Theramore to be destroyed by the Horde in 5.0?
So, now for my thought process:It seems that Theramore will be destroyed by the Horde in the pre-Mists of Pandaria world events, the info was revealed to a couple of taiwanese websites attending a press event with Tom Chilton. Translation from Curll on ScrollsOfLore.
Here's the original quote. Let me translate:
The whole war will be ignited during the world event which leading the game into Mist of Pandaria. Theramore will be destroyed and the leaders of Alliance were outrageous at this matter and completely devote themselves into the war, which reach its peak on the continent of Pandaria. The Horde and the Alliance literally fought on the homeland of Pandaria, which pissed the pandarens off.
Most of the pandarens are neutral characters. And some of them thought the Horde and the Alliance only brought doom to their beloved homeland, and have enmity against both factions. The players pandarens are in a different group. They departed Pandaria long ago and choose their own path. They choose their own faction when level 10, so they don't have a faction leader.
This would DEFINITELY explain the Alcaz Island information that was datamined.
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Patch 5.0 would be a great patch for hydras to slip in.
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Wait...we got devilsaurs, rhinos, etc. in a .0 patch (3.0 to be specific). This actually seems quite likely!
So....not to get anyone's hopes up, but.....this seems reasonable.
Update from later in the thread:
TheDoomcookie wrote:This just in, Zarhym posted something this about this news!
http://i.wow.joystiq.com/2011/10/24/zar ... -pandaria/
And more followups:So, at BlizzCon we provided a few details about a new expansion and how it's going to have an ever-growing focus on the fight between the Horde and the Alliance in the wake of dispelling many very powerful threats to all of Azeroth. Then we find out a vague detail that some sort of unrelenting attack by the Horde on Theramore is to come. The Horde, to remind you, is currently a faction with an overzealous ruler and significant turmoil among their faction leaders; while the Alliance has almost never been quite so unified and far removed from the days of imprisoning orcs.
The first pawn on the chess board of what is to be the story for Mists of Pandaria is being moved, and you're angry at whose turn is first? I only offer that maybe there's a little more to the Horde and Alliance story lines in Mists than an Alliance town being leveled... like the entire expansion story you don't know about yet.
If you wanna make an omelette...
[...] In Cataclysm, desperate times call for desperate measures. And that impact was not equal and 1:1 as far as Alliance and Horde went. The Warcraft universe, at its core, is based on the rivalry between two vastly different factions. To make sure they have shared hardships -- equal ups and downs at each interval -- is pretty boring and severely limits the character development of the leaders on both sides. And it leaves the story with a lack of momentum for building good content.
The Cataclysm only ignited a new flame between the Horde and the Alliance, as each side approached recovering from the crisis in very different ways. But they have something much more pressing to focus on in this expansion: helping Thrall and the Dragon Aspects kill Deathwing and his followers. They provide the overarching and primary conflict in Cataclysm that needs to be dealt with, not the fighting between the Horde and Alliance.
But once Deathwing goes and a new land of opportunity is discovered, who rebuilds, who explores, who defends and protects their people, and who seeks the pride of a conqueror?
http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/2040 ... itism-pt-2[...] What I'm hearing from people is, that Garrosh's Horde is attacking even more Alliance territory and it's not fair. As a player of both factions at level 85 and employee at Blizzard, I just don't fully agree with that assessment. From our perspective, one faction will assault a cherished town of the other faction -- which is also home to a very powerful and honorable figure in Jaina. There's now a conflict presented in the story there to further unfold in the next expansion.
It’s the perfect farming spot for my mage. (quick hop to any of the raptor nests) and home of many good memories. I remember being so excited when I hit lvl 32 (I think.. it was years agao) on my first toon. I ran straight to theramore from darkshore. (I didn’t have a mount >.<) And did the sea monster quest. That was the first time I ever got that big epic “im on an adventure and im the hero” feeling from the game. The sky darkens and the lighthouse glows faintly in the distance. Out from the fog a massive shape emerges and rears its ugly elite ?? skull head. I run franticly from cannon to cannon trying to chase the creature off before all the bowmen are wiped out. Other players stop and take a shot at the creature- harmless arrows bouncing off thick slimy skin as it turns it attention to them and swallows them whole. Then with a chilling bellow the creature throws back its head and falls back into the water and vanishes as the last cannon blast shakes the air. The sun comes back out and fireworks dance into the sky as theramore celebrates the victory….
