Mortica
04-14-2007, 02:51 PM
Fallacy double checked, and it's fake. Still an interesting read.
The next expansion will be set in Northrend. I won't try to spoil the plot for you, but supposedly there is a bit twist regarding the Naruu and their 'true' objectives in the next expansion. The Naruu want the Burning Legion out of the way for other reasons than detailed in The Burning Crusade, but relating somewhat to something or someone or some power or some territory in Northrend. The Naruu have a hidden agenda that the next expansion will expose, rest assured. It's your typical "hidden enemy" scenario; the enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your ally. The Naruu are acting all innocent and helpful at the moment, but they have powers that they aren't necessarily unveiling yet. Sanctuary, for example; they have the power to enter the minds of any living entity and control them. However, that power won't work on the Burning Legion. The Naruu, therefore, want the Horde and Alliance to take care of the Burning Legion and once the Burning Legion is gone, the Naruu will expose their true agenda. Do you really think a Naruu, with all their powers, are able to be captured and exploited by Blood Elves? Or do you think the sacrifice of a single Naruu, who could probably escape any time it chose to, to empower the Blood Elves to help defeat the Burning Legion is a strategic step by the Naruu to destroy the Burning Legion so that they can then control the world?
Trust me. The next expansion will be
1. set in Northrend,
2. will involve the Naruu having exploited the Horde and Alliance to defeat the Burning Legion, and the Naruu finally achieving what the Burning Legion was preventing them from achieving.
In addition to that, the Pandaren, which inhabit the chilly areas of Northrend, will finally step up and abandon their opposition to war, to prevent the Naruu from conquering Northrend, or attaining something hidden under the ice of Northrend. It's the Alliance's turn to be told what their new race will be in the next expansion and Blizzard will reveal the Pandaren as news of the next expansion breaks. As for what the next Horde race will be.. probably Tuskar or something.
The arrival of the mysterious empowering Naruu from nowhere indicates that the Naruu aren't what they appear to be. They are a greater evil than the Burning Legion, but for some reason, unable to defeat the Burning Legion alone, so they empower the Horde and Alliance with the Light through multiple deceitful means, to help them. Once the Burning Legion is no longer a threat, the Naruu will step up and reveal their true selves. The arrival of the Naruu was supposed to be low-key and I'll explain how Blizzard are playing this.
1. Most players have an unfounded pre-position that the Alliance are "good" and therefore, any mysterious race that appears out of nowhere to help them must be "good" too. The Draenie, being Alliance is "good" and the Naaru are empowering them with gifts, so the Naaru must be "good" too.
2. There is very little lore regarding the Naruu, except to say that they are probably as old or older than the Burning Legion, and for some reason, their powers, although god-like, are threatened by the Burning Legion or unable to be used strongly against the Burning Legion.
So we have Blizzard giving people the wrong impression that the Naruu are helpless, and "good." But are they really helpless? Are they really "good"? The Blood Elves are not exactly smart: they are feeding off a Naruu, thinking it's their new "Sunwell" and the Naruu know what they are doing. The Blood Elves are confused, aggressive, and lack of the forsight to consider that maybe their new "Sunwell" ain't as golden as they may like to believe. History repeats itself with people that suffer from desperation.
Anyway, where did I get this information? Let me assure you it's reliable and comes from a relative, working in California at the moment, at a particular gaming company, who probably should know better given he's only been working there for a few months now. People will say "yeah talk it up" or "OP is on drugs" but trust me. Staff at Blizzard were given an overview of the direction of the next expansion a few weeks ago, and the general theme is "naruu - the hidden enemy, ulterior motives, the pursuit of something of immense power in Northrend (could be territory, a building, an artifact, or even a single special living entity) and the Burning Legion being an obstacle that was in the way but now removed by the Horde and Alliance."
The setting: Northrend, an entire continent that holds something or someone that the Naruu want.
The big bad: The Naruu, finally able to step up after fooling the Horde and Alliance into defeating the enemy that they couldn't. The Naruu, a greater threat to the world than the Burning Legion, allowed to start their conquest using their Holy or Light powers, with no demonic energies powerful enough left to stop them.
The enemy power: Light, as opposed to Demonic energies. The Light is no longer considered the "good" but now the "bad." Demonic energies becomes the new weapon of the Horde and Alliance, creating conflict with the Orcs and Humans, who were both previously hurt and fearful of the embrace of demonic energies. From a lore perspective, the uptake of Demonic energies as the only weapon capable of stopping the Light-empowered evil Naruu creates a lot of interesting lore changes and "inner conflicts" and such.
