So rewatching old wow cutscenes:

Man just, want happened look I enjoyed dragon flight and it will go down as a good expansion in my eyes, there hasn’t been a moment I really wasn’t into it - I mean I have slowed down the wow life alot these days so casual player at best as my other post have suggested but going back and looking at old cut scenes like omg just what happened: how did we go from the epic “no means no light creature!”

with epic voice actors, mood, tone, depth, complexity, anger and acceptance

To the power of friendship will stop you!..Kinda, i mean they mostly will stand there and not act. plays magical music as they all stand there as friends - and he forces his way into the dreams heart Uhh…whoops our bad. Heros go handle that…you will be just rewarded winks as they all become aspects for our work

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Legion was indeed the last expansion of this game that I would describe as predominantly good. BFA, Shadowlands, and Dragonflight… exist, I guess. I only come back every few months now for one month to see what’s new and then take long breaks again. It is what it is…

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I honestly believe that by the time we depart the Dragon Isles next year Alexstraza will be able to cross the street without holding an adults hand.

Then we tackle shoe laces. No more visage form velcro for Alex.

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right! that’s another thing why does she keep walking around in Visage form! she’s a dragon! a PROUD dragon mind you that should be in her PROUD dragon form. I know dragons have used Visage forms in the past but they MOSTLY remained as dragons outside a very select few.

girl be proud of your giant red lizard self!

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She can walk around in whatever form she likes, as long as she starts acting like she has functioning brain meat.

She’s the single most powerful character in this setting and when I’m not saving her, I’m off doing something that she could easily do herself.

She’s dumb, and she didn’t used to be.

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I guess you checked out the forums last time…
Looks up how old the forums are
Sometime in 2005.

Sorry to tell you but, no. Alexstrasza ain’t that powerful of a dragon, at least compared to the other aspects. I’m pretty sure she’s actually the weakest out of them all, but with the red flight’s task she makes for a good leader.

She’s a diplomat and a mother. And she has always been that.

Personally, I don’t enjoy the power ranger dialogue of DF. I don’t understand why they couldn’t nail a lighthearted tone while still treating us like adults. I believe MoP did this perfectly, and it was marketed as a brief reprieve from the chaos of Azeroth at its announcement, similar to DF. Yes MoP had its darker moments, but at its core it was about coming together despite our differences and learning to enjoy life a little. Look at the messaging of the Pandaren “slow down, life is to be savored” and the Celestials.

It seems DF tried to nail this vibe as well with the whole, “We’re a family!” mantra. Yet it’s all so goofy and bland.

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Okay, but does she have brain damage also?

The second Raszegath was freed, you’d suppose Big Alex would secure the Vault of the Incarnates. Rasz’s logical objective being the freedom of her kin.

Alex never mentioned it. There wouldn’t be a raid at the vault at all if Rasz didn’t get to monologing and tell us that’s where she was headed. She could have just gotten in and out without any interference from us at all.

She’s dumb. She didn’t used to be dumb.

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Rewatching the Harbinger series for me, hammered home just how far we have fallen. A side quest from a Legion dungeon had a cut scene better than anything we saw in Dragonflight.

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Whoa, now don’t be too hasty. She isn’t even off the child leash yet, let’s not go no Velcro just yet

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Indeed, and when you try to point it out because of what it was you have these forum people wanting to attack you for something that was, and what was awesome and we miss.

I don’t know if people know this, well, maybe some people might know this but warcraft 1 released in 1994 - most of the FANS OF WARCRAFT the long term subbers, players, true nerds/ragers of this game started at warcraft 1, we are ALL ADULTS and yes, there are “younger fans” in the game but I am going to assume 85% of the player base currently is in the adult range.

The game is also rated T, for teen and I have seen more well thought story’s on the power puff girls then current wow. Look it might seem like im ragging on wow, and I am, but I also love the game and still play it as an ADULT fan, this story is very childish and I get it, we can’t be all war and brooding all the time but you gotta find a balance, this Expansion just is way to friendly.

the best part of this Exp was I feel was Raszageth - then we killed her off so quick and got her 3 INFERIOR siblings, it was just so jarring how it went from: this can be pretty cool to - So the fire guy has an axe now and a temper tantrum? Wait…aint he a dragon why does he have an Axe?!

and again: peak wow, memory’s, epicness and awesome -

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I mean listen to the selfnesses in the lich kings fall CHILLS

tirion : You will NOT be forgotten brother…
Bolvar: I MUST BE FORGOTTEN!

if this was done in dragon flight it would be like:

You will not be forgotten: we shall raise a bed of flowers and trees for your name shall forever live under the mystical rainbow tree of dreams my friend - my brother looks like she is about to cry bathe in the joy knowing your friends will never forget you.

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DF responds to complaints of the WoW writing team not writing enough by overwriting EVERYTHING.

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Everytime some misguided soul thinks arthas was “cool” I die a little inside.

The world soul “saga” (3 expacs) could be solely written about the jailers nipples that he loved to show off. Just his nips, 3 entire expansions about nipples

And they would be better characters than arthas ever was.

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So you’re saying only “boys” think the crap from DF is silly?

How very progressive of you.

It feels like Blizzard said to themselves “what’s popular and made billions of dollars? Marvel and Fast and the Furious!”

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Why?

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Why indeed: This person is clearly just not from that Era: its the same how I think Iron man (robert downy) was cool but Im sure some 2023 edge lord kid will go “ew why?”

P.S i also posted illidan points up

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Illidan was about as complex as a general manager at Hot Topic.

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I think Illidan and Arthas are neat characters.

Fite me.

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You scoff, but ask them about their tattoos and you’ll get complexity you can’t make sense of.