Originally Posted by
Zulkhan
Yeah but it's kinda sad that I had to honestly. Such a way to use the word in similar contexts is known enough and didn't deserve all the pointless questioning.
Probably the losses endured during the War of the Shifting Sands. Back then the army was big enough to threaten the whole of Kalimdor, building something of the same capacity should have required time and effort. Horde and Alliance were meant to assault the Old God's sanctum before it could gather enough power for a widespread, continental invasion.
"Building" also fits the Old God's specific case considered the insectoid nature of its troops, it could literally cultivate and develop more of them. Of course, it can also be a reference to C'Thun's troops being properly organized for full-out war, something they weren't involved with by the times of the War of the Shifting Sands.
Depends. In certain contexts it's obvious but here it's not since there is a lot to swing towards a similar interpretation, not only the fact that C'Thun had indeed an army serving as physical extension of its power/influence but also the word "building" which, unless you're not some dude lifting weights in a gym, hardly fits to refer to one's individual strength. If C'Thun had to recover from a supposed weakened state caused by its restraints than, indeed, "recover" or "recuperate" its strength would have fitted a lot better.
You made a request in this thread, I satisfied it in this thread. Don't forget it was not me who started the derailing to begin with. However, if from now on you're willing to keep going with this you can do that in private. In this thread, the squabble is good as over for me. I'll not address any further reply different from a PM.