Why Are People Mourning the Tree?

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11/09/2017 10:51 PMPosted by Girandzim
The NE tree was blessed by all but Nozdormu. It was healed. I am glad it was destroyed though, especially if it is retalitory in nature for the events in UC.

A Blizz employee confirmed that Teldrassil goes up in smoke before the battle for Undercity.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wows-battle-for-azeroth-expansion-might-be-the-bes/1100-6454665/
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I'm mad because it was my favorite zone in the game, and has been since I made my first character which was a night elf.

I REALLY hope there's going to be a way for us to be zoned into the past like we can with certain other locations.
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Yeah it goes up in smoke before the battle for UC. But that is because originally it was retaliation. Then Blizzard saw their precious alliance scum looking like the scum they are and said that can't happen. Plus it gives them an easy out to pull another bad writing Hellscream going crazy with no real development on us if they can't come up with ideas. They love that more than anything. Fact is the Alliance king only had to die because they wanted to kill off Vol'Jin and you can't kill off that beast so easy (especially since the lore would make that event impossible the way it happened) and not have the Horde pretty much canceling most of their subscriptions for Legion if the Alliance didn't lose someone.
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Cause Alliance players are all drama queens.
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11/08/2017 01:17 PMPosted by Mortis

So just wait for it to Heal or make a new tree. See if you can bribe Nozdormu or Murozond to bless this one and give you your Immortality back or something.


Or, just talk to the NPC and "poof", the stump returns just like it was before.
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This is a necro btw.
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Personally it's less about 'Sylvanas burned our tree' than 'Sylvanas burned our tree with the full knowledge that there were several thousand civilians still on said tree and she was condemning them to a horrible (painful too if not for Astarii getting Elune to put them all to sleep), senseless death because a dying night elf said her trigger word and pointed out how much like Arthas she's become'.

You can't even compare Undercity with Teldrassil because:

1) Sylvanas blighted it herself
2) All the civilians had been evacuated, so only soldiers on the front lines were killed.
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I haven't done the quest that triggers the cinematic but I have seen the cinematic and the cutscenes leading up to it.

We're talking about the destruction of an established civilization and a horrific loss of life. I don't know how many lived in Teldrassil (maybe someone could let me know?) but it was probably in the hundreds of thousands with established social communities, a center of government, and a thriving trade zone. Think of it as growing up in a small town that was destroyed by an earthquake or hurricane and having nothing to return to. How would you feel?

For those players who roll Night Elves, particularly those who are veterans as far back as beta, the impact of seeing Teldrassil burn would be more visceral. I would feel exactly the same way if Silvermoon for example was destroyed, since this is where Gassy started off.
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I think you forgot the part where it housed the population of an entire country.
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From what I can see alliance cant handle a loss. it seem to me that it just shock them to core. Im not talking little. I am talking major hit to their ego so bad nerf bat could even come close it. I bet dev never excepted that(rolls eyes). horde will they said this was our fist moment. Thus, no one was happy. well me burn baby burn. but I love fire.
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Eh I remember Vanilla I was exploring the world on my shaman. Water walking and ghost wolf and swim speed potions. Went to check out the big tree. Got excited. Then those racist Night Elves attacked me and then after getting away I had 2 whole raids, yes 80+ racist Night Elf players camping me. Burn them all. Purge Azeroth of their wickedness with cleansing fire muwhahahahahaha
Seriously there are not that many Night Elves living inside the tree that could not be evacuated. Even if there were, wiping out the Night Elf infestation is probably the best thing you could do for Azeroth and its peoples.

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But sylvie burned all the little grell living on it :c

not completely, since it hasnā€™t restored their immortality

Edit: oh rip itā€™s a necro srry

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oh, silly me, i thought they were mourning over the countless lives lost when it burned. Pssh, who cares about that though right? big olā€™ treeā€¦

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Man, I miss Mortis :confused:

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With the tree gone, think about all the parking space? Itā€™s basically win win.

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Pretty sure theyā€™re mourning the massive amount of people that were killed IN that tree.

I know you undead lack empathy but, good lord.

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For Night Elf players it was our starting area, the very first area we started our journey and where we ā€œgrew upā€ if you want to call it that. Most players will remember their starting area more than the zones that follow.

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Itā€™s not so much the tree itself, but rather the innocent people - some of whom were already refugees (elbows Sylvanas) - that were living in it.

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Technically that was the Exodar being shot out of the sky that drove them and the owlkin mad.
Even in Vanilla there was a quest to go to the apparent source of the corruption, it was a radioactive crystal from the crash that fell in Darkshore.

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Or someone elseā€™s nose after their original rots off.