Why did he go challenge Mekka on his own when he knows his GMOD is out of fuel?
So they give him this incredibly powerful machine capable of blowing up armies of Gnomish mechs and he goes and gets is destroyed because he doesn’t want to fuel it up?
What is this writing?
I remember that in this quest (which I did only once and do not intend to repeat the experience) I stopped for a moment and thought the same thing. So unfortunately I have no answers, just disappointment. It was shameful to be forced to be a Gallywix footman and you can not even have the option to be minimally useful, just watch the disaster.
Wix is good at making money, and serving his own self-interest. He has “intellegences”, but he is not particularly “intelligent”. He’s garbage at tech; he’s FAR too focused on the short term; and he tries to buy his way out of any problem he runs into. On the other hand, he’s shockingly good at keeping himself alive.
Bluntly, I cannot wait till the day he ceases to be my racial representative.
So the alliance leader could beat the horde leader again?
Did you really not realize that?
He’s been depicted as a greedy, malicious, moronic, a-hole since his introduction.
His continued existence beyond the Goblin starting zone makes absolutely no sense.
Thrall: Goblins of Kezan, I shall help you free yourselves from Gallywix’s tyranny.
Goblins: Yay!
Fifteen Minutes Later
Thrall: Goblins of Kezan, henceforth you shall have a new home within the Horde with Gallywix as your leader.
Goblins: Huh?
Gallywix is a joke. He exists to be funny.
Well he doesn’t really do his job in that regard. Unlike most Goblins his shenanigans are cruel and tragic.
He’s a businessman, not a fighter.
Comic relief character does something because it’s “funny”… I’m shook.
Gallywix is a joke character, he just exists to do absurd things like his pleasure palace.
have you ever watched the venture brothers? do you remember this exchange?
Dr girlfriend: why do you continue to send henchmen 21 and 24 on these high stakes missions they’re clearly not qualified for? are you trying to get them killed?
the monarch: Because they’re the perfect mixture of expendable and invincible.
that’s pretty much Gallywix he is the perfect mixture of expendable and invincible to continue throwing him at high value targets in the hope that he may slow them down or on the off chance maybe win? also that was more of a comedy relief moment like most goblin/gnome antics are.
The answer isn’t stupid, but that goblins are reckless and believe instruction manuals and gauges are more suggestions.
Mind you though, I really wish we could have put our foot down and demanded he refill our warmachine, but blasting Mechatorque to pieces would have completely changed the story.
Well, clearly blizzard decided to give the Gnomes and Goblins lore. But the Goblins are Horde, so it is mandated they must be evil and stupid.
He is being overpaid for a job he is objectively bad at. So, basically win state for a goblin.
It’s so great seeing Horde leaders get completely clowned and outsmarted by Alliance leaders. Definitely helps me feel faction pride. Sure, Gallywix is hilarious and oddly endearing, but does it have to be at the expense of him constantly being humiliated?
I swear to God, I’m going to pistol whip the next guy who says, “Shenanigans.”
He’s the comic relief.
So yes.
Speaking honestly it felt like cheap means to extend the quest, make a joke about Goblin’s and their take on modern business practices (Road side assistance), and a way to not have the G.M.O.D. access its win move to early.
If I want to give writers some credit, it was to showcase the Gallywix isn’t a fighter or champion for his people like the rest of the Horde, but a leader that has forced his position. He looks at big pictures for profit and gain, but can’t think of a fight beyond a street brawl like he used to get into.
He’s a money man, not an engineer like Mekkatorque.
Hey Med’an, what’s the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy stuff(stupid filter) on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?