
Originally Posted by
druvirus
It depends what you consider the main storyline. If you think Hallowfall and the Arathi and Renilash are the next story beats after Nerub, then you'd be right. If you think Black Blood and the fate of the Dark Heart is the main story beats after Nerub, then you'd be wrong.
Siren's Isle was little more than just a catch-up island. The story of it has pretty much nothing to do with nothing.
But I can agree that aesthetically Undermine does take a break from everything else we've had so far (which I loved the small break, but I can understand the oddity), but I'd say story-wise it was way more important than Arathi's storyline at this current moment.
By the end of 11.0, we had Queen Ansurek dead, an Ethereal Princess fleeing to meet with her crew, Black Blood bubbling up, and a broken Dark Heart out in the world that Xal'atath was needing to get fixed. Knowing that Goblins had created the Dark Heart, I think it makes sense that the next story beats involved trying to stop Xal'atath from trying to get it fixed. This would lead us to Undermines, not to Arathi. The conflict involving Arathi, nerubians, and Beledar are absolutely important, but the chase of the Dark Heart is seemingly the most important thing. That leads us to Goblins. And now that Ethereals have it, we have nothing to chase .. until after they make their move. Arathi/Beledar are, despite everything, the side story at the moment. They're the tangent. Not the Goblins.