The artifact quests themselves seem fairly short and to the point. I think I could have done both the Demon Hunters, and the Paladin's in about 15 to 20 minutes with little trouble. My guess is the rest of the quests are going to be similar, but I look forward to doing a few more to see if I'm correct.
It's kind of cool to be wielding Ashbringer. This is a sword that has been in Wow since vanilla. (Might have been in the RTS games, but I only played Warcraft 3 and I don't remember it in there.) I know there was a corrupted Ashbringer in the original Naxxaramas. I never played, but I have heard the stories. I believe there was a quest in the Eastern Plaguelands which was created around the idea of reclaiming and purifying the Ashbringer, but I have never had the pleasure to do it.
Here comes my qualms. There is an obvious price for the right to wield the Ashbringer. I had heard the price hinted at, but seeing is believing and I am not happy with the circumstances. It has also been said that some of the other weapons will be obtained in a similar manner. With some of the weapons that will be wielded the overall price in potential stories down the line baffles me.
Yes, I'm trying to be a little vague here. While the price is easily guessed I want to avoid all out spoilers for any who want to find out for themselves when they play this content. If you want to know what happens look it up. Plenty of other folks have spoiled it. It's a quick google search away.
Needless to say, that the Azeroth we are fighting for might be a very different place if even a third of the Artifact weapons we are gaining comes with such a price. While change brings potential, too much change at once makes me worry. If you shake up your player base too much you risk losing a few folks. This might shake up the face of the Horde and Alliance as much as Catalysm and Siege of Ogrimmar did. If not more.
My other worry, is that if these quests have as much bearing on the future of Azeroth as this one did, than I think they should be longer. More epic in scope. 15-20 minutes is fine. But I could see a bit longer since this is a quest you only do once for each weapon. With the possible future repercussions I think that more time might be worth spending on each of these. Of course, if we have to get three weapons each if we use all our specs, (four for druids) 15-20 minutes might be just right.
So, I am looking forward to doing a few more artifact weapon quests. But I am hesitant about where they will lead in terms of story. I keep mentioning price.
What will be the price of this expansion.
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