As some of you might know i'm really interested in the story behind Warcraft, the lore as they call it. I've read most of the books (atleast the ones i was able to get a hold off, damn you proxis for not shipping 1 book i still don't have !) and are a frequent visitor of wowwiki to read up on major lorecharacters/events and items.
I think it's a very compelling and solid story that provides a decent backbone to the game(s) we play today. From Warcraft 1 throughout Wow the story has been further developped and explained and new stuff has been added. But not everything is as appreciated by the fanbase as Blizzard would've liked, especially when TBC was first launched / announced lore-addepts were up in arms about the Draenei and the Bloodelves because it wasn't "true" to the lore we have known for such a long time.
I can only imagine people needed a bit of time to accept the fact Blizzard wants to further develop their story as they probably have everything lined up for the coming expansion(s) and warcraft games. The same is happening again with this expansion where we will face 2 gigantic lore-characters in the form of Arthas/Lich King and Malygos and possible/maybe beat/kill them. Now, i do say this carefully as that is not known at all, we might just subdue them or they might flee from battle after we've reduced them to a pile of rubbish.
But nonetheless this is a catalyst for those lore-addepts to start up the QQ-train on the forums again, spouting random statements as "blizzard is destroying the lore" and "omg, we can't kill arthas for x and y reasons".
Let me say one thing: A mmo is all about progression, that counts for everything: skills, gear, professions, content and yes....storyline. So start accepting the fact the story won't be stuck in 1 certain phase forever, it will further develop and new faces will show up (for example the son of Grom Hellscream, Garosh)
So far my little rant
-Dave out
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