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How would you have had the WotLK timeline play out?
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Orranis
Exactly what the title says. Personally, Halion the Twilight Destroyer, who we have heard no mention of prior to this, and is really just another random black/twilight dragon that Blizzard has thrown at us, is a horribly anti climatic way to end Wrath of the Lich King. I realize that we heard tons of this QQ in Burning Crusade as well with the release of Sunwell after Illidan, but to me that's completely different. In that after defeating Illidan Stormrage, and I don't want to downplay him, we face Kael'thas. While normally I would consider that a bit anti climactic, especially since we already defeated him, then we get the last boss. We face goddamn Kil'jaedin, one of the most expanded upon, ancient, and powerful beings in the entire Warcraft universe. However, in this we face the next random dragon Blizzard wants to show us. Go on Wowwiki, all you get on him is "Halion is a twilight dragon." So with that in mind, I would like to start this thread.
The rules:
You cannot make a new raid.
You cannot fail to include a raid or instance.
You must elaborate on why you placed it where it is.
1. Naxxramas
While I really dislike the idea of having this raid re-used at all, in accordance to my own rules I have to include it. Lore wise I dislike it because of the holes it makes when you consider Atiesh, then the fact that we never killed Kel'Thuzad. Also, I just generally like new content.
2. Ruby Sanctum
From the Obsidian Sanctum emerges Halion the Twilight destroyer, and you must assist the red dragonflight in the protection of their sanctum.
3. Obsidian Sanctum
Now aware of the threat from the twilight dragons being hatched within the sanctum, the dragons within must be brought down before any more hatch and grow.
4. The Eye of Eternity
Now that the black dragon threat has been neutralized, our attention is brought to the final tier of the Nexus, where Malygos draws the ley lines from the world and murders mortal arcanists. Launch the final attack and bring down the aspect of magic.
5. Crusaders Colosseum
Once all the other threats are taken care of, we set our gaze once more upon the Scourge. However, no army could fit on the platform where the frozen throne is located, and would quickly be destroyed. A tournament is held to see who is worthy of joining the assault, and eventually even kills Anub'arak who rests underneath the grounds.
6. Icecrown Citadel
Finally, storm the fortress of undeath and bring the Lich King to justice. Face the many horrors he keeps in his wake, until you battle against the runeblade wielding monster himself. When all is lost, Tirion Fordring shall save the day!
7. Ulduar
It was slowly hinted and clued at, but then the realization struck the mortals. The Lich King was keeping something far more dark and ancient down, harvesting it's blood for his fortresses and weapons. The Old God, Yogg-Saron, has come once again! It corrupted it's cell guards and now resides within the Storm Peaks. Once he is defeated, you will have to fight for the world itself. Algalon the Observer has seen our worlds state and decided it veered to far off the path the makers intended, and is set about giving the signal for it's destruction.
All of the Vault of Archavon bosses are released on their same patch.
So, what do you guys think, and what are your own opinions.
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Orranis
I actually agree with your timeline, save for Naxxrammas, which I would place between ICC and the Colosseum, in cutting off the Lich King's offensive once and for all before you attack him at his home. The rest is ace.
I didn't put Naxxaramas there for a reason. First of all, because necroing it would be horrible and anything more than an entry level raid for the people who didn't experience it (The only reason they rezzed it anyways). Also, I think it would be kind of weird for us to launch are offensive against the Lich King yet only fight any scourge at all in the second to penultimate raid. If I had my choice, I'd scrap both Naxx and the Colosseum and make Azjol Nerub: The Royal Chamber (Or something along those lines) and one other idea (Maybe a raid CoT). Then Azjol Nerub would be a zone, and the Royal Chamber is a mixture of Azn and Ankahet.
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I think blizz timeline is really correct.
Naxxramas: Moved north and is placed in one of the most traveled areas around. Of coarse we would try and take it on first.
The Obsidian Sanctum: Hey Deathwing threw a boss in his sanctum yeah I cansee that and we have to go kill it.
EOE: Before we have to face the true threat of Northrend we need to take out someone who is trying to take away the magic of the land.
