The Queue: Blizzard, leave Yrel alone.
We have a pretty good idea of where an important chunk of future WoW lore is heading, because the seeds started being planted a few years ago, and they’re still being planted now with Turalyon, Xe’ra, the Mag’har allied race, the Arathi empire, etc. The Light is being set up as an antagonistic force — one that we may or may not face as a direct threat in a future expansion, but I’d say we almost certainly will.
In one of those seeds, we’ve got an account from the Mag’har orcs that the forces of the Light have grown despotic in Alternate Draenor, and this group called the Lightbound, led by High Exarch Yrel, has had them flee that dying world, since they were being forced into a non-choice of submission or death. This made a lot of people suspect that Yrel — a pretty well-liked character overall — is being setup to return to the story in the future no longer as a hero, but as a villain.
I say: Blizzard, leave Yrel alone.
You’ve done the “good guy gone bad” story beat so many times by now. Arthas. Garrosh. Kael’thas. Sylvanas. Heck, even Neltharion into Deathwing, or Illidan flip-flopping between “good” or “bad” depending on your perspective. We get it, you enjoy showing how even heroes can become corrupted or distorted by ideals, by fanaticism, by losing sight of what truly matters, etc.
You’ve told that story. Many times. We get it. We got the message.
You don’t need to tell it yet again with Yrel.
Let Yrel be a force of reason within the Light, the Paladins, lest we start seeing them all as fanatical zealots not worth trusting. Let her be someone who sees how fanatical some of her peers are becoming, and opposes them from within. Let the stories of the Lightbound be over-exaggerated or misunderstood by the Mag’har — just their unreliable account.
Or, just leave her alone. Let her chill on some beach sipping mojitos with Velen or whatever.
#SaveYrel
Q4tQ: If you had a boat, would you assign it a gender and what would you name it?
I don’t think I’d assign it a gender; I’m not a firm believer in the anthropomorphizing of inanimate objects unless they have funny faces painted on them.
I’d name my boat The Funny Face.
Q4tQ Metroid Prime 4 or Octopath Traveler 0?
Octo Zero for me, for sure. Despite loving Metroid, I’ve never played any of the Prime games, and currently have no plans to (that might change one day, who knows).
Q4tQ: do you have any games where it feels like you might like the idea of playing the game more than actually playing the game? I’m starting to think Skyrim is that for me. >_<
Borrowing from the previous question, Metroid Prime might fit here.
There’s Final Fantasy 14, which I loved playing (on the two occasions that I did), but I simply can’t justify the time investment — it’s a lot, especially considering that I already play WoW.
And then there are text-heavy games, in general. I’ve written about this before, but there’s a shift in mindset that happens with me when I have a controller (or keyboard & mouse) in my hands, where I wanna do things more than read things. Give me a good book and I’ll gladly devour it, but if I’m playing a game, I expect to expend more time controlling some character than reading text on the screen. So there are a lot of good games that might fit the bill here, where I’d love to explore their stories — there are even games where I’ve read a lot about the game, in wikis and the like, without playing them, because I’m quite certain that actually playing them wouldn’t be too exciting an experience for me.
Q4tQ What’s going to happen to our bronze when ReLegion ends?
It’s going to be converted into the new Hearthsteal currency, which you can then further convert into Hearthsteel by paying a proportional amount of real money!
Q4tQ: have you ever made a small change to your gameplay that led to you enjoying a game a lot more?
This kind of goes with the question I asked yesterday. I tried playing Skyrim in third person view, and somehow (probably thanks to the third-person mods I’m using), that got me a lot more into it. After making a few tweaks to how I played, I really got into it, and I’m going to keep at it. Maybe I’ll even finally beat the game.
Diablo 3 on the Switch, after years of playing it on the PC. It’s not that I disliked D3 on the PC — quite the opposite — but playing it on the controller just felt very different, and much more fun for me.
Q4TQ How excited are you for housing in 9 days?
I’m mildly excited. I tried it on the PTR during that test, and I thought the system was very robust and very fun, but I’m not excited to the level of making plans and the like. I think it’ll be enjoyable, and I’ll definitely spend some time on it, but it probably won’t become one of my main activities or anything like that. I’ll probably treat it like transmog, a side thing to spend some time with every now and then.
I do not own a cat named Bacardi that I can take cute pictures of. But regardless of that bummer of a fact, I wish you good luck with your Great Vault this week!
Would you rather
Fight a skilled and geared Guardian Druid stuck in Bear Form
Or
Fight a duo of a skilled and geared Feral Druid stuck in Cat Form + an under-geared and under-skilled Beast Mastery Hunter who’s controlling the Feral Druid as his pet
Today’s Anna Earworm™: There, There
I’m not Cory, but this has been The Queue, Monday edition. Have a good one, friends.
#SaveYrel
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