A Few Dear Gnomes

[warsock]

Dear RPers:

I have problems with the Theramore scenario, but they stem from personal reasons, not because the storyline sucks, or because I think Blizzard's going the wrong way with how they're working their game. (Except that Jaina's reaction in Tides of War was far more realistic than her reaction in the Alliance version. But that's another rant

Comments

[mephron]

I see nothing wrong with your character's reactions. At all

[celticdragonfly]

Your worgen beartank should be sure to not forget the goblins.

[mephron]

My beartank believes the Goblins will do whatever they're paid to do, and have no real ethics about it as long as they get enough money.

Which may or may not be true, but experience with the Steamwheedle cartel seem that way.

[warsock]

My wee priestling from last night :) "I followed Kael'thas because I believed in him. I dug rocks from the ground in Netherstorm because I wanted to help him. I turned my back on family, said goodbye to friends, and walked through the Dark Portal for faith in one man. My king. And I was wrong, and I left the Sunfury, and I came home. Garrosh Hellscream is not nearly as charismatic or inspiring or intelligent. What makes you think he's going to retain my loyalty when Kael'thas couldn't?"

I still don't know what to do with my hunter. She likes orcs, lives in Orgrimmar, rides wolves and wyverns, but I just can't see her going in for wholesale destruction. If Garrosh had pushed into Ashenvale, bombed Astranaar, pushed on Forest Song, not used mana-bombs, etc, she'd be at the front line, howling for blood and thunder with the rest of them.

[cleosilver]

I don't play on an RP server but my characters still seem to develop personalities and histories and stuff. They're mostly Alliance but I have a couple of Belves. They went into the scenario to get the spy out and disapproved of the bombing once they found out about it.

The Blood Knight worries about the political ramifications and whether it might be better for her people to distance themselves from Garrosh so as to avoid the Alliance retaliation, while the Hunter is a tad more ecologically minded and worries about whether the fallout will do bad things to the wildlife in the area.

Allianceside the Draenei Mage is horrified at the misuse of magic involved in the bomb. My Draenei Shaman's wandering around with the essence of a blue dragon inside her atm (Not, "omg I'm a secret dragon" but part way through Firelands' staff chain) and she was likewise unimpressed, concerned that they may be making more and worried about how they got the focussing iris in the first place

[raegsokthesock]

In regards to the Theramore stuff - Garrosh/Sylvanas losing their ever loving minds is the reason I've pretty much stopped playing Horde period. I have 1 Belf DK on Farstriders left, and then a level 1 Belf Warrior/level 55 Belf DK on Moon Guard who exist to RP with my husband when he plays his Paladin over there. Otherwise, all of my other 9 85's/1 locked 70 on FS are Alliance, and my 1 85/plethora of alts on WrA are Alli. No desire to play Horde anymore, and Theramore just kind of confirms I'm not going back outside of helping Ranty with her guild

[warsock]

Yeah. I did quests in WPL for the first time since the patch. Horde-side, anyway. I was like, "o.O, you want my Light-devoted paladin to do WHAT with a val'kyr?!" The Andorhal Felstone Fields chains are very undead. Crazy as hell, but Sylvanas hasn't lost her mind (imo, anyway) as much as Garrosh has. For her, it's partially about maintaining her population, since Forsaken can't have babies. Garrosh, there's just no excuse

[phoenix_anca]

A lot of my hordies either belong to neutral organisations or are *concerned.* I've got an old orcish shaman who is afraid he knows where this is all heading, a younger orcish rogue who doesn't trust Garrosh and doesn't have much of a problem with the Alliance - hey, we tried invading, they kicked our asses eventually, fair's fair ... none of my toons are Garrosh supporters, but some are *Horde* supporters and are hoping things sort themselves out up there. Vol'jin, isn't it about time you stabbed Garrosh, for example...?

[warsock]

The issue is, Vol'jin was stupid to announce his intention to kill Garrosh out in public. He's got all sorts of eyes on him, and he knows it. I've often said it's a shame you can't kill your own city leaders; I'm hoping they'll pursue this storyline for either the return of Thrall/Go'el (though that ship, as of ToW, seems to have sailed) or the ascension of another Warchief. Maybe even one that isn't an orc.

ToW had a lot of grumbling and unrest by previously loyal members of the Horde. I personally would love to see a rebellion or an all-out civil war within the Horde.

Or even one epic quest chain. We haven't had one of those since Battle for the Undercity.

[writermerrin]

I think with the rebellion against Garrosh on the horizon, it could be a great time to be RPin a discontented member of the Horde.