game news World of Warcraft: After the controversy started, several quests in the MMORPG are no longer available
The next major update for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, 10.1.5, is already in the works. On the test servers, players have already embarked on Blizzard’s new adventures. One of these new quests has also caused controversy.
An update for WoW is already in the pipeline
The World of Warcraft Dragonflight expansion was released on November 28th, 2022 and has since received its first major update. title Embers of Neltharion, it introduces a new raid and a series of scripted quests returning to Neltharion. In short, Blizzard is not resting on its laurels and is already looking ahead to the upcoming content. Mid-season update 10.0.5 has arrived on the so-called PTR: a dedicated test server for future content. All players can go there (this is how big guilds plan their raids) and experiment. A give and take: Blizzard is gathering feedback from thousands of players and they can get a taste of things to come.
If most of the content isn’t subject to major changes, then a quest suite added in this 10.1.5 update isn’t. This marks the return of Chromie : a dwarf belonging to the Bronze Vol (the one who specializes in time magic). It’s often used to go back in time to change things… but mostly to make sure certain events happen. This time, it’s the adventures that befall our adventurer, but especially Alexstrasza, that ignite the fuse.
Chromie in Orgrimmar
Controversial past events
Chromie doesn’t start his speech here either. She asks you to make sure Alexstrasza, the current Queen of Dragons, doesn’t find out about this. It must be said that this is one of the main concerns of this story, set during the second great war, a new conflict between the Horde and the Alliance. Simply put, it is the orc clan Dragonmouth (Horde) that manages to capture the queen of dragons and force her to breed. Enough to give the Horde flying mounts in the second war. Thanks to the relic, the demon’s soul, the orc clan manages to manipulate the dragons. And when returning to the past, the player must ensure that Dragonmaw does not mislead them. Enough for some players who think we’re just keeping Alexstrasza pregnant against their will.
In a long post on the official Blizzard forums, this is the player English which highlights two problems. First, he feels the player is being shown too little compared to the magnitude of what they’ve just committed:
They simply allowed an evil that happened in the past to actually happen, and one of its main victims responded by the end of the quest. This reaction consists of suppressed anger, resentment, and conflicting feelings.
He then goes into the way Alexstrasza is portrayed, which is far removed from the reality described in the book. war crimes. In the latter case, it is the leader of the Horde Garrosh who is the subject of a trial. Much of the Dragon Queen’s statement is a declaration of love for each of the races of Azeroth. She bears no grudges, not even towards the Dragonmaw clan:
When asked what she thinks of the Dragonmaw Orcs, her tone changes and she replies without hesitation that she loves them and doesn’t find fault with any race on Azeroth. As Garrosh’s accusers try to get a more positive answer to her case, she goes on to say that only creatures that threaten all life become her enemies and are so consumed by evil that they cannot be redeemed. She mentions that even the deaths of Malygos and Deathwing are “bitter regrets” and that if an Orc Dragonmaw asked her forgiveness, she would forgive him immediately. It is very important to note that during this change in the tone of her testimony, she began to smile and that smile only grew.
It is precisely this difference in attitude between book and video game that is highlighted. After English, Alexstrasza should convince the player of the importance of keeping the timelines intact without normalizing what happened to him. Not by gritting his teeth in anger. In any case, Blizzard has been listening. This is evident from his answer post:
We’ve read community feedback on some Chromie quests in Time Fractures on the PTR and understand your concerns. We have discussed all of these quests internally and are in the process of adjusting and removing them.
Changes that will be available in the next version of Dragonflight on the test servers.
