前言
In our exclusive BlizzCon interview with Frank Kowalkowski and Steve Danuser, we asked about the impact of player choice in the BFA War Campaigns moving forward in Shadowlands.With the importance of Sylvanas in Shadowlands, and one new zone, the Maw, lacking a Covenant, players were speculating that Sylvanas loyalists might unlock a special covenant or rewards in Shadowlands. However, we learned that the BFA faction storyline has wrapped up, and choosing to be a Sylvanas loyalist will not have any gameplay impact in Shadowlands.
窝窝头在嘉年华上专访Frank Kowalkowski与Steve Danuser时，就争霸艾泽拉斯的阵营战役中玩家做出的选择是否会延续到暗影国度提出了疑问。考虑到希尔瓦娜斯在暗影国度中的重要戏份，以及新区域噬渊并没有对应的盟约，玩家猜测希尔瓦娜斯的死忠们是否会在暗影国度解锁一份独有的盟约或者奖赏。然而，此次采访中窝窝头了解到，争霸艾泽拉斯的阵营故事线已经圆满结束，选择做一名希尔瓦娜斯死忠不会在暗影国度中享受一份独有的剧情。
正文
Q：Will Alliance and Horde have different Leveling zones?
Q：联盟与部落是否会有不同的练级区域？
A：No. We really told the story of the Alliance and Horde in Battle for Azeroth. The focus of this expansion is everyone going to the Shadowlands to face this new danger that's being unleashed. Certainly, you'll still be playing as Alliance or Horde but it's about the heroes of both factions working together to take on the threat. The faction war is behind us.
A：不会。我们已经在BFA认真讲述了联盟和部落的故事。这个资料片的重点则是每个前往暗影界面对呼之欲出的新威胁的人。可以确定的是，你仍然扮演着联盟与部落，但这种扮演关乎两个阵营的英雄们携手面对这个威胁。阵营战役已经过去了。
A：The Covenants don't care about Horde and Alliance. There's no Horde Covenant or Alliance Covenant, players are going to choose which Covenant they align with.
A：“盟约”系统也不在乎你是部落还是联盟。没有什么部落的盟约或者联盟的盟约，玩家要选择的是他们要与哪种盟约为伍。
Q：What role will player choice have in the Shadowlands narrative?
Q：在暗影国度的叙事中，玩家的选择会有着怎样的戏份？
A：You get a huge player choice with choosing a covent right away, it's a window for the expansion and obvious player choice that has both gameplay and narrative consequences.
A：选择盟约就是玩家立等可见的重要选择，是你观察这个资料片的窗口；玩家的重大选择在游戏体验与剧情两方面都有影响。
A：The choice of Horde aligning with Saurfang or Sylvanas was appropriate for Battle for Azeroth, because of the themes we were involved with. We're talking about a different type of story in Shadowlands, so the choices you'll make are more personal for your character, related to customizing the things you want to unlock and the choices you make that way. It's less about specific narrative moments, but that is something which is in our back pocket if we ever decide there's an appropriate time again for a choice like that. It's something that we're certainly not afraid of.
A：部落方为萨鲁法尔或者希尔瓦娜斯站队的选择适用于争霸艾泽拉斯——我们都卷入了这些命题中。在暗影国度里，我们将谈及一种不同的故事，因此你做出的选择将会面向你的角色更私人化，与定制你想要解锁的东西以及通过这种方式做出的选择有关。这种选择并非影响整个剧情的抉择时刻，而是每当我们决定是时候再做一次选择，随时随地可以做出的这种选择。
A：If you are a Sylvanas loyalist, the things she said to you at Windrunner Spire were meant to wrap up that specific storyline. She's basically saying "You were with me, you made these choices, you were on the right side of it. Those choices can't save you from what's to come." So it was meant to wrap up that arc because it was not something we wanted to carry forward.
A：如果你是希尔瓦娜斯死忠，她在风行者之塔对你说的话正已经是这段故事线的完美结局。她的大意是“你和我同在，你做出了这些选择，你站在正确的一边。但这些选择不能从即将到来的事件中保下你。”因此，这段话就已经是这个分支的结尾；我们真正想要推进的剧情并非这个分支。
A：We want each expansion to tell its own story and lead into the next one, and the Shadowlands has a whole new set of mysteries to unlock and new things to figure out. If you were a loyalist before, it's not going to be something that directly impacts how your gameplay is going to shape out. It's all about getting in there, finding out about these covenants, and seeing what the cause of Sylvanas' actions were in the big picture, and who these new forces are that she's aligned herself with.
A：我们希望每个资料片都能讲述各自的故事，并引导我们前往下一个资料片。影之国有一整套等待我们探索的全新奥秘，等待我们解决的全新事物。如果你先前是一位死忠，这不会直接影响你的游戏体验。对死忠来说，这意味着抵达影之国，发现新盟约，了解在希尔瓦娜斯的宏图中她的行动是基于怎样的动机，以及新势力中她又与哪些结盟。
