Afternoon Council!
The timeframe in which World of Warcraft unleashes their lore has been a hot topic for a while and I’m curious your guy’s thoughts. I finished the Sylvanas novel yesterday, wherein they provided some insight into the Legion cinematic wherein Sylvanas holds a latern to the Valkyr Eyir and tells her to submit. (World of Warcraft’s Youtube video reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ2m03Rgj5A). I was EXTREMELY invested in this storyline when it released. We saw Sylvanas confer with Helya, we saw this part with Eyir via a cinematic, and yet…we never got an answer as to what Sylvanas was trying to do… until Sylvanas released on March 29, 2022. The Legion Eyir cinematic was released March 02, 2017. Literally FIVE YEARS to obtain an answer. Truthfully, despite how invested I was in the Eyir/Helya Legion storyline, I actually FORGOT about it while getting to it in the book. It was so long that I literally forgot.
This brings to another point. Azmongold just finished an interview with World of Warcraft’s Game Director Ion Hazzikostas and ended the interview asking about the Sword [of Sargares stuck inside Azeroth]. Ion’s response was “Wait…wha…what sword?” In another interview, it was simply referred to as “a splinter” since it’s been drained of its power. This leads the viewer to believe that they are either not going to address it OR they are going to unveil some huge action with it to shock the playerbase. That sword was struck into Azeroth approximately November 28, 2017 and players are STILL asking about it without a clear answer.
Personally, I am extremely irked over the timeframe it takes for major World of Warcraft lore situations to unveil. I would prefer each expansion to be like a series of a saga, with beginning, middle, and end in the story writing. Of course some outliers and mysteries will remain to feed into other parts, but I believe each major storyline should be wrapped up within the story of the expansion. Even with Shadowland’s end cinematic, we are left with an open-ended plotline of “the cosmos divided will not survive what is to come.” Are we going to have to wait another FIVE YEARS to uncover “what is to come”??? As a player who enjoys the World of Warcraft storylines and lore, I find this rather ridiculous.
What are your thoughts? Are you satisfied with this timeframe of constantly having the lingering lore questions? Would you prefer that the World of Warcraft storywriters provide some conclusions when they make a point of showcasing major situations? I feel this is important enough to people to warrant a discussion for World of Warcraft writer’s review.
