The way Nzoth was handled is if Arthas was the final boss of TBC

[Jazori-wyrmrest-accord]

This is exactly how nzoth was handled.

To get ashbringer in vanilla was stated to be info by a person on outland… it would be on par with us defeating Illidan in Black temple then for the next patch a npc helps us construct ashbringer or ashbringer variants that we farm up on 4 classic zones being attacked by undead. The final raid is called siege of northrend… starts on shores of Northrend and ends on top of ICC to fight Arthas

[Gabitha-nagrand (Gabitha)]

So what not every bad guy gets a whole xpac or two dedicated just to chasing them down to kill them. Many of them get a single patch and raid. Get over it.

[Rsweet-thunderfury]

Yeah but lore wise it’s insane that N’Zoth gets back handed by a bunch of speakers of the horde in a single week.

[Røckwell-quelthalas]

N’zoth had a lot of building up and they free him in one patch a freaking old god at full power, and gets killed in the next one like its nothing

And it just ENDS there, no follow up or closure, nothing, he dies, the end

That was pathetic

In fact the response was so negative that Blizzard decided to hide the video to hide their shame

BFA N'zoth Cinematic now Unlisted

If you click on the WoW channel you will notice that you cant find the cinematic there. So Blizzard is so ashamed of themself that they try to hide the cinematic due to the (well deserved) negative reaction? If you cant even support your own work to the point of hiding/removing it out of embarrassment, then you have the wrong people working at Blizzard. And this is a red flag for Shadowlands, since it appear that Blizzard has lost their own confidence in doing their own game, and this acti…

[Odolku-thrall]

I agree, the issue needs to draw more attention, it is a disgrace.

[Jalen-emerald-dream (Jalën)]

Someone saw Nixxioms new video.

[Doomclan-frostmane (Doomclan)]

So what not every bad guy gets a whole xpac or two dedicated just to chasing them down to kill them. Many of them get a single patch and raid.

The difference between this and previous instances is the context behind N’zoth. N’zoth was built up as far back as Cataclysm, as a member of the Old Gods, ancient beings who (at that point) canonically cannot be killed without huge negative consequences (as evidenced one expansion later with Y’shaarj). And on top of that, N’zoth was built up to be the greatest-scope villain of the bunch, being the god behind Deathwing and the one who created the Naga.

How he was handled in his actual appearance was to suddenly break out of his prison in the expansion mid-patch, and be quickly tossed aside right after, when, with all the build-up from previous expansions, he should’ve been free’d right at the start, with the story involving figuring out how to re-seal or otherwise deal with the apparent strongest of the known Old Gods.

[Oshus-darkspear]

BFA had no direction from the start.

It should have been advertised as an old god expansion, allowing for a good solid two patches related directly to the gods.

8.0 - battle for dazar’alor
8.1 - Nazjatar
8.2 - Visions of N’zoth
8.3 - Return of the Black Empire
8.3.5 - tie up loose ends