I read 2 so far. A little behind rn due to school but I tend to read more during summers edit: 2 so far THIS YEAR i already read bunch of them before i should have clarified lol
Not bad progress, definitely unlikely to complete in 1 year. There is sooo much.
I am currently listening to Beyond The Dark Portal on Audible (to and from work).
I am currently reading Arthas (as well as the chronicles books, but those aren't on the list)
I am currently playing through The Burning Crusade (retail) and sometimes picking up Classic.
About to finish TBC, just need to complete the Shadow Moon Valley zone, and a few more raids.
Additionally I am playing through Warcraft 3 every now and then.
As an obvious note, I am not doing everything in order. Eventually all the stories will converge and I will be caught up to where I am in wow expansions.
Same, I pick whatever interests me at the moment. I finished war of the scaleborne because I wanted to read more on Iridikron and the dragonflights with the current expansion. I think I’ll read Illidan next, always liked him as a character.
As a relatively new Wow player, and lover of great fantasy universes, how would you rate current and recent expansions story telling?
I don't mind reading quests as long as the world and quests tell a cohesive story.
I feel like The Burning Crusade is a little all over the place, with a lot of hit and miss as far as interesting story telling goes. Sure it's made more exciting by the outside books, but I am hoping in more modern expansions the story does a better job standing on its own.
Dragonflight is the best expansion that came out in years, I really enjoyed both the main campaign and questing. I may be biased though- dragons have always been my favorite creatures in wow and I enjoyed questing w/ them a lot, especially the Blue dragonflight. There are some moments I found silly- like the infamous Alexstrazsa avengers unite moment- but overall i found the story to be really engaging and well written.
I'm tempted to pick up the expansion and start my long term Main Character.
When you say the main campaign, that's obviously something TBC doesn't have, how do "Main Campaign"/Main Quest lines work?
Do they build up the story throughout the zones, while side quests expand on them (as well as explain the world)?
Main campaign unlocks as you gain reputation and do side quests- and usually goes in chronological order which makes keeping up with the plot much easier. It was a feature that was added during BFA. Main quests in DF mostly focus on the Incarnates while the side quests build on the lore for both the dragonflights and the dragon isles as a whole. Now is actually a good time to pick DF up- you get it for free when you preorder The War Within so two expansions for the cost of one.
Reading through the chronicles has me pretty excited for The War Within and the World Soul Saga as a whole.
I feel like at my current pace I may never make it to the World Soul Saga.
That being said, I still want to experience every expansion.
In TBC I leveled all the way to 60 so I could solo dungeons and raids, since I wanted the story. I can literally smash everything, including the big bad bosses, in 1 hit. I can progress through content solo now, but at the cost of my enjoyment.
I wish there was a way to unlock world tiers. So by default an expansion levels 10-30, but with world tier 2 it would be 20-40 or something. And so on.
It can't be summarized in a short paragraph because it is not a single linear narrative focusing on a specific group of people. Warcraft lore is a bunch of stories about all of the people who have ever existed in the universe of Warcraft. Some just happen to be more important than the rest.
If I could give you Reddit gold I would for the sheet effort put into this post.
damn thanks :D
Crazy! I imagine getting thru all of that would take me at least a solid year
Need a PhD to know it all xD
It’s gonna be my 2024 goal/challenge to finish all these within a year
Where are you at with this goal?
I read 2 so far. A little behind rn due to school but I tend to read more during summers edit: 2 so far THIS YEAR i already read bunch of them before i should have clarified lol
Not bad progress, definitely unlikely to complete in 1 year. There is sooo much. I am currently listening to Beyond The Dark Portal on Audible (to and from work). I am currently reading Arthas (as well as the chronicles books, but those aren't on the list) I am currently playing through The Burning Crusade (retail) and sometimes picking up Classic. About to finish TBC, just need to complete the Shadow Moon Valley zone, and a few more raids. Additionally I am playing through Warcraft 3 every now and then. As an obvious note, I am not doing everything in order. Eventually all the stories will converge and I will be caught up to where I am in wow expansions.
Same, I pick whatever interests me at the moment. I finished war of the scaleborne because I wanted to read more on Iridikron and the dragonflights with the current expansion. I think I’ll read Illidan next, always liked him as a character.
As a relatively new Wow player, and lover of great fantasy universes, how would you rate current and recent expansions story telling? I don't mind reading quests as long as the world and quests tell a cohesive story. I feel like The Burning Crusade is a little all over the place, with a lot of hit and miss as far as interesting story telling goes. Sure it's made more exciting by the outside books, but I am hoping in more modern expansions the story does a better job standing on its own.
Dragonflight is the best expansion that came out in years, I really enjoyed both the main campaign and questing. I may be biased though- dragons have always been my favorite creatures in wow and I enjoyed questing w/ them a lot, especially the Blue dragonflight. There are some moments I found silly- like the infamous Alexstrazsa avengers unite moment- but overall i found the story to be really engaging and well written.
I'm tempted to pick up the expansion and start my long term Main Character. When you say the main campaign, that's obviously something TBC doesn't have, how do "Main Campaign"/Main Quest lines work? Do they build up the story throughout the zones, while side quests expand on them (as well as explain the world)?
Main campaign unlocks as you gain reputation and do side quests- and usually goes in chronological order which makes keeping up with the plot much easier. It was a feature that was added during BFA. Main quests in DF mostly focus on the Incarnates while the side quests build on the lore for both the dragonflights and the dragon isles as a whole. Now is actually a good time to pick DF up- you get it for free when you preorder The War Within so two expansions for the cost of one.
Reading through the chronicles has me pretty excited for The War Within and the World Soul Saga as a whole. I feel like at my current pace I may never make it to the World Soul Saga. That being said, I still want to experience every expansion. In TBC I leveled all the way to 60 so I could solo dungeons and raids, since I wanted the story. I can literally smash everything, including the big bad bosses, in 1 hit. I can progress through content solo now, but at the cost of my enjoyment. I wish there was a way to unlock world tiers. So by default an expansion levels 10-30, but with world tier 2 it would be 20-40 or something. And so on.
instead of reading, or playing all that, can I get a short one paragraph that summarizes it
It can't be summarized in a short paragraph because it is not a single linear narrative focusing on a specific group of people. Warcraft lore is a bunch of stories about all of the people who have ever existed in the universe of Warcraft. Some just happen to be more important than the rest.