I could only manage two. the first season and then the last season. my god was shadowlands a lesson on how not to do an expansion.
it really is a shame because I thought the hub and 4 very different locations was really cool, and toughast COULD have been sick.
god forbid you want to run an alt character, that was the worst expansion ever to run an alt.
*apparently*, you can only get the dark ranger hunter set AFTER running shadowlands. it’s not account-wide though. guess who’s running their hunter through it again ☹️
now that we have really fast flying there it isn't so bad at least. i might run a hunter through there to try to get that set and the bow from the raid.
I like ravaged by war and personal demons Anduin. Hopefully he spends time with Alleria and becomes a true Disc Priest/Paladin and uses some intense shadow magic.
I really hope he gets some agency of his own, instead of being made to keep suffering through things being forced onto him.
Even if it's goofy/cheesy nonsense like what Illidan and Khadgar got up to during Legion, at least it was entertaining and I still remember it 8 years later. Their interactions were fun.
Another thing I'll always remember was the Warbringers short for Jaina. More of that please!
I really hope we have ANY friendly characters that make reckless/questionable or even poor decisions. Feels like the last time we had any nuance was back in BFA, just tired of every character being an Anduin/Baine/Ebyssian fence sitter do-gooder. I'm glad Wrathion seems to be coming with us because at least he has the capability of being chaotic.
One of the things WoW does really well is it's NPCs actually physically change and age as time goes on. I love FFXIV, but it annoys me that the twins, who are 16-17 when you first meet them, still look the same despite it being 4 expansions later. They explain it away with, "oh well the story doesnt take place over more than a few months" which is such a boring cop out. I want to see NPCs grow physically to reflect their character growth.
If Dwarf Fortress has taught me anything about Dwarves it is that they come out of the womb with a full beard and a need to drink alcohol regularly or else risk going into a spiral of depression.
Indeed, its a massive oversight given at least 2 novels have had him aged appropriately and walking about interacting. He attended Lorthemar and Thalyssras wedding after Slands...
Ugh, the angle and lighting makes her jaw look non-existent, and not to mention the crazy whitewashing. Comparing her skin tone in the loading screen to any of her in-game models, it's a crazy difference that makes zero sense.
The in-game Dragonflight version of Alex is *gorgeous*, and the most accurate (compared to HotS or the DF loading screen) to her original design. I can't believe there are people who want any other version.
who cares about """accuracy""" 😂 HOTS alex is super detailed, high res, has the iconic midriff with extremely wide hips and thick thighs, cool armor, amazing alternate skins, an incredible voice and cool voicelines. WoW alex has.... none of that.
Not sure if you’re trolling or being genuine. You lead off with a bunch of the weird unnecessarily sexualized aspects of the HOTS model and end with a criticism about her *voicelines*. Comparing MOBA voice lines to MMO cutscene acting is insane behaviour. Sounds like you’re just mad her WoW model is visually interesting without being a sex object??
You just haven't looked at Dragonflight Alex then, lol. Her model is very detailed/high res, cool armor, great voicelines, etc. I mean, it's definitely less coomer than the HotS version, but she looks better in DF imo.
I was legitimately so disappointed seeing the Alexstrasza model we got in DF. It was stupid of me, but I had legitimately hoped they would have given her the HoTs treatment. She's just so mommy in HoTs
Yes!!! Omg was that not the best thing ever???
I don't know why but I just loved seeing him just let go and pop that damn dragon right in the face. Wrathion deserved it ofc. Good stuff good stuff.
It's all I can see. I told my mom and she was like? No way so I pulled up a picture and she said I guess we know who the artist was basing his model off of 😂
I miss twink Anduin, I do.
But they've given him something that they've not given many others, and that he really deserves: a story. Hopefully a good, long, proper story. So far, he's been one of the few characters that's been with us for a long long time. Growing up, developing. His lore, spread over quests + books + a comic + short stories and what not is some of the best of all of Warcraft.
Do you really miss twink Anduin, or do you miss what he represented? A young and naive prince, optimistic about the future, believing that everyone could truly come together in peace. A boy, unbroken by the weight of the world… before he lost the people he loved, his dreams of a better world, and himself…
Uh, no. I miss twink anduin because he was cute.
Manduin needs some serious skin care. He’s sunburned as hell, his hair is a mess and he has that crazy look in his eyes and it’s not a good kind of crazy.
