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Where were you when Blizzard dished out the most innovative storytelling in WoW since Cata/Warlords?
Illidan is now a Kerrigan clone. He's gonna turn into a big light angel and zap Sargeras in the face.
>>338241069
I thought we already had Sylvanas
At least the big hero isn't "you".
>>338240767
There is no god
>>338240767
This looks incredibly silly and I have the sneaking suspicion that this isn't somebody fucking around in Photoshop.
>>338240767
Is this a cutscene leak or something? Either way I'm glad WoD happened with the alternate reality bullshit. Because now WoW is exactly that, an alternate reality after TFT.
>>338241069
>>338241132
Why not have more? it's obvious at this point that blizz is only capable of writing villains and anti heroes that are always right no matter what.
>>338241264
Nope. Illidan literally turns into an Angel in this expansion. Check any site that deals with wow news and youll see its real.
>>338241264
It was already confirmed in a leak from the book.
Illidan literally becomes a holy warrior: halo, holy glaives and all.
Is that holy materia?
Is this ff7 cgi?
The fuck is going on.
>>338241375
>Arthas gets no redemption
>fucking Illidan does
Someone is going to have to help me out here. I don't think I have a reaction image to convey how fucking mad I am.
>>338241508
Honestly though, Illidan was never a bad guy. They just wrote him like shit in TBC, that one war of the ancients dungeon in Cata did better for Illidan's character than TBC did.
Arthas though, well that's a mess right now. Look up the Frost DK artifact quest line to see what I mean.
>>338241508
Why would arthas deserve any kind of redemption?
He was easily swayed by the darkness.
>>338241508
>wanting the decaying corpses of either of these characters to be raped any further
STOP
>>338241648
WC3 gave the impression that Illidan was not only evil, but bonkers. TBC had him just doing more evil.
>>338240767
Really hope this kills all of the hope fanboys have for the game.
>>338241692
They may as well bring back every significant lore character, bless them with holy magic and let them loose because it would be cooler than any new shit in WoW.
>>338241723
More bonkers than evil I'd say. But being sealed away for 10,000 years or whatever would crack anyone. He always was an, ends justifies the means, kinda dude though. So.
>>338241471
HOLY DEMON :^)
>>338241675
>fall into evil because you want revenge for what was done to your people
>eventually have your soul taken from you
It was a classic 'vengance sours the soul' type deal, but out of him and Illidan, Arthas was a character who people could actually relate to. Full redemption for either is, to put it nicely, retarded as shit.
>>338241796
That's the only thing Blizzard can do, can't they?
Bring back old characters to make new expansions.
Who's next on the revival/corruption block?
>>338240767
What a load of shit.
When can we raid Sargeras so WoW can finally be over?
I'm ready for WoW 2.
>>338241825
Frozen Throne and TBC though.
I mean, TBC can't be hand-waived, that nigger was doing some evil shit for no reason other than evil.
>>338241913
Muradin. Wait they already brought him back years ago.
Oh fuck I got it, Uther. He corrupts Bolvar and has a bake off with Arthas' soul that's still in the shards of mememourne.
>>338241913
They honestly should have expanded the CoT 5mans and raids to relive some of the glory days of warcraft lore. Like who wouldn't want to help sylvanas guard the sunwellwhile arthas lays seige or vice versa? Honestly during pandaria they should've made pandas alliance and given horde the ethereals. I would've forced myself to resub after the pile of shit which was cata
>>338241937
If Blizzard were smart, they'd finally leave it off here.
They're finally at the big bad of the entire series and they don't have the subscriber numbers to keep going.
>>338241826
LIVE INSECT
Why do you play this when FFXIV exists?
>>338241939
Ah yea TFT, been a while I should tickle that again. Oh well, just remember kids all the Titans are dead, Azeroth is a baby Titan and now the warlock tank pet is the deepest dankest evil above the old gods.
>>338240767
>Giving Illidan redemption
>By making him holy
They should have canonized Elune as being part of the pantheon and have him go on a quest to receive a blessing or something. There a million ways you could do this without it being absolutely retarded.
will Illidan be uncucked in this story?
will Illidan finally do the cucking?
>>338242192
Illidan lives happily ever after with Maiev. The End.
Somebody take Metzen out behind the barn. Please.
>>338240767
>WoW literally copies XIV story-sequences now
Holy shit Blizzard is getting desperate.
>>338242192
>>338242251
Whatever happened to Maiev?
