What's your opinion on joke characters having importance in a lore event?

[Nobleshield]

I think Gamon would have been better if he had been Warmaster Blackhorn in Dragon Soul (and thus, his full name would be Gamon Blackhorn). It would have explained how he got so powerful in Cata (sold his soul to Deathwing), it would have made him a bit of a tragic figure (he turned to Deathwing because he was downtrodden and depressed and lonely that everyone always picked on him for no reason when all he wanted to do was to have a drink, and how nobody liked him), and would have ended his story. And it would have given a boss in DS some familiarity instead of "Oh yeah some random henchmen shows up".

On a similar note I would have given Hagara more of a backstory; probably something related to her being in love with Thrall and bitter/jealous over him choosing Aggra, so she turned to the Twilight's Hammer to get power over the elements to show Thrall that she would be a better life mate. There would be a tragic scene when she's defeated of her apologizing to Thrall for what she's done.

[squid]

First of all Gamon isn't a joke anywhere in game, its just something players have made into a joke.

Secondly the entirety of WoW lore and fiction is essentially a Frankensteins monster of other (usually better) fictions. If there is a concept in here that seems completely new to you, chances are you just haven't experienced the original fiction its derived from. Tolkein Orcs and Elves fight Lovecraft 'Old Gods'. Seems obvious and not far off to have things like Harrison Ford in the game.

[pye]

I see both of your zones with mediocre features to work with for lore and raise you Uldum; the story of how Blizzard wasted Titans, Tol'vir, and the Wind Elementals and Al'akir.

And this, along with pretty much every other "revamped" vanilla zone, is why Cata was terrible. Instead of developing new content, they went back turned perfectly functional zones into immersion-breaking jokes and a world that, post Dragon Soul, actually looks more dated than it did before Cata.

Dev A "Ok team, you know how a lot of the zones and quests in Wotlk don't make sense since Arthas is dead now? Well how about we make it so ALL OF VANILLA is like that once players kill Deathwing!"
Dev B "Yeah that sounds great and all, especially the part about Deathwing, since, unlike Arthas, no one has EVER cared about him... but where do we go from here?"
Dev A "Idk, blatant racism? There's another part of our "great regacy" that could use a refresh!"