tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post7920916848229203221..comments2024-03-21T23:18:45.644+00:00Comments on Priest with a Cause - A World of Warcraft (Classic) blog: More on LegionShintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-37821976549457085142021-10-27T14:28:35.798+01:002021-10-27T14:28:35.798+01:00Yeah, it all started to go wrong in Cataclysm in m...Yeah, it all started to go wrong in Cataclysm in my opinion, when they put the actual events of that into a novel and zero explanation of what happened in game. Before that I enjoyed reading tie-ins for the extra background knowledge, but I did <i>not</i> like "having" to buy additional media to understand what's even going on.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-7207160836546723212021-10-27T11:10:55.997+01:002021-10-27T11:10:55.997+01:00They started trying to make Wow a 'rich multim...They started trying to make Wow a 'rich multimedia' franchise, but keep putting useful bits of information only in certain things. This made the game lore more confusing if you just played the game. I mean, sure, use other media to expand on things in the game, but the basics need to be in the game.<br /><br />Personally, I didn't want to buy the books, but I did make the effort to read the synopses of the various books and other media. I understand many players don't care about the lore, but leaving plot plots out of the game doesn't help.<br /><br />The way Blizzard's current storytelling is going, I feel if they had written Star Wars the key point about Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker wouldn't have been in Empire Strikes Back. It would have been in this obscure audio holiday special... :sigh:Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052537793722183657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-25445142029212268992021-10-26T22:57:42.074+01:002021-10-26T22:57:42.074+01:00Thanks for that! I actually listened to the whole ...Thanks for that! I actually listened to the whole thing over the course of this afternoon and it was quite enjoyable! Now I also know where some other bits of lore that I'd picked up from other players (such as that Alleria and Tyralion can't touch each other anymore) came from... what a random place to hide such important pieces of context though!Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-57663851664219599552021-10-26T11:02:17.965+01:002021-10-26T11:02:17.965+01:00Ah, it wasn't a book, but was an audio drama. ...Ah, it wasn't a book, but was an audio drama. There is a PDF available at the bottom of the page if you want to read it, instead.<br /><br />https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21061014/new-audio-drama-a-thousand-years-of-war-the-story-of-alleria-turalyonPallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052537793722183657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-23413642455919114222021-10-25T22:49:19.431+01:002021-10-25T22:49:19.431+01:00I agree, some of the stories in Legion are great. ...I agree, some of the stories in Legion are great. One of my favorites is the whole Suramar experience - how it starts with helping a lone desperate refugee to find a safe place, then slowly gathering allies and helping other people, going through some setbacks, till finally gathering a rebel army against the queen - and all that naturally leading you to the raid. Jogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766795601028230655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-86805322950011679882021-10-25T12:47:49.114+01:002021-10-25T12:47:49.114+01:00A thousand years old, what the hell? And how many ...A thousand years old, what the hell? And how many of those has he been married to Alleria? XD Which book is that in?Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-10816259327080053642021-10-25T11:10:22.305+01:002021-10-25T11:10:22.305+01:00Turalyon is a thousand years old. Unfortunately, a...Turalyon is a thousand years old. Unfortunately, all of that is explained in a book and never in the game. It's things like this which add to complaints about Blizzard story telling methods.<br /><br />Legendaries, at first, were a pain because getting them was pure RNG. You could have none, but others in your guild could have 3 or 4. That made a big difference in your effectiveness. :/ (Worse, if you got a generic legendary that was just bad *cough*Sephuz Secret*cough* you were back to square one for chances.)<br /><br />The Artifact weapons were fun -- having a weapon grow with you was cool -- but getting the artifact power to build it up was incredibly annoying since it was per _spec_. Want or need to play multiple roles? You were gimped in some fashion.<br /><br />All this said, Legion was a solid expansion for the most part. I enjoyed it and wished that we could have had the option to continue powering up and using our weapons. (I'm at the point I'm not excited by RNG drops of gear. Let me progress my stuff predictably.)Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052537793722183657noreply@blogger.com