thats exactly what i mean, though. the expansion was done at that point, and from there the content became obsolete because we were already waiting for the release of the next one.
bofas not over yet, and faction invasions and everything else is still current content. its bizarre that the ceasefire would come now and not when its all old, obsolete content anyway.
thats exactly what theyve already set it up as, and thats exactly the problem. sylvia and nathan didnt commit the genocide at teldrassil alone. they didnt run up and down the shoreline firing the catapults, they didnt use their secret shamanic powers to fan the flames, and they didnt massacre their way through night elven lands to get there by themselves.
like, i get it, it sucks that the horde was made the villain. but the horde is responsible for the actions of the horde, and there has to be consequences.
“Genocide is forgivable because we were just following orders!” is such a horrifying message for blizzard to send, and i firmly and absolutely believe that it must be rebuffed in no uncertain terms.
i dont know. i think it would be precipitated on the fact that it has to be unfair, because teldrassil had alliance players be forced to fail and die, and then in the ‘reprisal’ at lordaeron, alliance players were forced to fail and die again.
and then the battle of dazar’alor, which has jaina as the final boss and ends with anduin mourning that theyre just as bad as the horde and its not actually a victory. and then sira, delaryn and the undead night elves to balance out tyrande getting a pointless ‘powerup’. (and the night elves triumphant return to their homeland being made moot) and then the final arc of the expansion have the alliance as a whole be entirely unimportant and present only because they have to be, with the revelation that sylvanas could have won the moment she chose to, and everything the alliance player has done up to that point having been an exercise in futility.
it sucks. it does. it really, really, does. but hordies got their ending, and got four lovingly crafted cinematics to assure them theyre the good guys and their story would be the driving force behind this expansion. every act, every arc and every part of this expansion has always gone out of its way to ensure horde players end up okay. either through there always being an upside to every defeat, or sylvanas doing just fine regardless.
tyrande has to fight the horde. she has to fight them, kill them, and win. unequivocally. there can be no ‘Yeah but (Jaina got her @ss kicked) or (A bunch of night elves got scourged and the forsaken still control the land) or (Saurfang saved Azeroth while the Alliance watched)’ and she cannot be made villainous for it.
she must have justice for the genocide the horde participated in and full throatedly supported. the message sent otherwise is too horrifying for a billion dollar, multinational corporation to support.
(sorry for the rant but damn dude am i tired of this expac)