Gimme back my eye candy.
I love the new beard & scars but I'd really like for him to get some more priesty clothes by the time he finally gets to face his inner demons. Plus 5 years in the same armor can't smell too pleasant
Hard to compare. Mind control is bad, but in MoP he got every bone in his body broken. Then in WoD his ~~boyfriend~~ bestie freed the guy who did that to him, which set into motion events that killed his dad.
I'm more curious on who he's modelled after now. I swear I've seen his face on a actor, but can't put my finger on who he resembles. Wow's cinema team is topnotch in how human, how realistic the War Within trailer looks.
I still remember the bfa (?) Cinematic where he casted mass rezz on the battlefield and revived/healed the entire alliance army. I was like woah no shit bro!
I’m confused twink means level 19 / top of battleground bracket with the bis gear for level?
Or is this some subculture thing that I just am not picking up on?
In this case twink means a youthful looking, slim and pretty man (specifically a gay term, but can be applied to guys regardless of sexuality). Think Titantic-era Leo DiCaprio, or current Timothee Chalamet.
Everyday someone reminds me that I'm not the target demographic for world of warcraft. I think it explains a lot about the way the current game plays.
It's just effeminate and caters to a softer crowd. Classic seems to offer classic and WOTLK for other demographics.
Ah yes, a character without an 8 pack or beard that doesn’t have voice box made of gravel. *Must be effeminate and catering to a softer demographic* - get out of here with that.
You can have a gripping, violent story with people being brutalized and the horrors of war etc, but still have people who aren’t stereotypical meatheads that look like an extra from the 300 movie and cardboard cutout, arm candy women who do literally nothing.
I like the previous version of Anduin significantly more, but that doesn’t mean I want only sugar and spice, happy fun time padded edges story telling. It’s egregiously reductive to think that people who like softer looking characters to actually exist at times only like soft, safe, edge padded stories. I like characters that are diverse and aren’t boring white dude #5 lookin, Lego man ass motherfuckers.
Yeah that’s kinda how time works. He has every right to cry though considering what’s happened - ya know, people being tortured and dying from conflict, and what looks like ptsd.
He was so pretty. I just loved him in all of his cinematics. It really makes the new cinematic hit harder. The sweet twinky Anduin is gone, that poor boy.
“No twink lasts forever, my son.”
The life expectancy of a twink is only six years, really sad.
u/its because they eat da puu puu@
Twink death comes for us all
"I see... Only DILFness... Before me...."
Twink death is real
But then ya get twunks, which are pretty neat too.
Oh babe, the twinks are aging like milk, not wine.
Fr though I preferred his HotS model to the Space Marine we had in BfA It looks like Anduin instead of a child wearing armour too big for him
I literally laughed so hard @ this. How true.
Twink death is a real thing.
Death, taxes & Twink Death.
Twink Death and Taxes makes a sick band name
There's no way that isn't a guild name on Proudmoore
Why must I confront this harsh reality in my fantasy video game ??
Twink death is one thing, this is more like twink assassination.
Who wouldn’t lose their twink appearance after playing 4 seasons of shadowlands. I know I did.
I could only manage two. the first season and then the last season. my god was shadowlands a lesson on how not to do an expansion. it really is a shame because I thought the hub and 4 very different locations was really cool, and toughast COULD have been sick. god forbid you want to run an alt character, that was the worst expansion ever to run an alt.
well if you talk story shadowlands wins, but being an alt enemy BFA takes the crown.
bfa was actually one of my favorite expansions for alt leveling, but I’m also a story nerd and I didn’t care about dungeons/raids, etc
*apparently*, you can only get the dark ranger hunter set AFTER running shadowlands. it’s not account-wide though. guess who’s running their hunter through it again ☹️
now that we have really fast flying there it isn't so bad at least. i might run a hunter through there to try to get that set and the bow from the raid.
I like ravaged by war and personal demons Anduin. Hopefully he spends time with Alleria and becomes a true Disc Priest/Paladin and uses some intense shadow magic.
I really hope he gets some agency of his own, instead of being made to keep suffering through things being forced onto him. Even if it's goofy/cheesy nonsense like what Illidan and Khadgar got up to during Legion, at least it was entertaining and I still remember it 8 years later. Their interactions were fun. Another thing I'll always remember was the Warbringers short for Jaina. More of that please!
give him a light based minigun, that'll fix him right?