New races: Pandaren, finally forced to embrace war to defend Northrend and perhaps, themselves; allied with the Alliance and revealed from day 1.
Personally, I think it's cool that the Naruu will become the "new big bad enemy" and that the previous positon of "Light defeats the Darkness" will become "Darkness needed to defeat the blinding Light", the Orcs and Humans forced to change their perspectives on the Darkness (or Demonic energies they have fought for centuries) and embrace it, to defeat the Light, the greatest evil and threat to the world.
The next expansion will reveal the Light as the true great evil (nice analogy with religion, don't u think?), and that the Darkness (or Demonic forces) existing in the world were required to maintain balance, and prevent the Light from taking over the world.. but what can you do when one force, such as the Burning Legion causes unbalance? You defeat them, but then you have inbalance again, and in the case of the next expansion, when the Light returns to full power (with no Darkness to keep things in balance), that's when we'll see an even greater evil in the World of Warcraft. Why do you think the Naruu aren't interested in balance between Light and Darkness? They want the Darkness removed, entirely, for one reason: so that they can step up, and be the big bad ass of Azeroth and all other worldly domains.
If you remove the Darkness, all you have left is the Light, no balance, and I think it's gunna be awesome to have to fight the Light as the next big bad ass force threatening balance and world peace in the World of Warcraft.
Kudos to Blizzard lore designers, etc.. the Light being the next great threat to the world is something 99% of players would never predict, and from a lore perspective, having the original races, the Orcs and Humans, who have opposed the Darkness for centuries, having to rethink their perspective on embracing the Darkness, is pure genius. Not many if any other games out there use the Light as the big bad ass force in the galaxy and it's gunna be a huge area for creativity to be embraced. How does one defeat the Light? Everything is gunna be twisted; can't wait.
For those who think the Naaru won't be revealed as evil because the Draenei rely on them for their powers? The Draenei have been given powers by the Naaru, and once given, they can't be taken back, otherwise Blood Elf Paladins would have their powers stolen back as soon as they are in contact with another Naaru in Outlands; clearly, that's not gunna happen.
The next expansion will be set in Northrend. I won't try to spoil the plot for you, but supposedly there is a bit twist regarding the Naruu and their 'true' objectives in the next expansion. The Naruu want the Burning Legion out of the way for other reasons than detailed in The Burning Crusade, but relating somewhat to something or someone or some power or some territory in Northrend. The Naruu have a hidden agenda that the next expansion will expose, rest assured. It's your typical "hidden enemy" scenario; the enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your ally. The Naruu are acting all innocent and helpful at the moment, but they have powers that they aren't necessarily unveiling yet. Sanctuary, for example; they have the power to enter the minds of any living entity and control them. However, that power won't work on the Burning Legion. The Naruu, therefore, want the Horde and Alliance to take care of the Burning Legion and once the Burning Legion is gone, the Naruu will expose their true agenda. Do you really think a Naruu, with all their powers, are able to be captured and exploited by Blood Elves? Or do you think the sacrifice of a single Naruu, who could probably escape any time it chose to, to empower the Blood Elves to help defeat the Burning Legion is a strategic step by the Naruu to destroy the Burning Legion so that they can then control the world?
Trust me. The next expansion will be
1. set in Northrend,
2. will involve the Naruu having exploited the Horde and Alliance to defeat the Burning Legion, and the Naruu finally achieving what the Burning Legion was preventing them from achieving.
In addition to that, the Pandaren, which inhabit the chilly areas of Northrend, will finally step up and abandon their opposition to war, to prevent the Naruu from conquering Northrend, or attaining something hidden under the ice of Northrend. It's the Alliance's turn to be told what their new race will be in the next expansion and Blizzard will reveal the Pandaren as news of the next expansion breaks. As for what the next Horde race will be.. probably Tuskar or something.
The arrival of the mysterious empowering Naruu from nowhere indicates that the Naruu aren't what they appear to be. They are a greater evil than the Burning Legion, but for some reason, unable to defeat the Burning Legion alone, so they empower the Horde and Alliance with the Light through multiple deceitful means, to help them. Once the Burning Legion is no longer a threat, the Naruu will step up and reveal their true selves. The arrival of the Naruu was supposed to be low-key and I'll explain how Blizzard are playing this.
