Blizzard should just fire their writing staff

title. I’m not sure if they know who is their target audience and what people actually want. People hate WoD, but the start cinematic is actually really good. Nyalotha would been good, but it was rushed into a raid and the ending cinematic was too short. End of Legion cinematic is extremely good.

Now what the hell is the end of Dragonflight? The whole expansion has had the WORST dungeons and raids that I have seen in this game. This was supposed to be a huge step up from Shadowlands, but even that game has better cinematic with the idiot Jailer.

They need to change direction BADLY, current content is not what the player base actually wants!

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Have you not watched blizzcon? Metzen is gonna do at least the next 3 expansions.

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And then hire what? look at the gaming and movie industry on a whole. Chances are they will end up hiring someone who grew up on marvel movies and only is able to copy and paste those stories. Wich is probably the reason we ended up with the end cinematic lol

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Did, and don’t really have any confidence in the the main plot.

It’s been bad for 19 years. With and without Metzen.

It’s just that these last 3 expansions have somehow been exceptionally bad.

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It’s great that Metzen is returning, but how can the writing staff be so out of touch with the story? Even Chat GTP would write better story, hell, lets try what the hell it will come up with.

So you never liked it in the first place?

yea it´s already too late. we gotta put up with what we going to have with these 3 expansions. i just want good gameplay at this point.

Here is a very good summary video of the lore of the dragons in wow to respect more what’s going on:

https://youtu.be/i_-O6yVWrgQ?si=OaXhHiCooODzRZKu

This is a summary video of the book that covers the dragonflight story, which came out very late sadly:

https://youtu.be/xqEpuPJhK2Y?si=EKLLMdeRs0No_iKX

After watching these videos I hope you realize that it’s not the story that’s bad. It’s just that the game is not telling it properly and the atmosphere doesn’t really hit the nail.

(Blizz, just let me post embedded media…)

Noticed that what they probably need is two primary writers. One educated in history to lay the foundations for the overall plot. And another writer experienced in fleshing out characters and their motivations.

Like with GRRM he studied history and it shows. The writer for final fantasy tactics, tactics ogre and everything Ivalice has also clearly studied history. Simply a persion who knows how a relatable story and it’d world should look like.

As for character writing. Blizzard clearly got some that are good with characters as seen with Bwonzambi and the recent owl. But then those are side characters so we are left characters suffering 50 shades of depression as well as talking slow and over each other. Most main characters just end up being homogenzied or made idiots rather than individuals.

This is with ChatGPT came up with the story in five seconds, I think even this is better than what we got. lol…

In the desolate caverns beneath the cursed Dragon Isles, the Shroudweavers, draped in shadows, whispered dark incantations that echoed through the cold, damp air. Their eyes glowed with an otherworldly malevolence as they pored over ancient tomes bound in the flesh of fallen dragons, seeking the forbidden knowledge required to bring about the cataclysmic resurrection of Galakrond and the malevolent return of Deathwing.

The ritual, shrouded in the crimson glow of blood runes, required sacrifices of not only dragons but also the wails of innocent souls. The Shroudweavers, draped in the macabre remnants of their fallen foes, reveled in the anguish they wrought upon the captured dragons, their tortured cries resonating through the stone corridors like a haunting dirge.

As the stolen life essence coursed through the veins of Galakrond’s skeletal form, the air itself seemed to congeal with a palpable sense of dread. The eclipsed moon cast an ethereal glow over the grotesque spectacle, lending an otherworldly, sinister quality to the unfolding ritual.

The Dragonflights, their once-resplendent scales now tainted by the darkness that pervaded the isles, rallied against the Shroudweavers. The united front of the dragons, however, was not without internal strife, as mistrust and paranoia festered among them. Betrayals and sacrifices became inevitable as the line between ally and adversary blurred in the ominous shadows.

Galakrond, now an abomination fueled by the stolen life force, rose from the depths with a hunger that transcended the physical. His skeletal maw opened wide, emitting an unholy roar that shattered the resolve of even the bravest of dragons. Deathwing’s spectral presence coalesced, a sinister silhouette against the corrupted moon, embodying the culmination of millennia-old hatred and malice.

The heroes, now immersed in a world of bleak despair, faced not only the abominable might of Galakrond but the insidious whispers of Deathwing. The very ground quivered with malevolence as the dragons clashed in a nightmarish dance of death, and the heroes struggled against not only the physical onslaught but the psychological torment inflicted by the malevolent forces at play.

The narrative unfolded in a tapestry of gloom and doom, exploring themes of corruption, sacrifice, and the erosion of hope in the face of an impending apocalypse. The tone was one of unrelenting darkness, with the fate of Azeroth hanging in the balance, teetering on the precipice of an abyss that threatened to consume all.

The guy that brought us mary sue aka green jesus. Gotta love how people always forget how often and how loudly ex/returning devs were flamed in the past. First trashcrawler and now metzen.

Yeah, he was great until WoW, since then he’s been a massive hit and miss.
He was writer for SC2 and see how that mess ended.

SC went from a space drama to a romance of all things. Ending with space Hitler being “redeemed” and then turned into a benevolent god.

Actually they need one sane guy with full decisive power who reads their crap and says yes or no.

Honestly i thought that as well when i saw it. The voices, the generic plot, how things looked. It felt like someone asked an AI to make a ingame cinematic with disney as reference material .

Then Metzen isnt the guy. Blizzard has shown since pretty much vanilla that they keep forgetting or ignore their lore. Again Metzen is the guy that caused the community to be sick of Thrall.

Then who is the guy? You? Nah, Metzen is the best we got. A guy who actually made WoW what it is, or rather what it used to be. If not him, then nobody.

Anymore strawmans? Metzen isnt the guy. And he doesnt deserve the benefit of the doubt given his history.

A guy whos “poster character” had to be retired because he annoyed the ever living poop out of the community.

And WoWs story have been a mess since it’s inception. Like with the Night Elves submitting themselves to an alliance they had no relations too. And SW being the “human capital” when it was thoroughly sacked twice, yet stormgarde wasn’t.

Whatever man. Metzen has written the best content WoW ever had. And I’d rather have Thrall back and good writing than have Weepy Anduin and crappy writing, which we have now.

Sadly enough, so far the best writing WoW has had is… Garrosh of all things. And that is even after they slapped him with the villain bat to make Varian more benevolent.