Sha of Fear - What a disapointment

[ohshift]

So, I just killed the boss and... that's it? He just goes kaputt and that's all? Not even a single line of lore or anything happening after killing him?
Wailing Caverns has more roleplay when we kill the last boss.

[Totaltotemic]

It's just a Sha. It doesn't have a personality or characterization, it's just a big scary thing that we kill because it's messing stuff up. Consider the 5.0 raids as an introduction to the real MoP storyline in which Wrathion is just testing you.

[IRunSoFarAway]

Nothing happens when you kill a lot of bosses, why would you expect any more?

[smegdawg]

Krasarang Quest lines say Shut The Hell up.

The story is progressing great.

[ohshift]

Nothing happens when you kill a lot of bosses, why would you expect any more?

Because it's the end boss of a tier, not Firsty McDude FreeKillz from a heroic 5man

At Mogu'shan we have Lorewalker Cho. At Heart of Fear, we got the damn Sha of Fear himself at the end.
At Terrace, we don't get even a "cool, hes dead"

[IRunSoFarAway]

Because it's the end boss of a tier, not Firsty McDude FreeKillz from a heroic 5man

Original statement here, with "bosses" replaced with "end of tier bosses". There.

[ghostblade]

Because it's the end boss of a tier, not Firsty McDude FreeKillz from a heroic 5man

At Mogu'shan we have Lorewalker Cho. At Heart of Fear, we got the damn Sha of Fear himself at the end.
At Terrace, we don't get even a "cool, hes dead"

because we should not have gotten the cool, hes dead. The Sha of Fear is one of those bosses that in lore will be said you are hunting it. After he left the heart of fear you have been kinda hunting him. Untill wrathion told you where he was and that you need to collect his "soul". this is how you can put it in lore.

[Kralljin]

1st Raid Tier never had great story telling.

Remember Throne of the 4 Winds? Not a single NPC even mentions this Instance.

Remember Cho'gall in BoT? As Horde Player Garona would talk your ear off with "Cho'gall will pay bla bla".

Remember BWD? Oh hey, Nef is back as UD. finish.


Remember OS? Oh there's a great Black Dragon and some Twilight Dragons in Alexstrasza's Basement, let's not mention it.

Remember Naxx? An Npc having some boss projections and talking a bit about Bosses, and Mograine got replaced by Rivendare, that's Naxx Lore.

The only exception was Eye of Eternity, decent Event afterwards and those quests around the Nexus provided a decent lead up.

[Squirl]

The fight itself is pretty boring too, especially on normal. It doesn't even look very cool on heroic. Same as normal until p2, then you get a blank room, a cone to avoid, his submerge, and some adds to kill. All numbers with easy mechanics, similar to Empress.

[nightfalls]

The fight itself is pretty boring too, especially on normal. It doesn't even look very cool on heroic. Same as normal until p2, then you get a blank room, a cone to avoid, his submerge, and some adds to kill. All numbers with easy mechanics, similar to Empress.

On heroic it doesn't even seem he dies with big flashes, just a "argh" and kaput. And it doesn't seem the fight is extremely compelling even on heroic (I can't tell since I've never pulled it on HM) but rather seems to be more of an endurance test where you can't screw up over ~20-25 minutes or wipe.

Of course I might be wrong, but that's the impression I get from videos.

[Rakoth]

The fight itself is pretty boring too, especially on normal. It doesn't even look very cool on heroic. Same as normal until p2, then you get a blank room, a cone to avoid, his submerge, and some adds to kill. All numbers with easy mechanics, similar to Empress.

So you have killed him right?

Maybe a little more voice work could have been good. I might have appreciated it a bit more that way.

[andain]

Well he does progress you in the legendary quest line, technically... So there is story line attached to that.

[Squirl]

So you have killed him right?

Not on heroic yet, but it's next on the list. I've been watching a bunch of videos. The most exciting thing in them is the music.

I'm not saying the kill won't be rewarding or difficult; it is the last boss. It just doesn't look very exciting. I enjoy the mechanically complex fights more than the "do all the numbers and don't be dumb" fights.

[Snarfysnarf]

try it on heroic, phase 2 is pretty epic

[Granyala]

He is Sha. He cannot be killed. Only subdued for a limited amount of time.

Storyline is actually quite retarded. We subdue him before the real war even starts. Now imagine Alli-Horde forces in full strength, fighting ferociously.

I wouldn't be surprised one bit if the Sha would make an appearance again later on.

[Viriel]

I agree that the fight is a boring 1 phase fight. I thought and think exactly the same(unlike grand empress, which is just well done). However, as a holy paladin on orb duty on the platforms you never ever have a single breathing moment, it never is boring during the fight because you have to balance between casting heals and picking up orbs, and on the main platform if youre unlucky you might be having to dodge the addbombs alot. While the fight is boring, fighting it certainly is not as a cast-dependant healer.

[Resentful]

He is Sha. He cannot be killed. Only subdued for a limited amount of time.

Storyline is actually quite retarded. We subdue him before the real war even starts. Now imagine Alli-Horde forces in full strength, fighting ferociously.

I wouldn't be surprised one bit if the Sha would make an appearance again later on.

*Giggle* With Garrosh as his master; So original!

:P

[Martinussen]

try it on heroic, phase 2 is pretty epic

i havent tried it, but the mechanics for phase two seems dull. Phase 1 mechanics are boring as well. do that for 10 minutes, then do another rinse and repeat mechanics for 10 minutes. When i heard he had a different phase on heroic i were excited. Couldn't wait for a kill video. I litteraly fell asleep during paragons video.
2 minutes in the second phase ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz.....

[Bluey111]

Nothing happened when we killed Al'akir, one of the four elemental lords, he was just there and then dead...

[Granyala]

*Giggle* With Garrosh as his master; So original!

Just replace Empress with Garrosh. Saves the Animation team some time to spend on new con.... dailies :<