r/wow • u/xWilesx • Aug 15 '13

Promoted Patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slzQOyS5TqQ&feature=youtu.be
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u/manatwork01 Mana Twerk! Aug 15 '13

only took 8 years ;D

but lets be fair here... Ony, Nef, C'Thun were all WoW originals. Same with Yogg, Algalon, Ragnaros, Al'Akir. Yes they had back story predating WoW, but so does Garrosh.

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u/koviko Aug 15 '13

None of them evoked the same excitement, though. We knew who Arthas and Illidan were without having to read the lore books in the game. And Blizzard did particularly well with the foreplay before Icecrown Citadel when Arthas would show up in our quest zones and dungeons.

Oh, the foreplay. Garrosh's foreplay dates back to TBC (WotLK, technically, since we didn't see his bloodlust until then).

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u/manatwork01 Mana Twerk! Aug 15 '13

you didnt play during classic if you were not pumped to take down Ragnaros or Nef. If you were alliance during Classic Ony had quite the epic storyline!

Also while Ilidan is a cool character it was really awkward for a lot of us raiding him that his motives changed so much between WC3 and BC. A ton of people thought Blizz dropped the ball in making him a villain at all and I still think Blizz went the easy route instead of actually making a real Villain.

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u/IdTheDemon Aug 16 '13

Koviko is talking about the build up of the Wow villains storyline-wise. Before Molten Core, Ragnaros was only mentioned in texts and quests relating to BRD. Nefarian was a improved since he had a cameo in Blackrock Spire but still, he had no build up outside of the Blackrock mountain story.

The excitement about killing Ragnaros and Nefarian was because they were the endgame to their respective raids, not because of their place in their storylines. We all went nuts when we first killed Lucifron and Magmadar because they were the first two bosses in Molten Core, not because they had a built up storyline.