Revisiting the Night Warrior Questline [Shadowlands spoilers]

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@Portergauge-moon-guard

Is it still a bit silly that they use game mechanics to fly off on bats? Sure. But Tyrande absolutely did not lose by any margin at Darkshore. She mopped the floor with Nathanos on his own, and when the val’kyr tried to tie her down, she instantly breaks out of it and mops the floor with him again, then kills one of the val’kyr.

I’ve discussed this in a post several months back.

@Falothorin-wyrmrest-accord

It’s one of those cases where the Alliance “won”, but doesn’t feel like they won.

To sound petty, it wasn’t a “big enough” win. It really came off more like a stalemate than a win.

Really, “they burned down your people” was answered with “you killed one of Sylvanas’ seven valkyr”. Those are not equivalent. At all. It didn’t matter how little Tyrande struggled to not-kill Nathanos. If she had accomplished the same feat (or lack thereof) with even less effort, it wouldn’t have mattered.

The end result matters more than the ease to get there. Without a Nathanos kill, it was always going to be unsatisfactory.

EDIT: I could be wrong, but the only context we have for “how strong is a val’kyr” is basically… A few world NPCs, Hyrja, and (more specifically) Svala Sorrowgrave. Some world NPCs, and two expansion-launch dungeon bosses, neither that powerful. Yeah, “defeating one val’kyr” was never going to feel like we were powerful, because the val’kyr have never been shown to be powerful. Their “power” is in resurrection, not combat.