What was wrong with the Kalimdor book? I kinda missed that period of WoW.
What was wrong with the Kalimdor book? I kinda missed that period of WoW.
But that wasn't a factor in the BFA or Shadowlands pre-order. Cosmetic rewards came immediately, while the allied race stuff came in the following minor patch. The Dragonflight pet, mount & transmog bonus are already in the live client.
Also none of that means they can't talk about it.There was a story about Lorethemar teaching Zekhen how to read. Which seemed extremely offputting because Trolls were the first to acclimate to the other languages of Azeroth. Also why would the Leader of the Elves teach a random Troll this?
Last edited by Ersula; 2022-04-27 at 05:28 PM.
Honestly, at this point I cannot really see any other reason they have not opened pre-orders than them wanting to couple it with Alpha opening, or 9.2.5 being launched.
Unless one of the pre-order rewards are horribly bugged there doesnt seem to be a reason to delay when thye could just say that the accompanying AR becomes available at a later date.
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Many many racist caricatures, a letter that was written in Gallywix's voice that was changed last minute to Gazlowe. This is a good breakdown: https://www.wowhead.com/news/world-o...-racial-325248
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One of the very specific things was that they severely downplayed the burning of Teldrassil, and in turn portrayed Nelves as unfair for not wanting Horde to come into their lands.
The most egregious one though was that Zekhan (and by proxy the Horde) was shown to be an illiterate idiot, who despite being a trained shaman didnt understand basic concepts like the tides.
It all just kinda coalesced into making the Horde seem like the biggest dunces on Azeroth.
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Yeah it did the Horde dirty.
Zekhan having to be taught how to read/write by Lor'themar makes zero sense within the lore too.
I really hope the Dark Ranger customizations are extensive and not just "now you get red eyes! its just like how night elves got black eyes!"
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I think these reasons, while valid and held by many, were not the motivation for the question being asked. I saw the original tweet from the person who asked the question. It was specific to how the book portrays cultures inspired by BIPOC communities.
EDIT: @JDBlou posted a wowhead article that goes into detail on these complaints.
I think a problem with the Kalimdor book as well is that it is probably just an inherently less interesting place than EK in terms of lore. You really only have the Tauren and Nelves with any long-term storylines going on there, and the Tauren are nomadic, and the Nelves mostly stick to the zones surrounding Hyjal.
With EK you had the ongoing storylines of Gilneas, Lordaeron, Silvermoon, Stormwind, Ironforge, etc. In addition to places like the Plaguelands and such that are still mostly unresolved.
In Kalimdor you have a few sparse interesting places like Tanaris and the Barrens. Bust mostly it's just empty wilderness.
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