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Particularly when Blizzard has admitted that they value “rule of cool” over consistency when it comes to the stories they tell. To the point that the “lore” reason why we do X does not happen. Looking at you Battle for Mount Hyjal raid from TBC.

Outside of that example, WoD as a whole feels like that tbh. The fact that it was released alongside WoW’s 10th anniversary (and Warcrafts 20th anniversary) and how said anniversary was a key part of WoD’s marketing. Saying how “cool” it would be to fight these iconic WC1-2 horde characters but not really. In retrospect it honestly felt like Metzen and co where stroking their own ego’s. It honestly felt like TBC all over again when it came to characters like Gruul, Vashj, Kael’thas and Illidan. Killed for the sake of being killed. Because it would be “cool” to fight these iconic characters (well except Gruul in this case lol).

Exploring a pre-demonic Draenor is interesting, don’t get me wrong. Seeing the Arakkoa before the Sethekk cult took full control along with the Ogres having a waning Empire, akin to the Roman Empire (in more ways than one) was amazing to see. The little hints we had in TBC about those cultures in full display. But the whole time travel plot and the one Burning Legion across all timeways really messed up the lore moving forward. As someone pointed out in a different thread, how does that work when it came to the Sargerei? They did not exist in the MU so in theory there could be a Draenei that is still a Draenei in the MU but became a demon via being a member of the Sargerei in the AU. There is an item from the Order Hall mission table that references the Sargerei, but I wouldn’t call that proof that they existed in the MU. Given the whole “one legion across all timelines”, it could be from AU Draenor. Or look at Socrethar.

Prior to WoD the only time travel we saw were cases of

  1. These things already happened and we are just experiencing it from a “first person” point of view (Culling of Stratholme, Battle for Mount Hyjal)
  2. The changes are small that a simple short-term memory wipe is enough to set things back on track (e.g. Old Hillsbrad)
  3. They completely rewrite the timeline (WotA novel trilogy)
  4. Like Avengers Endgame with the Infinity Stones, we take something but that thing gets returned at the exact moment it was taken (Well of Eternity w.r.t the Dragon Soul)

But a completely different AU really messed things up.

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