I remember her turning evil in one of the books and fucking off somewhere.
>>338242251
It's no longer Metzen's fault anon. That's the shame of it.
>>338242326Did Metzen corrupt the writers too?
>MMORPG
>storytelling
>>338242290
>the books
Those books make me want to bite a bullet. It's like reading particularly bad fanfiction, only it leaves the taste of ash in your mouth when you read that it's canon.
>>338242290
Pretty sure they're starting to phase out the books as canon. Arthas' and Ner'zhul are still trapped in the shards of frostmourne for example.
>>338242373Thanks anon. Good shit.
>no more Nost
>stupid shit like in OP waiting in Legion
>Kronos is on its last legs
>every TBC server is complete shit
Just let me out
>>338242476
Excalibur WoW is pretty decent imo anon.
>>338242290
I feel like blizzard really fucked up with maiev, she's completely right when she keeps hunting illidan after malfurion releases him for the retarded reason of saving his waifu, proven by the fact that illidan once again is the villain in TBC. But Blizzard just goes the "m-muh vengeance" route they always go and say the reason she keeps hunting him because she's crazy
>>338240767
This is clearly a photoshop. The "child of light and shadow" isThrall
>>338242720
Maiev did literally nothing wrong. Her fucking problem is being the only sane person in a world written by retards for retards.
Trust me, I was one of those retards.
>MUH ILLIDAN
Where the fuck is Wrathion? He instigates a multidimensional war in order to gather an army to fight the Legion, then fucks off for the entire expansion
>>338242885
Man, now I feel bad for even getting into WoW's story back when I played now that I realize how stupid everything is.
I could've wasted my time with something slightly less stupid.
>>338243038
I was invested into it. I gave a shit.
I used to be mad, but this right here, and the ten minutes it took me to google if it was actually true broke it. I just don't care anymore.It's gone full circle.
>>338242749
https://youtu.be/ORdE3xt4R5I?t=1183
>>338242251
Maiev has been tsun-tsun for Illy this whole time so that make sense if he sets on a path to righteousness.
>>338242720
she was obsessed hunting him but, her reasons were justified. now they trying to go she is yendere for him or some shit.
>>338241796
Well that's what they're doing.
Death knights have no relevant characters so they killed off a bunch of them in the intro just so dank nights could turn them into DK guys. Then they brought back some more
>Tfw you will never fuck dk waifumane
>>338240767
LMAO
Blizzard's IPs can be translated into a single narrative: Big bads from outer space unite the world's warring factions to fight against big bads who are actually big bads.
Also, a genocidal prick gets turned into a warrior of light.
>>338243026
he be back
>>338241742
Eh
I wouldn't actually hate holy Illidan if I hadn't played legacy of the void.
Blizzard can't into holy characters
>>338243618
Having difficulty finding any genocides Illidan committed
>>338241937
Sargeras is good now.
He only tried to kill everyone to save them from bigger bads.
>>338243879
What's a bigger bad than Sargeras? Literal god?
>>338243997
Activision
>>338243997
Void Lords?
What the fuck even are those anyway?
>>338242087
>They're finally at the big bad of the entire series
they're not though
>>338243997
Void lords
>>338242105
Because I can't get into MMOs where I don't know/care about the universe.
>>338244043
Basically fel magic isn't the evil magic anymore. Void magic is. Void is the opposite of light and the void itself is a kind of alternate dimension but not really. Void lords are the kangz of the void but they can't enter our universe. Old gods are puppets of the void lords, created to corrupt baby titans into evil titans for the lulz.
>>338244141
This.
Part of vanilla WoW's selling points is that you were exploring the actual setting of the Warcraft games.
>>338244250
That sounds entirely retarded.
I bet void corruption is going to be the next big thing.
>>338244043
Kinda like the naaru but the strong versions of them that do not have a powerful enough avatar in reality to possess
>>338243785
They cant into hero characters either.
>>338244368
>Pale orcs in draenor
Yup
>>338244250
>more dimensional shit
>the player character is the ultimate badass now
I miss the days of being a wandering asshole killing bandits and wild animals for money.
>>338244528
I enjoyed those days.
>>338244528
I liked panda land too.
>>338243809
>nathreza
>>338243618
let me rephrase that:
Blizzard's IPs can be translated into a single narrative: Big bads from outer space unite the world's warring factions to fight against space big bads who are actually not big bads, just misunderstood dindus.
