Chromie’s scenario from World of Warcraft receives a fair amount of criticism in hindsight. Cortyn is also not satisfied with the resolution – because there isn’t one.
After taking a few breaks from complaining (nice weather and E3 leave little room for dissatisfaction), I can now again draw from the full. Before anyone complains in the comments that it’s about WoW again: Quick! Your last chance to close the article!
Let’s talk about Chromie. She received a new scenario with patch 7.2.5, “The Deaths of Chromie.” Basically, I stand by my first assessment and consider the scenario with its ideas and possibilities to be one of the best pieces of content Blizzard has produced in Legion.
For all the unaware, here’s a brief summary: In the Chromie scenario, players try to prevent the death of the little dragon gnome. She is attacked simultaneously at eight locations, which must be prevented through skillful gameplay. Piece by piece, more hints are revealed on how to fend off the attacks at the same time, making it take many attempts before one can truly get through “perfectly.”
But it is this “perfect run” that is a thorn in my side. After finally managing to protect Chromie from all 8 dangers, the quest ended relatively unspectacularly. “Yes, thanks, well done, here take your transmog set. Bye.”
One stands a bit perplexed in front of the gnome and wonders: Excuse me? And who was behind the attacks? There is nothing more than a scroll from a rather angry author with a “strangely familiar” handwriting.
But wait: There is a bonus objective in the scenario! Those who rescue Chromie within 15 minutes and do not require “extra time” achieve an extra goal. There must be another hint and a reward or an achievement for that? After all, otherwise the bonus objective would be completely useless – oh. There is nothing of the sort. It is indeed useless.
Apart from that, there are still a few unresolved puzzles related to Chromie and her scenario. Why can Chromie still jump through time when the dragons lost their titanic power at the end of Cataclysm? What about the barrel of rum from Booty Bay that can be purchased in Stratholme? Why is the “cookbook of an arcanist” located at the Well of Eternity? Why can one fish such strange things in Andorhal? The WoW “Secret Finding” Discord server is still puzzling, but even here, dissatisfaction reigns.
The scenario itself was incredibly cool and interesting – but the ending was a pure disappointment. Nothing was clarified, and the lack of a reward for completing it in under 15 minutes without using stolen time dampens the overall experience a bit.
Perhaps a small detail is simply missing that has been overlooked so far. Anyway: How do you like the Chromie scenario as a whole? Should Blizzard release more content like this? And who do you think is the culprit?
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