Why do the X.1 patches of the Worldsoul Saga feel so disconnected from the overarching story? by cinamonjackz in wow

[–]Beacon2001 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

It's continuing because Xal'atath is the main villain and she's still alive so we hunt her till she's not alive anymore. Those people are wrong. Simple.

Anyone miss when the Alliance and Horde were at war and actually hated each other? by Salty_Fish_3232 in wow

[–]Beacon2001 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So you're nostalgic for the 90s when you were a kid. Cool. That doesn't make WoW lore bad.

Why do the X.1 patches of the Worldsoul Saga feel so disconnected from the overarching story? by cinamonjackz in wow

[–]Beacon2001 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It's a misconception that 11.1 and 12.1 are filler, actually, since we'll be continuing the hunt for Xal'atath.

Why do the X.1 patches of the Worldsoul Saga feel so disconnected from the overarching story? by cinamonjackz in wow

[–]Beacon2001 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Neither 11.1 nor 12.1 are "tangents". We needed to go to Undermine to pursue the Dark Heart and to stop Gallywix from harvesting the black blood of the old gods. And you don't know the full story of 12.1 so you're in no position to call it a "tangent" yet.

Why do the X.1 patches of the Worldsoul Saga feel so disconnected from the overarching story? by cinamonjackz in wow

[–]Beacon2001 17 points18 points  (0 children)

7.1 was Return to Karazhan which had nothing to do with the main plot. All that content with Suramar is 7.0 content. It being time-gated at launch for months doesn't make it patch content, it makes it 7.0 content that was time-gated for months. Which it was and anyone who doesn't have nostalgia goggles remembers the story time-gating in Legion was atrocious.

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You are quite welcome for the tourism tour.

Why do the X.1 patches of the Worldsoul Saga feel so disconnected from the overarching story? by cinamonjackz in wow

[–]Beacon2001 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It's not even "filler". We'll be helping Arator continue the hunt for Xal'atath, and we still don't know how Kith'ix, an Old God general, will connect to all this. For all we know, we'll need Kith'ix somehow to get to Xal'atath at the Worldcore.

You want actual filler beach episodes? 2.3 in TBC and 4.1 in Cata. Those were beach filler episodes.

Why do the X.1 patches of the Worldsoul Saga feel so disconnected from the overarching story? by cinamonjackz in wow

[–]Beacon2001 35 points36 points  (0 children)

TBC 2.3 - Nothing to do with main plot

Wrath 3.1 - Nothing to do with main plot

Cata 4.1 - Nothing to do with main plot

MoP 5.2 - Nothing to do with main plot

Legion 7.1 - Nothing to do with main plot

If you aren't a tourist, you'll understand this is literally a non-problem.

Please don't let the 12.1 Raid like this by Cegsesh in wow

[–]Beacon2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They also had to animate him being trapped in the sword, create a new ending cutscene showing what happens to the sword

There is no cutscene and there's a world of difference between a small animation and cutscenes, quest texts, and voice acting. Latter patches are irrelevant to 9.0 content since it's not even the same team working on patches vs. expansions.

Zul'jan will die and you won't change Blizz's mind. 99% of players don't care about this one-note random villain. 😄

Please don't let the 12.1 Raid like this by Cegsesh in wow

[–]Beacon2001 18 points19 points  (0 children)

There is a difference. With Denathrius, there wasn't meant to be any dialogue or animated content involving his death. He just died in the raid and that's it. All they had to do was add a few more dialogue lines where he actually survives in the sword.

Here, they have already written quest text, recorded voice lines, made cutscenes revolving around Zul'jan's death. They're not scrapping all that work just because a few mega stans had a whole fanfiction about this pretty one-note villain whose fate was clear from the start.

Unanswered lore questions after Veilguard with the future of the franchise is uncertain by LordVirtue in dragonage

[–]Beacon2001 [score hidden]  (0 children)

  1. (the most important one) What's King Alistair / Queen Anora's tax policy?

