lol the similarities between this and sc2 are hilariously close.
that being said, illidan lore = blah. never liked the character in wc3 and not much has changed.
the story just gets weirder and more butchered with each expansion. just my .02 however
Wait for the whole story to be told? I'm sure there's a lot of twists and turns in there since even Xe'ra called him the child of Light AND Shadow. Lot of room for some whacky shit to happen there.
At the end of the day it will probably be the story of a bad guy with good intentions and a selfish heart learning the error of his ways but I guess people are too stuck up in that exact personality and mindset that they don't want to see the character be redeemed so that they can continue to associate their personality flaws with him.
Enslaving the Broken who helped him conquer the Black Temple and making the Life of everyone in Outlands a living hell seems to be pretty evil to me.
And by the way, everyone who think the whole Illidan is the Champion and Angel of Light stuff is good writing can only be described as a complete moron who should play once in their lifetime something different than Blizzard Games.
Except that that has been his story ever since the war of the ancients trilogy. So why are you just NOW getting so butthurt about it? The game's lore has spent the past 12+ years building him up as the "I'm really the good guy you are all fools and you'll see one day!" edgelord thing.
Except the story in WotA implied that the whole destiny thing was BS and people become great by doing great things. That's the whole point of the contrast between Malfurion and Illidan. Malfurion had no amber eyes. He became the greatest hero of that war through effort and circumstances. Illidan was born with amber eyes but he was still struggling to find his own place and his eagerness to prove himself above his brother only made things worse. The story was there to prove the point.
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Why is it so hard for people to look beyond the face value of words like "light" and "shadow" and see the deeper, symbolic meaning? Just because it's quoted that he will be a warrior of the light doesn't mean he'll literally be holy and using holy power.
A warrior of the light can simply mean someone with great power (as Illidan has) who wants to combat the force that's destroying the universe. He wants to stop the Burning Legion. Obviously, the Naaru don't want the Burning Legion to succeed. So in essence, he's fighting for a righteous, "holy" cause. Boom, there's your "holy warrior".
Xe'ra calling him the "child of light and shadow" could mean exactly that. His character is very dark, hence the shadow, but his reasons are good and he wants to save the universe, hence the light.
Symbolism, folks.
I guess now we know why playable Demon Hunters have only two specs, huh.
So where can I myself find this ingame? Would like to see it
So very true.But don't try to argue,they will keep spaming the same arguments and nothing will change.
Its like,in raids we're called champions/heroes,some times champions of the light.But no one thought that in the group exist Death Knights,Warlocks and Shadow priests.
Another thing,if Illidan turns out to be a good guy.Does that make Akama from our timeline a bad guy?
Oh my god yes. I'm so happy this is coming true!
Honestly, I'm quite glad that Illidan got this amazing story, after reading the novel, I was hoping this would make it to game, and I'm so glad that it is happening!
illidan being the child of the light, so now the next class we get will be a demon paladin hunter..