Also, Iconic dindus (one previous world ending big bad and one antihero) turn out to be the Thechosenone(TM) .
>>338241375
>Check any site that deals with wow news and youll see its real.
This is why I grew to hate the WoW community.
Literally no surprises ever. Everything is fucking datamined to hell and back.
>>338244620
I unironically liked the Panda journey a lot. It had a certain charm and discovering it was really, really fun. Had the nicest zones as well.
>>338244265
Exactly. I only ever got into WoW and later TOR just because I cared about the universes. I recently tried WildStar, but I just didn't care.
Is TESO any good?
>>338240767
So, will Illidan be a Kerrigan?
>>338241742
Blizzard's mediocre writing is so notorious it's almost a known gag at this point. Compare Blizzard's short "Dragons" and fan-made "Dragunz"
Whoever plays Blizz games sure as shit doesn't play them for the plot
>>338245342
That's why they're more into mobas and shooters now. They lost whatever talent they had for MMOs and WoW is pretty much on life support. I mean it's still profitable, but it's clear they're just phoning it in because the fanbase is really that dumb and will eat whatever they excrete from their rectums.
>>338244528
and sometimes team up with other wandering assholes sealing away a elemental lord, killing the son and daughter of a dragon god (not canon lol) and sealing away an old god.
>>338245467
>on life support. I mean it's still profitable
Those are mutually exclusive. Just because you don't play it doesn't mean shitloads of other people don't. If you want shit on life support, see FFXI
>Boy
>Child
Isnt he like thousands of years old now?
>>338240767
lmfao how is this real
>>338244528
>the player character is the ultimate badass now
It's a side effect of being able to go into raids on famed monsters, which you have to have. You can't have wild animals for your endgame
>>338244447
Or character of any kind, for that matter. Calling them one-dimensional is too kind.
>>338245595
Around 12k years old, yes.
>we want the star wars prequel audience
>>338245652
very
>>338245675
True, but with a raid, you should feel as if you are one of many. After you down Rag, he should basically have to say "haha it took 40 of you to kill me!" You accomplishments as a singular individual should be insignificant.
I really want them to make WoW2 already under pretense of Azeroth getting so corrupted the Ancients decide to nuke it anyway. Cause the game looks like shit and after all the expansions it's kind of a bloated mess, with assloads of content you have to go through for leveling to reach a lacking endgame
>>338245590
I guess life support was a poor choice of words.
What gets me is the player investment. I quit during MoP and I had a lot of good shit. I guess they must be some really pathetic people if they can't find it in themselves to move on.
>mfw Arthas is subduing DK players
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDXvhkIH1M4
how do they feel good about writing the word "corruption" over and over again, on all of their fucking games, and being like "this is good stuff. this is quality work we're doing here. good job everyone"
>>338245906
>first ashes during bc
>first timelost in wrath
>insane title
>olympic dragon pet
Better to have loved and lost, then never loved at all I suppose. I quit before mop and the destruction of skill trees
>>338245947
But why though? Arthas literally turned good.
I just want into the fucken beta
>>338245595
The Naaru is probably late by some thousand years
>finds Illidan in his current state, horns, hooves, wings, glowing eye sockets and shit
>hello I'm looking for a child night elf Illidan Stormra...
>Oh...
>>338244528
It's the inevitable consequence of the garrison shit in WoD. Your character went from being an amoral wandering mercenary into a famed and respected commander of a portion of your factions military forces.
I thought it was an incredibly jarring change, honestly.
>>338240767
This is incredibly stupid but I don't hate this for some reason. What's wrong with me?
>>338245873
>>338245826
And they are, cause you'd really have to bury your head into the sand to forget that you did it as part of the raid group. It's true that narrative sometimes begs to differ, but truth is still clear to players
As to why such narrative is important, it's because your character has to be the main force progressing the plot, otherwise most of the solo/leveling quests would make no sense
>>338246110
meme aids brain
>>338246110
>battered wife syndrome
They should make a hotline,but it would just convince people to keep playing.
>>338245947
Also the DKs literally storm the paladin class hall to take Tirion's body to resurrect it against his will.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDLTyQqvHt0
>>338246138
I don't follow
>>338245947
But that voice is basically Ner'Zhul. Like, they retconned that Arthas killed him.
>>338246207
So everyone goes full retard
>>338241648
If Malfurion hadn't been such a fucking baby then things would have been fine honestly.
