your statement about players accepting him is nothing but an opinion. maybe a majority wouldnt accept him or maybe only a minority wouldnt accept them, we dont know.
its not possible that whoever the next warchief is cant take over and rule from garrosh's chambers? you dont think that if a tauren or a troll took over there wouldnt be troll or tauren guards in the throne room? is there a law somewhere that the leader of the horde has to be located in orgimmar? orgimmar is a capital city but thunderbluff is also considered a capital city, undercity is also considered a capital city.
And how does Vol'jin becoming the warchief prevent that? It's not like him taking the role suddenly makes all the orcs vanish or turn into trolls. They will still have an orc racial leader, Orgrimmar will still be the hub of the Horde, they will still have the orcs as the majority forces of war, etc.
The Illidari was lead by Illidan, who was one of only what seemed to be five night elves in the entire force, the majority being Naga, Blood Elf, and Fel Orc. Should I call it a night elf faction though since the leader seems to be the only important part?
I don't mind him becoming Warchief. He's got all of the qualities of one.
The only thing that seems to be stopping him becoming Warchief is the apparent precedent that Warchief's must be Orcs, which is hard to judge because up until this point the Orcs haven't been a position where they've spent a significant enough time with another race where that has been a individual with suitable qualities.
Then there's the simply fact Warcraft is Orcs vs Humans.
I'm apathetic really. I don't mind if he becomes Warchief, but it isn't in the "theme" of the games story progress.
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Having a troll ruling then horde does disrupts the vision of the war being between Orcs and Humans mainly. I dont exactly recall the context of Blizzard saying that they want to maintain Warcraft as orcs vs HUmans, but i think it had somethign to do with who the next Warchief would be. If i have some time i might try to find the quote.
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No, but i am not taking that only quote, i am saying that last quote three weeks ago, coupled with the last quote we got from him about the subject (getting our Warchief back), coupled with Thrall returning to the Horde politics in 5.1, and my opinion of only Thrall making sense as the next Warchief is a set of hints that lead me to the opinion of Thrall being the next Warchief.
Also, when people asks Thrall to be coming back, is not to have an NPC standing in Orgrimmar, we want his presence, his leadership, his position back. I think Chris understands that.
I dont think he can send us better hints at us without blatantly spoiling us the lore completely.
Last edited by Crashdummy; 2012-10-15 at 05:33 PM.
I have mentioned it multiple times now, but I think Thrall will become like Malfurion. In case people are confused by my reference, Malfurion and Tyrande are leaders of the Night Elves, however Malfurion does not really consider himself a part of the faction conflict, thus he, for the most part, gives full reign to Tyrande to make those choices while he does his own thing.
When Thrall returns, he will help convince the other leaders to appoint Vol'jin as the warchief, but himself will stay around as a spiritual leader. This way, Vol'jin is technically the Warchief, but Thrall is around to fill the void of an important orc that does not fully answer to Vol'jin.
Believe it or not, but Metzen made Thrall into his persona during Cataclysm because he wanted to get Thrall out of the Warchief seat. He felt the role was suffocating him and kept him from reaching his potential as a character beyond the factional squabbles that define the series.
Last edited by Grocalis; 2012-10-15 at 05:34 PM.
There's no way they'd redeem Garrosh after what he's done. Only way to pull that of in the story would be to emphasize on how Thrall might be hesitant to pull the trigger because of his father. But Vol'jin, Baine, Sylvanas and Lor'themar would happily do it for him.
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That actually sounds like a very plausible idea.
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Why hasn't anyone mentioned Aggra? That is whom I personally think will be the next warchief. It will most definitely allow Blizzard to build their story even further into future expansions with Aggra and Thrall raising their child and their child becoming warchief later on. Eh, just my opinion.
There's no bringing Thrall "back" he has always been there. Think of it as when Bolvar Fordragon was leading the Alliance, Wrynn was off doing stuff. I think it will be the same way with Aggra and Thrall.
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Could you explain why you think this? Aggra is the wife of Thrall and mother of his child. With Thrall's insight, it would almost as if Thrall was leading the Horde.
Lol, it's unlikely, though in Twilight of the Aspects, Thrall sarcastically mutters that if she were leader of the horde, then there would be peace, with children of all races playing together in the capital cities. Again I'm paraphrasing. That book is probably with the shattering under multitudes of art supplies lol.
How about this one? There won't be a warchief. Maybe the Horde learns a lesson from Garrosh and doesn't give one individual so much power and come to realization that the idea of a "warchief" is out of date. A council of sorts to lead the horde, with an orc chairing it with Vol'jin and Baine taking an active role in governing it and have a considerable sway of power. Well.. that's what I think's gonna happen anyway but maybe horde purists will disagree. I dunno to be fair.
What I'm hoping it'll be, because there is a quest where Vol'jin has to go to Thrall, and Thralls responding quest is something like 'Because horde is family', suggesting ones like Thrall, Vol'jin, Baine and that are like family. So the hopes being that when Thrall returns, even if he isn't warchief, the horde will stand not by 1 single leader anymore, but as a union, the council of the horde, where all leaders are integral.
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Again, a Warchief is going to exist. It's too iconic to remove. The issue is the person behind the title. Is it a moderate character like Thrall that gives all the other races respect and the ability to govern themselves? Or is it like Garrosh, who simply uses his power to boss the other races around? It's not the position that's the issue, it's how the one in power utilizes it.
I'm pretty sure it will be like Thrall, again, the Horde cant stand two tyrants in a row, and besides, when the threat Wrathion is warning us comes, both Horde and Alliance will have to unite forces again to overcome it.
I still think Thrall is the only one that makes sense.