Yeah, no. The Sylvanas retcon narrative is terrible honestly, and it undermines much of their previous storylines. We have direct evidence that proves that this new airy-fairy nonsense was invented out of nowhere with no consideration for previous lore, rather than being some long-term setup.After Edge of Night, she literally vows to keep the Forsaken alive because they are her bulwark against the infinite. She doesn't vow to keep killing people because feeding souls to some mysterious new ally is the only way to save herself.In Before the Storm, she's complaining about being Warchief and complaining about the Desolate Council, instead of you know celebrating her Warchief-dom that her new ally got her because her only goal is to murder as many people as possible, which is what she should have done if this was a long-term set-up.In the War of Thorns, she agrees with Saurfang that failing to oppress the Night Elves would just galvanize the Alliance against the Horde, so she never intended to burn the tree, but during Blizzcon they told us that her actions were designed with maximum carnage in mind. So once again she's either being retconned or she's written like an idiot while being celebrated like some myterious mastermind (if you want maximum carnage you crush the Alliance with a united Horde and then sow the seeds of discord amongst the Horde instead of galvanizing the Alliance against yourself and provoking a rebellion that unites against you for being an idiotic leader).Whoever pitched the idea of this Sylvanas-driven nonsense should be fired from their writing job (make them design faction backpacks or something instead) because it's an amateurish ill-handled plotline delivered in retconning ways. And no, that's not hate, that's just a criticism against the writing of the game which we all pay for.Blizzard are discarding established, greatly anticipated villains like Azshara and N'zoth in a single patch, while they spend half of BfA setting up some mysterious plot with a no name enemy for a whole expansion with random no name covenants with no lore whatsoever, all while parading their banshee Mary Sue around in the forefront of the action at the expense of previous lore (raising Night Elves, anybody remember that?) and continuity.R.I.P Warcraft story, 1994-2018.
just hope they wrap up the sylvanas stuff soon
The real question is why Sylvanas ended up in the Maw in the first place. It's the place for the most horribly wicked. What did she do to deserve it? If even Kael'thas, who betrayed his people and everything on Azeroth in favor of serving the Legion, deserved a chance of redemption in Revendreth, why didn't Sylvanas? By the sum of her actions by the end of WotLK, she should've ended up in Maldraxxus or even Bastion.
just let us kill her please
Reviewing the coverage today and getting hyped all over again. Many thanks to Perculia and the team for all the fantastic work they do!
I'm very excited about the new expansion. It's looking pretty interesting. I still have some shred of hope Sylvanus is not trying to destroy us all but the hope is fading. Either way it's going to be a very interesting expansion.
The only thing I want from this entire story is please don't let Sylvanas have been working for the greater good all along.
I have the feeling that even when we reach the conclusion of Sylvanas' endgame in all of this, we still won't get a clear reasoning behind her actions, either from in-character or out-of-character narration- and I really hope the answer wouldn't be in a novel that you have to pay money to read to find out. This whole plot line has really begun to be exhausting at this point, and it's really affected my ability to enjoy the game as a whole!I have high hopes for Shadowlands- and I also feel that we the players deserve a well-rounded conclusion to the fight we've been a part of for several expansions now.
I mean yeah so long as you ignore the stuff that directly contradicts it, including Sylvanas own inner monologues, thoughts, and the fact that she never did enough to get sent to the Maw in the first place when you compare who actually managed to not get sent there, then this is a brilliantly woven long gambit.
Spirit healer as a Boss please
LOL Sylvanas in Shadowlands - Edge of Night, Jailer of the Damned, and Vol'jin's Mystery rename #Sylvanasdidit did it all from WotLK
ok interesting.
can't wait to slay this elf in-game!
It just feels a bit silly to me that they can create a new character out of nowhere and suddenly make it powerful enough to just casually give anyone oneshot powers. This is the kind of thing that needs to be built up over time. Dark shamans for example with Garrosh were a way to weaken thrall and were introduced before Mop even began. There was also the whole old god corruption adding to his strength. Adding something in as a big twist with zero context in the established story makes it feel hollow.
I did not know this backround. Such a great read. I am puzzled about the intention of Val'kyr though. Cant wait to learn more!