Okay, so I watched the new Podcast episode and I saw where they said that the Onyxia Attunement would be the same as it was in Vanilla which, I am actually a bit annoyed about. The story as we see it in game isn’t the canon story.
The fight with Onyxia is very much centered around the missing King Varian. I was hoping, with the Alcaz Island dungeon being added that we would see a change to that storyline and that Varian would be involved in that questline leading to Onyxia, which is the lore. Am I wrong to find this a bit annoying.
The entire push of Forever is about unfinished and untold stories. The Missing Diplomat is a story alot of people wanted to see carried further in the game instead of just dying off outside Theramore. I am still hopeful that we get to explore more of that story but that entire arc ends when Varian’s two halves confront her in her lair and she uses a spell to destroy them only for it to backfire and rejoin him into one whole person. That is how his sword Shalamayne came into existence. It’s a massive part of lore that revolves around this raid.
But the attunement has zero changes? Or am I misunderstanding that?
AFAIK when they talked about the story, it was that Forever starts earlier than vanilla but the timeline will eventually catch up to vanilla. What matters is if changes occur before the original events. Onyxia was at the beginning and likely isn’t being affected since attunement is remaining the same.
We might see changes to Molten Core, BWL etc as we change the story. But Onyxia being one of the launch raids means it’s going to be the same.
I have already done “The Missing Diplomat” quest chain and that hadn’t changed. From everything we know about the Alcaz Island dungeon, it seems very likely it leans into that same story line since that is where Varian was kept after he was kidnapped and where Onyxia separated him into two people before the Naga attacked.
If all that is true, then why not change the attuement to match the story. If Forever is about the journey and the story, then why over look or outright ignore such an obvious edit or addition.
Is it because Onyxia raid was already so well known and integrated into the BRD dungeon with rescuing Windsor, which also involved Varian in the official storyline.
Like, I understand they said they didn’t want to change the dungeons that existed in Vanilla from what they were but at the same time… it’s telling the wrong story for a version of WoW that is all about the story.
iirc, they also said for some raids youll be able to get in the dungeon but there may be more to do before you can really play it.