@massivelyop ah! Only 20 years too late! Who will care about the story if they won't know anything that came before it? Kind of a useless endeavor, no? They've been playing to the hardcore, "lore doesn't matter" types for 20 years, it's a wasted effort to go against that now.
@BeAware I do wonder whether it's too late now. The types of people who would want this were chased out of WoW a long time ago and have other homes now. I specifically remember writing about this problem during Wrath and being ridiculed endlessly by the players benefiting from the gatekeeping, all supported by the dev team. [-Bree]
@massivelyop it's too late for the folks that really cared about it. I was one of those, but have eventually learned to not care and just try to enjoy the gameplay elements instead. I recently got into Wotlk that way and am slowly moving over to retail because of my enjoyment of the gameplay.
@massivelyop@BeAware I never did any raiding in WoW. Rarely did dungeons. As far as I’m concerned, playing WoW from vanilla through Cataclysm before dropping off, the only lore/story was the trailers. The only in-game lore for players like me was atmospheric. I also never read the walls of text in quests, which may have had story. But putting giant walls of text in my face and forcing me to read them is not fun.