Ulduar: Hey we uncovered a BIg Ruin lets go in and take a look. HEy wait did that hologram up front say that Yogg-Saron was here... umm yeah that guy needs to be taken down.
Coloseum: Hey lets gather the strongest of the strong so we know who to take to IceCrown.
Icecrown we finaly got everything together and are ready to kill arthas lets kill him.
Ruby Sanctum: Wow arthas was hard but whats this Deathwing is moving and he infested the Ruby sanctum with bad guys we got to stop that then take on Deathwing.
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Orranis
I think blizz timeline is really correct.
Naxxramas: Moved north and is placed in one of the most traveled areas around. Of coarse we would try and take it on first.
Sure, I agree here. I think they should have just died personally but, what can ya do?
The Obsidian Sanctum: Hey Deathwing threw a boss in his sanctum yeah I cansee that and we have to go kill it.
Actually Sartharion had most likely been their since before Deathwing went bonkers. Now they were making twilights there, but we didn't know that. It's kind of like kicking in someones door and searching their house, finding some drugs, but then finally getting that warrants eight months later when the Lich King is already dead. Not how stuff works. Kind of random...
EOE: Before we have to face the true threat of Northrend we need to take out someone who is trying to take away the magic of the land.
Personally, Malygos is one of the most underplayed bosses of all time. Deathwing gets his own expansion, and Malygos gets a single raid that no one cares about. Period. Granted Deathwings much more powerful, but people talk more about Oculus than EoE at this point. The Nexus War should definitely have been stretched a bit more.
Ulduar: Hey we uncovered a BIg Ruin lets go in and take a look. HEy wait did that hologram up front say that Yogg-Saron was here... umm yeah that guy needs to be taken down.
Hey, we found some old titan ruins. Titans are nice guys right? Oh well, lets just decide to take a battalion of earthen and some elite adventurers armed to the teeth, just in case there just happens to be a huge goddamn tank smack dab in the gateway. Oh hey, whadda you know? Oh yeah guys, by the way, instead of helping some pesky dwarf with his research, your actually going to defeat the Titans guards gone corrupt and the most ancient and dark evil on all of Azeroth! Oh, just in case that wasn't enough, you are now going to face a near invincible being made of the stars and stop him from nuking Azeroth to tiny pieces with the push of a single button! Oh by the way, next patch you get to play gladiator and face not one, but
two
Jormungar worms. Definitely makes up for the let down you had from Ulduar after a reused Naxxaramas where you fight the exact same bosses that are near insignificant from the universal perspective, eh? Maybe we'll let you stomp on a beetle if your lucky.
Coloseum: Hey lets gather the strongest of the strong so we know who to take to IceCrown.
A tournament! Definitely far more gripping than purging Azeroth from it's greatest threats and saving the world twice in one raid.
Icecrown we finaly got everything together and are ready to kill arthas lets kill him.
Yes lets.
Ruby Sanctum: Wow arthas was hard but whats this Deathwing is moving and he infested the Ruby sanctum with bad guys we got to stop that then take on Deathwing.
Okay lets keep a tally on what we've done recently.
We've slaughtered Malygos, the ancient dragon aspect empowered by Norgannon the titan himself to ward magic on the world for eternity.
We've put Yogg-Saron, one of the ancient beings it took the titans themselves to bind so that we don't wake up sitting under a tentacle and having are sanity shattered instantly, back to rest, ensuring Azeroth a few thousand more years of him not being a threat. Not to mention these were the guys who made Deathwing go bonkers in the first place. And, in the very same raid, we have saved every living thing on Azeroth from annihilation by proving ourselves to Algalon the Observer. Just to make that clear, saved the world twice in the same raid.
We've besieged and finally killed the immortal threat of the Lich King, the Legions pet project gone feral, who have ruined northern eastern kingdoms and became the monster of Lordaeron, spreading terror wherever he walked.
But of course, random named dragon number 12, someone totally unrelated to Deathwing (Such as Neltharion or Onyxia), is far more climactic then any of those things, amirite?
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