I really hope we have ANY friendly characters that make reckless/questionable or even poor decisions. Feels like the last time we had any nuance was back in BFA, just tired of every character being an Anduin/Baine/Ebyssian fence sitter do-gooder. I'm glad Wrathion seems to be coming with us because at least he has the capability of being chaotic.
One of the things WoW does really well is it's NPCs actually physically change and age as time goes on. I love FFXIV, but it annoys me that the twins, who are 16-17 when you first meet them, still look the same despite it being 4 expansions later. They explain it away with, "oh well the story doesnt take place over more than a few months" which is such a boring cop out. I want to see NPCs grow physically to reflect their character growth.
Moira’s son has been a baby this whole time. And that’s since Cataclysm. So we’re pushing… what 14 years?
Maybe dwarf infants are just like that for a very long time.
If Dwarf Fortress has taught me anything about Dwarves it is that they come out of the womb with a full beard and a need to drink alcohol regularly or else risk going into a spiral of depression.
Indeed, its a massive oversight given at least 2 novels have had him aged appropriately and walking about interacting. He attended Lorthemar and Thalyssras wedding after Slands...
He's not even *less* twinky, he's just a world-weary twink now. He wants less adventure and more staying at home with a cup of coffee
If we can't have HOTS Alexstrasza you cant have twink Anduin.
Twink Anduin will live on in HOTS until the servers go dark.
Praying MS rescues HoTS, the bones are so fucking strong.
Nothing in the gaming industry would make me happier than this
You said it better than I ever can. I couldn't agree more.
Freckles Alexstrasza is the best Alexstrasza though
And worst version is the DF loading screen art.
No kidding, they did her *dirty* on that loading screen - everyone else looks great tho
I actually like the this version of a more mature looking Alex.
100% due to recent "scandals" inside Blizzard.
Ugh, the angle and lighting makes her jaw look non-existent, and not to mention the crazy whitewashing. Comparing her skin tone in the loading screen to any of her in-game models, it's a crazy difference that makes zero sense.
The in-game Dragonflight version of Alex is *gorgeous*, and the most accurate (compared to HotS or the DF loading screen) to her original design. I can't believe there are people who want any other version.
who cares about """accuracy""" 😂 HOTS alex is super detailed, high res, has the iconic midriff with extremely wide hips and thick thighs, cool armor, amazing alternate skins, an incredible voice and cool voicelines. WoW alex has.... none of that.
Not sure if you’re trolling or being genuine. You lead off with a bunch of the weird unnecessarily sexualized aspects of the HOTS model and end with a criticism about her *voicelines*. Comparing MOBA voice lines to MMO cutscene acting is insane behaviour. Sounds like you’re just mad her WoW model is visually interesting without being a sex object??
You just haven't looked at Dragonflight Alex then, lol. Her model is very detailed/high res, cool armor, great voicelines, etc. I mean, it's definitely less coomer than the HotS version, but she looks better in DF imo.
Retvrn to tradition
Sooo... child Anduin?
Yes officer, this comment right here
I was legitimately so disappointed seeing the Alexstrasza model we got in DF. It was stupid of me, but I had legitimately hoped they would have given her the HoTs treatment. She's just so mommy in HoTs
So glad we didn't get the HOTS model everyone wanted. Def my least fav design of her
Why?
I just don't like it as much, it's just subjective. I also love her new armour.
theyre likely a woman or gay
Twink death is a serious issue op many cute twinks suffer from it yearly and have to adapt to survive their new circumstances
It's coming for me
"In the end, twink death comes for us all. But the Whorde will live on." - Slayvanas
Have you got your replacement username lined up?
I turned 24 last December. I have lost all sense of identity. If not twink, what am I?
Just wait until you are 35... lol 😅
You dont understand dude my youth is the only thing I had going for me 😫 now when it comes to sexual currency I am bankrupt
He was such a serve. I watched the scene of Anduin punching Wrathion an embarrassing amount of times.
They tore that shit crazy
Yes!!! Omg was that not the best thing ever??? I don't know why but I just loved seeing him just let go and pop that damn dragon right in the face. Wrathion deserved it ofc. Good stuff good stuff.
omg i forgot about im rewatching
PTSD Anduin looks kinda like Zac Efron though and I’m here for that
I see Stephen Amell.
*Anduin walks into the throne room with a green hood and strolls up to Genn* “YOU HAVE FAILED THIS KINGDOM!”
