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World of Warcraft Lore....
Chiram
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Zul'Aman, Zul'Farrak, Zul'Gurub, Mag'Har Post, Ruins of Sha'Naar, Zeth'Gor, Kil'Sorrow, Oshu'Gun, Un'Goro Crater, Ahn'Qiraj, Zabra'Jin, Ango'Rosh, Ogri'La, Bash'Ir, Mok'Nathal, Kirin'Var, Altar of Sha'Tar, Lake Elune'Ara, Bashal'Aran, Ameth'Aran, Tor'Watha,Zul'Mashar, Jintha'Alor, Quel'Danil Lodge, Mo'Grosh Stronghold, Temple of Atal'Hakkar, Grom'Gol, Mosh'Ogg
Hmm, I see a pattern here? 
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They all have apostrophes, what was your point? Do I win a prize? :P
Still waiting for your Holy Grail MMORPG? Interesting...
WoW comes up with a lore as they go along with the patches and stuff.
In other words Warcraft lore is teh suck.
That's not a bad thing. Imo, Lore should be build around the game, not the other way around.
I don't see the connection... so creating lore means it sucks?
Still not getting it...
edit: nm, I see your use of "teh" in a post. You are cyber-hip.
I don't see the connection... so creating lore means it sucks?
Still not getting it...
edit: nm, I see your use of "teh" in a post. You are cyber-hip.
Your not the only one who doesn't get it lol
For me, LORE is storeyline. And I'll be honest, WoW isnt that bad. There is a LOT of LORE we never bother with....remember all those Books we find and auto destroy in Scholomance and in random drops? ..there are pages of cool stories and background.
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Torrential: DAOC (Pendragon)
Awned: World of Warcraft (Lothar)
Torren: Warhammer Online (Praag)
I have a mission for you, <name>. Kill Bonechewer orcs and collect their vile blood. There is an apothecary who needs the blood for her tests, so we can discover how these orcs fell to the demon taint, a taint from which we so recently freed ourselves.
Bonechewers scavenge near the ruined battlements along the Path of Glory, to the south. Return to me when your mission is complete.
I might be wrong, but I don't see any lore nor story in 99% of WoW quests when I read them through on thottbot.com
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I don't see the connection... so creating lore means it sucks?
Still not getting it...
edit: nm, I see your use of "teh" in a post. You are cyber-hip.
I used teh cause I am in WoW forums, I though it was cool here or something like that.And exactly that! There is no connection in WoW lore they just make up things without any deeper meaning to it or anything.
I also don't think that Lore based around a game is better then Lore that comes from books and famous writers.
As long as you keep a closed-minded attitude you'll have trouble finding anything
If you really want the lore from WoW play warcraft 3 and the frozen throne.. then you'll realize that the lore is everywhere
and you only listed places with apostrophes
if you really want a game with lore go play any other game ever
I'm sure you'll be severely disappointed
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As for making WoW lore up as they go...
I think it's better that way. I mean, you can adapt or react to customer feedback and take the story in different directions as needed, for overall game development purposes.
Besides, how is this different than how Warcraft lore generated prior to WoW? Game by game, right? I mean, we got more and more of the lore behind the Warcraft universe with each game release. Well, instead of a new Warcraft 1, 2, 3, 4... you get WoW publishes or expansions.
There are some Warcraft novels out there. Might be worth checking out for lore?
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The Warcraft strat games really just spelled it all out for you and put the storyline in your face. For WoW, it's not quite as linear or 'in your face'. Quest line to quest line or area to area... different strings of stories come into play.
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I think WoW has several great stories... history/lore. The issue is that I see with a lot of people is that they simply don't care enough about it to look for it and/or try to appreciate it. They want cap level, enchanted epic gear, and they want to find the 'I win' button for their character class. And, to be honest, after I ground 1 toon to 70 on Horde and 1 toon to 70 on Alliance... any other toon I started in WoW I wanted to get to cap level ASAP and get geared out, too. But that was after I took the time to play through the levels and enjoy the 'game'.
I have a mission for you, <name>. Kill Bonechewer orcs and collect their vile blood. There is an apothecary who needs the blood for her tests, so we can discover how these orcs fell to the demon taint, a taint from which we so recently freed ourselves.
Bonechewers scavenge near the ruined battlements along the Path of Glory, to the south. Return to me when your mission is complete.
I might be wrong, but I don't see any lore nor story in 99% of WoW quests when I read them through on thottbot.com
I think you're taking this quest out of context. Just because the story line is broken down into smaller chunks, doesn't mean it's not there.
