1. #29401
    Quote Originally Posted by hattahat View Post
    In fact, Chris Metzen is not known for his consistency in Lore... I think the Draenei retcons were still the most devastating and massive retcons in any WoW expansion.
    The Draenei Lorelol is pretty massive but let's be real and recognize that even if it was a massive retcon with the Draenei/Eredar thing the stories we got out of it as a result are far, far, faaaaaar more compelling than they would otherwise be if Metzen hadn't forgot that they were always Eredar.

  2. #29402
    Russels back?? good god

    I hope they get Grant Kirkhope back, I loved his Revendreth melodies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chickat View Post
    Anything juicy in the last 12-18hours?
    New PTR build and a sneak peek at the new 12-month mount. Looks like a slitherdrake of some kind.

    Other than that, nothing much. Today was a very uneventful day in terms of leaks.

  4. #29404
    Quote Originally Posted by Chickat View Post
    Anything juicy in the last 12-18hours?
    a leaked subscription bundle you can find here: https://imgur.com/a/p7a8yDt and an interview where the writing team shows once again lack of awareness lol

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    I bet Metzen asked him as an old friend.

  6. #29406
    Quote Originally Posted by Cosmicpreds View Post
    It kinda is considering he wanted nothing to do with Blizzard, last time I checked...
    Interesting, maybe they got mislabeled then? Hmm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zebir95 View Post
    a leaked subscription bundle you can find here: https://imgur.com/a/p7a8yDt and an interview where the writing team shows once again lack of awareness lol
    Oh that Slitherdrake looking thing with tree branches seems cool.

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    Its certainly Brower, some bits remind me of the ambience in WotLK. Its hard to confuse.

  9. #29409
    Quote Originally Posted by Marlamin View Post
    Interesting, maybe they got mislabeled then? Hmm.
    He left in 2017 but said he'd still consider freelancing with them, so this is cool but not necessarily surprising per say.

    https://blizzardwatch.com/2017/07/21...zard-12-years/

  10. #29410
    Quote Originally Posted by Magistrate View Post
    He left in 2017 but said he'd still consider freelancing with them, so this is cool but not necessarily surprising per say.

    https://blizzardwatch.com/2017/07/21...zard-12-years/
    Hmk, fair enough, I had no idea.

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    Also, mildly interesting but not huge, they disabled some more things in this PTR build when the build is running in kiosk (BlizzCon demo) mode so BlizzCon prep is still underway. They also removed the map limitation of the demo to the Emerald Dream, so I'm guessing it was indeed a placeholder after all and they'll be adding a proper mapID in there whenever they prepare the BlizzCon demo proper.

  11. #29411
    Quote Originally Posted by Marlamin View Post
    Hmk, fair enough, I had no idea.

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    Also, mildly interesting but not huge, they disabled some more things in this PTR build when the build is running in kiosk (BlizzCon demo) mode so BlizzCon prep is still underway. They also removed the map limitation of the demo to the Emerald Dream, so I'm guessing it was indeed a placeholder after all and they'll be adding a proper mapID in there whenever they prepare the BlizzCon demo proper.
    That's good, but I would laugh if the PTR is just Amirdrassil (the city/tree) and the Dream. Hopefully it's just the usual with one new next-expac zone.

  12. #29412
    Quote Originally Posted by PotHockets View Post
    The Draenei Lorelol is pretty massive but let's be real and recognize that even if it was a massive retcon with the Draenei/Eredar thing the stories we got out of it as a result are far, far, faaaaaar more compelling than they would otherwise be if Metzen hadn't forgot that they were always Eredar.
    The Draenei lore retcon was good imho

  13. #29413
    Quote Originally Posted by milkmustache View Post
    Wowhead's covered the Narrative interview.

    I'm still in shock with their blatant inability to take criticism, instead defending things that a lot of people seem to have issue with. The first section alone is baffling. "Nozdormu had a dream about clouds on fire, Alexstrasza thought Fyrakk, figured out Fyrakk would logically attack the world tree", which I'm hardly paraphrasing. That is the explaination for how we knew Fyrakk would go after Amirdrassil, without even knowing how he knows about Amirdrassil. What a sad explaination.
    Not gonna lie, that interview is really killing my interest in the next expansion. That felt like a "We don't care, we do whatever we please..." kind of responses.

  14. #29414
    Quote Originally Posted by Woggmer View Post
    Not gonna lie, that interview is really killing my interest in the next expansion. That felt like a "We don't care, we do whatever we please..." kind of responses.
    They aren't allowed to be apologetic.

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    The anticipation is killing me.... I NEED leaks XD

  17. #29417
    Quote Originally Posted by Cheezits View Post
    They aren't allowed to be apologetic.
    Compare that to Metzen's big post about the Draenei/Eredar retcon where he apologizes and explains why he thinks it will be good for the sake of the broader story.

  18. #29418
    Quote Originally Posted by matijwow View Post
    Compare that to Metzen's big post about the Draenei/Eredar retcon where he apologizes and explains why he thinks it will be good for the sake of the broader story.
    The western corporate culture is a very different beast comparing '07 to '23. Western devs aren't allowed to show "weakness" by apologizing, and the only time you see that is a big "corporate apology" on fancy font from the official account.

  19. #29419
    Quote Originally Posted by Cheezits View Post
    The western corporate culture is a very different beast comparing '07 to '23. Western devs aren't allowed to show "weakness" by apologizing, and the only time you see that is a big "corporate apology" on fancy font from the official account.
    And it's an incredibly dumb stance. Similar to politicians defending themself with "i'm not malicious, i'm a moron", as if that was somehow better.

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    I remember now. This is the good time of the year.

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