So the news that everyone who’s still playing or at least following World of Warcraft was revealed a couple days ago. The new expansion will be titled Legion, and will presumably be chock-ful-o-demons. I don’t think this came as much of a surprise to anyone; it’s been clear for a while that the player base has tired of orcs, orcs, and more orcs and the Burning Legion are the go-to bad guys that haven’t been focused on in a while.
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He’s still out there |
(As an aside, I considered doing a joke post where I pretended to misunderstand all the talk about Legion as being about the X-Men character. Really though, I think I have one reader who would find it hilarious, a few more who would actually get the joke, and everyone else would just be confused. I still may write something about that character in the future though, because he’s amazing.)
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I think the hair is his secondary mutation |
It’s been interesting watching the reaction. It seems pretty muted on the whole, but that may just be because of the section of the Internet I hang out in. Most of my gaming friends aren’t playing WoW anymore either, so I think for a lot of them their interest is just a matter of curiosity and nostalgia. I’m sure if the excitement is higher than I think and subscription numbers go back up or even level off, Activision/Blizzard will let us know.
On the whole, I think this mostly just drives home to me that my time with WoW is truly done. I played for 9 years and enjoyed it for most of that time, but after nearly 2 years out I don’t really feel any desire to log back in. I don’t hate the game, and I have no desire for it to get shut down or anything like that. The World of Warcraft has moved on without me, and I without it. And really, that’s a good thing.
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