WoW has a storyline...? Or is it just a facade and nothing really happens in the game?HavocEbonlore

Yes, it has a storyline, but its a storyline that everyone can experience, so the outcome of what happens is never truly lore or dynamic.

[QUOTE="JP_Russell"][QUOTE="blue_sparks"][QUOTE="AJMarra"]

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mrbojangles25

I may be biased because I don't play Wow, but the very nature of this thread seems stupid to me. IMO, wow's tangle-up of the warcraft storyline should not affect the series; the RTS games should do actual storyline furthering and wow's contrived bs storyline should stay within that realm. That way, wow players can continue indulging in the fantasy that they are somehow actively furthering the warcraft plot without screwing it up for non-wow-playing warcraft fans.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

i dont understand.

In the RTS series, you are the player, and you are continuing the story .

In WoW, you are a player, and you are continuing the story.

In both games, you are forced into certain parameters that ultimately give the developer the power to determine how the story unfolds. In other words, it doesnt matter whether the franchise is played from an RTS or MMO standpoint since the story would have continued the same way had WoW been Warcraft 4.

The only difference is the perspective and genre of the game. Quit looking for more baseless reasons to hate WoW.

Exactly! You hit the nail on the head there.

And to answer your question, yes, Illidan can die, just like any of the other "important" characters of Warcraft, like Jaina Proudmoore or Thrall.

The most heroic character on that list is Jaina, so I'm thinking that's who's gonna kill Arthas.

Definitely not Illidan. But why aren't any Night Elf sentinels on the list, like Malfurion Stormrage?

psiklone

The point of this thread was for people to come up with their own scenarios, and not necessarily just agree on ones that I made.

[QUOTE="HondaSnake"][QUOTE="AJMarra"][QUOTE="JP_Russell"]

If I had to pick which one would be best, I'd say 5, but since I don't think it would be right for WoW, let alone an expansion to WoW, to have something so significant in the Warcraft story happen, I say 3, and obviously allow Arthas to win. Save 5 for Warcraft 4.

Besides, from what I've heard, WoW butchered the Warcraft storyline. If that's true, WoW further doesn't deserve to have such a significant story event play out in it. So, out of objectivity, since I don't like WoW in the first place, I think it's fair to give WotLK something as significant as the events you described in #3.

JP_Russell

WoW doesn't butcher the story at all. It just lets you play out the story as your own hero, rather than control an army and a hero in RTS fashion.

He's right, the story isn't butchered by WoW, it's just simplified into something comparable to those cardboard six page childrens books you buy for infants when they're just learning to read. :evil:

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In other words, they butchered it. Warcraft isn't supposed to be simple. Simplifying it is equivalent to butchering it.

How about tenderized? It's not exactly butchered.

[QUOTE="AJMarra"][QUOTE="JP_Russell"]

If I had to pick which one would be best, I'd say 5, but since I don't think it would be right for WoW, let alone an expansion to WoW, to have something so significant in the Warcraft story happen, I say 3, and obviously allow Arthas to win. Save 5 for Warcraft 4.

Besides, from what I've heard, WoW butchered the Warcraft storyline. If that's true, WoW further doesn't deserve to have such a significant story event play out in it. So, out of objectivity, since I don't like WoW in the first place, I think it's fair to give WotLK something as significant as the events you described in #3.

HondaSnake

WoW doesn't butcher the story at all. It just lets you play out the story as your own hero, rather than control an army and a hero in RTS fashion.

He's right, the story isn't butchered by WoW, it's just simplified into something comparable to those cardboard six page childrens books you buy for infants when they're just learning to read. :evil:

Couldn't of said it better myself. I never thought about it that way, but yeah, you're right.

If I had to pick which one would be best, I'd say 5, but since I don't think it would be right for WoW, let alone an expansion to WoW, to have something so significant in the Warcraft story happen, I say 3, and obviously allow Arthas to win. Save 5 for Warcraft 4.

Besides, from what I've heard, WoW butchered the Warcraft storyline. If that's true, WoW further doesn't deserve to have such a significant story event play out in it. So, out of objectivity, since I don't like WoW in the first place, I think it's fair to give WotLK something as significant as the events you described in #3.

JP_Russell

WoW doesn't butcher the story at all. It just lets you play out the story as your own hero, rather than control an army and a hero in RTS fashion.

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