The stories in WoW are not delivered in single quest descriptions, you won't find a large dialogue in a single quest text. More often than not quests are part of a chain in a quest, which delivers everything to you in small pieces. The quest you posted is just a single part of the puzzle.
The purpose of this quest is pretty obvious, it's a transition quest to encourage you to move from one area to another you probably haven't been to before. This is a pretty short quest, the next part is as follows:
Apethecary Zelana has been studying the beasts of Hellfire Peninsula in the field. She wants a sample of the blood you gathered; with luck, she might discover what turned those Bonechewer bastards' skins red!Description
Zelana is at Reaver's Fall, southeast of Thrallmar. Follow the road east and when you see a destroyed, green-glowing hunk of metal, you're there. She has a camp set up behind the wyverns.
Rewards
You will receive: 23Progress
It is my honor to serve the wishes of the Horde. How might I aid you?Completion
Ah, yes. The blood of the Bonechewer clan. I am very curious about these orcs... they are still the depraved fiends of the past, but their strength and power is greater than what I had heard...Well, let us begin, shall we?
But again that's just another part of the puzzle. This quest is for a Horde-specific faction, and this faction only really operates Hellfire and Nagrand, but the story of this single faction is delivered by all of these quests. Even quests outside of a chain are linked by lore. Other quests have you investigate the Bonechewer clan, assassinate key members, work out ways to counteract their magics, and stuff like that.
The story of the demonic orcs all interwoven with the backstory of the Burning Legion.
It's not exactly J.R.R. Tolkien but if you want to criticize the lore, show us some samples of interactive lore that is better written... I'm sure there is, but it's hard to make an argument against someone who posts something with an argument down to 'it sucks'.
Still waiting for your Holy Grail MMORPG? Interesting...
Bonechewers are historic from Warcraft 2
in the Bonechewer Blood Quest chain,
www.wowwiki.com/Quest:Bonechewer_Blood
the player is eventually given a scroll to deliver to a quest npc
its the players choice to read the scroll or not
but the lore is there
www.wowwiki.com/Albreck%27s_Findings
Albreck's Findings
Greetings, learned Antonivich:
I hope this letter finds you in Thrallmar, productive in your studies. My trappings here in Spinebreaker are adequate for my own experiments, though at times I do wish to be back in the Undercity with a full range of implements and servants to aid me...
Ah, the laments of a corpse.
Pleasantries aside, I have some interesting news – the blood that <Character name> gathered from the fel orcs shows a concentration of demonic taints. It is almost identical to the taint of the original fel orcs of Azeroth...the taint of Mannoroth.
It is impossible for Mannoroth's influence to reach across to Outland – the beast has been dead for years – but I fear another Pit Lord may be at play here. A Pit Lord of Mannoroth’s power... one able to corrupt the indigenous orcs.
I will continue my studies of Bleeding Hollow Blood, but I urge you to pursue the trail. And, I fear, that trail may lead deep into Hellfire Citadel.
Scholarly Yours,
Apothecary Albreck
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Lets not forget the books too.. and previous 3 RTs games.. WoW links into these as the game go along.. in TBC we found out what happened to Illidian after WC3 for example. In WotLK we'll fnd out what Arthus has been upto.
The problem is many of the "WoW has no lore" fan club (who lets face it are woW haters) are not interested in it,.. never played the previous games and never read the books.
In WoW you can go to Ironforge, Strathom, scarlet monestry etc... and read the books.. its all there.. just got to look for it and what to know.
Nah, that's not possible. If that were true than Blizzard would have to come up with something original for every patch. These names must all be taken from previous games. It's the only way Blizzard works
I have a mission for you, <name>. Kill Bonechewer orcs and collect their vile blood. There is an apothecary who needs the blood for her tests, so we can discover how these orcs fell to the demon taint, a taint from which we so recently freed ourselves.
Bonechewers scavenge near the ruined battlements along the Path of Glory, to the south. Return to me when your mission is complete.
I might be wrong, but I don't see any lore nor story in 99% of WoW quests when I read them through on thottbot.com
That's because not everyone is interested in the lore and it would be foolish of Blizzard to force everyone to read the entire background for a quest in order to complete it. Most just WANT to know the basics, like this here. There's plenty of opportunities however to read additional information if you look for it. Many quests come with items that can be opened and read with much greater detail, it's just not necessary to complete the quest. There are plenty of books and scrolls and whatnot in various places that can give you a lot of lore. The lore is there, it's just not shoved down your throat.
There is enough lore in wow to keep you moving without holding you down with page after page of back story.. If you want to know more of the lore pick up a few of the novels/books and you will not be disappointed.