Are demolishers capable of burning a world tree down? I could understand if the fire was blue and gold to signify the presence of azerite but are regular orc siege weapons capable of burning a World Tree?
Oh and a side note many claim that Blizzard was being mysterious about who burned Teldrassil. Why exactly would they reveal such a big mystery at the very start of the expansion instead of fueling tribalism to fuel interest within the game?
It should be impossible with ordinary fire. The size of the tree and the sea air? No way. Itâs why I was dead sure the Horde hadnât done it before beta started.
No one in-game is doubting it, so I assume so.
Imagine the shock factor if it wasnât the Horde fires to demolish Teldrassil.
A lot of us were also convinced it couldnât be so simple.
Didnât help that Blizzard kept insisting weâd be surprised, and to just wait.
This is perhaps the most offensive thing about the build up to the burning of Teldrassil. We are all wondering who would burn it and why, but also how. And how ended up being with catapults from Darkshore. Catapults that they themselves gave us the maximum extent of their range of in A Good War:
Teldrassil burned due to plot magic.
It was a living tree that was full of lush vegetation and had actual lakes and rivers on it. It never should have burned because of a few ordinary catapults.
Why are all these posts pertaining to information from seven months ago circulating now? Weâve HAD threads on this.
Just goes to show how baffling the whole affair was, if people (including myself) are still trying to insert logic into where it doesnât belong.
In Elegy, the alliance side short story, it was mentioned to be arcane infused fire. So, literally, it was Maaaagic. When all else fails say it was magic.
âŚOn a serious note, perhaps the blessings of the two aspects literally caught on fire, and ironically burnt the tree down instead of protecting it.
Likely the catapults were enchanted as well, to give them that insane range they have.
Why is magic not good enough? Are you familiar with WoW at all? itâs all soft magic
It was also spread by Horde shamans. So Maaaagic squared.
It really, really should have been the Azerite War Machine we fight at Lordaeron.
That way we accomplish a few things. First, it actually introduces Azerite as something dangerous, and powerful. Second, it explains where the tank actually came from. Third, it avoids the idiocy of having demolishers suddenly gain miles of range.
It is certainly odd.
I question how the catapults hit the tree, as others do.
The Demolishers could reach Teldrassil, but not the Night Elf ships? That is curious.
I donât question how it burned after it was hit, though.
A Troll Mage sparked the fire in like half a dozen catapults. Who knows what ire he infused in it.
Darkspear Shaman intensified the flames. I imagine they must have tended to initial sparks as well. Tended them to grow into flames of death.
I would laugh if Gallywix paid Gnomes to place Azerite bombs in strategic places.
Or if there was an Alliance traitor who worked with Sylvanas to place powder kegs all over Teldrassilâs bark.
Content lull?
Fair answer.
With the generalization of âsome magical fireâ, combined with how vague and ambiguous the power of azerite is, which we know was involved, Iâd say itâs entirely possible in the Warcraft magical universe.
Teldrassilâs size alone should make most of those things irrelevent.
We are talking about a small country here.
Why is the Horde not constantly using those magic catapults that can fire across continents?
In summary: Magic and writer fiat.
They magicked the shots to go several miles to Teldrassil, and they magicked the payloads to ignite the tree blessed by Alexstrasza and Ysera to, yâknow, not be susceptible to what would normally burn down a tree. Somehow, the shamans were able to commune with the spirits of fire despite the flames being, again, several miles away, and coax them into growing and burning more and more.
I feel like everything in this expansionâs story is littered with somehows.
Or Ask again later.
It is as if it is being written by a Magic 8 ball.
Well, we could say that they âsurprisedâ us by flat out lying to us.