Originally Posted by
keymil
And how is it not? Explain.
The time travel lore still operates on being able to change history as well as having a multiverse. I've already linked the quotes. Garrosh changed history in the WoD-verse. Both concepts are still present in the Warcraft universe with the WoD stuff.
Originally Posted by
keymil
End Time: 100% AU, think we can all agree.
That was not AU. It was a possible future for our universe. We overwrote it with our actions.
Originally Posted by
keymil
Wota: We took the dragon soul from there. We changed the course of history. It didnt have any effect on our present. For me its a sign of AU as well.
I guess you missed the part of DS when Nozdormu says, "With my powers gone, the Dragon Soul has returned to its place in time."
Both the WoE and ET dungeons and the associated quests say that we're going to our past.
Originally Posted by
keymil
HoT: shouldnt even be in CoT since it takes place in present.
That and the DS portal were located there purely for gameplay simplicity.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Why is Dragon Soul in the Caverns of Time when the raid takes place at Wyrmrest Temple?
It's not quite as much for story reasons as it is for logistical ones. The raid starts in present day Dragonblight, heads over the Great Seas, and ends at the Maelstrom. The issue is that, unlike most raid instances, these are locations players can go visit in the world at any time. So we had to create instanced versions of them as settings for the raid. Because of this, we needed to put an instance portal somewhere. And due to the fact that the Caverns of Time locale fits with the rest of the story of the patch 4.3 dungeons, it seemed appropriate to put all the portals in the same place. (
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Originally Posted by
keymil
and then... no more CoT instances. What I think is they dropped the idea of CoT/infinites since it makes little sense with AU lore and they were already planning to implement it.
Infinites still exist, they show up in War Crimes. There is still history-changing time travel along with the AUs. Blizzard deciding to focus more on AUs recently doesn't negate the fact that history-changing time travel has happened and is still part of the Warcraft universe. It's even teased that some of the current depowered Bronzes are going down that path.
“We once knew the timeways inside and out,” she began. “We could see the past and the future with perfect clarity. Our flight’s charge, from the moment Nozdormu became our Aspect, was to protect the sanctity of the timeline. And we were given vast power to do this. Now... things aren’t quite so clear. We can still travel the timeways, but we don’t have that perfect knowledge anymore. That’s why we’ve enlisted mortals to help us keep the timeline safe. But there have been some mutterings. Some of us think that perhaps we should use what skills we have left to manipulate the timeways. Alter the past, change the future to something better.”
She smiled sadly. “Of course, who’s to say what is ‘better’? Especially when we don’t have the perfect insight we once did. That’s what’s held most of us back. But it’s obvious now that Kairoz was among those who thought that the bronze dragons could and should change things. He always did like to tinker...” Her voice trailed off.
--War Crimes