BlizzCon 2018 Spoilers/Discussion Thread

it's like to be a villain in WoW you can't be nuanced you just have to straight up be evil
To lighten things up, I'm following various interviews / reveals on the new Hearthstone expansion Rastakhan's Rumble and the F2P mode coming with it appears to be a mix between an arena run and a deck building game where you can assemble a team of combatants.

While definitely outside the WoW canon (Zul'jin is still alive, as the first flagrant 'violation'), it's shaping up to look like a really fun expansion for fans of Trolls and the Loa - folks might be interested in checking it out just to see what kind of other Loa and troll heroes they'll be putting out to help them with ideas!
Assuming Tyrande will do anything more with her powers than attack Darkshore and then stand ominously at the Siege of Undercity is staring years of evidence in the face and blinking.
Soggoth's awake

so hey uh ren'dorei you wanna be buddy-buddy with the forest trolls and let bygones be bygones
I suddenly don't feel safe on Kalimdor anymore
tfw no Azuremyst/Bloodmyst Warfront
11/07/2018 11:32 AMPosted by Dakama
Soggoth's awake

so hey uh ren'dorei you wanna be buddy-buddy with the forest trolls and let bygones be bygones
I suddenly don't feel safe on Kalimdor anymore


He's just a world boss. He's "Weakened." Still seems ~kind of irresponsible~ but I'm sure it'll be building up to the Kerrigan 2.0 redemption arc if it was Sylvanas, or they'll just say the Twilight's Hammer suddenly appeared during the Battle for Darkshore and stole a two story tall sword and refugees noticed.
11/07/2018 12:01 PMPosted by Opherial
He's just a world boss. He's "Weakened." Still seems ~kind of irresponsible~ but I'm sure it'll be building up to the Kerrigan 2.0 redemption arc if it was Sylvanas, or they'll just say the Twilight's Hammer suddenly appeared during the Battle for Darkshore and stole a two story tall sword and refugees noticed.


apparently the twilight's hammer did exactly that
Which just brings us back full circle to how a group can be eradicated a couple dozen times but always has just enough plucky troopers to pull off a major win when the story demands side content.
So the Twilight's Hammer can steal a two story tall sword in the breath of an overnight patch.

But if I want the transmog scythe from Argus I have to kill him a trillion times.
11/07/2018 12:09 PMPosted by Kureya
So the Twilight's Hammer can steal a two story tall sword in the breath of an overnight patch.

But if I want the transmog scythe from Argus I have to kill him a trillion times.
Wish I could give you the one I got from a single run of LFR.

I don't even use it.
11/07/2018 10:34 AMPosted by Opherial
https://i.imgur.com/ap3CeTq.png

[Deep Sigh]


Ha ha Sylvanas did you hear what I said to the champion? All the raised Night Elves heard it and the champion totally laughed at them it was great hey what are you doing after this Warfront can I come too
They should just let Derek go, raise him up and let him go back to his family so that all holidays moving forward are super uncomfortable since he's a zombie.

Derek, chew with your mouth closed!
MOM! I don't have a mouth!

Mom! Derek smells like ocean vomit!

Jaina, be nice to your brother. *puts clothespin on nose

Derek!! Did you stay out all night with Nathanos again?!
Screw you mom, I'm all grown up now and he's the only guy I know who still skateboards.
What if I start RPing like I'm Jim from the office and whenever the Horde does batsh!t stuff I will emote looking off screen into a camera.
Literally everything that comes out just reaffirms my decision to unsub.

Christ this will be insufferable when Sylvanas is redeemed and never gets anything more than a slap on the wrist for her crimes.

Also I'd still like to endlessly punch Nathanos in the face.
11/07/2018 02:15 PMPosted by Versca
What if I start RPing like I'm Jim from the office and whenever the Horde does batsh!t stuff I will emote looking off screen into a camera.


It only works if your gaze isn't permanently locked on the camera.
I have a hard time not hearing "Don't you guys have phones?" when I see the story story updates. They're just so spectacularly out of touch. No one wanted this.

The people who wanted a generally good Horde are upset at being forced to participate in this.

The people who would be fine with a villainous faction can't enjoy any of this because they know deep down it's only a matter of time before they're forced to play the role of righteous warrior of virtue later on in the expansion.

While it's a nice set up for the Alliance player to have an openly evil opponent, they're deprived of any real joy because they'll once again be forced to rescue the horde from itself and tell Saurfang how gloriously honorable he is while helping him to rebuild the horde war machine.
11/07/2018 02:47 PMPosted by Kazimor
I have a hard time not hearing "Don't you guys have phones?" when I see the story story updates. They're just so spectacularly out of touch. No one wanted this.


uhm i dont know WHY people are getting angry over this

if you ask me blizzard is a great company that makes EPIC games!!! i mean they made Starcraft and Overwatch!!!!

spending money in cash shops is EPIC if you ask me, only entitled haters are talking about the new Diablo
11/07/2018 12:09 PMPosted by Kureya
So the Twilight's Hammer can steal a two story tall sword in the breath of an overnight patch.

But if I want the transmog scythe from Argus I have to kill him a trillion times.
To be fair the Twilight's Hammer has been working on trying to steal that sword since vanilla.
As an Alliance player, I didn't want this because this is Pandaria all over again. If I wanted to play Pandaria...I'd dang well go and do Pandaria!

I wanted a quiet, decompressed expansion where we could go back to being just adventurers again after being the Chosen One for two expansions. If the faction war flaring up once again was the backdrop by which we could get said "quiet" expansion - both sides aggressively wooing any who would sign up - then so be it.

I didn't expect to see Undercity blighted, Teldrassil burned to the ground, Night Elf Dark Rangers, and Blood Elf Vampires.
11/07/2018 02:53 PMPosted by Vanndrel
I wanted a quiet, decompressed expansion where we could go back to being just adventurers again after being the Chosen One for two expansions. If the faction war flaring up once again was the backdrop by which we could get said "quiet" expansion - both sides aggressively wooing any who would sign up - then so be it.


maybe farmtown is more ur game..........