What is it that you want blizzard to do then, to change your attitude away from being “disgusted?” Correct me if I’m wrong, but from what you have written, you want catch up on the lore of the game. Fair enough. And your choices seem to be between being set back years of game time or doing a little bit of research. But I don’t see how this is a problem.
Is a bit of research going to be so very painful? After all, if you are interested in the lore, why is it so painful to learn about it? Besides as mentioned, a video can get you caught up to the current lore and ready for shadowlands in about twenty minutes, all the research you will need to be “current”. It’s just going to establish the setting and the reasons for people being there: what more do you need to know for the story to be compelling? You don’t need to know the history of each character to be interested in them, nor the significance of every place you visit. The old characters you will come to know through your interactions, as people who didn’t know Thrall’s history before WoW still came to know him in WoW. New characters, of course, are new characters and will need to be discovered in their entirety as the story flows forward. That’s part of experiencing the story, and will happen as the game moves forward patch by patch, expansion by expansion.
But, assuming that you have to experience all the content of the previous expansions for the overarching story to make sense and that having that is setting you back years, then you are in an even better place: It means you have years worth of story content to experience and enjoy! If you are interested in the lore, don’t rush through it just to stay current- take your time and have fun the ride! If you find the lore interesting, then be thorough with it and get everything you need out of it! Play the game, enjoy the journey, and don’t worry about the destination. You’ll get there in time.
If these options don’t sound good to you, then maybe this game simply isn’t for you, and there isn’t a whole lot Blizzard can do. The story of what came before is there to be played, if you want to experience it, and the answers for the current story are there too, if you want to look for them. If you find that a reason to be “disgusted,” once again this game is probably not for you.
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I am not complaining. I am seeking clarity. I didn’t even know about any books until about 6 months ago. I was taught, when new (no rpg experience) that quests were not important to read and were just side entertainment (xp was the goal), so I did what I was taught. Now I know different. I have been reading the quests for about 4-5 months and find that they open up a whole new dimension to the game for me. I am, indeed, finding bits a pieces of lore, now. I’ll just quest. That’s no problem for me - just sets me back. Someone else here mentioned Genn as the Alliance giver of the first pre-launch quest, so I can still get that (missed the abduction piece when doing it Horde somehow) with my lvl 50 (almost embarrassing to say after being a lvl 120) Alliance toon. That’s good to know. Overall, I am feeling hopeful, now, to still be able to play SL as well as pick up old lore by playing it. I can do that. I was feeling trapped behind the veil of SL unable to get in and that I had to hurry up and catch old lore in order to do so. It sounds like SL is kind of a re-boot of the game - a restart sort of. Purchasing new expansions beyond SL, however, shall be quite delayed, and that sucks. Still, I’m feeling a whole lot better. Thanks mate.
Yeah, Platinum is basically Oversimplified while Nobbel is History Matters.
One mixes entertainment with fact, while the other one does have a few jokes here and there (mostly in the background), but is mostly just straight info.
The closet was Jaina: Tides of War and we all know how those two scenarios basically just butchered it. Next would be part 3 of the WotA trilogy with the WoE dungeon.
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Oh, I’m not asking Blizzard to do anything. I just needed to know that SL doesn’t require full understanding of history to play it. And you’re right; just enjoy the game at my own pace. I’ve always wanted to do that and was always pushed by other players to hurry up (Imma tank - I understand now). The point is I don’t HAVE to stay current … I’m not in a guild anymore, so there is no pressure now. I don’t have to hurry at all. I’ve just gotta mentally change gears. You and the others have been extremely helpful is helping me figure this out. I feel so much better now than I did. 
Slay it now and understand why you did later - right? jk … lol. Oh, and I don’t want to research, because I want to be a part of the lore as it comes. Questing and relieving self (now) pressure are the keys that I needed. The support in this forum is amazing. TY.
The troll was good until here, but you oversold it.
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It wasn’t a troll. It was genuine. So, there was no sale offered. It was very kind of you to assume it was, though, and to offer such a statement.
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A lot of the lore your taking about, such as Neltharion and the other aspects, and possibly some other things in SL predate WoW. They may have started planting those seeds back in W2 or W3, and the books that accompanied those games. This universe has far too much lore to be put into every quest in game. You’re going to have to look up some things or read some of the books. The stuff with Deathwing isn’t new at all. You’re just going to have to do some reading or YouTube watching. That’s all there is too it.
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Playing this in 0.75 speed might help too…
https://youtu.be/EmhO1LldIQw
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I don’t quite understand your question. Neltharion was one of the original Dragon Aspects, so presumably like the others, he started as a protodrake uplifted by the Titan keepers.
His activities in lore date back to his manipulations as Lord Prestor in Alteraac and his assumption of the Deathwing identity and role in the War of the Ancients where he decimated the Blue Flight.
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