On the PTR there are some customization options that are only available when your character picks a certain skin tone.
For example, on humans, asian-features are only available when you pick the asian skin tone.
There’s no reason they can’t do this with Kelfin faces and ears as an option for goblin players.
C’mon Blizzard we deserve Kelfins. If you’re not gonna give us the allied race version at least give us this.
I want it as an allied race.
And i think Widhammer should be as well.
Allied race would have been preferred but sadly the vulpera were added instead…
Gil goblins don’t fit core Goblin racial traits and voices.
I’m hopeful they add them as an allied race later.
Kelfin deserve their own allied race. They need to have their own wholesome jokes and flirts. But if theres no other way, I guess customization for goblins will do 
That’s a good point. I just don’t know if Blizz is gonna abandon allied races in favor of new customization. And if they did add more races I think they would pull from shadowlands
I would like to see them as an actual playable race. I think they have so much potential beyond a mere custom option and every reason to join the horde already.
Kelfin deserve their own allied race. They need to have their own wholesome jokes and flirts. But if theres no other way, I guess customization for goblins will do
The problem is that if they made them a custom option they would also likely do it very poorly.
I see this skin tone in the Shadowlands gallery. I just hope it doesn’t count as the gilgoblin skin.
Oh man, I’ll be honest I’d really prefer it if they were their own separate AR, but gun to my head. I’d go with that. Especially if blizz put some real care in it y’know?
Just feel like you lose a lot that way though. AR works a whole lot better I think.
I’d rather an allied race, Kelfin have gills and can breathe underwater, not something a land Gob can do without tech. Plus they deserve it, 'cause Neri, Poen, and Vim are bosses.
I will never forget them. My fear is that when the prepatch comes out that they might leave from the Durotar shores never to be seen again. Got all 3 gilblin bodyguards to level 30.
Trying to go for this achieve. Thing is though that the Rockweed Shambler is one of those rares that is nightmarishly hard to get. Periodic destruction has a time gate of 13 weeks. I however will be finished with that in 3
Grats on nearly completing that one!
Don’t know how you manage it. Nazjatar is beautiful, but I can’t keep myself focused on this enough.
Nazjatar goes much more smoothly with flying. The rest just comes down to patience.
I would much prefer to see Gilblins as their own race slot as opposed to being a customization option.
Customization races, while a cool idea, make me worry about them not having an identity of any kind, and Gilblins are different enough from Goblins in design, culture, and personality to be their own race. It’s really disappointing that it seemed like things were leading up to them becoming an allied race, only to get abandoned and forgotten about.
Not to mention that if they do end up as a customization option, seeing as they’re a race that resides in the deep ocean, they should be able to breathe underwater and not drown.
Still hopeful we’ll see more of them soon. The Horde could really use them as the Unshackled could really use the Horde. It’s a win-win situation to me!
Kelfins would literally shatter the balance between the Horde and Alliance. Everyone would roll one. The game would quickly become 99.3% Horde. Blizzard know this, and that is why Kelfins will never be a thing
I’ll never forgive Blizzard for adding a random furry race, who’s story lasted one patch, and have no background lore… instead of a race that has been around since Cata and whose ancestors have been around since the war of the ancients.
They would more then likely be niche, unless they really went all out and people some really good effort into their design. Thats not a bad thing though.
I’ll never forgive Blizzard for adding a random furry race, who’s story lasted one patch, and have no background lore… instead of a race that has been around since Cata and whose ancestors have been around since the war of the ancients.
If it wasn’t for vulpera and gilgoblins had become an allied race, they probably would have been about as respected for what they are as dark irons are. The main arguments I’ve seen against them being playable is they aren’t unique enough and because some want vulpera. Vulpera is already playable so the latter is no longer of use and they could be made unique enough.
Do people not respect Dark Iron Dwarfs? They are my favorite allied race and the most justifiable addition to the Alliance out of all the others…
Every AR has had its detractors, even the Zandalari get some massive hate. Folks just want to be angry for the sake of being angry.
Oh no no. I am saying that Dark Iron are respected and therefore if kelfin had been released as an AR with a properly done model and it wasn’t for vulpera then they would be respected in line with what Dark Irons are. Dark Irons aren’t played by most, but they were a requested allied race.
Every AR has had its detractors, even the Zandalari get some massive hate. Folks just want to be angry for the sake of being angry.
Mechagnomes I’ll bet and the race with the most detractors. Too bad many just can’t understand their brilliance.
