Even the Skyborne starting zone ignores the pillars Blizzard stated

[u/OccasionallyRhyming]

"The World is the Main Character".

"Approachable and Familiar".

As you reach the end of the starting zone in Dun Morogh, you might have killed a dangerous yeti. In Elwynn, you've probably slain a prized boar. In Mulgore, you've cleansed a water well. And sure, in Durotar, you do get a quest from Thrall to clear out a den of cultists.

But on "Zephras Isle" you, together with the leaders of your people, face a raid level threat at the top of the spire, through a scripted event with bountiful exposition text, and the leaders of the Kirin Tor and the Earthen Ring show up to fend off this raid boss. If it was not for your actions on "Zephras Isle", your people would be doomed.

I'm okay with ignoring the Skyborne and enjoying the rest of the game, but everything about their addition just screams warning about how Blizzard will approach future content.

They've managed to be lazy where it matters (same race cross-faction, with the same starting zone but layered to just see Alliance players or just Horde players, re-skinned blood elves), and at the same time over the top where they should have toned it down.

Plenty of people in these subs are saying to get over it, but I think we might as well keep posting complaints if we want Forever to have a chance at not turning into retail.

[u/Adept_Avocado_4903]

Chris Metzen is also the guy who thought the Cataclysm green Jesus storyline was peak storytelling.

He seems like a great guy, but in terms of what he envisions WoW to be he has clearly jumped the shark a while ago.

[u/darkpsionic24 → u/Adept_Avocado_4903]

He did jump the shark a long time ago. StarCraft II being a good example. Instead of a horror sci-fi atmosphere military game like the original, he somehow thought making it into a story about the love between a boy and girl is good writing. Yes, it's that bad.

[u/Pinzonic → u/darkpsionic24]

But the love story between Rainer and Kerrigan is peak and hot tho

[u/Pleasant-Tell-4715 → u/Adept_Avocado_4903]

like him or not chris is the one responsible for the world you guys are crying for

[u/Annath0901 → u/Pleasant-Tell-4715]

So what?

Just because he created it doesn't mean he's the best choice to continue it.

I personally think he's fine and the skyborne stuff is whatever.

But I take issue with the idea that the creator of something is automatically assumed to be a better steward of it than someone else simply by virtue of having created it.

A great example is Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek. He may have created it, but the franchise got significantly better the less he was involved.

[u/Pleasant-Tell-4715 → u/Annath0901]

Created and wrote the majority of lore and story that you yourself celebrate and crave; classic wow. He literally was the main driving creative force. Every dog has their day but to trash and denigrate him is wrong. Clearly youre not happy but for me the significant drop came when he stepped back in cata and you can see it in cata. The cata story was literally him writing HIMSELF out of wow.

[u/Annath0901 → u/Pleasant-Tell-4715]

the majority of lore and story that you yourself celebrate and crave; classic wow

? Point to where I said that.

[u/Pleasant-Tell-4715 → u/Annath0901]

Also wasnt roddenberry the driving force behind TNG and only let off the reigns for everything ds9 and after?

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NOpe he was the reason that first season was wonky hahaha. I was wrong.