The Sha and Sentience

[Dayon]

Hello!

Is anyone else a little disappointed that it seems like the greater Sha are sentient?

Looking at the first images of their models as posted on MMO-Champ's front page, I thought they were really menacing. They seemed like they weren't intelligent. To me, I interpreted them, as physical manifestations of negative emotions like anger and doubt, to simply be, and were aggressive because of their nature.

I thought the Sha of Anger was bad-ass when I saw it, but strolling into Kun-Lai summit and hearing it speak kinda strips away the sense of dread I felt about them as our main enemy. They're really humanized in this sense, and now I think they're just like any other enemy we've fought, and can and will be defeated. To me, a good enemy is one that gives you the sense you can't win, a la the Reapers when only Mass Effect had been out.

TL;DR, Sentience presented by the Sha of Anger paint a much less impressive enemy.

Thoughts?

[Temp name]

The way I see it, they're beings of great power (Aching towards old god stuff) who prey on the weakness in mortals to increase their power.

[Dayon]

I can't help but compare the Sha to the Scourge. I actually feared the Scourge to a degree, and I wasn't sure how in the hell we were going to defeat them in Wrath. I guess I need to see the story develop a little more. The Scourge were also an enemy we were familiar with from way back in Warcraft, and knew it was a hanging threat since the release of WoW, only finally dealt with years later.

Still, I just don't fear the Sha like I feared the Scourge, not after hearing them speak.

[Epiclipto]

all mighty entities always end up being sentient ... it comes with the whole "been around forever nothing can compete with me" ... then we kill them....

[Chonar]

I see where you're coming from. It's a design choice I guess... I'll have to see how it all pans out in MoP.