I am amazed how they (again) forgot that they made a Vol'jin quest in Shadowlands to make him a Loa.
near criminal there wasn't a Jani mask reward >.>
Still think its Werid, that Voljin was no where to be seen, I would of thought he would become the darkspears new Loa, but oh well I guess, Also still find it random that we was randomly given a sword. Because when I think of Trolls, I dont think of a sword.
I'm surprised that Vol'jin isn't involved anywhere
Hakar return #4? The blood be spillin mon.
I did not get that sword.
Man, I really wish we got a trash pile hearthstone. That would've made my week
Actually really enjoyed the quest (though it is a little annoying you have to play specific classes to get the sword). Only things that leave me wanting: wish we had gotten a shadow hunter glaive transmog (like the night elves did) and wish we had gotten a toy to turn Bwonsamdi into our spirit healer (like the BfA val'kyr toy). The quest itself was really good, and I think it handled the Darkspear loa well and helped re-establish the Darkspear as a unique tribe outside of the Zandalari.
This questline is so shallow and so underwhelming that it's really hard to put it together. Devs did some very surface level research and it clearly wasn't done by troll fans. It has really bizzare choices.First of all Darkspear tribe has the most Shadow Hunters among their ranks. Their entire purpose is to commune with multiple Loas. Claiming that Darkspears abandoned other Loa without elaborating much comes out as shocking revelation. It's very poor explanation and weird way to explain why before devs never explored on Darkspear Loa Lore.We’ve got made up Kevo ya siti who isn’t really that memorable nor he has anything bigger to offer than RPG Loas. And RPG Loas were very fun and unique and would actually expand on Darkspear theme. And when devs do use the RPG Loa like Lukou, then it’s also weird - why a plant? Why the Altar is in Ogre Den? You tell me Lukou had altar there the whole time? I am very salty that Dambala wasn't picked for "the brains" part. He is Loa of Treachery and deceit and would offer far more interesting narrative for tribe that is constantly in disadvantage and has to think outside of box to achieve certain goals. Lukou being a DRANEOR PODLING. A specie that is not even native to Azeroth. Great choice. Lukou wasn't associated with plants but Water and Life, and she begged to represented as a troll female Loa. And let her Altar be in southern STV where Nagas are, there was a pond of miraculous water, it would be a nice tie to classic wow. And You have Nagas as enemies, so Darkspear nemesis. You'd hit 2 birds with one stone!I really like Jani, but I’d rather have different Loa in here. Jani feels very strongly tied with Zandalar, and Darkspears already Share Bwonsamdi and Gonk and Hi’reek with them.Devs could’ve gone wild with Unique new Loa. https://shadowoftheempires.com/loa/shadowhunter-loa/I also find it strange that Darkspear would willingly follow Mueh’zala and give blood offerings. The entire reason that Darkspears were exiled was because they refused to practice it. And why would she want to empower the Loa that is very cruel over Bwonsamdi who defeated him? He just proved that he is superior and more generous- so why? What’s the gain?I also think that the Darkspear adaptivity was shown in rather trivial and shallow way. I think it would be better if you’d put in front of them a much bigger problem where they’d have to overcome it by using cunning, show the Darkspear tribe fighting smart.And in this regard BfA did it better in Nazmir. When one Shadow hunter quickly undid the Zandalari Lich, and how blood troll assault was quickly undone by Darkspears who ambushed them from behind as Blood trolls charged on Zandalari. These were actual tactics in use.When it comes to relationship with Loa, There should be a bigger emphasise on the importance of Shadow hunter- not everyone read Vol’Jin’s book and it should’ve been a good time to portray that message in this quest. Why Darkspear tribe is pushing hard to train as many of them as possible. What Shadow hunter can do that Loa priest or Witch Doctor cannot. These are valuable information that imo begged to be elaborated on.And I wasn’t a fan of dragging other troll tribes down to elevate Darkspears, it was a cheap move. Especially now, when Zandalari and Darkspears bonded in BfA. And Talanji made Rokhan a guest of honor on her coronation ceremony.Other troll tribes should be used to show what future awaits. Now that Darskepars are stronger and forged a strong bond with Zandalari, it’s time to reach to other tribes and secure the troll heritage. By Using the best qualities Darkspears and Zandalari have in order to achieve it. And funny that every other races is allowed to unite and make up, except Trolls. It's especially egregious when you know that Man'ari are getting recognition - supposedly the most evil ones in the universe, and the other troll tribes which were the ones who were constantly assaulted and almost always in defensive does not. Absolutely wild.So for me - a long term troll fan - it was disappointment. The only good part is that Rokhan got some more spoitlight, but you made him wear that hideous mask! I sure hope he won't wear it anymore. Either he should've wear the exact same mask as he did in Warcraft Reforged or he shouldn't wear one at all. And not even mention of Vol'Jin, like by Bwonsamdi saying "You might get a new strong friend soon". Darkspear quest chain had a chance to be the best in the game. And Darkspears deserved good storyline considering how much ooker over they were over years by the developers. For average player it might be fun quest, and it's deffinietly not the worst in game, but it's still underwhelming. Just like the armor.
More Jani is always welcome
Heritage armor started in Legion. Why they didn't make all of them at the same time?I'm looking at this troll heritage, and as a person that did a bit of 3D it would take minimum effort for a pro artist to finish it in a couple of hours.To be honest I've seen more complicated to make armors created for raids and cosmetic vendors than this heritage.And also heritage armor should be created and tested to work only on its designated race. ( Why it works if let's say a suramar elf with heritage become a belf with the orb of sin'dorei? Wasted efforts as the belfs and every other race will never be allowed to wear suramar heritage armor)Let me be specific on the process of creating this, the armor is first paper concept art,then the 3D, then exported on a mannequin troll for the size adjustments of every piece, then the armor equiped on a test troll for adjusting clipping with all the possible animations. And if all is ok is released for approval as a suited asset for the game.All these heritage armors could have been done in a week.Including the coding for their mini special story quests. It's not that hard to put some assets arrange them on the map and coding some NPCs to do some stuff and say some stuff. Probably if they want mini stories to be with voice actors for the NPCs, well this takes longer as some voice artists may or not be available.But because they choose to expand this heritage armor project over the years,some of the first heritage armors they created are becoming unfair in terms of quality, details, and also not having the bonus weapons tmogs or these new race specific hearthstones that draenei and worgens got.This is the bad thing when a project is made with low resources and given to us piece by piece.
I really just hope they silently fix the mask and pretend that this awful version of it never happened.
Wish they fix the loa mask it’s too small and also looks weird on your player icon. I do like these masks just wish they were better fitted
Great seeing Jani again. Always thought he was female thanks to the voice, though. But really...a two-handed sword appearance? 6 out of the 31 specs trolls can play can mog that. Pretty weak imo.Also noped hard out of all of those masks, the floppy beaks are so awkward to look at and the others are too small. Using the red set and the mask from the blood troll set looks great on my shadow priest, Maleficent.
