Breakfast Topic: The Holy Grail
by Mike Schramm 
Oct 10th 2009 at 8:00AM
When we posted the rumor that Gnomeregan would finally be retaken, I thought of this -- Gnomeregan has been, since the beginning of the game, a place that's generally off-limits to lore and change. The Gnomes are pretty much defined by not having a city, and if they were actually to take back and reclaim their home city, Ironforge wouldn't be the same, and once you've messed with Ironforge, then WoW, to me, is fundamentally changed. Same thing if they ever include cross-faction communication -- this game is so defined from the core as a game with two factions separate from each other that if they ever did allow us to speak across factions, it'd be a different game. Not necessarily a bad game, not that I'd quit, but the game's so defined by that, in my mind, that if it ever actually happened, we'd end up on a whole other quest. So what do you think: what's WoW's Holy Grail?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Breakfast Topics, Instances, Factions
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
Echohunter Oct 10th 2009 8:06AM
To kill any and every major name in Warcraft lore? ..or maybe to get more epics
woez Oct 10th 2009 1:41PM
That reminded me of the oldschool attitude of the great white hunter.. to explore, find new species, and kill them all to save as trophies. Not that there's anything wrong with that in a game, of course!
Neofox Oct 10th 2009 7:22PM
I think it's quite the opposite of killing everything, actually. I'm pretty sure about this:
The holy grail of WoW is peace.
It's all about WARcraft, and with peace, there would no longer be war. Like Mike said, if players could communicate cross-faction, players might not kill each other as much any more. And having found peace, the Horde and Alliance might finally unite and destroy the evils that plague Azeroth. Thus, peace between the factions would only create more peace. Peace has to be the ultimate holy grail of WoW; I can't imagine anything that could cause greater change.
klink-o Oct 10th 2009 10:52PM
/cast first post reply hijack!
You can always make more lore.
The Holy Grail of WoW is balanced PVP.
jealouspirate Oct 10th 2009 8:09AM
The sword of 1000 Truths.
Jason Oct 10th 2009 12:28PM
Hit the nail on the head with this one.
SithLlenniuq Oct 10th 2009 2:39PM
Noob Question, What is the Sword of 1000 Truths? I tried searching Wowhead and Wowikki for it and no luck. Link?
Prudelas Oct 10th 2009 3:19PM
it's from South Park, for those of you that don't watch TV.
SaintStryfe Oct 10th 2009 4:22PM
just before BC launched, Blizz collaborated with the guys who make South Park to make an episode about the game. In the episode, the boys enjoy WoW but are suddenly being attacked and killed by a person who has played so much, he can actually kill GMs. It is determined that the player (Who is a hyper-stereotypical MMO player - white, balding, overweight, barely moves) must have no life what so ever, and the question is asked, "How Do You Kill That Which Has No Life?" Eventually, the games programmers track down the Boys, who mount a defense against the rogue player, and they give them a special item which drains his Mana and lets the boys defeat him.
CorlandoShadowsong Oct 10th 2009 8:11AM
Gnoll Paw from Hogger!!!
Anaughtybear Oct 10th 2009 8:13AM
Get rid of belfs.
Anaughtybear Oct 10th 2009 8:59AM
Aww, I made the little kids cry again.
Dreamfall Oct 10th 2009 10:08AM
Anaughtybear, I think the only tears your comment engendered were tears of boredom over your beating that particular memory of a grease spot where rumor had it a dead horse might have been once.
Krelz Oct 10th 2009 8:14AM
Ashbringer.
Llanwyllan Oct 10th 2009 8:32AM
So totally agree with you on that one, if i ever had the chance to get the ashbringer, my pally would retire *dies*
flawless Oct 10th 2009 8:38AM
The Ashbringer...
Akul Oct 11th 2009 7:17AM
That is so true, an epic journey across continents and beyond the Dark Portal only to find that all the clues were wrong and finding the Ashbringer... in the hands of Darion Mograine.
Sturmovic Oct 10th 2009 2:04PM
The Ashbringer.......
A Nonny Mouse Oct 10th 2009 7:13PM
The Ashbringer...
MrNobody Oct 11th 2009 1:05AM
It's only a model.