long to do again.

[SiriusBlack]

"All that glitters is not gold"

[PlantTube.]

Guys we know it’s an allied race. But it’s the only race they are giving us and we have a ton of allied races already.

[krzysiekkrynicki]

I hate to say it, but since the appearance of the Allied races, there are no cool starting zones anymore. The only thing waiting for you is a few short tasks to familiarize yourself with the mechanics of the game or class you have chosen and then go out into the world and have fun there. This is very sad, it would be much nicer to create a starting zone where you can level up, for example, 10 levels with the selected race and then you go out into the world and level up further.

[starry]

The void elf starting zone can be completed in under 2 minutes. This is normal for allied races.

[vladdracul]

The mentioning of crafting reminded me why I dislike trying to craft in WoW. Things require SO MANY parts to craft and now you need so many more materials to make one now than years before and it just feels bloated and bad.

[stormstrider]

It's a bit longer than the other allied race starting zones, but I agree it feels lacking compared to the pandaren, the first neutral race. I'm still not disappointed, though. The leveling campaign itself is a great introduction to the Earthen.

[CrabCrow]

I don't mind it being short, but can we get a little edge? The idea of breaking free from divine programming and rebelling against orders written into your very core has the potential for some character depth. But having a room full of people clapping like your Shinji at the end of evangelion removes all the tension from the scenario. I know wow isn't known for deep character moments but I feel like the reason people loved Illidan and Arthas was because their stories had some bite to them. Wouldn't it be more interesting if you had to escape from a faction who was trying to purge those who break from their programming?