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'''Azshara Crater''' was planned as a future [[Battleground]] located in [[Azshara]]. It was likely to be in southern Azshara, in the [[Forlorn Ridge]]. It was intended to work in a similar fashion to [[Alterac Valley]]. It is unknown what the specific goals of the battlefield would have been.
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'''Azshara Crater''' was a planned [[battleground]] likely located in the [[Forlorn Ridge]] in southern [[Azshara]], and was intended to work in a similar fashion to as [[Alterac Valley]]. Though never implemented, the entrances were placed within the Azshara zone; the [[Alliance]] entrance was on the south side of Forlorn Ridge and the [[Horde]] one on the northern side. These caves (along with the entire ridge) were removed in ''[[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm|Cataclysm]]'', though the terrain for the battleground itself still exists in the game files.
   
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==Development==
Battleground entrances were already placed within the zone, with the Alliance entrance on the south side of Forlorn Ridge and the Horde entrance on the north side. They are currently inactive as the Battleground itself has not been implemented, though the battleground itself exists in the game files.
 
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Mention of Azshara Crater happened as early as [[Patch 1.3.0#World Environment|patch 1.3.0]] (released March 7, 2005), but it never appeared in a playable state. A few official mentions occurred in early<ref>[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mnPmuhGpNo8J:forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html%3FtopicId%3D15732190%26postId%3D894438982%26sid%3D1+%22Warcraft+Weekly%22+-+%22Episode+70%22+-+%22Part+II%22&cd=2&hl=sv&ct=clnk&gl=se&client=firefox-a Blizzard Archive (official forums): 131. Warcraft Weekly - Episode 70 - Part II] <small>03/01/2007 04:34:05 PST</small> by [[Vaneras]]</ref> and late 2007,<ref>{{ref web|url=http://wow.mondespersistants.com/?article=403&page_art=2|title=MP interview Jeff Kaplan|date=2007-08-23|publisher=Mondes Persistans|accessdate=2012-04-03}}</ref> but there were no updates after this.
   
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At [[BlizzCon 2007]], it was stated during a Q&A session that they had not decided if the Azshara Crater battlefield would be added; the developers felt that balancing Alterac Valley was a higher priority. In later interviews, [[Jeff Kaplan]] confirmed that Azshara Crater would not be included in the ''[[World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King|Wrath of the Lich King]]'' expansion, although Blizzard acknowledged that they might return to work on further developing the battleground. The future of Azshara Crater looked even grimmer at [[BlizzCon 2009]], when it was revealed that in the wake of the [[Cataclysm (event)|Cataclysm]], the [[Bilgewater Cartel|Bilgewater]] [[goblin]]s had [[Mountainfoot Strip Mine|strip mined]] the [[Forlorn Ridge]] into oblivion.<ref>{{ref web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji079bBDCJ4|title=Cory Stockton (Blizzcon '09) giving us a tour around the new zones of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm|date=2009-08-25|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2012-04-03}}</ref>
==Current status==
 
At [[Blizzcon 2007]], it was stated during an Q&A question that they had not decided if the Azshara Crater battlefield would be added. Developers stated that balancing Alterac Valley was a higher priority. A date was not given for the possible addition of the battleground.
 
   
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At [[BlizzCon 2011]], Blizzard stated that Azshara Crater was one of three battlegrounds under consideration for the ''[[World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria|Mists of Pandaria]]'' expansion pack, with a DOTA-style gameplay. In the press tour the following March, they said out of the three potential battlegrounds they ended up picking two, with Azshara Crater being the one left out.<ref>{{ref web|url=http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2687-Mists-of-Pandaria-Press-Tour|title=Mists of Pandaria Press Tour|date=2012-03-19|author=Boubouille|publisher=MMO-Champion|accessdate=2012-04-03}}</ref>
In interviews, [[Jeff Kaplan]] confirmed that Azshara crater would not be included in the [[Wrath of the Lich King]] expansion, although Blizzard acknowledged that they might return to work on further developing the battleground.
 
 
===World of Warcraft: Cataclysm===
 
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Since the [[Goblin (playable)|goblins]] have strip mined the [[Forlorn Ridge]] into oblivion<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji079bBDCJ4</ref>, it is now likely that the Battleground will never be added.
 
 
==History==
 
*Mention of Azshara Crater happened as early as [[Patch_1.3#World_Environment|Patch 1.3]] (released 7 March 2005), but it was apparently never turned on in any [[PTR]].
 
*A few official mentions occurred in early<ref>[http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=15732190&postId=1043515474&sid=1#131 Blizzard Archive (official forums): 131. Warcraft Weekly - Episode 70 - Part II] <small>03/01/2007 04:34:05 PST</small> by [[Vaneras]]</ref> and late 2007<ref>http://wow.mondespersistants.com/?article=403&page_art=2</ref>, but there has been effectively no news since.
 
   
 
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Azshara Crater statues

Dragon statues in Azshara Crater.

Azshara Crater

Satellite map of one of many iterations.

Azshara Crater was a planned battleground likely located in the Forlorn Ridge in southern Azshara, and was intended to work in a similar fashion to as Alterac Valley. Though never implemented, the entrances were placed within the Azshara zone; the Alliance entrance was on the south side of Forlorn Ridge and the Horde one on the northern side. These caves (along with the entire ridge) were removed in Cataclysm, though the terrain for the battleground itself still exists in the game files.

Development

Mention of Azshara Crater happened as early as patch 1.3.0 (released March 7, 2005), but it never appeared in a playable state. A few official mentions occurred in early[1] and late 2007,[2] but there were no updates after this.

At BlizzCon 2007, it was stated during a Q&A session that they had not decided if the Azshara Crater battlefield would be added; the developers felt that balancing Alterac Valley was a higher priority. In later interviews, Jeff Kaplan confirmed that Azshara Crater would not be included in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, although Blizzard acknowledged that they might return to work on further developing the battleground. The future of Azshara Crater looked even grimmer at BlizzCon 2009, when it was revealed that in the wake of the Cataclysm, the Bilgewater goblins had strip mined the Forlorn Ridge into oblivion.[3]

At BlizzCon 2011, Blizzard stated that Azshara Crater was one of three battlegrounds under consideration for the Mists of Pandaria expansion pack, with a DOTA-style gameplay. In the press tour the following March, they said out of the three potential battlegrounds they ended up picking two, with Azshara Crater being the one left out.[4]

References

 
  1. ^ Blizzard Archive (official forums): 131. Warcraft Weekly - Episode 70 - Part II 03/01/2007 04:34:05 PST by Vaneras
  2. ^ MP interview Jeff Kaplan. Mondes Persistans (2007-08-23). Retrieved on 2012-04-03.
  3. ^ Cory Stockton (Blizzcon '09) giving us a tour around the new zones of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. YouTube (2009-08-25). Retrieved on 2012-04-03.
  4. ^ Boubouille 2012-03-19. Mists of Pandaria Press Tour. MMO-Champion. Retrieved on 2012-04-03.

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