Antorus, The Burning Throne Finale Cinematics

[Wildmoon]

errmm looked cool but I have a few questions that might have been answered in the raid.

Where did that big cloud come from over Azeroth?

What was Sargaras doing hiding in it? Or has been inside Azeroth too?

Why did Illidan need to stay? Looked like the Pantheon had it covered.

Why didn't the Pantheon just defeat him that easily in the first place, rather than all get killed? Seemed to take zero effort on their part.

I am kinda confused about that too. The Pantheon even told us all to get back. I think it's Blizzard's way of saying Illidan has no purpose in the story outside of burning legion stuff.

[Deleted]

Happy they kept Sargeras red and not also re-made him into a fel green like KJ.

[Kellorion]

Not one horde hero even glimpsed.

[Deleted]

Shouldnt him tossing his sword into azeroth have atleast created another cataclysm? I mean hye is 100 times the size of ol deathwing that created a cataclysm

Pretty much this.

I guess it would be rather easy to calculate the cinetic energy the sword should have set free from the impact alone but since the sword penetrates the surface it should also cause major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Basically this event would be much more likely to trigger a catalysm than deathwings event.

[Deleted]

Basically this event would be much more likely to trigger a catalysm than deathwings event.

Neh. Deathwing was literally at the core of the world and shattered it by breaking out of Deepholm.

Internal damage exceeds the external.

[Magnagarde]

The planet he cleaved in the past was probably a lot smaller than Azeroth.

[serra2]

Neh. Deathwing was literally at the core of the world and shattered it by breaking out of Deepholm.

Internal damage exceeds the external.

It was a one-two punch. Him shattering out of the Core caused a ton of damage, which was then exacerbated by Deathwing using his Earth Warder powers to amplify the damage and effects.

[CreatureLives]

So does the sword show on the world map similar to how we see the Maelstrom? It would be cool if there is a giant sword.

Also, Anyone else think we'll get a new raid or two there? I get for lore reasons it's cool to have but now we just have a mostly empty zone. Maybe we get a raid inside of the wound OR AQ gets an update similar to the Naxx update in Wrath. It is strange that AQ would be the only place not impacted by this in Silithus.

Oh, and RIP Commander Mar'alith and everyone else in Silithus.

[derpkitteh]

that was exactly what i was hoping for. wonderful. just wish i could have seen whatever illidan was going to do once sarg is trapped.

also, what the fuck is that bone from inside of the sword? some kind of space whale?

[Coxeter]

Oh my God. That was amazing. As a huge fan of the Warcraft lore I feel the tears pressing on as Illidan finally faces fallen titan himself.

[Deleted]

Neh. Deathwing was literally at the core of the world and shattered it by breaking out of Deepholm.

Internal damage exceeds the external.

Deepholme isn't the core of Azeroth, it's an different elemental plane. Yes, that's a wrong piece of lore that keeps reappearing even after Chronicles.

[Deleted]

Might be out of the loop, but how is the Pantheon still standing? Didn't Sargeras kill them all?

[Blade Wolf]

Might be out of the loop, but how is the Pantheon still standing? Didn't Sargeras kill them all?

He took their soul/essence to turn them into Dark Titans. You free them in Antorus.

[Deleted]

That was a damn fine cinematic. Illidan doesn't stay to "fight" Sargeras. He stays there to watch and mock him, sort of looking at his grand prize. "The hunter is nothing without the hunt" he remarks that he has no place on Azeroth since he has no other purpose now.

[Appleson]

Is this model used somewhere? http://media.mmo-champion.com/images...ust/rnpcbe.jpg

[Deleted]

Kinda meh feelings about the cinematics. If someone should have sacrificed himself it would have made more sense for Velen to go and if a sacrifice must have happened at least show Illidan doing something. Were they banking on nostalgia or what to care about this big twist? Illidan was thought to be dead before this expansion, they brought him back for 3 tiers and put him away again. To me this retcon just feels really really cheap. On top of this we didn't really do that much with Illidan in this expansion. Cutscenes where he was were cool i guess.

Maybe it's explained in the raid or i missed them on the quest, but i didn't get the feel that we went to Antorus to free the titans to shoot a moonbeam to a Sargeras hiding in a cloud. Wasn't this about stopping them from recycling demons that die or something? I feel like the ending just relies on too much moon logic.

[wombinator04]

Welp, nice seeing you Illidan.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Eh. I expected something bigger. I expected a twist. Only real twist was that Sargeras was humping Azeroth inside the cloud, which honestly a lot of people predicted would happen.

[Millyraynge]

at last, illidan is happy

[Deleted]

I bet Sargeras sitting in that chair sighing and Illidan there showing off his demon form. Then eventually he looks around and Azeroth isn't there anymore and he's goes "fuck".