The players were surprised by this sudden quest, but they were excited at the same time.
In previous games, although everyone did quests, they had no effect on one another.
For example, one team might clear the Black Temple, but others could still run it. Even after Illidan's first kill was claimed, he would still be waiting there. Simply put, everyone had their own game progress. No matter how amazing you were, you could not affect the world itself.
Even if you had killed Arthas, taken down Illidan, and beaten Gul'dan to death, the world would still be invaded by the Scourge and attacked by the Burning Legion, while Outland remained under Illidan's rule.
In short, there was basically no impact beyond running Dungeons.
But now, things were different!
Their choices were actually affecting the Game World in real time!
Through discussions on the forums, the players discovered that ever since this quest had been issued, it was not like before, where only players who had completed the earlier quests received new quest prompts while those who had not could continue at their own pace. On the contrary, regardless of whether they had done the previous quests, no one could find those NPCs anymore. Only upon going to Nagrand did they discover that the girls had all gathered before a massive, constantly rotating crystal, where they were issuing new quests.
And all those old collection quests could no longer be completed!
This left many newbie players complaining bitterly, but for quite a few others, it was an unexpected delight. It was their first time encountering an event that could truly affect the progress of the entire Game World, and their interest immediately soared. For a time, countless players logged in and began making their choices.
To be honest, this was