Sure, the best way to avoid situations in which they are forced to ignore logic and write characters acting out-of-character in order to justify the gameplay around a specific event they came up with is... to discard that event entirely and write something else.
They never had a chance of making a faction war believable or interesting. And it seems everyone except for them knew that, as it was a reaction shared by many to the announcement of BfA.
I don't know if the factions or the players learned anything from SoO, but Blizzard certainly didn't.
Dickmann's Law: As a discussion on the Lore forums becomes longer, the probability of the topic derailing to become about Sylvanas approaches 1.
Tinkers will be the next Class confirmed.
Honestly, it just sounds fitting. Remember how Alleria was able to resist the Void? Alleria has certain principles. There are things she wouldn't do, such as kill her son.
Sylvanas is a hypocrite who would do anything to win, and all her morals and beliefs are less substantial than air. She stands for nothing, and so falls for anything in the end. In short. Her lack of 'muh honor' means she's a perfect pawn.
The first mortal to successfully defy the shadows' whispers, actually.Remember how Alleria was able to resist the Void?
Given that to facilitate this Sylvanas and the Forsaken had to be entirely rewritten within the span of one masturbatory book to achieve that end I can't exactly praise Blizzard for this achievement. And besides, it's nonsense. The PC can have muh honor and he's still the only reason she gets MC'd by the old gods, so that's mostly a moot point. Even pure conviction in wanting to achieve a certain end, like destroying the world, as is Benedictus' goal, allows him to use both the Light and Void and I'm hard-pressed to believe that Sylvanas is less committed to not going to hell than Benedictus was to do whatever the fuck he wanted to do.
Dickmann's Law: As a discussion on the Lore forums becomes longer, the probability of the topic derailing to become about Sylvanas approaches 1.
Tinkers will be the next Class confirmed.
Dickmann's Law: As a discussion on the Lore forums becomes longer, the probability of the topic derailing to become about Sylvanas approaches 1.
Tinkers will be the next Class confirmed.
Imagine still giving credit to Blizzard on thier storyline in 2019, just because you dislike Sylvanas.
Lul.
Who's giving them credit? The story is shit.
If the coup happens, all that's left is to see how the Alliance reacts. If the Alliance does nothing and the war continues, that'd still be shitty. If the Alliance finally does something aggressive, all's well.
That's how I see it too. If the leaks are real and the coup succeeds, Baine attempts to make peace but the Alliance are actually hawkish and tell him to fuck himself, then there's hope and the only bullet we'll have left to dodge on the Horde's long-term prospects is Calia.
Dickmann's Law: As a discussion on the Lore forums becomes longer, the probability of the topic derailing to become about Sylvanas approaches 1.
Tinkers will be the next Class confirmed.
She stands for something!
Her own survival. At all costs.
Honestly, they've got a pretty easy inspiration to look to for something like that.
Look at The Two Towers opening scene at the tower of Orthanc.
Saruman: You have fought many wars and slain many men Théoden king, and made peace afterwards. Can we not take council together, as we once did, my old friend? Can we not have peace, you and I?"
Théoden: We shall have peace… when you answer for the burning of the westfold, and the children that lie dead there. We shall have peace, when the lives of the soldiers, whose bodies were hewn even as they lay dead against the gates of the Hornburg, are avenged! When you hang from a gibbet for the sport of your own crows… we shall have peace.
The notion that the Horde should finally pay for their actions is a solid foundation for the Alliance to refuse a simple peace treaty and fairly believable position to take. If they're dead set on continuing that conflict, the Alliance refusing to forgive and forget is a reasonable way to do it.
Last edited by Faroth; 2019-04-16 at 07:03 PM.
While I'd have preferred this not involve killing one of the longest running Horde characters and maiming the Forsaken beyond recognition if they do actually go against type and let the Alliance call for vengeance, I'd have fun with it. I'd still shit on Baine and Saurfang on forums of course, but the faction will be servicable.
Mind, the more I see, the more it looks like that's not what happens. It's not a coup, it's just Alliance and Thrall teaming up to bail Baine out. And, another thing I've wanted for ages, those who weren't witness to Jaina's get out of jail free card calling her out on the Purge and sticking with Sylvanas.
Dickmann's Law: As a discussion on the Lore forums becomes longer, the probability of the topic derailing to become about Sylvanas approaches 1.
Tinkers will be the next Class confirmed.