>>338245203
Yeah panda zones were the best by far. The content was shit for half of the expansion though and dude pandas lmao weren't edgy enough for the 12 year olds.
So Blizzard logically deduced that everyone hates it when expansion isn't about the end of the world and player being the super hero.
So does anyone actually have a video of this supposed cinematic? I know what the naaru is talking about is real but im curious if the in game cinematics got leaked?
>>338246178
>>338246185
I don't even play WoW anymore. I guess just the faintest sliver of hope of them redeeming Illidian, even if it's stupid after how they fucking ruined him in TBC enough for me.
>>338241648
>Honestly though, Illidan was never a bad guy
yeah he was
he betrayed his whole kind and sided with azshara and the demons because malfurion and the others wanted to destroy the well of eternity, and he was too addicted to live without it
then he abandoned everyone and left with the water from the well
he literally betrayed everyone
Playable race when?
>>338241648
>They just wrote him like shit in TBC
He was shit in WC 3, as well. They made him constantly pine after Tyrande and it was really off putting.
I wanted to like the character but he was just incredibly pathetic.
>>338246224
Blizzard took inspiration from Warhammer Fantasy Battle to make Warcraft.
Not too long ago, GW has deemed the frnachise unprofitable and gave it a reboot to make it more like 40k.
I just thought it was funny that it was suggested that WoW get nuked to make a new series just like Warhammer did.
>>338245313
Kerrigan will return. I have done what I can to ensure it. She always finds a way.
In your heart of hearts, you know this.
Local night elf cucked so hard he becomes a demon and then an angel
>>338246398
is there an original to this picture that doesn't have the laughing face?
>>338246287
i think panda was fine on most accounts, it kind of feels like the last "real" wow expansion except for the content drought that drove off a lot of people
i think a lot of them came back to WoD expecting a pandaish level of quality and anyone with a brain quickly unsubscribed from that shitfest
>>338241158
You are literally the most powerful [enter class here] in azeroth
>>338246478
Yes.I won't be the one to post it.
>>338240767
>since Warlords
so the last expansion... so its worse than warlords..
>>338246109
>promoted to commander
>pay for your own garrison out of pocket
>recruit and manage your own people
Varian and Vol'jin needed to step their shit up. I was off playing Big Boss and those two were off being plot irrelevant somewhere else until I rolled out the red carpet for them.
>>338246207
why dosent Tirion kill himself?
>>338241648
hes not a bad guy, hes not a good guy. hes THE guy
>>338246547
is it lewd?
>>338246623
Suicide is a sin against God.
>>338246609
Then they died
>>338246429
It just makes sense. From marketing standpoint too
>legion gets advertised
"Oh, it's just another WoW add-on. I don't play WoW so whatever"
>WoW2 gets announced
"Huh, so they're making a sequel, and first one was pretty popular too, maybe I should get in on that"
>>338246694
They retconned God after Warcraft II.
>>338246623
corrupted dark majix and fel energies have corrupted his corruption, clouding his judgement with a new ability called corrupted judgement
>>338245595
>complains about thousand year old boy
>posts thousand year old loli
???????
illidan is the ultimate mary sue
>>338246725
The Lord is always with us.Praise it.
>>338244250
Warlocks literally summon them though...
>>338246694
dose the light really think so
either way, being a abomination is also a sin.
>>338246773
They retconned things being with you after Cataclysm.
>>338246713
>WoW2
I just want Warcraft 4 God-fucking-damnit... That's all I've wanted since 2004.
wow should make dungeons scale to your level and the loot too. imagine instead of 5 dungeons at max level you had like 50
>>338246812
Oops.
>>338246207
>they will resurrect trollbane
the fucker has been dead for years. how can you resurrect someone that has been dead for so long. his soul should be far gone.
>>338246819
It's time.
>>338246364
>Malfurion wants to destroy the well of eternity
>Malfurion steals Illidan's girl
>Malfurion tosses Illidan in jail for 10,000 years for saving the well (And somehow doesn't find the time to destroy the new one during those 10,000 years)
>Illidan sacrifices his body upon release in order to gain the power to fuck up the scourge, starts off doing pretty well
>Malfurion gets butthurt and banishes Illidan since in the 10,000 years Illidan has been gone he's unable to do a goddamn thing and doesn't want to look like a baby in front of his girl
>Malfurion sends his autistic hunter Maiev after Illidan who literally will not stop chasing him even though she only ever catches him through interference from the player character
Malfurion is just as guilty
>>338246909
Plot convenience.