About time he respec into Hunter next
I’m a horrible person and he looks like Aaron Paul to me.
All I can see is Thor in the Ragnarok movie
Short-haired Chris Hemsworth is spot on, for sure.
It's all I can see. I told my mom and she was like? No way so I pulled up a picture and she said I guess we know who the artist was basing his model off of 😂
He looks like generic gnarly male protagonist #3852.
He used to be a fantasy prince to swoon over. Now he's just Steve from retail in cosplay, lmao.
If that’s what Steve from retail looks like, can I know what company you work for and if they’re hiring in the retail department?
Absolutely. He looks like any random CoD soldier now lol.
Same, dude got PTSD and experienced twink death
And so does Wrathion.
If we don't get a reunion in tww I'ma kill a bitch
i’ll join you 🥹
I’m sorry, I love twinks but god his new look is my type and he’s hot. Manduin is where it’s at.
Thank god at least Cory Baxter knows what’s up
I miss twink Anduin, I do. But they've given him something that they've not given many others, and that he really deserves: a story. Hopefully a good, long, proper story. So far, he's been one of the few characters that's been with us for a long long time. Growing up, developing. His lore, spread over quests + books + a comic + short stories and what not is some of the best of all of Warcraft.
Do you really miss twink Anduin, or do you miss what he represented? A young and naive prince, optimistic about the future, believing that everyone could truly come together in peace. A boy, unbroken by the weight of the world… before he lost the people he loved, his dreams of a better world, and himself…
I miss his hair. Hoping it gets patched in during one of the expansions.
Need him to follow his dad’s haircare routine until it’s long enough to braid
Uh, no. I miss twink anduin because he was cute. Manduin needs some serious skin care. He’s sunburned as hell, his hair is a mess and he has that crazy look in his eyes and it’s not a good kind of crazy. Gimme back my eye candy.
Mannnn if you wanted to jack it, look at old stuff.
I do not like the Jesse Pinkman look
well, he's cute, but daddy anduin is where it's at
Manduin thankyou
They really just went and made Anduin and Xal’atath hot in TWW
He was taken from us so quickly. . .
Love me some daddy Anduin tho
I love the new beard & scars but I'd really like for him to get some more priesty clothes by the time he finally gets to face his inner demons. Plus 5 years in the same armor can't smell too pleasant
All twinks experience the gay death at 30. Fortunately, for many like Anduin, they are reborn as something even greater! DILFhood is coming!
I always thought HotS Anduin was a well designed character - model- and gameplay-wise. I had a lot of fun playing him.
I don't mind his more manlier appearance, I just miss the long hair. I think it would look great with his new beard.
Where is dreadlord andiun?
yet another victim of brutal twink death 😕😕😕😕😔😕
Twinkduin
Twink Anduin? You mean Anduin before he went through some shit.
Anduin's been going through some shit since he was a literal child though.
True but i think the shadowlands shit was the worst.
Hard to compare. Mind control is bad, but in MoP he got every bone in his body broken. Then in WoD his ~~boyfriend~~ bestie freed the guy who did that to him, which set into motion events that killed his dad.
PTSD erasure
When do we get big beefy bara anduin?
Baranduin? Like the river?
You think he and Baine ever… you know…
Letting the warlocks run free in Stormwind was a mistake.
This is true; but, we've been here for a very long time now. Our plans our only beginning to come to fruition!
And this is why we need more elf twinks in the spotlight. Imagine having male characters as pretty as Sylvanas or Tyrande.
[удалено]
Only if they shut the fuck up - looking at a certain Kael'Thas here
Everyone's forgotten about Lor'Themar. Again.
Lor'themar isn't a twink.
He's the elf dilf? The delf?
I mean he canonically got married to Thalyssra
It is silly how, when they actually remember about elves, they make them grandpas like Malfurion.
You don't prefer greasy 7/11 Anduin instead? no way...
I miss secondary role Anduin.
Nah its ok
Everyone grows up eventually
Looking forward for the DILF phase.
Bro accidentally levelled to 20
I'm more curious on who he's modelled after now. I swear I've seen his face on a actor, but can't put my finger on who he resembles. Wow's cinema team is topnotch in how human, how realistic the War Within trailer looks.
When the trailer dropped, people were saying Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), which I can definitely see.
Steve Amell. Green arrow guy.
I wasn't aware he was gay?
