Originally Posted by
Thage
The problem is that the faction war in and of itself cannot carry an expansion story with the current writing team's level of "talent." The writing requires too many plot holes, too many factors pushed to the wayside, and too many characters derailed or pushed into situations they have no rational reason to be in in order to make the faction conflict work. It's especially egregious when amorphous 'spirits' told Vol'jin to select a known omnicidal maniac to lead the Horde when the Horde was still picking up the pieces from Garrosh's disastrous turn into maniacal villainy and the fallout therein. It was painfully obvious this story choice was influenced outside the plot in order to push the faction conflict from a B-plot (which it's been since the second half of Warcraft 3) into the A-plot, even if only for the first half of BFA, and the current story status (the entire landfill being on fire) is indicative of the writing team's complete inability to make a faction war work.
If the faction war wants the A-plot, it needs good writing. Factors that put one faction at a clear disadvantage should be addressed and countered, not quietly ignored without so much as a passing reference. If the Ancients have such strong ties to the night elves but ignore the Horde burning Teldrassil and desecrating wide swaths of Darkshore, explain why. If the Vindicaar is unable to fire on the Horde when the Horde was stonewalled by wisps for a week, explain why. If the Cenarion Circle hasn't declared war on the Horde after aforementioned ecological devastation, explain why. If the Ebon Blade aren't mobilizing against someone whose stated goal is to wipe out all life on Azeroth, explain why. If the Silver Hand hasn't put Sylvanas in their sights after what went down at the Undercity, explain why.
"This isn't the story we want to tell" is bad fanfic-level justification. It's something the troll who wrote My Immortal as "Tara Gillespie" would use in ff.net feedback comments to defend their work as part of the masquerade. When this is the quality of writing we have to expect from the faction war, don't get shitty when someone gets sick of the faction war and wants it to be the hell over with. When you're fed a steady buffet of bullshit, you're fully in your rights to say "I'm tired of eating bullshit, can I get a burger instead?"