>>338246973
Malfurion should have killed him long ago been done with it.
What class would you say is canonically most powerful /v/?
>>338246973
>And somehow doesn't find the time to destroy the new one during those 10,000 years
He grew a fuckhuge massive tree over it.
He may not have destroyed it but he certainly didn't ignore it.
>>338247090
Warlock
>>338247070
Malfurion's problem is that he's too much of a baby to do anything useful besides take a nap and then wake up as a deer man.
>>338247090
Death Knight or Demon Hunter
>>338247090
Mage :^) They go super sayan guardian of tirisfal and fight Sargeras 1v1 and doesn't afraid of anything
>>338246923
I'm pretty sure they retconned time in Warlords.
illidan got cucked before it was cool, then got butthurt at his own brother and betrayed him. what a guy
>>338245342
>Compare Blizzard's short "Dragons" and fan-made "Dragunz"
Being able to predict the story of something by using previews and character descriptions doesn't make it badly written.
>>338247123
>this well is an abomination and goes against everything i stand for
>now it's fine because there is a tree growing over it
>>338247090
Warlock because they become conduits for ancient gods
>>338247090
warlock. especially in pandaria
>>338247184
>DK
Paladins wipe floor with them all day everyday. They only still exist because they were relevant in WotLK and are now an established class for player characters.
>Demon Hunter
Meme class that has no reason to exist altogether. Are only canonically useful against demons. Everyone else either jails them or outright ignores their edgelord asses :^) Warlocks can probably enslave them if they tried to.
>>338247132
Play WC2 :^) Warlocks are pussy tier.
>>338246154
In all honesty, your characters have never done much.
>c'thun and ragnaros simply banished
>kel'thuzad only returned to his phylactery for a time
>illidan killed by maiev
>you fought kil'jaeden but only succeeded with the help of blue dragon and his girlfriend
>arthas was only really defeated with the help of fordring with ashbringer
>firelands ragnaros killed with the help of malfurion
>deathwing killed by thrall and dragons
>garrosh killed by racial leaders
Shit like that is really prevalent throughout the history of the game. Your characters may drive the plot but only at the behest of the 'real' movers and shakers, who are the NPC's.
>>338247123
Nigger he took advantage of it.
Can't shittalk Illibeans, when you're busy being immortal thanks to his """"betrayal"""".
>>338246973
whatever illidanfag
>>338247090
Any class that uses power of the Light.
So paladin or priest.
>>338247398
Are you gonna tell us what you think the most powerful class is or just talk shit on everyone else?
>>338247219
>>338246973
and all this happened because Malfurion was jealous of illidans eyes
if there are any competent writes left at blizz they make them have an epic duel where this is revealed
>>338247448
Yeah that's kind of a weird spot, where it wants to have a plot, but not too much of it. Well, I guess it's a good way to escape FFXIV's obligatory plot stuff, but on the other hand XIV doesn't encourage playing the game again with alts or anything
>>338244043
The things that fucked up the etheral's planet.
>>338247448
When you put it like that, we're basically just the "footmen" units to those Hero characters.
Can someone tell me why the fuck we kill illidan in the first place?
I can't remember why and considering he wasn't really doing anything I don't understand.
is this the hearthstone mmo? is it good?
>xe
>I seek the boy of light and shadow
Hahahaha hahahah my fucking sides
>>338247593
>why the fuck we kill illidan in the first place?
For that sweet shield.
>>338247593
malfurion can't be bothered because he's both useless and too busy turning into a deer
>>338247629
Yes
>>338247090
>'le corrupt metzen' tier
priest (old god shit)
warlock
demon hunter (these DH's are hand-picked and personally trained by illidong)
>'i tried but not hard enough to get corrupted' tier
mage
shaman
druid
>'i spent too much time on martial skills to go full magic' tier
paladin
death knight (they are literally common soldiers risen up because they happened to have above average skill)
monk
>'HURR DURR SWING SWORD' tier
warrior
rogue
hunter
>>338247593
He's regarded as evil by general population since the war of the ancients and even more after W3. We also think he attacked Shattrath, even though that was Kael. Also Akama manipulates us.
>>338246380
when you spell it right you stupid fucking faggot
i bet you also sayenchancement
>>338247593
His edginess couldn't be allowed to continue.
>>338241375
Are there even angels in warcraft lore? I wasn't aware of this.
