To subvert or not to subvert

[Pellex-hyjal (Pellex)]

@Waygs-bleeding-hollow

They usually do the big cutscenes first (because they take so long), so I don’t think anyone was blindsided by it.

Which cutscenes are you talking about?

Also, I should add that I think part of the mixed messaging was due to poor internal communication. We know from Christie Golden that the Warbringers shorts were well underway when she joined the staff in May 2017, but the devs were claiming in April 2018 that they wanted “to end up in a place where the Horde can make an argument that the Alliance started it and vice versa” (Travis Day, Invenglobal*).

@Waygs-bleeding-hollow

I think it was meant to be more “both sides” but the rage and crying was so strong that I assume they just changed plans after the first content patch.

I don’t think it was ever going to be “both sides” after Afrasiabi decided to trash Sylvanas just to spite Danuser or whoever.

@Waygs-bleeding-hollow

I think thats why the ended as abruptly as it did. The war was hated, just drop it and hope people stop caring a year later (lmao no)

I agree with you on that one. It’s clear from pre-expansion publicity that the war was originally supposed to go much further and probably was meant to take up the entire expansion. I would not be at all surprised if they cannibalized the entire next expansion for the Old God plot.

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*See this thread:

"I Feel Lied To," Post-BfA Version

Back on the old board, there used to be a thread titled “I feel lied to.” Some of us were using it to collect statements from the devs that implied certain things about the way BfA was going to go–not just plot, but in tone and theme as well–and that had not (so far) panned out. Now that BfA is officially over and all the “wait and see” stuff has been seen, I’d like to recreate that thread so that we can take a look back and see if any of that stuff makes more sense now. And if not … what hap…