Poster: Kailyyn at 2006-09-14 08:38:23
Subject: BC Lore Plan Change? |
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"With the future in peril, a relic of the past has also surfaced, radiating renewed energy. This relic has enabled Lord Kazzak to activate the current Dark Portal"
I apologize if this has been brought up already, but I didn't see a post about it.
I'm a little annoyed about this particular bit of information in the Setting The Stage feature. When WoW was released, there were considerable hints dropped that Medivh's spellbook would be needed to be retrieved to open the Dark Portal once more. Rumors even went so far as to say the book was in two parts, one of which was held by Kel Thuzad in Naxxramas.
It was thought that what would be needed was a world event in which many warlocks performed a ritual to reopen the stargate... er... Dark Portal.
This seems to have been dropped in favor of some minor demon tinkering and finding a way to open the portal on his own.
As a lore aficionado, I find this sweeping aside to be somewhat drastic.
I understand the stress put on the servers for world events that was realized during the opening of AQ, but the last world event, the Scourge Invasion, was handled much better. I'm sure dimensional rips or someother plot device could be employed on a global scale.
And come release day, we know the servers are going to take a serious hit in three spots; Silvermoon and Draenai Island (can't recall the name atm), and the Dark Portal.
So why the change? This was shaping up to be a magnificent addition to the chronicles and now it will be only a footnote in Azeroth's history.
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Poster: Nethaera at 2006-09-14 09:00:22
Subject: Re: BC Lore Plan Change? |
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Things change in the progression of ideas and development. What you refer to was something that was batted around as a possible idea. What you see now is what is being implemented because we feel it works best for what we want to accomplish.
I'm sure some people are disappointed because they felt it was a sure thing or at the least had hopes it was a sure thing.
The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo.
-Terry Pratchett
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
-Eric Hoffer
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