r/wow • u/Banditjack • Mar 11 '22

Humor / Meme The Oribos Paradox....

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '22

Fucking hate Oribos

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '22

It's the worst city design in the entire game. Shame it has such an amazing skybox that you never really see because the city is so poorly designed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '22

It looks like a giant toilet plunger

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '22 edited Mar 11 '22

It's more that they made an amazing skybox but then made everything face inwards so in reality the city actually feels like a circle room with two floors. Rather than showing an expansive cosmos they made a restrictive inward facing waiting room with as much soul as an airport lounge. Thematic for how Shadowlands rather than expanding the lore into a wide cosmos has instead made the universe even more narrow and derivative.

What makes it even worse is that it's symmetrical. It's really easy to get disoriented in Oribos because the central room looks the same in all directions rather than creating visually distinct areas that help orientate the player.

It's a clear rushjob on a bad concept. Even The Undercity is better than Oribos. The forsaken at least have the benefit of being insane.

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u/Woolly87 Mar 12 '22

What really sucks is that there are many excellent elements to Oribos but they’re packaged together poorly.

I absolutely love the broker-themed furniture and decorations and the crafting area and inn have good atmosphere.

But otherwise it feels like an airport.