The Nightelf justice system is kinda weird
>indefinitely imprison Illidan
>free him because you hope he can fuck the legion up
>he fucks shit up
>banish him
>send someone after him before he does anything in his banishment
>catch him
>release him so that he can safe your gf you cucked him with
>>338247695
>not for the sweet bow
>>338247269
Elaborate?
>>338247781
>warrior
>anything but TITAN-TIER
have you even played WoW?
>>338247448
Too bad none of those cunts helped us in the god damn raids.
>>338241939
IIRC everything bad done by the Illidari was actually setup by kael. He started the war with shattrath, he was whispering into Illidan's ear the entire time. Illidan's entire issue with tbc though was that he wanted to smash the legion and would do so at any cost, it was his "burning crusade™ ®". Akama, the player and everyone else was just getting in his way.
>>338247918
Probably the Naaru.
>>338247918
Spirit healers.
>>338248008
>tirion shatters frostmourne, allowing you to triumph over the lich king when you had been defeated and actually killed
>somehow this is not helping
Alright?
>the child of light and shadow
>oh you mean Anduin?
>Illidan Stormrage
>are you sure you don't mean Anduin Wrynn? I don't mean to be rude but you realize Illidan partakes in demonics rituals and stuff, right? What about Velen?
>>338247781
This pretty much. Even though I think Paladins and Holy priests might be pretty powerful now that Light comes into play more and more.
>>338247920
Only the first thing you listed had anything to do with NE justice system. Everything else was Metzen spazzing out all over his writing desk.
>>338248067
They're undead Vrykul though.
>>338248126
I doubt Velen uses his shadow magic.
>>338247448
True, but you need to recognize that shit was all thought impossible at the time
>C'thun had to be sealed away because nothing could touch him
>Kel never expected anyone to even make it to him
>Maiev had to be broken out of superjail by you
>Blue dragons are the patrons of magic - gf was a fount of immense power made sapient and KJ wasn't even fully summoned
>Fordring only had the time to break free thanks to you living through Arthas' onslaughtfake as it was
>Mal only made it into the firelands thanks to your team cutting a path for him
>DW would've lived through the Dragonsoul beam canon if we didn't strip his armor
>Garry beat the fuck out of Thrall and had to be weakened by us
I don't like being the center of the universe, but I dig the recognition.
Landing in Borean Tundra as Alliance did it best imo, "Did you just cut in li- OH SHIT! You fucked demon shit up in BC, fuck waiting behind these fuckers we need you at the front!"
>>338247781
wasnt a warrior the only guy who ever hurt sargeras or something like that
Considering mages can manipulate fucking time, wouldn't that make them the most powerful?
>>338248104
>Does fuck all during the whole fight
>Breaks out and kill steals
Fuck that guy
>>338241648
He was ruthless in BC, but not evil. The whole dark temple ordeal was probably the most political raids in WoW, both factions doing so just to remove a potentially dangerous power, despite it existing to defend outland from the legion.
>>338248104
>you useless undead
it says invalid target
>you've failed us all billy
fuck you too buddy
I'm dying
>>338247585
Yeah and they fucked that up with WoD and Legion. Now you're the super l33t commander. The strongest of your class
>>338247918
No, there aren't. Closest equivalent would be either the Naaru which are immortal entities that come from pure light and exist since the birth of the universe or Val'kyr (spirit healers),vrykul females given power over life and death by titankeeper Odyn, that exist in shadowland and real world simultaneously
>>338242096
Is that Rag in armor or one of his top elemental minions?
>>338246518
No you aren't, you're literally never referred to as such either.
>>338248212
He barely uses the light either but he still makes more sense than Illidan
(Or maybe it doesn't, i'm not good at lore)
>>338248230
Druid axe tho
>>338248443
Rag
>>338248298
Besides that, why doesn't Arthas just use his raid wipe ability from the start and not put up with our collective shit for more than a few seconds?
>>338248221
>someone out there probably has a character that he leveled exclusively through the pet battles after being ported straight to pandaria by a friendly mage
>otherwise spent all his time ERPing in goldshire
>WE NEED YOUR HELP, HERO
This take doesn't really work in MMOs, famlam. It really shouldn't be used or it should be scripted better.
>>338248447
I'm not sure about the other classes but on the Wandering Isle (monks) you're referred to as "grand master" or something similar
>>338248492
He wanted to see if you had what it took to become his ultimate asskicking brigade.
