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What I am not looking forward to is the total lack of new content between now and then. Adding some new time walking dungeons doesn't really do anything to keep me wanting to continue to pay them, when I've got a ton of games like Fallout 4, Battlefront, Final Fantasy 7/15, etc... coming out between now and then.
I'll be honest, this trailer wasn't that good IMO. I mean visually it looks great as always ( really liked the infernal) but I personally prefer the previous intro trailers where they showcased the different classes. I'm not a fan of Metzen and he always seems to try and put the spotlight on whatever character he voices (the most glaringly obvious being Thrall). Sylvanas doesn't even get one line in.
It would have been cooler to see the beginning with Varian, with a neutral (not Varian, maybe Khadgar) voiceover, getting to the top of his ship as they get engaged and afterwards shift to Syvlanas and then later to the ground forces showing the various other heroes/leaders getting stuck in. Sort of like how WAR: Age of Reckoning's second trailer was like.
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Grimskul wrote: I personally prefer the previous intro trailers where they showcased the different classes.
Vanilla and TBC had very busy cinematics with nothing really in focus. TBC had Illidan as its focus, technically, but he got almost none of the actual screentime.
WotLK was 'Look how cool LK is!' which was admittedly successful.
Cataclysm did the same for Deathwing and also showed how he changed the world.
MoP was different and interesting, felt refreshing with a focus on 3 characters.
WoD showcased a coherent plot event rather than characters, which was cool but confusing for people who had played WC3 and had no idea of the differences.
Legion is different again, showing a plot event like WoD but clearly focusing on Varian. I think it's fine.
Grimskul wrote: I personally prefer the previous intro trailers where they showcased the different classes.
Vanilla and TBC had very busy cinematics with nothing really in focus. TBC had Illidan as its focus, technically, but he got almost none of the actual screentime.
WotLK was 'Look how cool LK is!' which was admittedly successful.
Cataclysm did the same for Deathwing and also showed how he changed the world.
MoP was different and interesting, felt refreshing with a focus on 3 characters.
WoD showcased a coherent plot event rather than characters, which was cool but confusing for people who had played WC3 and had no idea of the differences.
Legion is different again, showing a plot event like WoD but clearly focusing on Varian. I think it's fine.
I guess it has more to do with me disliking varian and anduin wrynn, it felt kinda cheesy IMO with his whole "I understand now son, rainbows and peace are worth fighting for" moment. I was half expecting an xoxo on anduin's picture in his compass.
Ashiraya wrote: Then I suspect that is what decides your opinion on the cinematic.
I have always hated Sylvanas, but... Her new outfit looks better and some implied things that will happen to her in Legion makes me reconsider that.
Huh, didn't realize she had a new outfit in the trailer. It'll be good to see things finally come to a head regarding her and the val'kyr, she's effectively been a mini-Lich Queen so far and eventually she'll have to answer for her shenanigans. It hasn't been the same since Varimathras left lol.
Ashiraya wrote: And now they fight together, because they can still see value in working together when facing an enemy that would turn the world to toast.
Doesn't mean that they should be appreciative of each other.
GrimDork wrote: Lol prepurchase for a free lvl 100 character.... First day pugs gooooo!
Guess they're keeping it interesting, beta ed mop but kinda quit then, doubt I'll be back, though killing demons was always fun.
WoD provided a free level-up of one character to level 90, and then stuck the leveled-up character in a required tutorial that forced the character to play through the expansion prelude (i.e. the lead-in that was released just before WoD went live). The tutorial started the character out with a limited set of skills/spells, and then unlocked more as you played through it. I suspect that auto-leveling a character to 100 will require the same thing.
As for Varian Wrynn being appreciative of Sylvanas - one of the themes of the trailer is that he now appreciates the need for peace between the different factions in Azeroth. So I think that it's safe to say that he doesn't have any plans at this time to invade Lordaeron.
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At first I was like 'I probably won't roll a Demon Hunter, they look cool and all but I am Horde4lyf and the female blood elf model is so very thin and itty bitty and-
Elves are already magic sucking vampire crackheads. Turning them into demonblood sucking things in addition to it is pretty awesome. I'm on board. I think I'm going to make my blood elf look as old as possible, and imagine them carrying around their magic and blood in some really creepy stone pill box, rationed out by day.
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Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.
I've been prepping a warrior to main during this coming expansion... might reconsider though after reestablishing my hunter that I played during WOTLK and giving him my lvl 90 boost... It was fun to be shooting stuff and having pets.
But we'll see... maybe if I get my warrior up to speed I may keep to playing him.
I have a bunch of lowbies. "Jumping" to level 90 for Draenor kind
of ruined the game for me, so I never played myw arrior. I'm having
more fun just leveling low toons.
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Isn't tying it to the game's 5th expansion targeting veterans enough?
To get here, one should have picked up WOW, Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Mists of Pandera, and Warlords of Draenor.
I suppose the only other option would have the level 100 boost bound to an achievement after you beat your first raid dungeon- but I don't think many would pay for that.
Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
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Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.
Ashiraya wrote: And now they fight together, because they can still see value in working together when facing an enemy that would turn the world to toast.
Doesn't mean that they should be appreciative of each other.
Why not? Together they were able to stop the Lich King, Deathwing, and Garrosh.
Their petty squables of a generation ago still persist, but in the end the two factions have worked together to stop major threat after major threat. It's time they start to realize they should appreciate each other.
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Gitzbitah wrote: Isn't tying it to the game's 5th expansion targeting veterans enough?
To get here, one should have picked up WOW, Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Mists of Pandera, and Warlords of Draenor.
I suppose the only other option would have the level 100 boost bound to an achievement after you beat your first raid dungeon- but I don't think many would pay for that.
All of those except WoD are now coming free with the base game.
Then I am categorically wrong. I feel so old. I have played too long. I feel stretched.... thin.
Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
Gwar- "And everyone wants a bigger Spleen!"
Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.
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