Thread: Patch 3.3.2 - The Fall of the Lich King

most ppl complaining here that a 7 year long story end in a 3 min cinematic are probably the one who dont read quest text from all the epic questine in WoTLK ....

6/10 on the cinematic. I wasn't expecting a 10, but it was underwhelming.

So the official reasoning is that without a LK to keep the Scourge in check, they would overrun Azeroth.
If the Scourge is/was strong enough to conquer Azeroth, why didn't the LK do it years ago? I presume world domination/the-living-are-no-more was his goal. I guess he was just waiting for us to slog through vanilla and TBC so we could kick his butt at level 80.

And now that Bolvar is the new LK, why doesn't he simply command all his minions to tear each other up or find some other means of self-destruction? Once the Scourge implodes, destroy the helmet and you're done. Even Tirion/Bolvar can't be dumb enough to believe that their solution is anything but a bandaid fix. Sooner or later the new LK will lose his senses and start some new trouble.

All this conclusion does is use shoddy reasoning to setup a WOTLK2 xpack down the line. I don't mind the idea of a new Lich King, in of itself. I do mind that Blizzard spent all this effort and press to hype WOTLK as some grand story arc and promised an epic conclusion, but all we get is a poorly written ending that suggests for all Alli/Horde's hard work, the LK is still kickin', it was all a waste, and the heroes will have to come back and do 2x time the work to mop up Tirion/Bolvar's idiocy. It seems these characters are only interested in making grand/melodramatic/heroic gestures/sacrifices rather than implementing real solutions.What amateurish, circular storywriting.

Didn't feel like reading 186 comments, but since most seem to be about the cutscene, it's important to mentino that one of the Lich King's attacks, Pain and Suffeing, is actually for Halls of Reflection! He does AoE cone damage behind him constantly, so you can no longer do the strategy where you wait behind him.

Lich King now allied with Black dragonflight = more fun times... HORAY!!!

Originally Posted by Shayser

....why'd Blizzard copyright claim the video? Boul's got a TON of videos and they choose this one? o_O

Why? ???

Because this is an expansion ruin-er.

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Originally Posted by Toast515

Well, let's see, we kill Illidan, no cutscene, only Akama says they retake the temple. We kil...ahem...banish Kil'Jaedan, and get a nice little epilogue. We take out the Lich King, and they give us a pretty damn fitting cinematic. Yeah, it's not all that detailed and "omg pyro and parties and lewtz lololololol" It doesn't NEED to be. I think it is perfect. The Lich King dies, and in his final moments, we get Arthas. He knows everything he has done, doesn't ask for forgiveness which he knows he does not deserve, and he accepts his fate. Only asking if it's all over now. And Terenas, being a father, still loves, and forgives his son. Then Tirion, unaware of Bolvar sitting on the throne, is willing to sacrifice himself to ensure the scourge is controlled. Bolvar knows that he is not who he used to be, is willing to be the grand sacrifice by a noble soul. Tirion doesn't want his good friend and brother in arms to have to do that. Bolvar however, wants Tirion to live out the rest of his life however it plays out. Tirion knows this, and Bolvar, is crowned, so to speak, and freezes himself and presumably the rest of the scourge. As for leave now and never return? Who can blame him for saying that? He is no longer Bolvar, he is the Lich King now, albeit a (for now possibly) good one.

I like this comment. It's right on. I would have like one minor change though.

*Arthas dies, his spirit rises from his body, Terenas takes his son's hand.
Terenas: Come my son, you have a long road ahead of you...'
*They both walk off and vanish*
(The whole New lich king crap, wich is lame, was already mentioned by Uther so we can leave that part out.)
Indeed, more DV stuff but I like the tough of Arthas not just dying like that. He was THE reason I loved WCIII and started playing WoW.

Well they could always say Bolvar to line up all the zombies and kill one by one without any retaliation. Then smelt the helm and make bars and sell them on AH.