You guys. I had such a hard time today focusing on adulting things like grading papers and doing the dishes knowing that the Story Mode for the March on Quel’Danas raid was open with this week’s reset and I could finish the 12.0 Campaign. We knew coming into Midnight that part of the story of this expansion would involve gathering the elven tribes, so I hope it won’t be too spoilery to post a few (okay, maybe more than a few) dialogue-less pictures of Kaelinda observing the Grand Council of the Elves.



Thalyssra, Lor’themar, Arator, Vereesa, Shandris, Umbric, Rommath, Halduron, Liadrin, Aethas



Both the story itself and the way it was told worked for me. It may be merely adequate, not outstanding, storytelling, and perhaps I will read a critique of the story and the storytelling and even agree with some of the points that writer makes, but I liked them well enough for what they were.
This expansion is called “Midnight” and it’s in the Empire Strikes Back position in the trilogy. I would have been rather disappointed in the storytelling, I think, if we didn’t lose, and lose hard, in the first raid of the expansion. We definitely lost at the end of Voidspire. And despite the hopeful glow of the War of Light and Shadow finale, there are anvil-sized hints that we have still lost, and lost hard. I’m intrigued to see where the story will go next… hopefully more coherently than the War Within story progression.
Okay, so, now that Eversong Woods and Ghostlands have gotten a glow-up treatment and allow flying, will one of the later Patches of this expansion do the same thing for Azuremyst and Bloodmyst Isles, combining them into a single enhanced zone with flying enabled, for parity for the Draenei?
I am pleased that between my crafted gear, upgrades from World Quests, and the gear from the Endgame Campaign questline itself, Kaelinda now has enough item level to do the Voidspire/Dreamrift/March on Quel’Danas LFR and begin collecting that Tier set. That and doing Saltheril’s Soiree will be her main objectives. Kaelyla will work on Sojourner quests in Voidstorm, Ianestin will work on Sojourner quests in Harandar, and Ishaleron will work on Sojourner quests in Zul’Aman. I’ll probably try to do Legends of the Haranir every week; I may or may not try to do Abundance every week; I’ll probably ignore Stormarion Citadel and end up with Singularity Renown being the last to cap.




































































































































































