That was absurd, yes. They should have vaporised him and the Valks he rode in on without breaking stride.
Not the most absurd thing in the disheartening clown fiesta that was the BfA pre-patch, and continuing meta-story, though.
My nomination for the most ridiculous piece of bad writing was the aftermath of encounter between Malfurion and Sylvanas.
Malfurion has Sylvanas almost defeated. She is pinned down, weak, and at low health. Saurfang comes upon them and hits Malfurion from behind, and immediately exclaims his regret for an instinctive but dishonourable attack.
Sylvanas is the most honourless, selfish, untrustworthy, ruthless character in the game, except maybe for the Old Gods, but she is also brilliant and cunning. And Malfurionās death or defeat is critical to her plan. What does she do? Finish Malfurion off, then bring his head to further demoralise the Night Elves?
No, of course not. She walks away, and tells Saurfang, the most honourable of Orcs, who is already apologising for his treacherous blow, to take his time finishing Malfurion off.
That is too stupid even to make an entry on the Evil Overlord list.
And that is my nominee for the worst writing of the pre-patch.
Having said that, it didnāt carry through to the writing for BfA, which I thought in general was OK. I liked the story of the War Campaign. The fractured information from the two sides was an unforced error, but not a fatal one. Most of the zone stories were coherent and relatable. Stormsong didnāt work, but Iād have to sit down to work out why; the basic idea was clear and straightforward enough.
this guy is almost textbook.
