Taran Zhu - a Big Disappointment

[Ryme]

As opposed to...I dunno...Thrall ?! He is disabled by the archbishop (There is only PAWAH!) in the dragon soul dungeon and the players must kill the archbishop, he is fucked up in the starting event of Firelands and turned into various elementals and needing the player to rescue him, and Garrosh kicks his ass in SoO.

Thrall sucks too, pretty much all the horde leaders have been getting their arses handed to them in one way or another since the ETC incident caused the torrent of alliance tears to reach critical mass. I honestly can't find myself rooting for any of them, the best is freaking Lor'themar!

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Thrall sucks too, pretty much all the horde leaders have been getting their arses handed to them in one way or another since the ETC incident caused the torrent of alliance tears to reach critical mass. I honestly can't find myself rooting for any of them, the best is freaking Lor'themar!

Because what happened at that Blizzcon was inexcuseable.

[Herecius]

Yeah, if only these lore characters were all unmitigated badasses and were capable of doing everything themselves, leaving none of the work for the players. Man, I wish Blizzard would get it into their freakin', stupid, idiotic heads that all we want is the chance to kick back and do nothing while the big lore names do all the work for us.

[markdall]

Garrosh should have been killed at the end of SoO and they should have come up with some other reason for the dark portal opening to a different time.

[bufferunderrun]

Thank God that at last in books lore fiigures are still the heroes and players characters never made it into the story; in game is kinda immersion breaking looking at all those powerfull characters being disabled by a single kick.
Btw i think you overvalued taran zhu he was never meant to be a legendary hero like thrall, tirion or malfurion a strong monk yes but not an heavywheight.

[ChairmanKaga]

Agreed. I made a thread about Taran a while ago, and frankly, he's a character who lives off of the aspect of having done only one or two badass things, but outside of that nothing else he's done is really badass overall.

So he is Boba Fett?

[CptAwesome]

Think I have to agree this falls under my general label "Blizzard doesn't believe in moderation."

Saurfang got Horde players really pumped up in Classic with essentially one real appearance where he did something.

His popularity came from him wiping endless alliance raids and that brief period where you could MC him and have him do the same to the horde auction house. He was far and away the most dangerous NPC outside of the raids and him appearing in Sillithus did not make him any more popular.

The issue in Classic was that the racial leaders did basically nothing, you handed in like 2 quests to each of them and that was it. Also, they all looked exactly like level 40ish player characters, top stuff. I like it now that the NPCs actually do things from time to time, would rather see Taran Zhu trying and failing than Sylvanas sitting in Undercity for 4 full years saying "go see Nathanos" 24/7.

[KrazyK923]

Taran Zhu is a joke really

1. He can barely handle a few bugs without us
2. He gets taken over by a Sha and nearly dies
3. He gets beaten by a Thunder King minion and nearly dies
4. He gets beaten by Garrosh and nearly dies
5. He talks BS in order to get custody of Garrosh
6. He bloody loses Garrosh

1 and 2 are because of us.
3 is most likely because he's freaking exhausted from dealing with all the shit we unleashed on Pandaria
4 what was he supposed to do? Beat Garrosh and the patch is over before it's begun.
5 How is this bullshit? I might not agree with him, but from his POV he's pretty correct
6 Time traveling ally trumps a cage.

Listen to this and understand why Taran Zhu is the way he is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_mwpz4RqgM&t=10m56s

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1 and 2 are because of us.
3 is most likely because he's freaking exhausted from dealing with all the shit we unleashed on Pandaria
4 what was he supposed to do? Beat Garrosh and the patch is over before it's begun.
5 How is this bullshit? I might not agree with him, but from his POV he's pretty correct
6 Time traveling ally trumps a cage.

He didn't seem exhausted ...

Point was he's that guy that always loses but doesn't STFU and accept WE saved his life too

At least Cho wasn't a hypocritical judgmental jerk that kept saying U NO WELCOME HERE U GO NOW...

[Herecius]

He didn't seem exhausted ...

Point was he's that guy that always loses but doesn't STFU and accept WE saved his life too

At least Cho wasn't a hypocritical judgmental jerk that kept saying U NO WELCOME HERE U GO NOW...

Hypocritical? Judgmental? He was RIGHT. Look what happened to Pandaria's Vale thanks to the Horde/Alliance war.

[Deleted]

Hypocritical? Judgmental? He was RIGHT. Look what happened to Pandaria's Vale thanks to the Horde/Alliance war.

Yes he was right, but it was inevitable once the mists parted. A minority destroyed the Vale, we fixed it! We also removed the Sha, stopped the Zandalari, and ended the Mogu. If we never visited Pandaria they would all be Thunder King slaves. Also where was Taran Zhu when we were helping heal the Vale

If we did what he said he'd be dead

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Yes he was right, but it was inevitable once the mists parted. A minority destroyed the Vale, we fixed it! We also removed the Sha, stopped the Zandalari, and ended the Mogu. If we never visited Pandaria they would all be Thunder King slaves. Also where was Taran Zhu when we were helping heal the Vale

If we did what he said he'd be dead

It doesn't justify the fact he was right. Get over it, Taran'Zhu had every reason to be pissed.

Listen to this and understand why Taran Zhu is the way he is:

I don't like the guy on a personal level but I can understand why he is so concerned about Pandaria. He has every right to. It's not just some dooker(Lol) coming on his land. He has to deal with stuff that the A&H never dealt with ever. It's a very dangerous force(Sha,Mantid,Mogu etc etc).

[Arrashi]

Yeah but messing with the elements. He knows he wouldn't be able to win. Garrosh knows it and he's a coward for it. But then again people would whine if Thrall had his powers and that he would be a Mary Sue.

Wait what ? So using tactic and overcoming strenght of your enemy is cowardince now ? Jezz.

[Itisamuh]

I actually disliked Taran Zhu from the moment I first encountered him, and that dislike only grew stronger as time went on. I like the Shado Pan in general, as a concept, but not him. Pessimistic, preachy, whiny, bossy, etc. I wanted Jaina and Theron to wipe him out when he had the nerve to stand there and give them orders on Thunder Isle, but of course, they caved; more bad writing.

[Abstieg]

I actually disliked Taran Zhu from the moment I first encountered him, and that dislike only grew stronger as time went on. I like the Shado Pan in general, as a concept, but not him. Pessimistic, preachy, whiny, bossy, etc. I wanted Jaina and Theron to wipe him out when he had the nerve to stand there and give them orders on Thunder Isle, but of course, they caved; more bad writing.

Why is it bad writing if you don't like him?

[Deleted]

It doesn't justify the fact he was right. Get over it, Taran'Zhu had every reason to be pissed.

Perhaps he should've tried diplomacy rather than GIT OFF MY LAND! Pandaria was fucked before we came

[Ryme]

Because what happened at that Blizzcon was inexcuseable.

Well, it is, because it was just a song... about a game... by a made up band... at a convention... It really wasn't a big deal.

[Deleted]

Well, it is, because it was just a song... about a game... by a made up band... at a convention... It really wasn't a big deal.

Was this about that song at Blizzcon 2011? That day I realized geeks & nerds apparently lack humour, a dark day indeed

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Was this about that song at Blizzcon 2011? That day I realized geeks & nerds apparently lack humour, a dark day indeed

That's not humor. That's downright insulting.

[Itisamuh]

Why is it bad writing if you don't like him?

Two opposing armies are about to go at it, and one guy yelling at the top of his lungs in a way that would only make someone madder stops them? Yeah right.