To my senior WoW peers: greetings!
I started playing very recently, and I was very excited for the dual storylines of BfA - it is why I have both Alliance and Horde characters.
The trend now is that the Alliance and Horde are cooperative, and whatever wars we have going forward are with cultists, demons and old gods.
Still, the one thing that I’ve been disappointed by in Dragonflight is the lack of a dual perspective. From a technical standpoint, I love cross-faction capability.
So, I pondered if there was a way to get the best of both worlds. And I came up with this idea:
What if in a future xpac, the overall peace treaty/alliance is going well, but there are still outlying members on both sides that cannot reconcile what the other faction has done in the past.
So instead of two factions, there are 3. The cooperative faction, the horde malcontents and the alliance rebels? There could be story lines for all 3.
Perhaps you could choose which group you want from the introductory quest giver?
Just some mind vomit. I just want the best of both worlds? More story and cross-faction cooperation!
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I would bet that it costs them significantly more development resource dollars and time to create dual stories for a single expansion. There were probably cheers from both managers and developers when they said “next xpac will be co-op faction.”
I’d love what you’re proposing as a player but having worked on big software projects, that’s a nightmare unless it gets nearly twice the funding of a single-perspective storyline.
That’s certainly fair!
I was mostly pondering it from a creative/thought problem aspect.
I had not thought about the work load.
Thoughts. Hmm… okay. I can do thoughts.
Legion: Dadgar: “Demons are back!” Tirion: “I got this guys! Er… Wait. AHHHH… It burns!” RIP Tirion. Guldan Disenchants Varian. Also, RIP Voljin. Pouty Boy takes over Alliance. Emo Dead Girl takes over Horde. Meanwhile, Magni rants about Azeroth being in pain. Something about a sword. Sargeras goes RAWR. Stabs Planet with Sword. Magni forgets all about sword. BFA. Emo Dead Girl yells “BURN IT!” Other Side Bad. Little Lion Pouty Boy and Emo Dead Chick start dating. Shadowlands. Quick Hero, Jump into Bad Place! Tyrande says “Me First!” Tyrande chases Emo Dead Girl. Tyrande catches Emo Dead Girl. Throughout it all: Scuffed Story. Dwindling Playerbase. Where Muh Guild Go? Ally Can’t Kill Boss LULZ! Updating things for Modern Audiences™. Also, Blizzard’s Moral Compass Broke. Bobby Needs Another Yacht.
“I Know! Let’s Sit Horde And Alliance In A Circle And Sing Kumbaya!” Modern Audience™ cheers. Everyone lives happily ever after. You Won World of Warcraft. Credits scroll.
Dev’s: Oops. Wait! Come Back! Dragons Tho!
I don’t care for this idea that we just all decided to forgive and forget. Not after BFA.
After MoP? Sure, maybe, but not after BFA.
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