Yeah, its very hard for me temper my expectations on this. Outside of the Calia issue (which I REALLY hope her first words to Voss being about her Dad was meant as a deliberate warning sign) … there is such a solid foundation for future development with the structural changes for the Horde going forward (as long as Blizz invests, which IS the problem).
Voss committing to her people.
Rexxar committing to the Horde.
Rokhan and Gazlowe (OG WC3 Characters) taking charge of their races.
Thrall getting back to his pre-Jesus roots.
Lor’themar is apparently planning to become proactive in the Horde’s future (not just his people’s).
I like ALL of the ARs we’ve gotten (even if they are pretty unrefined atm)
Even Saurfang’s reasons for sacrificing himself serves more effectively as a corner stone conceptually than either Grom or Doomhammer (in the end, all the dude wanted was the next generation to have a chance at what he thought his generation was unworthy of. Guy turned out to just be a SUPER flawed Grandpa).
… But … I guess we’ll see how things go going forward. Also, I DO expect one more AR for both sides (as there remain two CORE races without an equivalent atm).
PTR was updated with new stuff, which I shall post here and link to the OP because I’d rather not recreate the great wall of china with link preview boxes in the first post of the thread.
There’s something really chilling with Thrall reenacting the Blood of Mannoroth situation. Though in thinking about it, it actually makes sense. After all from what I understand Thrall isn’t in connection with the elements out of his sense of guilt and thus them reaching out to him would highlight the dangerous situation. Though I’m morbidly curious of what disaster could compel Thrall to decide that N’Zoth was the key to salvation.
The fact they’ve included Rexxar in the scenario is rather interesting and I’m convinced that Rexxar will be further developed in the future. I’m thinking he’ll serve a Rokhan type role or something… You know if Ogres become a playable leader I see Blizzard sliding Rexxar into the role of their leader. Like he reclaims leadership of the Stonemaul and moves to get the other ogre clans in the Horde.
Geya’rah being the last Mag’har was something and the fact she refers to Corrupted Thrall as the “The false son of Durotan” makes me wonder when she discovered the connection. Like did her parents learn off screen and mention it to her or did she learn about it while on Azeroth.
Magni: Yer back! What happened? Wrathion: I learned that it doesn’t take much for my friends to believe I betrayed them. Wrathion: Doubt me if you must, but know that I will not rest until his smoldering corpse lies at my feet. Wrathion: Champions, that vision was as much for me as it was for you. N’Zoth wants us to believe that my corruption is inevitable.
Apparently the Wrathion boss isn’t the real Wrathion but N’Zoth’s desired vision of Wrathion. However the Ra boss is the real Ra, due to having lost hope.
We use the Engine of Nalak’sha to power the Forge of Origination in order to unleash it against N’Zoth.
Him, and Garona too. Blizz seems to be pushing her further in with the Horde. She was forced into service by Sylvanas, but attended Saurfang’s funeral and really could’ve skipped town by now.
Geya’rah referred to him by his orc name, not as Thrall which is what the vast majority of people, even his friends, refer to him as.
Makes me wonder why she’s calling him Go’el instead of Thrall. To me, she must know so she calls him by what ‘their’ parents intended to call him.
Well… I can accept the Forge of Origination being powerful enough to kill an Old God. Thing is supposed to be strong enough to wipe out all life on Azeroth. So hey, I can buy the thing is strong enough to perma kill an Old God.
Faceless Ones can utilize Fire Magic on the level of Aggramar on Argus!?! Just how powerful are these things!?! Why do they waste time with weaker Void Magic!?!
Normally I’m not a fan of “it was all a dream” style stuff, but considering this is the Old Gods I actually wish Blizz used more of it. I’d love to have a feeling of unease after N’zoth’s defeat, like we can’t trust that we actually beat him because he screwed us around so badly we could be lying in a ditch somewhere dying and we’d never know.
But that might be because one of the X-Files episodes I remember the strongest is the one with the mushrooms.
You know I’m kinda of relieved that the Rajani refer to the other Mogu as lesser clans. They may be friendly but they are still Mogu, with the good and bad.
Naah its not on the same level, you must remember that all the bosses in legion were dealt with god weapons empowered with god essence, so we were more powerful than we are right now, even with the heart of azeroth. and we were like one of each artifact at least so… alot of powert to take down agrammar, while here we probably have a new cape and the heart and just one hero canonically so not the same level by far…
