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[Aug. 27th, 2009|11:23 pm] |
This is a rant i wrote directed towards a few people in my guild who were complaining about the upcoming 3rd expansion for WoW, just recently announced. the upcoming expansion deals with alot of terrain deformation of the old world zones due to the rise of Deathwing (previously Neltharion), the aspect of the black dragonflight and the Earth.
I'm going to focus mainly on lore and zone related things.
personally, i find the idea behind the shifting zones and new places completely welcome. this is the world of warcraft... the MMO on the level of WoW is still a fairly new thing. a completely new genre that is still evolving. blizzard is still testing new ground, and personally, i think, yes they've had their problems, but they're doing a superb job. yeah, they half assed it on some parts, and other parts they've excelled in.
This world before us is supposed to represent the actual world of warcraft. the storylines we played in the RTS's? how the world changes? the plagues coming, destroying lordaeron, culling of stratholme, THESE EVENTS CHANGED THE WORLD OF AZEROTH. it was reflected so in these games and is reflected in WoW as well. This world will continue to change and shift, because the people at blizzard feel that's what would happen if a particular event happened that was extremely cataclysmic. thinking in these terms, i'm extremely excited for anything and everything that will happen and come along.
what if we had come into the storyline prior to the coming of the undead plague? horde would have had only 3 races, and alliance would have four... we would witness these events happening and how the world would change and be affected by it. Hell, the fucking humans PRETTY MUCH LOSE HALF THEIR EMPIRE. you don't think people would be pissed about that in WoW? how many people would be fucking ripshit to the skies if they just upped and decided to destroy one of our main cities? some would revel in it, but i think more than a few people would just flip to the fucking skies...
Fuck, just send us back to the War of the Ancients, why don't you? The first coming of the burning legion? the collapse of the well of eternity? just have us use Night elves, humans, trolls, and orcs, wherever else they were. how would people react to part of a continent disappearing? anything is possible, never forget it.
Also, I always here these people complaining about killing off key characters and such in the storylines. what's up with that? if it was an RTS, we wouldn't bat an eyelash methinks. this world is changing, and new things are coming, i can guarantee you that. I mean, they have already, and things should only get better in the years to come i think. there will be ups and downs, but who cares?
I personally think we should let all our preconceived notions go of how a game, especially something as new and unique as the genre of the MMORPG, should be.
I for one am excited for what is to come. I'm interested in seeing how this world will change.
and basically, i agree with majority of the gameplay issues here and there. but saying it's too easy, i agree with schwarz... hard modes are here. use it. actually, with hard modes, they've brought back hardcore and have just broadened the spectrum of toughness so that it is tailored specifically to the raiders desire. hell, we have multiple levels of hardness. 3 to 4 levels usually! that was also just brand new, a shot in the dark, and brilliant idea. blizzard has not forgotten the hardcore raider yet i think.
<3 Twi
so yeah, i wish more people shared my enthusiasm as well as my opinion, which i know only of two or three in just my guild. it's a unique opinion to be sure, don't you think?>_> and yes, i'm self centered in thinking that i'm one of the few with a fully understood and wide view of the world of warcraft... |
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