popular fantasy MMO world of warcraft it’s been criticized for a questline that took on some of the darker parts of franchise lore, and it wasn’t flattering.
To explain it as simple as possible for those who do not play world of warcraft, the quest (called A Missing Soul) was the first part of the game’s Public Test Realm, which allows players to test quests and other content before they are released in the main game. This included the Fractures of Time update, which included a mission that involved preserving the timeline after an opposing force tried to change history. The problem is that the story the player has to help preserve involves a character named Alexstrasza, an ally of the player character, going through a traumatic event that was an important moment in the game’s story.
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The quest required the player to ensure that the Demon Soul, an artifact used to control dragons, would not drift in the timeline and could still be used by the Dragonmaw Clan. In world of warcraft tradition, Alexstrasza was bound by demon soul for Dragonmaw Clan and is forcibly impregnated so that the The clan can use its offspring as a battle mount. Polygon has a longer explanation of the quest for those who want more story details, but in the long run, the quest made the player sure that a rape survivor would still endure the traumatic event because it was a moment along the lines of original time. Not only did it draw attention to how messy the warcraft lore is, but fans were also legitimately upset by the way the game handled the issue.
The quest as it existed on the PTR pinpoints exactly what you’re preserving, and while Alexstrasza isn’t happy, she acknowledges that it had to be done for the sake of the timeline. But beyond that momentary recognition, the quest feels tonally jarring because reality is treated as an awkward footnote at the end of the quest description. Chromie, another ally of the player, is facilitating this quest, and pretty much just looks away and mutters not to tell Alexstrasza.
fans in the gaming forums weighed in on the search, with Blizzard saying it was looking to adjust or remove quests after community feedback.
“We have seen the feedback in the community regarding some Chromie quests in Fractures of Time on the PTR and we understand your concerns,” community manager Liam Knapp said in response to the thread. “We have been iterating and discussing all of these quests internally, and we are in the process of adjusting and removing quests. These changes will be available in a future version of the PTR. Thank you for your comments!”
As of this writing, the quest has been removed from the PTR, but what form it will take in the final game remains to be seen. Speaking as a person who has experienced mostly world of warcraft through osmosis, I’m surprised Activision Blizzard is willing to touch on topics like this after reaching two years of public controversy about the culture of their workplace, involving accusations of sexual harassment and discrimination that Activision says it has investigated and He stated that he never had a “systemic problem with harassment, discrimination, or retaliation.” Sure, some of these pieces of warcraft Lore are years old and probably worth a reconsideration, but drawing such direct attention to them with a new quest line is an easy way to draw comparisons to where your company is today.
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