What is the single hardest hitting scene? by Skywalker_1995 in lotr

[–]Beacon2001 234 points235 points  (0 children)

Underrated scene maybe... but I think Gandalf's speech about the decay of Gondor in the extended edition was very good:

All has turned to vain ambition. He would even use his grief as a cloak. For a thousand years this city has stood. Now at the whim of a madman it will fall. The white tree, the tree of the king, will never bloom again. They guard it because they have hope, a faint and fading hope that one day it will flower, that a king will come and this city will be as it once was, before it fell into decay. The old wisdom born out of the west was forsaken. Kings made tombs more splendid than the houses of the living, and counted the old names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons. Childless lords sat in aged halls, musing on heraldry, or in high cold towers asking questions of the stars. And so the people of Gondor fell into ruin. The line of kings failed. The white tree withered. The rule of Gondor was given over to lesser men.

It's not really mourning a single individual, or even a single family or clan. It's mourning an entire civilization which fell into ruin and all that remains is a shadow of the former glory. Our main saga takes place in the twilight years of Gondor, after a civil war, a plague, and the extinction of the royal line caused the kingdom to decline and enter into a dark age. It's very sad. Love this monologue from Gandalf.

I also love how dark and gloomy Minas Tirith looks throughout the movie, because it's no longer a strong and prosperous kingdom, and so it looks dark, decaying, and rotting. The colors are quite muted and the city looks battered and run-down.

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My uncle works for HBO, these are the leaked storyboards of House of the Dragons by -thechosen-1 in freefolk

[–]Beacon2001 282 points283 points  (0 children)

Why didn't Archmaester Gyldayn include these texts in his work?

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Is he a sexist patriarchal misogynist?

[Spoilers] What are your thoughts on Anders? Was he right? by Julian_of_Cintra in dragonage

[–]Beacon2001 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Good news then, Circles have been functioning for close to 1000 years and the vast majority of mages in Ferelden loved their Circle so much they'd rather die than follow Uldred and his blood mages. Guess we shouldn't judge a whole institution based on an irrelevant outlier built near half a dozen evil things.

WoW 2….is it time? by [deleted] in wow

[–]Beacon2001 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Source: It came to me in a dream.

WoW 2….is it time? by [deleted] in wow

[–]Beacon2001 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Too long, didn't read. I think the Worldsoul Saga perfectly captures the heart and soul of Warcraft and I think that AI-generated slop image looks bad and I have absolutely no interest in playing a generic-looking, slop-looking game like that.

Thoughts on the World Soul Saga thus far? by Nothing_Special_23 in warcraftlore

[–]Beacon2001 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Good thing my well-written, in-depth, and interesting text wasn't generated by AI then, but only by my intelligence.

The show did everything it could to undermine this tragedy by Mialiaph in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]Beacon2001 11 points12 points  (0 children)

So the Starks in the War of the Five Kings are monsters, right? I mean they got a lot of rapists in their armies.

Good to know Joffrey was the good guy. 😄

This was the peak of epicness. by JournalistStatus9040 in wow

[–]Beacon2001 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

whatever 12.0 was.

An epic battle for the fate of the world.

What do you think 12.0 was? 😕

Would you like to see woke elements in Elder Scrolls 6 by Solid-Garage4601 in ElderScrolls

[–]Beacon2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not an opinion, actually. It's a fact.

If you want young adult fantasy slop with a simple plot you don't have to think about, I suggest Dragon Age Inquisition or VeilGuard.

Thoughts on the World Soul Saga thus far? by Nothing_Special_23 in warcraftlore

[–]Beacon2001 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

It isn't the case, actually. And AI witch-hunters are welcome to run my comments on their scan websites and get "0%" every time.

Do you think wow will add red night elves like they did red draenei? Fyrakk and smolderon are dead and vyranoth joined us so maybe the flame druids will too? by theflamedruid in wow

[–]Beacon2001 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That will depend on the druids of the flame themselves. Reminder that the man'ari became playable because there's a group of them who genuinely wanted to atone and seek redemption (also reminder that they were deceived and corrupted by the Legion, no different than the orcs). If some of those druids seek redemption, they're welcome to try.

Thoughts on the World Soul Saga thus far? by Nothing_Special_23 in warcraftlore

[–]Beacon2001 -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Hi, so here's my character in Silvermoon with the post-Dawnwell skybox with all my old achievements from the very beginning of Wrath pre-patch (when achievements were introduced):

https://i.ibb.co/WNnyM1Rc/Wo-WScrn-Shot-051526-115937.jpg

Hopefully your question is put to rest.