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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited May 2016
    Madican wrote: »
    Angry wrote: »
    Yeah man, every other movie I go to gives me so much better free stuff!

    "Free" until you have to pay the $15 a month on it in addition to your current account. A free month would've been a promo, this just smacks of "Hey have you bothered all your friends to try WoW yet? Do our marketing for us!"

    jesus christ dude if you don't want to pay the $15 then don't pay the $15, at that point it's just a movie ticket for the price of a movie ticket, which is how every other movie works

    you are inventing things to be mad about

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    Angry wrote: »
    Yeah man, every other movie I go to gives me so much better free stuff!

    "Free" until you have to pay the $15 a month on it in addition to your current account. A free month would've been a promo, this just smacks of "Hey have you bothered all your friends to try WoW yet? Do our marketing for us!"

    jesus christ dude if you don't want to pay the $15 then don't pay the $15, at that point it's just a movie ticket for the price of a movie ticket, which is how every other movie works

    you are inventing things to be mad about

    I can call a promo pathetic without being mad about it.

  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited May 2016
    The promo is not meant for people who are currently playing WoW. If you're judging it by that standard, then that error is yours, not Blizzard's.

    The promo is great for people who have never played WoW. It lets them get into it with just a single month's sub cost without a big upfront cost.

    And again, if you don't like the promotion, don't take it up. If you don't take it up, it's like there's no promotion at all, which is pretty much what all movies do already. I kind of feel like you're more upset about the free stuff not being to your liking than you would have been if the free stuff had never been there at all.

    Dhalphir on
  • TryCatcherTryCatcher Registered User regular
    reVerse wrote: »
    It's so that he can have an arc. He's been brought low so that when Sylvanas goes all purple dispenser-y he can make his triumphant return as the warchief of the Horde.

    So, cool characters get turned into loot piñatas or just plain killed and shat on while Green Jesus becomes WoW's protagonist. Again.

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  • EnigmedicEnigmedic Registered User regular
    naw, let gazlow be warchief, and kill everyone except for mekkatorque. then we can have the goblin vs gnomes expansion.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited May 2016
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    reVerse wrote: »
    It's so that he can have an arc. He's been brought low so that when Sylvanas goes all purple dispenser-y he can make his triumphant return as the warchief of the Horde.

    So, cool characters get turned into loot piñatas or just plain killed and shat on while Green Jesus becomes WoW's protagonist. Again.

    It may also be a response to the whole 'green jesus' thing. It's funny how everyone complains when he's basically god, then also complain when he's brought down low.

    EDIT: I seriously doubt Sylvanas is going to become a villain. People have been chanting that line since Cataclysm and it's only become less true since then. She's definitely no saint, but there's no reason why she would turn against the Horde or go after the Alliance in earnest.

    Javen on
  • TryCatcherTryCatcher Registered User regular
    I just really don't like the idea of Thrall getting to be Warchief again after screwing up. "Resets" aka forcing the plot to restore the status quo are lame on Marvel/DC and are also lame in here.

  • AngryAngry The glory I had witnessed was just a sleight of handRegistered User regular
    You may be taking his comment a little too seriously.

    There's no indication that Thrall is going to do anything this expac, let alone retake Warchief.

  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    Oh my god, the new Engineering goggles are perfect.

    Presenting the Tactical Headgun.

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  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    Pretty sure the base game comes with a free month.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    MuddBudd wrote: »
    Pretty sure the base game comes with a free month.

    if that's the case then this discussion is even sillier

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  • NosfNosf Registered User regular
    re: thrall, soul searching, loss of elements - I'm sure we'll get a "THE POWER WAS INSIDE YOU ALL ALONG, YOU JUST HAD TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF THRALL!" kind of moment.

  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    Elementals are just pissy assholes, they barely need a reason to be dicks

    Dark Shaman have the right idea.

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  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    Nosf wrote: »
    re: thrall, soul searching, loss of elements - I'm sure we'll get a "THE POWER WAS INSIDE YOU ALL ALONG, YOU JUST HAD TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF THRALL!" kind of moment.

    Again? Didn't we already get one in Cata?