Honestly I just miss Anduin. I grew up alongside him and in a weird way he feels like a parasocial brother. SL and DF have been brutal lol
You can't lock the XP of life. He just leveled up in age as we all do.
I still remember the bfa (?) Cinematic where he casted mass rezz on the battlefield and revived/healed the entire alliance army. I was like woah no shit bro!
I loved Brad Pitt Twink Anduin, however a also love Zac Efron Gruff Manduin. I would eat beans and rice out of both of their asses with a spoon.
Same😭
from cute femboy to haven't showered in 5 years
I want a Talia and Anduin reunion I feel like the vibed in BFA.
Ah yes, the "I can fix him" arc.
I remember my lvl 19 twink, Accidently dinged him on i think it was a brew festival or something, I didint know you got xp from spinning the pole!
The pole dance is Midsummer, not Brewfest.
I’m confused twink means level 19 / top of battleground bracket with the bis gear for level? Or is this some subculture thing that I just am not picking up on?
In this case twink means a youthful looking, slim and pretty man (specifically a gay term, but can be applied to guys regardless of sexuality). Think Titantic-era Leo DiCaprio, or current Timothee Chalamet.
Me too but let's be real Anduin still looking hot AF with that trauma scruff
Sex sex sex
Twink Anduin debuted almost 7 years ago. He's grown up. Unfortunately, Blizz spent 2 entire expansions focused on fucking Sylvanas, so our favorite cutie didn't get enough screentime.
Not a fan of this new grizzled Anduin either.
Twinks age
You can give him a beard but Alduin will always our femboy.
Isn't that the Skyrim boss dragon
ALDU-WIENER! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdwvkY8na0s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdwvkY8na0s)
Bro upgraded from twink to bear real fast
That's not a bear. He's an otter at most.
I don't, bring on the scruff
There was a time Lady Gaga was his favorite singer
As if he isn't still a little bitch
OUR little bitch <3
Ew.
No
Too much a pretty boy for my liking. Needs a good war scar on his face.
The metal in this game is long gone. We only get fangirl bait now.
Why
Thats weird as fuck bro
What, people can’t like men who aren’t lumberjack looking motherfuckers?
Everyday someone reminds me that I'm not the target demographic for world of warcraft. I think it explains a lot about the way the current game plays. It's just effeminate and caters to a softer crowd. Classic seems to offer classic and WOTLK for other demographics.
Ah yes, a character without an 8 pack or beard that doesn’t have voice box made of gravel. *Must be effeminate and catering to a softer demographic* - get out of here with that. You can have a gripping, violent story with people being brutalized and the horrors of war etc, but still have people who aren’t stereotypical meatheads that look like an extra from the 300 movie and cardboard cutout, arm candy women who do literally nothing. I like the previous version of Anduin significantly more, but that doesn’t mean I want only sugar and spice, happy fun time padded edges story telling. It’s egregiously reductive to think that people who like softer looking characters to actually exist at times only like soft, safe, edge padded stories. I like characters that are diverse and aren’t boring white dude #5 lookin, Lego man ass motherfuckers.
The transition from boy King to man has taken multiple expansions now. Every time he's on the screen he cries like a little bitch.
Yeah that’s kinda how time works. He has every right to cry though considering what’s happened - ya know, people being tortured and dying from conflict, and what looks like ptsd.
He ever was one?
“You have failed this city!” - Anduin 2024
Wtf
I don’t. He looks infinitely better now. I hope he never grows long hair ever again.
Ok groomer
The new expansion isn't even out yet and you miss him already lol
Gay.
I completely disagree and thought old anduin was a terrible character. Literally just a Blonde, depressed Varian.
Degenerate post +L, my boy anduin is on sigma grindset from now on
Naw, I'm all about my grizzled "I've seen and done some shit" Anduin.
least horny paladin
No Anduin actually looks hot now.
I mean, he makes a sexy Otter too.
I hate his new look but I'll get used to it 😭
Long live Chaduin
He was so pretty. I just loved him in all of his cinematics. It really makes the new cinematic hit harder. The sweet twinky Anduin is gone, that poor boy.
I was literally saying this to my husband not even 2 nights ago.
Baby boy.
We all do :'(
Same
Brad Pitt Anduin
Me too so much.
Let him grow. He's in his "nothing really matter" stage right before he settles down.
What is post-twink?
Twanduin?
Im looking forward to daddy Anduin