1. Most players have an unfounded pre-position that the Alliance are "good" and therefore, any mysterious race that appears out of nowhere to help them must be "good" too. The Draenie, being Alliance is "good" and the Naaru are empowering them with gifts, so the Naaru must be "good" too.
2. There is very little lore regarding the Naruu, except to say that they are probably as old or older than the Burning Legion, and for some reason, their powers, although god-like, are threatened by the Burning Legion or unable to be used strongly against the Burning Legion.
So we have Blizzard giving people the wrong impression that the Naruu are helpless, and "good." But are they really helpless? Are they really "good"? The Blood Elves are not exactly smart: they are feeding off a Naruu, thinking it's their new "Sunwell" and the Naruu know what they are doing. The Blood Elves are confused, aggressive, and lack of the forsight to consider that maybe their new "Sunwell" ain't as golden as they may like to believe. History repeats itself with people that suffer from desperation.
Anyway, where did I get this information? Let me assure you it's reliable and comes from a relative, working in California at the moment, at a particular gaming company, who probably should know better given he's only been working there for a few months now. People will say "yeah talk it up" or "OP is on drugs" but trust me. Staff at Blizzard were given an overview of the direction of the next expansion a few weeks ago, and the general theme is "naruu - the hidden enemy, ulterior motives, the pursuit of something of immense power in Northrend (could be territory, a building, an artifact, or even a single special living entity) and the Burning Legion being an obstacle that was in the way but now removed by the Horde and Alliance."
The setting: Northrend, an entire continent that holds something or someone that the Naruu want.
The big bad: The Naruu, finally able to step up after fooling the Horde and Alliance into defeating the enemy that they couldn't. The Naruu, a greater threat to the world than the Burning Legion, allowed to start their conquest using their Holy or Light powers, with no demonic energies powerful enough left to stop them.
The enemy power: Light, as opposed to Demonic energies. The Light is no longer considered the "good" but now the "bad." Demonic energies becomes the new weapon of the Horde and Alliance, creating conflict with the Orcs and Humans, who were both previously hurt and fearful of the embrace of demonic energies. From a lore perspective, the uptake of Demonic energies as the only weapon capable of stopping the Light-empowered evil Naruu creates a lot of interesting lore changes and "inner conflicts" and such.
New races: Pandaren, finally forced to embrace war to defend Northrend and perhaps, themselves; allied with the Alliance and revealed from day 1.
Personally, I think it's cool that the Naruu will become the "new big bad enemy" and that the previous positon of "Light defeats the Darkness" will become "Darkness needed to defeat the blinding Light", the Orcs and Humans forced to change their perspectives on the Darkness (or Demonic energies they have fought for centuries) and embrace it, to defeat the Light, the greatest evil and threat to the world.
The next expansion will reveal the Light as the true great evil (nice analogy with religion, don't u think?), and that the Darkness (or Demonic forces) existing in the world were required to maintain balance, and prevent the Light from taking over the world.. but what can you do when one force, such as the Burning Legion causes unbalance? You defeat them, but then you have inbalance again, and in the case of the next expansion, when the Light returns to full power (with no Darkness to keep things in balance), that's when we'll see an even greater evil in the World of Warcraft. Why do you think the Naruu aren't interested in balance between Light and Darkness? They want the Darkness removed, entirely, for one reason: so that they can step up, and be the big bad ass of Azeroth and all other worldly domains.
If you remove the Darkness, all you have left is the Light, no balance, and I think it's gunna be awesome to have to fight the Light as the next big bad ass force threatening balance and world peace in the World of Warcraft.
Kudos to Blizzard lore designers, etc.. the Light being the next great threat to the world is something 99% of players would never predict, and from a lore perspective, having the original races, the Orcs and Humans, who have opposed the Darkness for centuries, having to rethink their perspective on embracing the Darkness, is pure genius. Not many if any other games out there use the Light as the big bad ass force in the galaxy and it's gunna be a huge area for creativity to be embraced. How does one defeat the Light? Everything is gunna be twisted; can't wait.
For those who think the Naaru won't be revealed as evil because the Draenei rely on them for their powers? The Draenei have been given powers by the Naaru, and once given, they can't be taken back, otherwise Blood Elf Paladins would have their powers stolen back as soon as they are in contact with another Naaru in Outlands; clearly, that's not gunna happen.