The writing in Dragonflight sure is something

“Durr, write dragon expansion bad. Me smart. Good writing. Hurrdurr”
This is what I hear when people complain about the quality of quest text. Especially when they have some belief that it was better in the past.

Plenty of people talk like that. Your post isn’t that differently structured.

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Just play this song while doing the quests / race through time and you’ll survive.

It’s how I survived the lack of stuff to do in WoD after maxing Garrisons.

Also factual. It’s so much easier when your evil. :wink:

The whole vibe of Dragonflight has definitely been “gosh golly we know you do it! Have a seat and unwind. We’re just here to have fun!”

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Agreed. I miss dialogue like this in WoW (2:40 for direct references). The writing for quest dialogue in classic - WOTLK was truly phenomenal. You can tell it was written by actual fantasy nerds. Todays dialogue feels something more akin to Adventure Time or Steven Universe lol.

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Atrocious what?

Yes.

Hey I got yanked into another thread.

What is this?

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Chromie.

gnomes are silly.

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Chromie

Because the writing matches her as a Character that has existed since as far back as Burning Crusade

Well one it is funny to me so you problem and two just cause you don’t find it relatable doesn’t make it bad writing like I didn’t relate to Count Olaf from A Series of Unfortunate Events but it didn’t make the books poorly written nor did it stop me from feeling slightly sympathetic as his tragic past was revealed in the final book.

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From what I’ve heard of Bugsnax it’s cute child like innocent appearance is merely an illusion for an extremely messed up and dark plot.

its almost as if different characters have different personalities. shocking, isn’t it? you think everyone should be the same?

wait…yeah, you do give off vibes like that, actually.

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Do they? Because it seems like every character in Dragonflight is trying too hard to be a quirky Tiktoker.

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Some people speak differently than you do. :slightly_smiling_face: It’s okie. It’s not bad writing - that’s just how she sounds, goodness.

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This is absolutely a ‘you’ problem.

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Chromie talks like that. And kind of always has, barring the couple of appearances where she was implied to be a much older/wiser Chromie, fully grown dragon time. Like her first appearance in vanilla/classic in Andorhal where she was a mysterious shortie who somehow knew all about you, or the Culling of Stratholm, taking her job of ‘correcting time anomalies’ seriously and letting Arthas slaughter civilians.

Every other time she’s just a peppy young dragon doing her best and is full of confidence… Until she’s not because the situation she’s involved with is a bit more serious than it seemed, but still tries to keep in control despite her uncertainty.

And there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s a delightful character quirk for how much power she has.
Loved her trailer for Heroes of the Storm.

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100%

/10char

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Chromie does. And she’s always, in her infinite timelines, spoken like that.

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Those prequels belong in the It Never Happened Vault along with True Detective season 2.

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Eh that’s just Chromie.

Easy to be upbeat about things when you’re gifted with time travel Spoiler powers lol

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