Most of the expansion is based off of a 2 1/2 way war. Giants are the evil guys trouncing on everyone. Dragons are kinda the neutral guys depending on which side of lore you side with. Dwarves are the underdog good guys.
You kill giants and you get dwarf and dragon faction.
You kill dwarves or Dragons and you get giant faction.
There are other factions as well but this is the main premise behind the story of the expansion. YOU get to choose which side you align with.
The outdoor dungeons are HUGE and a lot of diversity of mobs.
The dungeons are incredible (Dragon necropolis anyone?)
You have to pick up an item from each of the teleports to be able to BE teleported there.
Go through some smaller dungeons/zones and you get to Kael - the giant city. Past kael is Wakening lands, a jungle like area where there is a dragon guarding the teleporter. In the middle-ish part of WL is a tree which leads you to the Plane of Growth, hippy land of Tunare that's a pain in the butt but cool at the same time.
Past WL is Skyshrine the dragon city and as you have said deathmaze if you are not aligned with dragons.
Then you get to the high end of the expansion - Cobalt scar (basically a beach with ledge above, the beach has otter people and a dragon that swims in the waters). Past that you swim into the water and in a side cave randomly leads you to the Sirens Grotto which is kinda a crazy zone that you have to get through to get to...
Western Wastes. A huge outdoor snow zone that is literally FILLED with dragons...and a woolly mammoth?
From Western Wastes you get to the 2 higher end raid dungeons (not counting Velk's Labyrinth) 1) dragon necropolis which is awesome for groups and 2) TOV which is the high end raid dungeon. At the end of ToV is an odd zone you can find that's a half secret called Plane of Mischief.
The expansion really gave you the power to experience it how you wanted. You had choices, and your choices altered how the main factions acted towards you. Want an easy way to get to WL? Go giant faction. Want to get through skyshrine easily? Go dragon faction. Want both? Have fun grinding faction multiple times.
You have the power to do what you want, the game doesn't force you to play any single way.
...Sorry I think I just got nostalgia all over the forums.
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