Maraudon is a very nice instance IMHO, I liked it a lot. But you should not try to complete it in one run, rather make three: The orange path, the violet path, finish the quest for the portal staff during those runs, then run the second half of the instance which is designed for higher level chars anyway.

Similar to BRD which requires at least two runs imho.

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Agreed. Mara is a lot to run at once, which is a shame. I do think it's one of the most beautiful instances in the game.

Except for the last boss. Bring your nature resist.

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I don't know if you can really call Maraudon 'Desolace'... sure, the instance portal is located within Desolace, but it portals you to Maraudon, a different zone. It's like crossing the border between 'Desolace' and 'Stonetalon Mountains' takes you to a different zone. =)

A bit pendatic, I know, but I personally loathe desolace and love Maraudon, so I don't feel they should get clumped together. ^^

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I hate the purple and orange areas, but I love those waterfall caverns.

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The inability to reset the instance after killing princess or corpse walk back sucks. Best you can do is set your hearth to the zone and walk back.

The 'jump down and die' after using the scepter bug was horrible and it still happens from time to time.

Some wipe recovery is definitely needed and summoning is majorly useful at level.

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It's really too bad that Maraudon is in such an inaccessible location (at least for Alliance characters). I'd run it more often if it were easier to get to. It really does have some of the best visuals in the game.

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If you didnt recognize that picture then you've missed one of the more beautiful instances in the game. Take a field trip back there and check it out. The picture is great but its impossible to do it justice.

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"completing the dungeon requires a marathon play session"

haha, i found that out 2 days ago, i didn't even realize the instance was in deolace until recently, and i certainly had no idea what was in store for me.

over the course of 3 and a half hours, i made it through the entire instance, gaining and losing most of the group halfway through and then again dwindling down to 3 people. we somehow made it through-- take that, main healer who DC'ed right before princess!

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"I've never seen such serene visuals anywhere else in the game."

Apparently he/she has never been to Nagrand.

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Earthsong Falls is the best area in Maradon, although there are some very cool and pretty areas deeper in too. The funny thing is that they're called "Earthsong" Falls, but there's no "Earth" in the warcraft universe.

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