04/11/2018 14:53Posted by
Melien Malfurion is by all means and in lore the most powerful druid ever hence more powerful then any player character druid...
You don't think he looks powerful in that video?
Malfurion cheerishes life, I bet even for revenge he doesn't really like to kill enemy people, don't expect to see him go on a killing spree against the Horde anytime soon.
Well...I mean, That's exactly what he -does- in the clip that this thread is about. I mean he's not hugging those Horde, he is savaging them, tearing at them and on one occasion burying a screaming Orc -Alive-.
I mean that is literally a killing spree. Don't get me wrong, he has damned good reason, and it was good seeing that side of him, but he was not being peaceable! He spares the kodo because, well, it is an animal, its not really to blame, and the one Troll to send message to the Horde that the Kaldorei are back and kicking backside, which is a tried and tested method to break enemy morale.
I mean just revisit that...He buries an Orc -alive-! That is not a pleasant way to go, he's going to have screamed and screamed, fighting for breath, but all that enters his lungs are the clods of soil and earth, he won't even be able to crawl to safety, his limbs embedded and entombed in the earth, able to do nothing but choke out his last few moments in utter silent darkness.
He came to take Kaldorei soil, and he got his share of Kaldorei soil alright..a poetic if horrific death.
I really don't think Malfurion is in a forgiving mood right now...
I have no problems with losing Lordaeron actually. The Siege of Lordaeron would be meaningless if we just get it back in a patch or two.
Yeah, absolutely. I can understand the ending of the Siege of Orgrimmar, that was Varian playing it smart, but Lordaeron should stay lost for a good while.
For sylvanas*
Watch the cinematic again.
What guerilla fighter announce his presence to the enemy? Yes, the clip is cool, but it's all it is.
Ermm, Countless ones through history? Sparing one sole foe to carry back word is an ancient tactic, it is actually more damaging psychologically than killing them all. Wipe them all out, and the enemies High Command can just go "Oh, yeah, that supply column, we needed the supplies elsewhere, they were sent to Zoram'gar, nothing to worry about, business as usual". Even if -they- know it is a lie, they can bluff it out and their troops will be "oh, OK".
When a lone, unarmed panicked survivor comes hurtling into camp, gabbling about things striking from the dark, killing you all, without a single blow being landed in return, and how you only survived because it -let- you survive, then -that- has a far greater impact, and is harder to cover up.
Its classic guerilla warfare tactics, a large part of which is psychological warfare. That's not Malfurion being -stupid-, that's Malfurion being -smart-.
04/11/2018 19:23Posted by
Ciptzt The siege of Lordaeron was made to destroy Alliance's army (Alliance is not any more the only superpower on Azeroth)
Think you'll find Anduin actually states the Alliance lost a lot of troops at Broken Shores, meaning that the Horde and Alliance were already roughly even before the Siege of Lordaeron. I mean that is kind of the -point- of this whole expansion, both sides desperately trying to force/cajole/persuade new Allies to join them, to make up their depleted armies.
04/11/2018 19:23Posted by
Ciptzt and to introduce Jaina.
Ah yes, Jaina ex Machina, who needs armies when you have Jaina and her magical spooky ghost ships with magic cannons. How many Alliance flying ships with magic guns is that again?
04/11/2018 19:23Posted by
Ciptzt Of course Horde will get lands back. I am not sure if Alliance will.
Ermm...you do know the Alliance already -has- gotten lands back and the Horde has not, right? The Night Elves BTFO the Horde into small pockets in Darkshore and Ashenvale. The Horde has not done the same in Lordaeron, instead the Battlefronts show the Alliance -gaining- territory. Given the location of future Battlefronts this is likely to increase, with Mulgore, Quel'thalas and Bilgewater Harbour coming under threat.
The Forsaken will get lands back because of their 12 inch plot armor and the fact that one of the lead Horde story creators is a HUGE Nathanos fan.
Well they don't seem to have so far, and as for plot armour, which Faction is it whose leader we know survives into very old age? Begins with an 'A', Who has just started writing as a plot Developer for Blizzard? Female author, you must have heard of her, has two signature characters she favours, Anduin and Jaina. She likes Baine, but only when he is being nice to Anduin or Jaina….
Must be nice to have that.
04/11/2018 20:26Posted by
Nyzrok All i can think of after seeing this is 'It must be really awkward to be a Horde Druid right about now...."
Not really. The Kaldorei have done a neat line in avoiding caring or acting over any Druidic tragedies that effect the Tauren or Trolls, so, only fair they return the favour. Lets be fair, people only pull this 'Druidic' card when the Night Elves are getting hit with the stick. Where were the Kaldorei when the Troll Druids needed help with the Echo Isles? (A problem that lest we forget, was caused by the Naga, who were the Night Elves fault) Where were they when The Quillboar were a problem? Where were they when Thunder Bluff was attacked by Grimtotem?
They pull the Druidic card when it suits them, but don't really care about anyone else apart from that. I'm not complaining about that as such, selfishness and isolationist policies seem to be a very 'Elf' thing, for all Elves in the setting, Night, High or Blood, but it is weird to see people going "Yeah, the Tauren and Trolls should be angry about the destruction of Teldrassil, an -abominable- crime against Nature that Malfurion himself opposed, an example of one person forcing their Will on Nature"
How does that work?
Teldrassil was not a 'sacred' thing to the Druids. It was a direct violation of what they stand for.