On topic, my thoughts on this cutscene are mostly positive, it had some decent moments and Sylvanas didn’t seem overly overpowered, and actually didn’t keep the upper hand even when it came to verbal sparring.
My only issue, which isn’t really this cutscene’s fault, its that the Night Warrior’s power failing at the last moment would have been far more impactful if we’d actually seen it… doing stuff in a successful and overt way without the drawbacks prior to this. So again we’re kind of going back to BfA and all those issues there. We’ve never actually seen the Night Warrior power at full strength and not constantly failing, so it fading out becomes more of a ‘oh yeah, of course’ moment than a big scary moment.
If Illidan’s power suddenly got snuffed out, it would be a big deal. Same as if Jaina were slapped with an anti-magic weapon or if Thrall had lost his elemental powers right in the middle of his fight with Garrosh. In this case, we’ve never seen that power manifest in a dramatic way, until now, and it only lasts for a minute before it’s gone.
To be fair, Thiernax was slaying an Old God to save his entire planet. Tyrande committing suicide to kill Sylvanas at this point in the narrative only serves as an act of retribution, not salvation.
Sylvanas is a tool for Zovaal to continue doing the stuff he was doing, placing in danger all there is. Maybe not as problematic as an Old God on a single planet, who knows.
(but emotional connection would still make events / things on Azeroth more important feel-wise for the players).
But in the cinematic, she literally says, Give me the power to kill her, my life for hers…
Elune then grants her this power to Starfire her way up to Slyvanas, then instantly removes it… Why? Why give her the ability to even Starship her butt up there? Why not just be like, nahhh… you good…
The end goal of taking money from the players after promoting one story indeed does not require follow up the hype / build-up and fulfilling expectations.
I think it’s a matter of weighed interests. Would killing Sylvanas right then and there have really altered the Jailer’s plans in any significant fashion, enough to warrant Tyrande’s death, when her continued existence could arguably have (at least, from Elune’s perspective) a greater net positive impact on the situation? It’s possible.
For Thiernax, going supernova was the only solution available to counter the threat he faced. For Tyrande, it may not be the case. The Night Warrior bargain may have been struck to find a means to Sylvanas’ end, but Elune seems to believe it shouldn’t come at the cost of Tyrande’s own life. Unlike Thiernax, it’s not a die or die scenario.
LOL funy how sum guys in here say dey were going to let their sub expire in a couple days THREE WEEKS AGO and come in here saying they wont be strung along any further
