Why Have Attunements?

[Warlock]

Considering it's the biggest and most noticeable reason the story flops when they try to push it, I think it's worth it. Warcraft had a wonderful storyline and reasonably well-developed universe throughout the three RTS games. Then WoW arrives and Metzen and crew begin retconning everything so they can add in things that barely make sense so that they can make more money. I'm not complaining about them building a better cash cow, but I think it's ludicrous when anyone cites "story" as a viable reason for anything in WoW.

I'd rather have a retconned story than 'we're killing this guy because he drops purples'. Yeah, WOW's story is pretty thin in parts and has plenty of plot holes. I'd prefer to see that fixed with more and better writing not dropped as a waste of time.

The RTS games did have their own share of retcons. In each game the horde's trolls came from a different place. I had a 'stop putting tech in my fantasy' moment the first time I saw a dwarven rifleman, too.