If he kills and rezzes you too soon, he runs the risk of ending up with a squad of dipshits.Is it truly righteousness that drives you? I wonder.
>>338248447
You lead every other member of your class.
You get a powerful as fuck artifact
Paladins get god damn ashbringer
>>338248443
Timeshfted Rag.
>>338244250
>>338244265
Void magic ain't evil, it's even stated in the damn new book that void was one of the energies of creation that made the universe.
It's the void lords wanting to enter reality that's causing problems.
Also, fel is still evil and demons are still parasitic assholes, it's just now they're 100% natural parasitic world destroying assholes.
>>338248230
>>338248470
>500 years following her initial Guardianship, Aegwynn traveled to the world's roof, Northrend, in order to defeat a hunting party of demons that were stalking dragons. After burning them to ashes with the dragons' help, an avatar of the Dark Titan Sargeras himself arose from the dust near the skeletal remains of Galakrond. With the help of the dragons, Aegwynn battled and ultimately defeated the Lord of the Legion. She carried and trapped his physical form near the Maelstrom, within the Tomb of Sargeras in what remained of Suramar, so that it might never be rejuvenated by the powers of the Nether.
Step right the fuck back, amateurs
>Anduin was to lead the army of light
>Now it's Illidan
>>338248492
He wanted to make sure we were the baddest motherfuckers in the world.
The raid team that beat Arthas that much weren't going to be mindless undead, they'd all be boss tier.
Making the elite of the elite, who were within inches of beating the biggest bad become his greatest champions was a pretty dope plan, if Tirion didn't remember to pop his bubble at the last minute.
>>338242105
As bad as WoW is, that is somehow worse grindy bullshit.
>>338248695
more like planar chaos
>>338248695
When do we get to a good block like New phyrexia or Innistrad?
>>338248762
anduin/varyam were fags and unlikeable
What if everytime they go to make a big lore change such as someone dying or what our factions should do in a situation they make a poll and make the players pick what happens?
>>338246973
It's interesting to note that Malfurion was once Metzens insert. Later, as Metzen focused on Thrall the writers seem to have noticed and made it canon that Malfurion is a prick.
>>338248873
I'd take the cakeboy over illidan any day
>>338248873
I actually like Anduin, then again I play horde so I never saw him much.
This is worse than Med'an and Thrall put together.
Fucking chosen one child of prophecy stuff.
>>338248547
There was no other way to level up back in wrath. You had to be the guy that fucked demon asses in BC.
>>338248743
>needed a dragon raid to beat a weak avatar and still fell to the keikaiku
>warrior just charged in and hit mortal strike and got a crit on the real deal and caused a keikaiku
Lets agree that the mage fought smarter and the warrior fought harder.
>>338248126
why would they look for anduin? he literally did nothing besides playing hearthstone with wrathion
>>338248921
Favorites would shift around but it will be the same moronic mess nonetheless. Then some place like reddit will start rigging the polls based on their latest superstition of what constitutes a good plot direction. It will be horrible and idiotic. So generally nothing will change.
>>338242105
I played XIV for two years, came back to WoW after the WoD trial. The fact both are basically brainless grinds, yet WoW somehow has LESS TIME GATING than XIV and XIV has changed absolutely nothing in their formula other than adding -MORE TIME GATING- to shit since 2.0 just fuck it. Fuck Yoshida. Fuck the entire team. Fuck all of it.
Blizz is shit, WoW isn't as good as it used to be, but if I'm gonna kill some time between actual games with shit, I'd rather my shit have clicks & whistles.
>>338248921
Maybe what the members of our order do, and seeing as they jammed a whole bunch of lore characters in there for kicks it could be cool
>>338249067
Because he actually has something to do with the light
>>338248606
A grand master isn't the "best monk to ever live".
>>338248683
>you lead every other member of your class
No you don't, you're equals and share the exact same place as every other member of your class.
>you get a powerful as fuck artifact
You've literally always had access to powerful, one off weapons.
>Paladins get god damn ashbringer
See above, bet you had no problem with more than one Thunderfury existing in Vanilla. Ease of acquisition doesn't matter if your major discrepancy is that there should only be one in existence.
