Will Coerthas ever return to normal?

[MicahZerrshia]

I wonder why they have the stance against open world content that they do.

My biggest wish is that they open zones that we have as dungeons to us after the hm versions have been completed. It would be amazing to explore Wanderer's Palace or Amdapor, Snowcloak or Cutter's Cry. The maps already exist as does the music, they could do it with slight alterations. Fates don't need to be in them, they could put some gathering nodes in there, give it some side quests (that for the love of the twelve do not involve finding lost something or others). Special treasure maps for those areas or something. Give them some life. So many of these areas are wasted by faceroll dungeons and they are so beautiful that its a shame not to use them in another capacity.

[Morningstar1337]

I wonder why they have the stance against open world content that they do.

My guess is fear that the players would abuse it, that they would be unable to faithfully adapt XI's content to XIV's open world, or because of general association with 1.0

[MilesSaintboroguh]

My guess is fear that the players would abuse it, that they would be unable to faithfully adapt XI's content to XIV's open world, or because of general association with 1.0

Pretty much take all the drama and abuse that is hunts and drop that onto open world dungeons/whatever. That's why we won't get anything open world.

[Naria]

My biggest wish is that they open zones that we have as dungeons to us after the hm versions have been completed. It would be amazing to explore Wanderer's Palace or Amdapor, Snowcloak or Cutter's Cry. The maps already exist as does the music, they could do it with slight alterations. Fates don't need to be in them, they could put some gathering nodes in there, give it some side quests (that for the love of the twelve do not involve finding lost something or others). Special treasure maps for those areas or something. Give them some life. So many of these areas are wasted by faceroll dungeons and they are so beautiful that its a shame not to use them in another capacity.

I've gone back and solo'd several of the 2.0 dungeons just to be able to explore at my leisure. The dungeons really do have an incredible amount of detail in them that you miss when are running it for the nth time for exp/tomes and just want it to be over already.

[LalafellDown]

I liked it back in 1.0 the music was nice too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XWjdKre5kg

[bass9020]

I liked it back in 1.0 the music was nice too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XWjdKre5kg

Literally all the feels coming back lol. I would kill for this feeling back.

[myahele]

From a lore perspective, Coerthas may not go back to how it once was, at least not for many many years. Based on the Lore book preview, the Umbral Age of Fire experienced a heatwave to the point that Thanalan was scorched to the point of being a desert and that was thousands of years ago.

From a dev standpoint, I don't see why they would make Coerthas back to how it once was when they can be focusing on creating new zones for the expansion. How will it even work in terms of new players, npc dialogue and quests talking about the change in environment.

[Balipu]

On what timeline?

Well if we visit one of the remaining shards, we might see old coerthas again. The shards really provide endless possibilities. If we can magange to access them.

[Chewy2nd]

I don't imagine Coerthas will change back to how it was, the aether in the Coerthas region has changed from what it was to a more ice aspected aether, I'd imagine it's a more permanent change.