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    So I had a question do you get more of the Tomes of Chaos if you go on normal or Heroic than you would in the LFR?

  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    Brainleech wrote: »
    So I had a question do you get more of the Tomes of Chaos if you go on normal or Heroic than you would in the LFR?

    Nope!

    PMAvers
  • LD50LD50 Registered User regular
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    Nosf wrote: »
    re: thrall, soul searching, loss of elements - I'm sure we'll get a "THE POWER WAS INSIDE YOU ALL ALONG, YOU JUST HAD TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF THRALL!" kind of moment.

    Again? Didn't we already get one in Cata?
    I'm so done with Thrall. So done. The last straw was him being a complete shit failure of a shaman. He can't summon the elements to fight Garrosh in SoO? Well guess what thrall: I'm a shaman and I managed to do it just fine. The last straw was him KSing me in Nagrand. Fuck you Thrall, you lost your chance to fight Garrosh. I already cleaned up your mess once before and the only reason why I have to do it again is because you were too much of a pansy to 'let' me do it properly.

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    Weird
    Why did my blood elf priest get a better mind flay at 92 when my Draenei priest got the 5 orbs at the same level?

  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited May 2016
    Brainleech wrote: »
    Weird
    Why did my blood elf priest get a better mind flay at 92 when my Draenei priest got the 5 orbs at the same level?

    The Draenor perks are randomized at levels 92, 94, 96 and 98 (and 100? I forget). You'll get them all, but you might have to suffer with bad ones until higher levels if you get unlucky.

    reVerse on
  • LorahaloLorahalo Registered User regular
    Brainleech wrote: »
    Weird
    Why did my blood elf priest get a better mind flay at 92 when my Draenei priest got the 5 orbs at the same level?

    The WoD bonuses are given randomly. You'll get all of them by 100, but you get them in any order.

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  • MugsleyMugsley DelawareRegistered User regular
    Enigmedic wrote: »
    ...then we can have the goblin vs gnomes expansion.

    I would be very okay with this.

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  • ZundeZunde Registered User regular
    I hate both Thrall and Sylvanas as characters.

    I liked Thrall at the start but then when he went SSJHADOKEN Shaman in Cataclysm to the point where even the ancient dragon aspects were tripping over their own dicks to heap praise after praise on him to the idiocy that is Warlords to nagrand to the cliffnote of "Thrall will continue to evolve in legion." Comment he's just a terrible overdone character that needs to lose his plot armor badly.

    As for Sylvanas i hate her because she has the worst possible trait the one trait i can't stand in a character in that she's IMPLIED to have such massive tactical genius such a cunning devious mind which is only implied you can say she's such all you want but when her only actions in story are pretty much "SHOOT ALL TEH PLAGUE AT IT." It rings hollow as heck

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2016
    The people who are going to see that movie are the ones who already own the fucking game. I expected a pet or something for seeing the film, but they managed to stoop real low this time and just try to turn people into missionaries for WoW. I'm guessing sub numbers have sunk real low and they can't afford to give away game time. The promo is useless for like 90% of the people seeing the film.

    Now, the promo might have made sense if it included all the expansions so long-lapsed players can catch up, but they just added WoD to the base game so even if you stopped playing in 2005 there's absolutely no benefit to this promo.

    EDIT: also the base game is twenty bucks now, so it's clear they make more money off subs and the in-game shop than anything else. They want new blood, but I think it'd behoove them to encourage lapsed subs to come back and buy Legion.

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  • TryCatcherTryCatcher Registered User regular
    The people who are going to see that movie are the ones who already own the fucking game.

    The whole point of making a movie is introducing the game to those that haven't played it. Regardless, the transmogs are for everybody that logs in, so is not terrible.

  • EnigmedicEnigmedic Registered User regular
    Also, blizzard doesn't owe anyone anything. I don't get why people think they deserve more free stuff. They are giving people transmogs, which is more than pretty much any other movie has ever given out.

