What’s the best way to catch up on the story of WoW? In-game, preferably. I finished up in Zandalar and now I’m in Nazjatar and… Who the hell is MOTHER? Why is there a big-ass sword jammed into Silithus? I feel like the 0-to-hero path thru Zandalar skipped… A lot of steps. So what’s the best way for me to play catch-up?
EDIT: For reference, before this year the last time I seriously played WoW was WotLK.
I know you said in game preferably, but I do think it’s worth giving a shout out to Nobbel on YouTube; his lore videos are really engaging and thorough, and you can often find videos on specific topics (like the story of Sylvanas) where he compiles history from several sources into a video. It’s worth a look if you’re really interested in the lore, because for better or worse the game itself sometimes only touches on events that have more depth in other sources.
I don’t honestly know that you can do it in-game unless you are just very deliberate about playing all the content in release order. Which would take ages. If you look up Nobbel87 on ye olde youtubes they have storyline recap videos and explanations. Much faster and definitely more forgiving than the in-game struggle.
