A third (or fourth) faction is a nice idea in theory, but considering how hard a time Blizzard has balancing two factions, it would clearly be a nightmare in practical terms.
They’ve effectively gotten rid of it as a story point. Which is okay with me. I don’t think mana addiction can be done better than it was in Suramar, so trying to repeat that storyline is just going to be a pale echo.
They’ve already done Suramar pale echoes… three times? Mechagon, Revendreth and now the Nerubians. The Blood Elves have gotten next to nothing since TBC, their most major thing was Suramar, which was around seven years ago. Midnight is in Quel’thalas, but that’ll just be more ‘Alliance are the superheroes, Horde do nothing and/or are incompetent.’
Yeah Blizzard is absolutely not afraid to repeat Suramar. They’ve already done that 3-4 times as it is.
I’m okay with the Blood Elves getting (decent) content. I’m just bored with mana addiction storylines.
Ashamed really, like how Metzen admits being a one trick pony…
But part of the fault really is the change of hands on the lore/story department that Blizzard should of kept only a few to maintain its balance, which sadly they have not.
That’s not true. They got to be used as punching bags for humans/high elves and then be told they deserved it and should be groveling to the humans for forgiveness.
Much as I love Suramar and the Nightwell/Arcwine/Withering plot, I’m ambivalent about its ending. Some guy growing a tree in a cave struck me as a much cheaper fix than the restoration, defilement, and purification of a landmark of lore.
But I agree, I’m over these magic addiction storylines, and they’re certainly not going to top the nightborne one (itself a better redo of the blood elf one, quibbles with the ending aside).
I mean, there is always a population of the Horde who thinks it should only be Orcs…
Garrosh has his fans, after all.
The whole point was toppling those notions.
Lame comic. Serves no narrative purpose than to have the sons of lothar in the same place at the same time. Eitrigg being there is honestly abysmal. Feels like a token horde member. The fact that they point out that him and Trollbane directly led armies against each other and are now just buddy buddy is absurd.
They really aren’t beating the “Horde is the sidekick faction now” allegations with this one.