MoP 2.0
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NEW Stage 5: Traitors in Our Midst
Follow Lenara and get updated orders.
NEW Stage 5: Inspect the Troops
Inspect the Troops.
this is the difference between loyalist and saurfang versions of the scenario
wow
such storytelling
much impressed
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why are sylvanas loyalists rescuing Baine? I donât understand this, what am I missing
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Itâs pretty clear which side Blizzard wants you to take, since any loyalist-exclusive stuff just seems to be you tagging along with the rebellion anyway.
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Well yeah, you have to remember that this isnât Mass Effect. You canât take the losing side. Blizzard has given more wiggle room than usual but they still want you to stay on the amusement park rails.
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Maybe if theyâd spend some of their negative 51% taxes last year on hiring a storyteller who didnât just rehash MoP lazily we wouldnât be in this mess.
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Sunreavers show up in the Alliance version of the Orgrimmar coup.
âThese chains are warded against magic. Iâll need time to pick the lock.â
âThis feels wrong. Sylvanas must have known we were coming.â
âIndeed she did, traitor. You and Lady Proudmoore.â
âI have no quarrel with you.â
âHave you forgotten the purge of Dalaran, murderer? Today, the Sunreavers will be avenged.â
âThen your vendetta is with me, and me alone!â
âNo! You will watch your friends dieâjust as I did!â
âRangers! Kill them all! FOR THE SUNREAVERS!â
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Blizzard doesnât want to risk people getting mad later because they picked the âwrongâ side.
Illusion of choice is the best you will get. Most people donât actually want consequences.
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To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Blizzard storytelling. The narrative is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical writing most of the plottwists will go over a typical playerâs head. Thereâs also Sylvanasâs nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into her characterisation - her personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these stories and twists, to realize that theyâre not just cool- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Blizzard storytelling truly ARE dumb- of course they wouldnât appreciate, for instance, the depth of Anduinâs existencial catchphrase âThe light shall burn you!,â which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenevâs Russian epic Fathers and Sons. Iâm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Blizzardâs genius unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools⌠how I pity them. 
And yes by the way, I DO have a World of Warcraft tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. Itâs for the ladiesâ eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that theyâre within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.
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But in all seriousness, Iâm just kinda waiting to see how BfA ends at this point. I donât feel invested and curious about the story anymore to the point of excitement.
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The forums wonât let me post a link to it, but Mechagonâs location is on MMO champ and itâs located just west of Kul Tiras.
I do love how Mechagon is this mysterious island that nobody knew about until the vault in Tiragarde opened⌠And nobody bothered to check the large island just west of one of Tiragarde Soundâs gates, which a bunch of ships must sail near on a daily basis.
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NEW Stage 11: Destination: Anywhere But This Game
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I bet they tried to make it underground, couldnât make it work and just said âflick it, itâs an island now!â
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Why are you people acting so upset/surprised? This is exactly what we expected, and Blizzard has proven again and again that if it is predictable it is probably true.
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Because, in spite of popular belief, some of us do actually hope for the best, even though we try to keep our expectations low.
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Blizzard is like -the- trope of âOh look a random island the size of half of Kalimdor no one knew about!â
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Baine survives, called it. Golden is too protective of her favourites.
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The real problem is how slowly the plot moves. If they absolutely had to do the MoP dance all over again, it shouldnât have taken this long for the Alliance and the protagonist side of the Horde to do the Total Warchief Makeover⢠yet again.
My hopes rest on the next expansion more than anything else. If it follows the pattern, it will be decent.
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Can i still take a vacation on an island and wait for it all to end?
Or rather;
Go down to the pub, have a pint and wait for it to all blow over