The mood in the World of Warcraft community is boiling shortly before the new expansion. The former head of WoW’s story, Chris Metzen, is now personally responding on Twitter.
Chris Metzen reassures the players: Following the uproar in recent days due to the pre-events for the new WoW addon Battle for Azeroth even the former Vice President of Blizzard, Chris Metzen, has spoken out on Twitter.
Players should take a deep breath, calm down, and enjoy the “ride.” The full extent of the wave has not yet been reached.
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My counsel is that everyone take a deep breath and enjoy the ride. I will! You haven’t seen the whole form of the wave yet. As Douglas Adams would tell you – Don’t panic! 🙂 https://t.co/5m1n8qmdSS— Chris Metzen (@ChrisMetzen) August 2, 2018
Heated discussions in the community
The reason for Chris Metzen’s post was that many WoW fans became increasingly vocal in recent days as they were unhappy with the current direction of the game. The idea behind Battle for Azeroth is to rekindle awareness for the Horde and Alliance. Perhaps that was a bit too successful.
Warbringers reinforce loyalty: In preparation for Battle for Azeroth, Blizzard has released “Warbringers” videos. In the videos that have been released so far, you can see two of the protagonists from Battle for Azeroth preparing for war.
The community’s reaction to the videos has shown that more and more players feel a stronger allegiance to their faction. They are reminded that the Horde and Alliance had only a purpose alliance against the Legion and are actually enemies.
Players react strongly: Particularly the actions of Sylvanas have elicited very negative reactions from many players. Sylvanas appears as both evil in the videos, as well as in the pre-quest series “War of Thorns.”
Especially for supporters of the Horde, this is very upsetting. Part of the community has even gone so far as to call for authors like Christie Golden to commit suicide over the current storyline.
The reassuring words from the former face of WoW, Chris Metzen, are quite timely for the community. Chris Metzen left Blizzard on September 12, 2016, after 23 years of activity.
