World of Warcraft/YMMV: Difference between revisions

* [[Base Breaker]]: Arthas (as a Paladin), Varian, Garrosh, Sylvanas, and Gallywix.

** Thrall as of Cataclysm. A common fan sentiment is that they "like Thrall, but ''hate'' [[The Messiah|"Go'el"]]".

** Sunwalker Dezco is seen either as a cool and tragic character, or a poorly written character that ruined the dynamic of Sunwalkers and acts like a human paladin despite having no ties with humanity.

** Rhonin's tendency for [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]] and to receive [[Character Shilling]] in his story have led to him being considered either a [[The Scrappy|Scrappy]] or [[Crazy Awesome]].

* [[Catharsis Factor]]:

** The Seige of Orgrimmar raid is this for the Alliance. Well, many Horde players likely had no love for Garrosh either, but this raid actually lets you storm and invade the Horde capital itself and lay waste to the citizenry. Any beginning Alliance player who has been shot down after flying too near the place sees it as revenge.

* [[Cliché Storm]]: the [[Large Ham]] bosses' favorite way of [[Calling Your Attacks]]. Originally done so you'd know how to prepare for an incoming attack but nowadays it's just tradition.

* [[Complete Monster]]: Quite a few villains qualify, although overall most of them tend to be Anti-Villains.

* [[Old Shame]]: There are quite a few things Blizzard would like players to forget. In no particular order:

** The BlizzCon lesbian. Back during BlzzCon 2011, a fan who called herself "Brei" asked why there were no openly LGBT characters in the game. As often happens with controversial issues where opinions are required, the community completely blew up and a [[Flame War]] started. Eventually, Blizzard simply said it was because too many kids play the game, and swept it under the rug.

** Dear lord, the Pet Pit. Another problem they had in 2011 was gold sellers, and were cracking down on it. Then they released Guardian Cubs, collectible Battle Pets which you could buy with actual money and then sell in-game for inflated prices. This was seen as hypocrisy. Which it was. They even admitted that this is what it was for, admitting, "we're okay with it, if some players choose to use the Guardian Cub as a safe and secure way to acquire a little extra in-game gold without turning to third-party gold-selling services. However, please keep in mind that there's never any guarantee that someone will purchase what you put up for sale at the auction house." (That's a direct quote, by the way.) This was removed from the game quickly, due to the controversy, but the pets are still available (as Soulbound, meaning unsellable in-game).

* [[Older Than They Think]]:

** Lor'themar actually wasn't invented for WoW and first showed up in a Korean-drawn comic.

*** Though, since Thrall has become more and more of a blatant [[Creator's Pet]] throughout Cataclysm, more and more players are changing their minds about this, and now there is a new outcry starting {{spoiler|now that the creators have stated their intent to reinstate Thrall as Warchief at the end of [[Mo P]].}}

** Some fans see Lor'tbemar as this to Kael'thas as leader of the Blood Elves. It didn't help when Kael got [[Killed Off for Real]].

* [[Rescued from the Scrappy Heap]]: Arguably happens to Garrosh in Cataclysm. Then he is a villain in the next expansion.

* [[Ruined FOREVER]]: Former forum user Palehoof gives a good rundown [http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=20677635725 of all of the various changes Blizzard has made to the game that supposedly ruined World of Warcraft forever] (up to and including paid-for vanity pets). He was a [[Ascended Fanboy|Forum MVP]] for good reason.

** Yrel, from ''Warlords'' is an NPC that starts out as a slave rescued from the Iron Horde who quickly becomes one of the players' most valued allies. Heroes who go [[From Nobody to Nightmare]] are common, but Yrel seems to do so a little too quickly for [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]] to handle, and players find her annoying.

* [[Scrappy Level]]:

** Gnomeregan. First off, you need a parachute to get from one area to the next, and the NPC you get it from is ''not'' all-that obvious unless you're there for the first time and doing the Dungeon Quest. Second, if you're a class that depends on pets - like Warlocks and Rangers - using them is a good way to aggro every mob in the place and overwhelm the entire party.

** The Oculus; vehicle combat is something of a [[Scrappy Mechanic]] in this game, and the Oculus is ''a whole dungeon'' that depends on it. Not all too fun or enjoyable.

** Uldaman. It's actually something of a [[My Greatest Failure]] amongst the developers, since they wanted it to be a winged dungeon yet wound up with a rather tedious dungeon with a pretty unique boss mechanic. The main downfall of Uldaman was that the level range was ''too high''. Normally you're good if you're within a couple levels of their dungeon mobs, but in Uldaman, you'd start off at the mid 30s, but later on would get to 40+ meaning low level players would [[Surprise Difficulty|get ambushed by mobs in their 40s]]. For awhile the recommended level range ended at ''51''. It has been nerfed a ''boatload'' of times and [[Rescued from the Scrappy Heap|became a much better dungeon since]]. Oh, and Enchanters had to run this because there was a trainer in there.

** Tol Barad is the most disliked battleground, because the attacker must capture all three bases to win and gain control of Baradin Hold and the Tol Barad dailies, whereas if the defender has one base under their control or not completely taken by end of the time limit, they keep Tol Barad for another two hours.

* [[Scrappy Mechanic]] : '''Daze''', a debuff that's present on everything in the game within minimal level range that dismounts and slows you if you're attacked from behind, it can make "Short jaunt through this area" into "Will you stop knocking me off my horse?!"

* [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]]: Prior to Cataclysm, the old world and well, a lot of this game in general has had elements copied by others. Would you believe that this game had given enough content to justify an expansion pack, yet they chose to wait off until they had much more content for a single one?

* [[Woolseyism]]: In the Chinese version, [http://www.wowpedia.org/File:Lord_Marrowgar.jpg Lord Marrowgar] gets a [http://www.wowpedia.org/File:Chinagar.jpg different look] because bones aren't allowed to be shown in video games there.

 

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