>>338242476
kronos is fine again
>>338249253
I have no problem with there being more than one, but every paladin getting it straight up just seems fucking weird man. Plus it's canon now, it never seemed like we were THAT canon before, like we were just in the background while the big boys handle shit
>>338248705
METZEEEEEEEEEN
REEEEEEEEE
>>338249253
I hate artifacts, but I gotta admit it's kinda dumb to freak out over it. I mean Gorehowl was a fucking purple that dropped in Karazhan. An axe wielded by one of the most terrifying orc chiefs that was also used to kill Mannoroth.
Then Thrall gives Garrosh the axe, when like ten thousand players have it in their inventory.
>>338249226
Are there any good/existent warlock NPC or characters yet? I've played lock since vanilla and I honestly can't even name one.
>>338248492
Irony. Arthas could have wiped out the world easily but wanted to do it in the most ironic way possible. He wanted to put heroes to the test in northerend so he could then kill and resurrect the best of them as deathknights to then return to their factions to usher in the slaughter, just as he did.
>>338240767
Blizzard blew their load too early with Wrath and now they are going to do it again with Legion. This type of crazy shit should be final expansion type of shit. How do they expect top top this shit in the next expansion if there even is one?
>>338249434
But what ifthe epic Gorehowl was just a really good replica?
>>338240767
So they're just going to start copying FF14 straight up?
The irony is palpable to say the least.
>>338249434
Given all the different forms it can take, I think of it as a reforging of the Ashbringer rather than the Ashbringer itself. Then again I've never cared about the Warcraft universe being serious, considering it's always been an extremely goofy B-Movie universe.
>>338249253
True, but I think the implication is that you're the best monk currently alive
>>338249438
I wouldn't know sorry, no beta access and I want the spoilers that I get to be fairly minimal
That being said you get chen and lili as a monk, Garona and Valeera as a rogue just to name a few
>>338249434
>>338249529
It's an alternate timeline gorehowl
>>338247251
Yeah nice damage control. A fucking child could have predicted how that short would have played out. Why? Because everyone has seen that shit before.
>>338249691
But grand master is just the name for somebody who is a skilled monk. It's like getting upset that an NPC calls your warrior ferocious.
>>338249650
Warcraft has always followed "rule of cool" with a dash of whatever Metzen/Samwise/the current team thinks is "fucking epic™" at the time.
As fucking stupid as Chronicle's retcons are, if they at least adhere to it, WC has a solid base to build upon. Too bad it contradicts multiple expansions worth of content in the game right now.
>>338246207
Is that a protoss? Fucking lol
>>338249802
Exactly, so why should I care about the hammy, stupid weapon no longer being exclusive? None of the characters are well written enough to have emotional weight, all I care about is how dumb the cutscenes and raid dialogue is going to be.
>>338249524
>blew their load too early
Depends on how you look at it. MoP and WoD were the equivalent of anime fillers, the playerbase did not expect or ask for them.
The original idea for the appropriate expansion after Cata was a South Seas expansion, because we expected to deal with the aftermath of what was basically an assault by N'zoth through Deathwing and we had gotten a good taste of the naga in cata.
Or alternatively an emerald dream expansion in between that considering N'zoth is responsible for the nightmare.
Then, after dealing with Azshara and N'zoth, we'd be introduced to a legion expansion where we'd face Sargeras.
Blizzard knew this, the forums were constantly ablaze with the predictions, they knew that with only 3 big bads left that expansion potential was basically done, unless they made shit up.
que MOP, and then WoD.
When WoD failed hard, they pushed the emergency button and churned out this expansion which is basically ALL three expansion ideas in one, with a good chance of killing Azshara, N'zoth and even Sarg.
I see the void lords as evidence of this, They're trying to introduce a new big bad to keep players hooked after Sarg, but to many players Sarg is the end of the road.
>>338246207
>The DKs literally storm the paladin class hall to take Tirion's body to resurrect it against his will
What all kinds of fucking bullshit is this?
>>338249382
It's not that bad anon, now Demons make sense.
>>338246207
>You are not a leader
>Deathlord
>I will obey you
?
>>338249253
The problem is the focus it's being given - if you're going to give Ashbringer to people, don't make it out to seem like they are the one true chosen wielders of the blade. Just make them do something suitably heroic and now they have their hands on it, same as if they had looted the weapon off some boss corpse or got it as a quest reward.
The 'chosen one' stuff is the bane of MMO storytelling. I don't have a problem with wielding these legendary items, but don't make it out to seem like the PLAYER is legendary, as well.
Also, if a Paladin with Ashbringer fights a DK with Apocalypse, why doesn't Ashbringer shatter the DK sword?