    Blizzard already upgrades people's accounts after X amount of time. They don't even have to do that, but they do. Basically people are crying "waaah blizzard already gives out free stuff, but i want more different free stuff"

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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    Sucks the Staff of Gul'Dan is Horde only.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    Sucks the Staff of Gul'Dan is Horde only.

    i'd happily trade you this shitty stuff and ugly axe for the alliance sword and shield

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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
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    The Axe I'll agree with but that staff would fit my Warlock better than any version of the Destro artifact.

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    Well I might see how the axe fits with my orc shaman
    The staff well I don't know it's neat but it's not for me

  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited May 2016
    Zunde wrote: »
    I hate both Thrall and Sylvanas as characters.

    I liked Thrall at the start but then when he went SSJHADOKEN Shaman in Cataclysm to the point where even the ancient dragon aspects were tripping over their own dicks to heap praise after praise on him to the idiocy that is Warlords to nagrand to the cliffnote of "Thrall will continue to evolve in legion." Comment he's just a terrible overdone character that needs to lose his plot armor badly.

    As for Sylvanas i hate her because she has the worst possible trait the one trait i can't stand in a character in that she's IMPLIED to have such massive tactical genius such a cunning devious mind which is only implied you can say she's such all you want but when her only actions in story are pretty much "SHOOT ALL TEH PLAGUE AT IT." It rings hollow as heck

    Thrall doesn't even need to lose his plot armor, honestly. He just needs to do the one thing Blizzard is absolutely allergic to: take it down a notch. Here's how you fix Thrall. Have him do something, and make it not be the most Momentous Shit Of Your Life. It can be good, it can be bad, it doesn't matter! It just needs to not be EPIC TO THE MAX because it's Thrall.

    Similarly, you don't need fucking super space angels arbitrarily crowning you the coolest dude ever to do an Illidan redemption arc. Just...have him do something selfless! Fuck! It's that simple, Illidan's whole thing is he fucked up a long time ago, and has continued to fuck up because while he's broadly speaking trying to do the right thing and make up for past mistakes, his own self interest derails these attempts over and over. All a good redemption arc needs is him to not do that.

    Blizzard's inability to take it down a notch, ever, is the bane of their story telling.

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  • ZundeZunde Registered User regular
    Very true and it boils down into why people are angry that Thrall is being brought to a low point because we know better the only reason he's going to hit a low is so Metzen can raise him back up twice as high.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    And again mages get jack shit.

    Couldn't include a badass wizard's staff transmog, now could we?

  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    RT800 wrote: »
    And again mages get jack shit.

    Couldn't include a badass wizard's staff transmog, now could we?

    Why would they? They are movie-themed transmogs, they are related to the movie characters. My only annoyance is the inability to use them cross-faction, not the actual xmogs themselves.

    You're getting badass weapons in the form of artifacts anyway.

    Smrtnik
  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    That orc ask looks stubby and tiny.

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    RT800 wrote: »
    And again mages get jack shit.

    Couldn't include a badass wizard's staff transmog, now could we?

    Why would they? They are movie-themed transmogs, they are related to the movie characters. My only annoyance is the inability to use them cross-faction, not the actual xmogs themselves.

    You're getting badass weapons in the form of artifacts anyway.

    i mean

    khadgar and medivh are both movie characters :P

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  • MugsleyMugsley DelawareRegistered User regular
    MAGA!!!

    Make
    Akama('s Axes)
    Great
    Again

    Fuck this Doomhammer shit. Thrall is more Ele/Resto than Enh.

  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    Akama uses scythes. You can get transmog scythes from your garrison's herb garden.

  • NobodyNobody Registered User regular
    I'm kinda amused that the expac where we're getting special weapon transmogs close to the expac where everybody is rolling with legendary weapons.

  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    reVerse wrote: »
    Akama uses scythes. You can get transmog scythes from your garrison's herb garden.

    Akama uses Kamas https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_(weapon) which has to be the laziest name Blizzard ever came up with.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited May 2016
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    reVerse wrote: »
    Akama uses scythes. You can get transmog scythes from your garrison's herb garden.

    Akama uses Kamas https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_(weapon) which has to be the laziest name Blizzard ever came up with.

    Though in the Alliance side of Shadowmoon on WOD he actually just uses scythes (he literally picks up some farmers tools and starts killing people with them, then decides he likes them so he keeps them.)

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