Originally Posted by
Le Conceptuel
I'll admit that I'm deeply disappointed in the Human Heritage Armor questline, especially the bits with Vanessa. Evidently, Vanessa gets to have an entirely unprompted personality replacement after having previously felt nothing but illimitable hatred for Stormwind and its leadership. The dialogue is no less pathetic than I expected, either. The Defias join her, too, with the entire subfaction that had anything in the way of nuance seemingly disintegrating to make way for the precursor to a commune. I had hoped that Vanessa would become a recurring villain and remain wholly in-character, yet it seems we get to be treated to another Anduinite hatching from the hollow carcass of a character that used to have depth, going straight to friendly banter with a representative of the kingdom that oversaw her father's murder and implicitly disowning the name she got from him—after, mind you, having overseen enough in the way of terrorism and murder to make even the most level-headed, utilitarian sort turn to the sunk-cost fallacy. This is especially amazing given she isn't even in proximity to Anduin, yet even his residue is sufficient to poison her beyond repair as a character.
This is quite shocking given how good the Orc questline was. Normally I have a good laugh where Blizzard fumbles, but this is legitimately frustrating. How in the hell could they screw this up so terribly?